Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-07-25

"A, -" N"p"biN VI ulNlub Ill
sno .eslora.loh OIL silver to It's rightiul place
30 M" N'a"uaro 'nohey'
no ucihooralic party, In Its Chicago con-
'e".'on' nus 'uheh position In its platform
~ p,ohouneeuiy favorable to silver and has
noni,na.eu cahulaates OF such unquestonablc
Oon''.'iohs IN laVor OF the bimetallc policy
~ VI suoh h'Rh personal character, that we
"%,o Nv, uo'orhilheo 10 give them our support
wv auppor' sucn cahdldates because they
.op'1'e"' .ho SrohI prlnclple OF bimetalllsm.
Wh'oh we peieVe 10 be the cause of humanity,
','n'~a'loh una the paramount question
~" W. oe,o'o .ho american people.
70 'noieiole announce mat we shall, by
wv "nu Note, support MeSsrs. Bryan and
oo""i 'or presioeht ana Vlce-presdent, and
no appeal 10 ail cllizchs, ana especially TO re-
pupii"ahs VINO lcel Us We do that gold mono
he.a'iiSm would he OF lasting injury to the
.ouh'ry' 'o acl win us IN securing their cleo
''oh
inc democrats who believe In the gold staud-
ara are announcing their intention to support
Mr' mckinley, or proposing to put a third can
didate In the field for the uvowed purpose OF
aiulhg MIR. Mckinley's election A great num-
Der OF leading and influential democratic iour.
nails have declared they will support the re-
publican nominees 1t Is evident there Is to
w +" Nhipi VI iulCtS Ol lut part Oh lne uuNO-
Gates and supporters OF the gold standard TO
elect Mr.. Mckinley, and congress favorable
to him which will support tho financial policy
outlined in the republican platform.
To those who believe In bimetallism, which
means the equal treatment Of both gold and
silver Mt the mints OF the nation. there Is but
one course TO pursue, and that is to unite all
the silver forces to oppose with all our might
the candidate representing the policy which
We believe Is fraught with disaster TO the ma
tion and ruin to the People.
Gold monometallIsm means the shifting to
gold alone, rs primary money, oil the burdens
OF commerce and credit formerly borne by
gold and silver, and as the worlds stock OF
these metals has always been about equa! in
amount, 1t means the doubling Of the burden
upon gold. Doubling tie burden upon gold
means doubling the demand for the same,
and doubling tho demand of necessity doubles
the value thereof This gradual shifting to
gold OF oil the burdens Of both gold and silver
has caused gradual md steady increase in
the value Of every dollar redeemable in gold,
and hence Il gradual and steady decline in the
value OF every commodity that is measured by
that dollar.
Tho representatives nnd supporters of Mr..
Mckinley consented to tho insertion In the St
Louis platfoim of the gold standard declara-
tion thinly venecred by n declaration for bi-
metallism, when the leading commercial ma
tions OF the world should consent" but until
that consent was secured, the gold standard
must be maintained 1t is well known that
this consent can not be secured from Great
Britain and that such declaration for bl-
metallism means nothing with this Limitation
upon it. Mr.. Mckinley consented to the dec
laration for tho gold standard In tho plat
form md In his recent spccches has
accented It, and has become the nd
yocate thereof; He has shown by his speeches
heretofore made TINT he understood tho dan.
ger OF the gold standard. md the distress
which would be inflicted upon the American
people by its adoption; and vet he pledges the
people to support and maintain that system,
and fasten upon them all the evils OF the iinan-
cial system which he has heretofore repudia-
ted. II they will make him president. What
ever NAV have been his attitude on the money
question in the past he must inevitably here
after sunnort The same financial system as the
present democratIc administration, ana II
eIected must continue The policy OF Mr. Clevo-
land in the sa,o OF bonds in time Of peace.
Hcnce, with the success OF Mr.. Mckinley. we |
NAV ,oo, for n continued increase CT the pub |
iic delhi A nd the sale OF bonds to maintain the |
gold standard.
Tint tho condition Of the country IL not |
all admit The producers OF
wealth are not receiving fair and proper COM
pensaton for their labor, whether in field,
factory or mine enterprise has eeased; values |
aro constant tly declining; labor Is unemployed; |
dIscontent md distress prevail to an extent
never before known in the history OF the coun-
try. md no reason can be found for such an |
unhnppy condition, save In vicious monetary |
system. Those who profess TO deplore the
present financial condition and oppose the
free coinage OF silver are divided In opinion US
to the cause of the present prostratlon. Some
declare that 1t Is because we have
too much tariff; others that wo have
not enough; while tho fact exists
that every gold standard country in the world,
whether it has high or low tariff, is now and
has been during recent years in the throes OF
4 financial panic; and every silver standard
country compared with its former condition,
IL enioying an Industrial development und de-
rree OF prosperity hitherto unknown In It's
history. While thus differing In opinion, they
unite in asserting that the gold standard must
IA maintained until foreign countries shall
,ionifv their willingness that the American
,eonis shaIl exercise the rights of frecmen and
,reate a financial system of their own. II we
,yerlook the humiliation and degradation we
must fccl ON account Of such declaration Of
lnancial d dependency, we may well Inquire when
he consent OF the lending commercial nations
, IL, he obtained, No one who has read the
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