The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-11-18
Nrnrls Hanna for silver.

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yer is dead, or, in other words, that
the gold monometallists have tri-
umphed, and gold will hereafter be
the fixed and unalterable money of
redemption. Mi. Mark Hanna
does not hold to this view, and in
an interview last Friday with the
New York reporters, its publica-
ton being authorized and its cor
rectness not challenged, he stated
that "the farmers and laborers in
the western cities" were drawn
away from the support of Mr.. Bry-
an "by explaining to them that we
stood on the st. Lousi platform,
which advocates bimetallism under
an international agreement, and
that we were not gold monometal-
lists" 1t is needless to say that
Mr.. Hanna's opinions at this juno
ture are fully as important to the
country as Mr.. KcKinley's.
We will heartily second all of
forts of the incoming administra-
ton to bring about free coinage by
international arrangement. Bime-
tallism is the thing to be secured,
and it makes little difference by
what methods or by what party it
can best be accomplished. There
is unquestionably favorable feel
ing in France and Germany, but
England is hostile and will remain
80. Gold is British interest more
important than all the tariffs i'll
this OF any other country. The
best judgment, therefore, is the in
ternational bimetallism, while pos
sibly, is most improbable. The
bond and moneyed interests of
England, in alliance with those of
the continent, will be too much for
the people of those countries, as
they we're for the people of the
United States in the late conflict
of ballots. In the face of Mr.. Han
mas admission that McKinley's
election was secured by pledges of
international bimetallism, and by
impressing on tho western farm
ers and laborers that we Republi-
cans) were not gold monometall-
ists," it is clear large majority of
the people of the United States
an overwhelming one, i'll fact-are
in favor of free coinage of silver.
Under the Mckinley administra-
ton there will be an earnest effort
to bring about international bimet-
allism. We hope it may succeed.
But failing, as we believe it is des-
tined to fail, and the gold standard
continuing for the next four years
it's depreciation of all commodities
and appreciation of the purchasing
power of gold, is it not apparent
that free coinage by independent
action of the United States will be
again tho great issue in 1900, with
international bimetallism elimina-
ted as possibility
There are signs of cleavage in
the victorious party already on this
question of international agreement
for the free coinage of silver. The
gold monometallists, if not in the
majority in the Republican party,
are at present the most potential
influence in that party. They are
represented by the corporation, the
banking, the trust and the million
aire clements that made MoKin-
ley's election certainty. The
New York "Evening Post" is the
best representative of these classes,
and it promptly takes issue with
Mark Hanna and declares
aanna's talk of international
bimetallism "is Bryanisn pure and
simple, and, it adds, naturally leads
farmers and laborers to ask why, if
free coinage is right under inter
national agreement, it is not also
right under statute by our own
country" That is true, but Mark
Hanna says he won this election
by drawing the farmers away from
Bryan "by explaining to them that
we (Republicans) stood on the st.
Louis platform, which advocates
bimetallism under international
agreement, and that we were not
gold monometallists." The Even
ing Post" declares "this compro-
mise and makeshift," and that
the "onlS way out of the middle
and the only way to prevent re-
appearance of Organism four years
hence is to stop such talk, to say
we are monometallic nation with
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