The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-26

stana py the nation In this, its second great
There can be an honest difference of opinion
as 10 the extent and most responsible cause
Ior the present public unrest and uncertainty.
present condition of affairs. but the question
OF our national currency is for the time be-
ing uppermost in the public mind.
NO DISTINCTION IN MORALS.
There Is no distinction In morals between
national and personal integrity. We cannot
ING by any process of logic personal virtue
which justifes national delinquency. pub
lie honesty and private integrity are twin
brothers; As the blood courses through the
human body. and by its various functions
sustains life. SO does an honest currency
passing through the channels of trade, sus-
tam the prosperity of our citizens and estab-
lisn the nations integrity
We are contending, therefore. with other
oDJects, Tor honesty in government the in
vlolabillty OF contract rights and the assurance
70 every one IN return for his labor or in
excnange TOT commodities, or a full and hon
est dollar
:. A dollar can be honest only when 1t has a
t tu intrinsic value In itself. represents
that value for which 1t may be exchanged.
10 declare a dollar of full value by statute,
wIeh IL contains intrinsically but half such
value, Is as impotent to protect our citizens
III measuring their labor and property as 1t
would De for the government to seek to pro-
.sct tne nation In time of war by resolving
that We have navy and army and MAXIM
no appropriation therefor.
AT present, with several varieties of money
ana the credit of the government back Of
eacn, no citizen need fear that his property
u TABOR Will have its value measured by one
standard today and another tomorrow. hut
on the contrary, its full worth is assured to
MN Ior All time. We are all creditors and
we are all debtors We cannot cheat Others
without cheating ourselves Our present
money standards are neither the result of
enance nor conspiracy, but are rather the
outsrowth OF experiment and the result of
centuries OF progress The government can
neltner make value nor give it without
consideration "u'
To ask that it shall create a dollar of in
trlnsically half it's nominal value and force
l!s acceptance at it's face value is to ask
Lne government, practically, to take prop
rpty from our citizens and commit legalized
roppery. me possession of money is but the
means to happiness and prosperity, but of
user, without it were used in exchange. 1t
roola i munster neither to- our wants nor our
Heeessities. The possession of property or
the iaDorer's skill through which we obtain
~. aIe the Things or zeal value, and our
money is out the scale by which we measure
mem. me nature and kind of such money
as we see about us every day is the result of
trlai and experiment from the early DAYS of
, Dap5arlsm That gold and silver are not
The form and manner of their using
can De maze a matter of statute law but
thelr actual and intrinsic value depends upon
certain economic principles, which you and
would be as powerless to oppose as we would
De IN trying to check the currents of the air.
Ihat money must necessarily be the best
declared value wherever it may be presented
for use.
We are told by our political opponents re-
Gently assembled at Chicago, that the gov
eminent shall coin the silver of the world
into dollars, actually worth So cents in mer-.
chand1se value and declare them worth 100
Genus The government must therefore pre-
sent from its fund of credit AZ cents of
value or by statutory enactment rob it's citi-
zens OF that amount of property which they
have already accumulated For myself I
protest against the existence of trusts and
at the same time seek to compel the gov
eminent to take the entire product of one
Held OF industry at specific price measured
by an absolute standard, and to disburse 1t
at fictitious one. Such course is opposed
to the spirit of our institutions and contrary
to the functions of government. The ma
tons integrity rests not alone upon the sur
plus in its vaults, but in the reserve power
OF labor in it's citizens and their capacity
tinually draw upon the one will as surely
dissipate it as will free values and abnormal
standards destroy the other.
ATTACK ON JUDICIARY.
We can properly protest against any polit-
1cal intrigue which seeks in accomplishing
its purpose to overthrow of the most i'm
portant branches Of our government, and to
prostitute the integrity Of our highest court
to the chfcanery of political strife.
Not more upon the executive or legislative
branches Of our government rests the conf
dence of the people than upon its Judiciary.
Enforced compliance with law will cease to
be possible when it's judicial Interpretation
can be affected by political manipulation.
Even the power Of the court to protect prop
erty, to which the government is pledged
under the constitution, has been assailed, and
only substitute would be anarchy subverting
the very foundations of society.
AS republicans we believe that under repub-
lican legislation there would be no deficiency
in treasury and that there should be no
necessity for the issuance OF government
obligations to meet our present needs. We
.
incorporated into our statutes would not
only yield SUFFICIENT revenue for our national
needs. but would furnish and assure to our
citizens sufficient opportunity for labor to
furnish Just returns therefor, reviving
industries and establishing prosperity among
those who are willing and ready to work.
The republican party would be untrue to it's
history and cowardly in It's conduct did 1t not
seek to continue policy which brought the
government and our people to their highest
prosperity, and yet there Is no scheme Of
tariff legislation which can or ought to be
successful which should not have as its fore
runner stable monetary policy which would
insure to the laborer the result of his toll
and re-establish our federal credit.
I have full faith in the honesty of the
American people. do not believe that they
can be deceived into doing what Is for their
they be led to turn their votes upon an
American policy which has made 1t possible
for them to gather and preserve what they
have. I will esteem it my greatest honor to
have presided over your deliberations, IL the
results Of this convention shall tend to re-
awaken our patriotism stimulate our love of
country, and raise again to the gaze Of the
peoples Of the earth the banner Of our
tons honor and integrity. This can best be
accomplished by the election of Mckinley and
Hobart. and a congress that will take care Of
the interests of the whole people for the
greatest good to the greatest number.
TELEGRAMS OF REGRET.
Mr.. Lynch, Of Ohio, moved that the
reports of state organizations be hand
ed in Immediately after the meeting in
the afternoon, as many states were not
present to report at once. The motion
was declared carried. The roll call of
states was dispensed with and then
Secretary Bowling read a number of
dispatches from Mckinley, Hobart, De-
pew, Gov. Hastings and others. The
following appointments of sergeant-at-
arms were announced: Charles Rosen-
brock, Maryland; Luke T. Walker Ten
nessee; Wellington /. Rich. of North
Dakota; l.. r. Vaughan, of Illinois.
The convention adjourned till o'clock.
Among the kilograms Of regret read
We're the following:
Canton, OIL am sorry to have to disap-
point you, but l am constrained to adhere
to my declination of your urgent invitation
to attend the league convention.
William Mckinley.