The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-04-15
.sA Free Silver Republican. .

especially prevalent among the adj
vocates of "sound money and
monometalism
We read the article which recent
ly appeared in the State Gazette
under the caption ''The Gold Bug
Organ, with amazement and great
incredulity. The painful conyic-
tion was forced upon us that the
writer thereof had either lost his
senses or his conscience. 1t re-
minds one of that episode in the
career of (Simon-bar Jona, which
occurred Immediately before the
borrowing of the cock on an event
full night, when he (Simon, not the
cook, went out and wept bitterly"
We are looking for "a flood of
tears" to submerge Kisar's store
room. In that article the State
iGiettes has denied the faith il has
preached, 10, these many years. 1T
has been "instant in season and
out of season" zealously, and often
bitterly defending the financial
policy of the Republican party of
recent years, which is avowed by for
the single the gold standard and
''sound money" That is mono-
metalism, and pure, unadulterated
| gold -bugery of the deadliest type.
He, she or it says: "This paper
has stood and still stands opposed
to the free and unlimited independ-
ent coinage of silver at this time"
which is equivalent to say that lie
would not oppose Gree and un-
limited coinage, &C., at some other
time" 1t is practically and sub
stantially that free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold is right
and wise, but not just now.
Bimetalists are opposed tomono-
metalism or the single standard
and gold bugery. The demand of
the remonetization of silver, not
the decentralization of gold. The
demand of this Nation shall regu-
late its affairs and it's monetary
system without the domination of
foreign lands. They demand the
"free and unlimited Independent
coinage of silver" and of gold.
That is the only "true real and
practical bimetalism." He says in
i the "next breath" that that paper
stands "for bimetalism in it's true
and only practical sense" He's
for the same kind of bimetalism
that Mr.. Sherman, Mr.. Mckinley,
| Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Carlisle
believes in, and which is in no true
seI,sc true bimetalism. 1t is false
and spurious to the core. 1t is
false pretense and the term is used
to mislead and deceive the people,
to catch votes, and to arrest the
exodus of the friends of silver
from the old parties. He says also,
that neither he nor the Republican
party want to edo away with a
single dollar of the S5O0,O00OOO
silver which this country has, and
he is in favor of as much more as
this.country can have without de-
stroying the parity of the metals
and driving gold out of circulation
and leaving us silver only" Bless
your dear misguided soul, Brother,
don't you know that for 200 years
the double (silver and golD stand
ard-that is to say, "bimetalism in
: in its true and practical sense,
was established by all commercial
nations, that it was established by
the founders of our government
! and maintained until Mr.. Sherman
and his party destroyed it in 1873,
and substituting therefor their
, and your bogus bimetalismp
Don't you know that prior tc
l 1873 while the double standard
4 dominated with silver as the CHIEF
r cornerstone, that the parity was
maintained, except occasionally
: when gold was at a discount? Don't
you know that as soon as demone.
tization of silver was perpetrated
! and free and unlimited coinage
suspended, gold appreciated anc
silver and values deprecated, the
? parity destroyed, and not yet re
stored2 Don't you know that the
defenders of the Republican none
, tary system have asserted time ant
time again that the silver dollar
!, was a cheap dollar not worth o.
equivalent to 100 cents, that il
Il was a so or go or rs cent dollar
. Have you not asserted the same
lthinn in the Estate Gazefte2"