The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
M'KINLEY'S STAND ON MONEY.
HE Is Quoted As SAYING HE WILL.
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senator Fairbanks Carries the An
nOuncement 10 a Conference of III,
Leading Republicans of Indiana
The Feeling at the Conference
Overwhelmingly in Favor of the
Enactment of Currency Reform
Legislation On a Gold standard
Basis.
indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 2S.-Five hundred
representatives of the republican party OF
Indiana, 'outside the city. of Indianap-
oils, attended to-days conference. The
meeting was for talk and little else, and
was the largest "off-year' meeting the
party. has ever held.
The meeting was held a,little later in the
year in order that United States senators
from this state, and the republican repre-
sentatiVes might. be here, and they all
came The influential men in the party
were encoura ged by the statements of the
senators and representatives that there IS
hope for currency reform, not remedial
legislation, but action that will tend 10 set
the party right before the people The
unanimity of the party IN the state on the
proposition that the currency must be re-
formed was a surprise 10 many OF the
democrats, it was aVerred, viii declare
for free silver in their next state platform,
and the republicans viii, of course, take
the opposite ground. In the event of the
failure of congress to take action looking
to reform of the currency, members of the
party said. the party in this state, would
go into the state campaign embarrassed,
and on the defensive from the start.
In the hotel Hobbies there was great
deal of talk about the civil service law
but it came largely from men who made
application for office Immediately afler
the nominate of Mr.. Mckinley and have
been disappointed. The prominent men
of the party are agreed that no one need
fear that the republicans of Indiana VIII
declare against the law.
The chief speakers were United States
Senator Charles W. Fairbanks and Gov.
James A. Mount. Senator Fairbanks paid
a high tribute to the President He said:
I'm my humble judgment a more patriotic
citizen of the republic never graced the
chair of the chief executive"
Senator Fairbanks expressed the belief
that the Dingley law will bring the peo-
pie blessings and prosperity equalled only
by the Mckinley law itself.
Some of our democratic friends say 1t
will not raise revenue sufficient for the
government-that it is not raising sufficient
revenue now. This is true as 10 the pres
ent Why? Because previous to the en-
actment of the Dinghy law millions of
dollars in products made by foreign hands
were sent into this country. Foreigners
know the best friend to them was the Will
son law, and that lis doom was sealed by
the republican congress After these pro-
ducts sent TO the United States by the
swiftest ships that plow the seas are con-
sumed, we shall have sufficient revenue
from the Dingley bill The bill will speak
al e.. h
lican can speak for it,
On the subject Of currency reform, Sen
ator Fairbanks spoke as follows: "Our
democratic friends said to the gold dem
oerats: The republican party will have to
keep faith with you; when the republicans
declared in favor of sound money at ST.
Louis they did not mean it,
THE republican party, with Mckinley
as our leader, intends to keep faith, to
preserve the gold standard unimpaired to
the American people. The currency ques-
ton is a great question, and to it the |
President of the United States and his adj
visers are addressing themselves with ar
dor and intelligence. / saw the President |
just a day before coming here. I asked |
him if he had any message for the repub-
licans of Indiana. He commissioned me
to say to you that he gratefully remem- |
hers the encouragement and assistance |
which the republicans of this splendid
state have given him heretofore. and he
further said: I am going to keep the
bond. I am going to vindicate the sound
money plank in the St. Louis platform.
"A party which keeps faith with the
American people win, in my judgment, be
supported and sustained by them. No
party can afford TO vary from its platform
pledges the width of a solitary hair. In
the forthcoming session of congress the
great currency question will be in debate
! cannot foretell what will be the result,
for unfortunately we Shave a majority only
in the House. In the Senate the free sill
yer democrats, free silver republicans and
populists constitute the majority. Whether
we can pass through the Senate any meas
ure that will commend itself to the judg-
ment of the American people cannot say.
But do believe the American people will
give US credit for an honest, determined
effort, and that effort they win surely
witness. If we fail it will not be because
of any lack of determination and persever-
ance in purpose on the part of the re-
publicans in the United States Senate"
HUNT ON ELEPHANTS.