The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-22

what ls Hes
VIM. Mckinley is now a candidate
for President OF these United States:
which makes his public character a
very proper subject Of inquiry; of
criticism as well as praise: and espe-
cially SO as to the great and vital is
sues OF this canvass. And most es-
peclally the money question. Up to
a few months before the Republican
st. Louis convention that nominated
him for President he was well and
generally known as very pronounced
silver man, as fully shown by his pub
lie acts, speeches and votes in Con-
gress and elsewhere. On the 5th of
November, 1877, he advocated and
voted for the bill introduced into
Congress by the great Silver Dollar,
Bland, Of Missouri, providing for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 to /. The bill made
the dollars so coined legal tender for
the payment Of all debts public or pri-
vaoe Oust as the present democratic
PLATFORM docs. Ihis Dill passed tne
Rouse; ayes lof, noes "a. ms Dill
"eno 10 ohe senate, WHICH then iiau an
anti-silver majority, and there sub
stitute was offered, known as the
i,iaild- ALISON law. ~ PROVIDED ehdt
the Government should purchase not
less than AZ. 900. 900 nor more than
$4'ooo,Voo OF silver DuiIion per mon.n,
10 pe coined INTO silver collars, Inns
piil passeu oouh houses; anu mchin-
icy sooea LOT H. rresldent fiayes We
toeu ~, ouI Ine Dill was passeu over
ene veto, ana MCKINNEY vooea 70 over
rune the veto, ana 10 pass tne Dill
onoer bhis law over $4oo, oVu, ooo were
coined. IN 1000 WIN. Mchihley was
chairman oi Ihe committee Oh pat
iorin. vi Vhe hepupiicah ndoiohai con-
VenIioh, anu reported fesoiuoioii ds
part Vi tl,ao platform uenouhcine
sresiuenu Cie'eiahus auihiilis tratioli
LOT los enoros 10 uelnonetize SILVER. In
iosV william Mchihiey ciiainpioneo
IN inc rouse Oh congress ana so1eu ior
.he sherman SILVER puiiion purchase
law, pro'iuing ior tne purchase ny ohe
government OF S4,ooo,ooo worm oi
SILVER ouiiioh per mohth' ana the issue
vi treasury hooes .nereior' "hicii liotes
were MADE legal tender Ior an depts
pupilc anu priva1e. ouuer clis law
several hundred hiiiiohs worm oi sii,
yer puiiloh was purchased ana locked
up III 1he naIlonai vaults, anu iiiosoiy
lies ldie ana unused, wniie the govern,
menu Is borrowing miiiiohs Oh golu
from uhe hothschlids OF England ana
others.- lnese oniciai aces Oh Mchih-
ley were pubic acts done under tne
SANCTION OF MS oinclai oath ana Oh MS
iree ana unrestrained VIII. Hence we
nave the rignt 10 DelleVe ana say tnat
sucn were MS Individual sentiments
on tnat question during all tnese
years, anu SO remained until Mark
iianna' MS erainer' LOOK possession Vi
MIN ana sealed MS ups; until IL was
determined at the 81. LOUIS conVen-
tion on wmch side OF tne renee ne
should lail. FROM tne Time ms lips
were SO sealed, not Word couio DC
Drawn from MIN on tne money ques.
ZION although ne was daily lmportuned
py 1ne pupiic 10 know Where ne now
stood on that question, put ne SUD
Dorhly stood as mute as an oyster AL
last the convention met ana trainer
hahna' was there several days Deiofe
tne convention organized, ana soon
tne Immaculate Fiatt OF Gotham came
aiso, VINO succeeded IN raising the
golden call there, ana by the use Oh
mucn goia induced the majority OF
tne deiegates there 10 lail dowh ana
worship lhat car; ana tnerepy re-
nounce the ialth OF their iatnersi ana
WIN Mchlhley was nominated on
goiu standard until England consent
eo that IL should DE aDrogated ana the
Di-metaiiic standard SUBSTITUTED 1of
H.
upon TINS nomination and financial
platiorm peihg communicated 10 MIC
hiniey' the Hanna paddock was
removed from MS lips ana ne dispatch-
ed BACK 10 hanna IN substance: i
thank you; accept the nomination
ana PLATFORM; It's language is SO plain
that all can read IT,.
since that Time althougn Mckinney
mas maze great many llttie speeches.
at nome ana abroad, out II seems That
ne rarely or never utters the word gold
OF SILVER, 10 ms auuiences, Dut ne only
tells tnem that they want good
dollar, ana TINS he knew and ms
hearers knew long ago; and another
thing they know That the Democratic
piatform intends TO give them good
dollar as well as enough OF them to
answer Their just wants. And they
furthermore know, tnat the hepupll-
can PLATFORM Is not INTENDED 10 give