Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-08-20
Character of the Opposition.

Character Of the Opposition
We are not surprised. said Mr.. Bryan,
the beneficiaries of w savosit
ism-they have read our platform to
learn that we must in this campaign face
advantage in advocating the doctrine Of
q wealth ars trespassinE upes The ri hs
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slowed upon US. @H8
Not = Disloyal Pledge.
The Chicago platform has: been con-
demned by some because it dissents from
declaring the income tax law unconstitu-
tional Our critics even go so far asato
apply the name anarchist to those who
must be remembered that we expressly
recognize the binding force of the decision
Of the aa ss the Gf hs a%
suggestion of an attempt to dispute the
authority Of the supreme court. The party
tuttonal power which remains after that
decision. or which may come from it's re-
versa! by the court, as it may hereafter be
that pledge ?+~ag & - ss%3 - 80
@ Has No Apology to Oner.7' "ea7
When courts allow: rehearings, he said,
they admit that error is possible; the late
ing. While The money question overshad-
ows all other questions in Importance, +.
Mr.. Bryan, that shall offer no apology for
the income tax plank of the Chicago plat
foTm The he last ineoms tax sought to ap
equita bly, among those who enjoy the pro-
lection = Of the government. aAt present
collected through internal revenue taxes.
and import duties. are especially burden
some upon the poorer classes of society a
w ther eGects 81 f ON nd
from other citizens less than their
share is simply an indirect means
S5 anohsF Poeke mana ana ws s
men who escape. Just taxation, it can
Not onS sa
refuse to apologize for the advocacy Of
an income tax law by the national conVen-
for the exercise by it of the right to dissent
from a decision Of the supreme court. In
a government like ours, every public Off
a right to criticise his official acts. No public
official who conscientiously discharges his
duty will desire to deny to those he serves
the right to discuss his official conduct.
ALI Favor Bimetallism.
Then, entering upon what he declared
the paramount question of the campaign
the money. question-Mr. Bryan said: 1t
is scar re to defend the Pr1n
during the entire history of the United
States has ever declared against. it, and
i teme crit to O. oppose it. Three parties-the
democratic, popUlist and silver parties
have, not only declared for bimetallism,
necessary to restore silver to its ancient
position by the side of gold. The repub-
lican platform expressly declares that BIZ
metallism is desirable when it pledges the
republican party to aid in securing it, as
soon as the assistance of certain foreign ma
lions can be obtained. Those who repre-
cago convention opposed the free coinage
of silver by the United States by independ
ent action. on the ground that in their judg
ment it would retard or entirely prevent
the adjustment Of international bmet-
allfsm,, to which the efforts Of the govern
ment shou1d be stesdily directed When
steadily directed toward the establishments
of international binetallism, they con-
demned mOnOmeta1liSm.
Are They Sincere? .@
Is this quadriennial agita ton in favor of
international bimetallism conducted in
good faith, or do our opponents really de-
sire to maintain the gold standard per
Of doube stanGerd W6en
joined in by the leading nations of the
world, or 90 they. still insist that gold is
among civilized nations? If they are, in
fact, DESTROYS of securing bimetallism, we
may expect them to point out the evils Of
system If, on the other hand, they are
bending their energies toward the per-
manenty establishment Of a gold stand
ard under cover of a declaration in favor of
International bimetallism, T am Justified
in suggesting that honest money cannot
be expected at the hands of those who deal
dishonesty with the American people,
? g 81 Test of Honesty in Money.
The test of honesty in money, he said.
must be plainly found in the purchasing
power Of the dollar. An absolutely honest
dollar would notvary in its general purchas-
when measured by average prices. A dollar
which increases in purchasing power is
Just, as dishonest as dollar which de-
creaseS in purchasing power. 1t cannot
be successfully claimed that monometal-
lism or bimetallism, or any other system,
gives an absolutely just standard Of value.
Will No Longer Be Borrowers.
II It Is asserted, as It constantly is as
US to borrow more money from abroad, I
reply that the restorat ton of bin ralIism
will restore the parity between money and
perity which will enable the American peo-
pie, to become loaners of money instead
of perpetual borrowers. -
What Free Coinage Means.
AS against the maintenance of gold
standard, either permanently or until other
nations can be united for it's overthrow,
emphatic demand for the Immediate
restoration of the free and unlimited coin
age of silver and gold al the present legal
ratio of sixteen to one, without waiting
for the aid or consent of any other nation.
We are not asking that new experiment
be tried; we are insisting upon a return
to financial policy approved by the ex-
perience of history and supported by all
the prominent statesmen Of our nation
from the days Of the first president down
to 1873 - -
When we ask that our minis be opened to
into full legal tender money we are simply
asking that the same mint privileges be ac-
gold. When we ask that this coinage be
at the ratio of sixteen to one we simply
ask that OLE gold coins nd the. Sta 10 I'd