The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-10-29

dated it can DO told by that. They hold
I Il will be already backed by the Govern
fment, the Same as now. As silver dollars
ere worth but So cents now, tho Govern
! ment would lose ~ cents on each dollar.
How long could the Government stand that9
One word to the old vets: Don't you get
fooled on Free Silver. It will make you 60
around with tears in your eyes and clenched
fists, and don't forget it. But 60 for Com
rade VIM. Mckinley; he is our man, and is
all righR
N. Koshland, Veterans Home, Cal, ex-
presses the hope that our standard-bearer,
Comrade Mckinley, will be elected for the
next four years, as "God knows that we
| need a change,so that times may become
better and confidence be restored"
Colorado.
LIB. Green, Co. G, 18th Ohio, Lamb, Colo:
| It seems like we are degenerating out here
| The Colorado papers are nearly all advocat-
ing Bryan and Free Silver. The hideous
cartoon is the first thing that meets the eye.
| But the Popocratic pudding is getting very
| distasteful to many, and they are retching
over it. We tell them there is but one
| antidote, and that is to partake literally OF
| the Mckinley pie Let us have Mckinley
and a good, stiff tariff, and plenty of work
| for every one.
| Levi Brenberger, Co. M, I'd Pa. ii. A.,
Longmont, Colo: I think side is gain
ing some here, but how it will be Nov. 3
do not know. / am sorry to say that good
many of the comrades around here are for
Free Silver. They are coming over, how
ever. Your letter "To Dissatisfied Com
rades" was grand. Hit 'em again. You
can't hit them too hard.
Connecticut.
z. C. Bowen, Co. II, 10th VT, Waterbury,
Conn: 1t is about 90 to ! here in favor of
Mckinley. / have taken THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE for 10 years, and shall as long as |
can raise dollar. hope l shall not be
obliged TO send two silver dollars next year.
Please ask Bryan & Co. how it happens that
| silver and wheat have lost their cohesion so
suddenly.
| R. w. Goode, Co. F, 10th H. Cav, Mel
bourne, Fla: After a careful canvass of all
| the ex-UniOn soldiers in this County | am
pleased to report that they will all vote for
their old comrade, Maj. Vim. Mckinley, and
there are several cx Confederate soldiers who
are going to vote the same way.
Georgia.
r. F. Sloan, Co. /, 9Th Tenn, Mauldin's
| Mills, GA: / am Southern born and bred,
and am greatly surprised to know that any
man who helped fight for the supremacy OF
the Government should think of voting for
/ Bryan. Stop and think who the Bryan
leaders are Isham g. Harris, Ben Tillman,
]. C. S. Blackburn, Jones, of Arkansas, Alt
geld, etc. Nearly all The business men of
the South are anxious TO have Mckinley
President. The South prospers under Re-
publican rule and suffers under any other
| kind.
John M. Butler Pulaski, H., sends list
of % old soldiers who propose to stand
shoulder to shoulder in support of Maj.
Mckinley, Sound Money, and Protection,
first, last and all the time.
D. F. LAWYER, Co. B, I'D H., Green Valley,
| ILL.,: Your Open Letter in the issue of Oct.
Is has the right ring. Every comrade who
is not already in line and dressed should
lose no time in getting there.
John Naser, Co. II, 5Sth Ohio, Graymont,
Ills: AS 1 have defended my country for
nearly four years. protecting the Nations
honor and its rights and the glorious star
spangled banner, SO l am now, with three
sons and two sons-in-law, to protect the Ma
TONS honor and credit by giving six solid
votes for Maj. Mckinney and a solid Repub-
lican ticket on Nov. 3, 1896. If any of the
old 5Sth can beat this, let us hear from you.
AS reader of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
must say that it has been blessing in this
vicinity, as it has given much light on the
finance question and Protection. Just keep
coming.
VIM. E. Foster, Cd KY, Soldiers and Sail
ors' Home, Quincy, H.: think all this
Home will vote for Mckinley, and it is for
their interest to do So as we want nothing
but Sound Money.
Indiana.
VIM. Houghton, Maer, 14th Ind, Loo
gootee, Ind: / have been gratified to note
the splendid fight you have been making for
honest money and good Government, and
have been thinking you were not well
supported by the comrades as You should be
many of the letters you publish sound
like they had been written by the other
side. When the Chicago platform was pro-
mulgated / said that no soldier who under
stood the principles for which the war
was fought could cast his vote for it.
would not put it upon the grounds that free
coinage of silver would cut his pension in
two. This would appeal to his pocket and
not his patriotism 1t is true we fought
the war without asking what our wages
would be, and accepted the 50-cent green
back for pay with the same patriotism will
when we accepted the gage OF Dattle. III
was the best the Government could do.
After the war was over we helped to make
those greenbacks as good as gold, and it has
been our boast and pride that every dollar
: of our money is worth 100 cents in every
market of the world. While believe that
free coinage of silver at 16 TO ! would be
the worst financial calamity that has ever
darkened our country-not even excepting
the disastrous Free Trade policy of the past
four years-there are principles involved IN
the Chicago platform that are more danger
GUS: The doctrine of State rights is openly
advocated; the subversion Of the Supreme
Court of the United States-the only bull
wark that has been placed as far as possible
/, from the insane enthusiasm of political
, parties is TO become the creature of partisan
politics. Altgeld, who is nothing if not an
Anarchist, would be leading power in the
Bryan Administration, and the worst ele-
| ments of society would be encouraged as
they have been in the State of Illinois
, where Altged holds the Office of Governor.
, What the country needs is the return to the
Protective policy of the Republican party.
Start the mills give employment to labor
pay them good wages in good money, and
they will consume the product of the farm
J at fair prices; put tariff on wool, cattle
horses, and everything the farmer raises,
, and we will be where the Democratic party
found US in 1S92-the most prosperous Ma
ton on earth. live in one of the Middle