The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-16
SHERMAN OPENS IT
REPUBLICAN, CAMPAIGN Is UNDER
way IN OHIO

At Columbus the Ancient Senator Upholds
the Doctrines of the IT. Louis Flatforn
] Claims That the Government Has
| Made the Most Strenuous Efforts to
Enhance the Value of silver by Making q
Government Market for IL, and Has
EaiIed-Other Grimes Besides That OF
's3-The Speech ia Full
| Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 15.-The Repub-
| ican campaign in Ohio was formally
opened by two monster meetings in this
| city. The gators were Senator JOHN
| Sherman and Senaotr-elect ]. 3. For
| aker of Ohio and Hon. Stewart L Wood
ford of Brooklyn, N Y. The meetings
were held in an immense tent on Eas:
Broad street, the city having no audi
forum large enough to accommodate
the crowds. At the afternoon meet
ing fully 10000 people were crowded into
the tent The large attendance was a
| surprise as it was feared the extreme
warm weather would interfere. Gov
ernor Bushnell presided at the afternoon
meeting. The governor made a brief
speech. He said the people from all
parts Of the state were present 10 open
campaign that VIII elevate TO the high
est office in the gift of the people of the
United States, a distinguished son OF
Ohio, William Mckinley. The speaker
reminded his hearers that no Ohio can
didate for the presidency. except the
first and greatest of them all, Abraham
Lincoln, was q native of Ohio.
When Governor Bushnell introduced
Senator john Sherman, the venerable
statesman advanced to the front of the
stage amid loud applause and the band
struck up THE Star Spansled Banner"
Mr.. Sherman stood calmly surveying
the crowd until the band ceased playing.
Mr.. Sherman prefaced his speech by say
ing that inasmuch as he wished TO dis
cuss questions of vital Importance 10
every citizen Of Ohio, ne would read his
speech in order TO be exact in his state
ments. Continuing, he said:
SHERMAN,S SPEECH.
Mr.. Chairman and fellow citizens: A
citizen Of Ohio has been selected by the
Republican national convention as
their candidate for president of the
cldlcS anu We aIe mere IA IL
fy and to support his nomination. We
take pride in William Mckinley, not
only for the honor conferred on Ohio by
the convention; bue because we know
him to be fitted for that great Office.
We know that since 1nis boyhood his life
has been pure and stainless, that as a
soldier in the Union army he was brave
and loyal, that as a member of congress
for many years he exhibited the highest
mental traits and rendered great SER
vices TO his country and that as COVER
nor of Ohio he proved his capacity to
perform difficult executive duties. And
he has the higher claim upon US that
during all his active life he has been a
faithful and able Republican. thorough
~ in sympathy with the principles of
the Republican party.
That the party does not rest its
claims to your confidence merely upon
the merits OF its candidates but upon
the soundness of its public policy. its
measures and its aims. Il is a distin-
gushing feature of our Republican gov
eminent that every question affecting
the people Of the United States must
ultimately be determined by them at
the ballot box. Every legal voter has
an equal voice in deciding it, however
Olnlcult the problem may be.
TWO QUESTIONS AT ISSUE.
At the coming presidential election
there win be submitted to your judg-
ment two such questions, one of which
is. whether any holder of silver bullion
may deposit it at the mints of the Unit
ed States and have il coined for his
benefit. and without cost to him. into
silver dollars each of the weight OF 4l2Is
grains of standard silver, nine-tentns
fine and may tender them for any debt.
public or private. The other question
IS, whether in levying duties or taxes
on imported goods we shall only cOnsid-
er the revenues required, or whether,
while raising the needed revenue, we
shall seek also 10 protect and encour-
age domestic industries; the one is call
ed revenue tariff and the other a pro-
tective tariff. Both the silver and the
tariff are vital questions of domestic
policy, Of equal Importance, but l pro-
pose on this occasion to cOnfine my re-
marks mainly to what is known as the
free coinage OF silver at the ratio Of
sixteen parts of silver to one OF gold.
BY THE POPULIST BRANCH.
This issue is thrust upon US by the
Democratic party. or rather by the Pop
ulist branch of the Democratic party
Gold and silver coins are recognized by
al commercial nations of the world as
the best of standards OF value. as the
measure of every article of desire, Of
everything that is bought and sold
These two metals not only measure all
other things but they measure each 9th
er. Their relative value constantly
changes. Twenty-three years ago Is
-
one ounce Of gold. Now thirty-one
ounces Of silver can be bought for one
ounce OF gold. This fiuctuation of value
cannot be prevented by law. II is BE-
yond the reach OF legislation. 1t is
caused by the changing demands for an
increasing supply OF these metals from
the mines. Both are necessary as
money, silver to supply the daily wants
of life, and gold TO insure larger trans
actions OF business, especially IN ex-
changes with foreign nations. How %
maintain the parity Of the two metals
al a fixed ratio has been. is and always
viii be. a difficult problem, not only n
the United States but in the Civilized
world
AN OLD. OLD QUESTION.
II was one OF the first questions 10
occupy the attention OF American
statesmen az the adoption OF the CON
staitu1on a - now one of the most
pressing. after more than one hundred
years OF national growth. In 1892 sill
YER end gold were made the common
standards OF value IN the United States
at the ratio of Is TO l but this wes BE-
cause then the actual market value Of
fifteen ounces OF silver was equal 70
the actual marke value OF one ounce
of gold. The greatest care was taken
90 ascertain this ratio by Thomas JEFF
ferson, then secretary OF state. and
Alexander Hamilton, then secretary Of
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