The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-07
GOT A LITTLE roo RABID
Chicago Tribune is Afraid 1t VIII Have
Eat Mckinley Crow


Chicago, April 4-The Chicago Trib-
une, a bitter enemy of McKinley's.
which has been fighting him because Of
his friendliness 10 silver has Gained
down. The Tribune saw a dish Of crow
ahead. This morning il apologies as
follows:
The Tribune prints as part Of the
news Of the day what the supporters
OF other presidential candidates have
10 say about Governor iicKinley's fin
ancial record, but il does not share
the apprehensions which some of the
advocates of other candidates say they
entertain when they peruse that record.
The Tribune wants 10 be fair and
therefore it must say that Governor
Mckinley has been just and sound on
the financial question as his party has
been. He has kept in line with IL all
the time and he is sound enough now
10 satisfy as eXacting a man as Senator
Sherman, and that Endorsement should
satisfy every reasonable Republican.
II nominated and elected we have no
fear whatever of his going astray on
the financial question.
1t is true his party convention in
Ohio adopted platform which is re-
garded by many as something of a
pedient of a politician anxious 10 get
delegates from free silver states. But
when the platform is made at st. Louis
IL VIII be SO explicitly for sound money
that nobody can misunderstood Ii.
whoever is nominated will have TO ac-
cept IL and to stand squarely on IL.
however equivocal the utterances Of
some or his upoprters may be now,
when the silver states have not elected
delegates, they will cease to be so If he
gets the nomina ton.
No supporter of Mckinley can expect
TO please the silver mining states and
please New York at the same time. But
TO be elected he must have the latter
and the other sound money Republican
states. Therefore If McKinly is nomi-
mated all his friends will at once and
continually assure sound money men
everywhere that he is as sound as the
platform.
The Tribune wants TO be understood
as having full confidence in Governor
McKlnley's financial record. 1t is gen.
orally the same as that of this paper.
For the last twenty years it has stood
about where Mckinley has stood. He
voted to pass the Allison bill over Pres
ident Hayes veto and the Tribune
stood with him. No man could have
predicted then that silver would con-
tinue TO fall in spite of the efforts to
hold IL up. So who can Justly find
fault with that part of McKinley's
record?
ut was generally believed that the |
more extensive use of silver contemplate |
ed would increase the demand and !
check the tendency 10 fall in price. es- |
pecially if an international agreement |
h 90 I.
of silver
Twenty years have elapsed since |
then. Extensive silver purchases by |
this country have not had the expected /
effect, and the hope Of an international |
agreement has become weak and remote /
Consequently men who were strong ad- /
vocats OF free silver two decades ago 1
have become convinced that il Is hone I
less at present to expect that any leg /
islation on the part Of this country /
can make sixteen ounces of silver worth 4
one Of gold.
What they said or did in 1873 f. a
matter Of no consequence. They do
not believe now that unlimited silver
dollars containing BIN grains Of silver
being on so cents worth of that metal.
can be kept at par by the legisla tive
fat. There is no school like that OF
G
Governor Mckinley have attended it"
The Inter-Ocean. a Mckinley paper.
taunts the Tribune as follows.
The Chicago Tribune is Al IL again.
Il wants 20 beat Mckinley for presI-
dent. but every effort IL makes 10 ac-
its purpose places the Buckeye
Governor nearer the hearts OF the vot-
ars and increases their enthusiasm for
him. Only a little while ago. in h0t
words, the Tribune declared that Nc
Hinley would never do for candidate
because he was too high a protection
ST. when the shout came back from all
over the country: That's why Ne
ike him. and that's why we want him"
Discounted in thai attack. the ven
erable editor Of the Tribune now comes
back with the sinister inquiry. rs Nc
K .nley for free silver and follows ID
he question by giving the governors
record in congress on the silver ques-
Son which really shows that ne was
\ happy accord with q great majority
Z the Republican party on that as vel
- OF other great questions The truth
:. the more the editor q the Tribune
attacks Governor Mckinley from The
high horse Of snti-protectIon and IT.
single-gold stan ard Goth q which
ne editor seems 20 hold just az close I (
. rs l-4FL as re dare, and stay IN re
party. the more Effectively /
XII ne aid Governor Mckinley % reach
he goal q rs ambition. on ho-a .
h=se questions Governor Mckinley I
vas not only With the vast majority 1
Z the Republican party. but Re showed
himself % b moving 10 close contact
VIA the general public sentiment o. t5s
-o1rtry showed himself - b. IN close
ouch with the people - - sald b.
ore. the more - mlls1ty ~. Ms1.l
rings thls 1ut. che more effective ~!
is service be ~ behalf o. McEll-y.
In or judgment. s1e Tr4D-lne EDITOR Z
: doing great d=al better work flr the q
i-klni@y cause than The rsu g-J a-s
working 1lE1t and day 20 prevent TIE 9
eoPlz fran sending Cullen delegate {
r1m the sac q Illinois o. course
~ latter are lab3rinE Tor the n1-llaa- ,
on 4 AcS iEiey. ana thE Tribune ez-
tor = ls0oEl1E % defeat ttSf zom.r.a-
lon. bur ze zre quite EGre thzr -hs
1i:8r - da1zE IRE r1gEt -fSlcls1t E0-k .
TIE trgtn il. - ssch ollBdsrirg e.
,-th against Mckinley Nr- Me1U T.
cluE ui1ss-c= - Gr. Red ana gr-sF a
a1di1s-es H1e1 Ae contrasts NcK-u- / Q
. a. a silver msn Eiiz Reed as q god / 2
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