Evening journal., 1896-08-27

which we now have. permanently from
The trade of the country and greatly de-
crease our per capita circulation 1t Is not
proposed by the Republican party 20 take
from the circulating medium OF the coun
,ry any Of the silver we now have On the
contrary is Is proposed 70 keep all of the
silver money now in circulation on a pari
" with gold by maintaining the pledge OF
the government Tint all Of IL shall be equa!
60 gold This has been the unbroken pol
icy of the Republican party since 1873 IL
has inauguratcd 40 new policy 10 will
keep IN circulation and as Roo6 rs gold nli
Of the silver and paper money which are
now included In the currency OF the coun-
try 1t will maintain their parity. It,
viii preserve their equality in the future,
as It has always done in the past. lt will
not consent TO put this country on a silver
basis, which would inevitably follow indie.
pendent fro0 coinage at ratio of 10 to 1.
IL will'opposo the expulsion Of gold from
our circulation
Eject on Farmers and Laborers.
II there Is any one thing which should
be free from speculation and fluctuation,
II Is the money Of u country. IL osght
mover to 30 tho subject of mere partisan
contention. When we part with our labor,
our products or our property, we should
receive In return money which is as stable
and unchanging in value as the ingenuity
of honest men can make It. Debasemont
of the currency means destruction of val
ues. No one suffers so much from cheap
money as the farmers and laborers They
are the first to feel its bad effects and tho
last 20 recover from them. This has been
the uniform experience OF ali countries,
and here, as elsewhere. tho poor and not
the rich are always the greatest sufferers
from every attempt TO dehase bur money.
Ii would fall with Alarming severity upon
investments already made. upon insurance
companies and their policy holders upon
savings banks and their depositers. upon
building and loan associations and their
members, upon the savings of thrift, upon
pensioners and their families and upon
wage earners and the purchasing power of
/ their wages
The silver question IS not the only issue
affecting our money In the pending con-
/ test Not content with urging the free
coinage of silver, It's strongest champions
demaiid TINT our paper money shall bc is
sued directly by the government OF the
United States This is the Chicago Demo
| cratic declaration. The st. Louis people, s
| declaration is that "our national money
shall be issued by the general government
only, without the Intervention OF banks of
| issue, be full legal tender for the payment
Of all debts, public and private" and be
distributed "dircct to the people and
through lawful disbursements of the gov
ernment Thus, in addition TO the free
coinage Of the worlds silver, VIC are asked
| to onter upon an era of unlimited ire
dcemable paper currency. The question
which was fought out from 1865 TO 1879 Is
| thus 20 be rcopened, with oil its unccrtain-
ties and cheap money cxperimentsof of every
conceivable form foisted upon us
This indicates most startling rcaetion.
ary policy, strangely ht variance with ev-
cry requirement Of sound finance. but tho
declaration shows the spirit and PURPOSE
of those who by combined action are con
tending for the control of the government
Not satisfied with the debasement Of oti
coin, which would inevitably follow tn,
free coinage of silver at rs to l. they woulS
still further degrade our currency an,
threaten the public honor by the unliinite'
issue OF an irredeemahlo paper currency
A gravcr menncc 10 our financial stnnd
ing and credit could hardly be conceived
and every patriotic citizen should b
aroused TO promptly meet and effectuall.
defeut IT,
1t is a cause FOR painful regret and solici
tude that an effort is being made by thOsI
high in the counsels OF the allied parties e
divide the people of this country Into class
es and create distinctions among us
| which, in fact, do not exist and are re
pugnant to our form Of government Thcs'
appeals to passion and prejudice arc be
meath the spirit and intelligence Of a FREE
people and should be met with stern re
buke by those they are sought to influence
and believe they will be- Every attemp
to array class against class tho classe
against the masses, " section agaihst sec
ton labor against capital, "tho poo
against tho rich" or interest ngainst in
tcrcst in the United States is In the high
est dcsrce reprchcnsible. 1t is opposed t.
the national instinct and interest an,
should 10 resisted by every citizen.
We arc not a nation Of classes, but o
sturdy, free, independent and honorable
people. dospising the dcmagoguo and nov
or capitulating 20 dishonor. This eve
recurring effort endangers popular govern
mont and is q menace 70 our liberties. i
is not now campaign device or party ap
peal 1t Is as old as governments amonl
men, but was never more untimcly AM
unfortunate than now Washington warn
senate an words which feel are singular
~ appropriate at this time: 81 admonis
the people against the object of outcric
like these. ] admonish every industriou
laborcr Of this country 90 be on his guar
gainst such dolusion. / tell him the nt
Tempt is TO play on his passion against hi
latercst and TO prevail on him, In the nam
II liberty, TO destroy all the fruits Of lib
lrty.
The Protective Tariff.
Another issue OF supreme Importance
that os protection. The peril OF free silve
!, 4 a menace 60 be feared We are alread
experiencing the effect OF partial free trade
The one must be averted, the other cor
, rectcd Tho Republican party is weddc
Co the doctrine of protection and was ney
er moro earnest IN its support and atlvoca
ey than now. II argument were neede
10 strengthen its dcyUtion to the Ainerl
can system or increase the hold Of tha
system upon the party and people, it
found in the lesson and experience Of tn
past three years. Men realize IN their owl
. daily lives what before was TO many Q
! them only report. history or tradition
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