The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-28

time and skill. The senate report On
wages and prices found that days Ia
Dor in nearly all % the trades would
in 1880 buy about double the amount OF
gold as II would fifty years ago. and
with less hours in day Since 1910. but
especially since 1860. there vas a steady
advance in wages in this country. IN
I'll 1891. In 1892 We started in 10 capture
the markets OF the world and all got
thrown out OF employment and OF course
wages fell. It required less human e.-
fort to get the same amount OF gold in
1891 than ever before in the history OF
rhe world. How then can II De asserted
that gold has appreciated? IL has de-
preciatei measured by human labor in
the last fifty years. The production OF
gold is steadily on the increase. New
discoveries are being made every year
and every nation that has silver stand
ard OF values today is anxious TO adopt
a gold standard al the earliest possible
moment II is the money Of civilization
and progress. II ~ the most stable and
least varizFoie commodity which can be
used as money and the genius OF man
that centuries ago adopted gold and sill
Yer as the money exchange. has grad
ually in the las; 100 years come tosadcpt
gold alone as the standard OF values,
and the use OF silver has been limited.
The Republican party IL the only party
that is in favor OF the use OF both gold
and silver. 1t is in favor OF the free
coinage OF gold. and the government
coinage OF silver. and il Is in favor Of the
largest possible u:se of silver in the cur
rency that will permit Us 20 still keep
gold in circulation.
THE PAST AND THE FUTURE.
The Republican party in Kansas met a
great defeat in 1895. 1t was defeated by
the votes of those who acted with the
party in the past. In 1894 Kansas de-
clarei in favor OF a protective tariff.
bu, last year she spoke for free silver.
1t is a state of great intelligence. and
honesty OF purpose. 1t viii yet take
right position on money as it mas on
the tariff. II is our duty to go before
the people OF the STATE in 1895 and ask
them to reverse their judgment. for the
Republican party is right on this ques-
ton and right in the end. will prevail.
Let nothing swerve Us from this pur-
pose. 1t is the duty of the hour, and let
US see TO ii that this state speaks in the
congress OF the United States. for pro-
tective tariff and for good stable money.
We still have Populism in Kansas.
Why We as a state Should continue 10
be afflicted when the rest OF the coun-
try is cured, 1 don't know. Our sins
probably were greater than other por-
tons of the country, and for this reason
the recovery is slower, but il Will come.
Populism thrives in adversely. II feeds
on ten cent corn and thirty cent wheat.
1t whithers and dies in the presence Of
thirty cent corn and dollar wheat. Il
has no longer any excuse for existence.
Ii came into life during the hard times,
through which the state has passed in
the last four years. Ii will fade away in
the presence OF general prosperity which
is apparent everywhere.
The duty OF every true Kansan is TO
endeavor 10 repair the damages and in
juries that the state has suffered on ac-
count OF the accession OF the Populist
party 10 power. II is the duty OF every
true citizen OF the state to look forward
and not backward. To join the party
OF action; Of advancement; Of hope. II
you have voted the Republican ticket
in the past, vote ii again. II you nave
voted the Populi5t or Democratic ticket,
during the last six years. admit that you
have done wrong and cast your infiu-
ence to the party to which Lincoln,
Grant and Garfield belonged. which
Blaine loved and fought for during his
whole life and which is now marching
on TO other and greater victories under
the leadership OF Thomas 3. Reed and
William Mckinney