The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1897-12-25
UNDERSTANDING
APRoPos OF THE silver STU
! ALTON. ,
He Says the hspabliean Party win Be De-
feased st the NEXT Election n it De-
ci.rcs for Gold : wants Pressure
Brought to Bear on England.

Denver, Nov. ia special from
Boston to the Republican says:
Senator William E. Chandler Of New
Hampshire Is out with another oper
letter on silver and the elections. II
has made a profound sensation here
In the East. He says In part:
AS to the elections. they prove with
reasonable clearness that IL the Repub-
lican party pointedly acquiesces in the
existing gold standard and gives IN
the struggle for bimetalllsm, that party
Will be defeated In the congressional
elections OF 1893 and In the presiden-
ual election OF 1900. The silver mono
metalists viii then take possession OF
all branches OF the national govern
ment and q free coinage bill, with sill
yer made legal tender for all debts,
public and private, domestic and for
elgn, Will pass both houses Of Con-
gress and be signed by President
Bryan.
There may be infatuated indiyidu-
ais who think. In view of the elections
OF last Tuesday in Iowa. Ohio, Ken
lucky and Nebraska. that western Re-
publican states can be kept in line IL
future party platforms shall complete
" Yield to gold and give up the effort
10 remonetize silver, but the wiser and
slIer view Is TO assume that with the
issue so framed the Republicans will
meet with overwhelming political dis
aster, inflicted by Solid South and a
West almost solid, aided by Tammany
Han and the free silver Democrats of
the Empire state. This comes very
near being a country OF free voters,
ana our elections come very near
being honest transactions. and an
intelligent people. with their votes
freely cast and honestly counted, will
never adopt or submit to the perma-
nent demonstration Of silver and the
nxed aseendency OF the single gold
standard. prescribed by England.
so the pathway Of safety is only one
direction. Mr.. Mckinley was elected
only because his platform and his pre-
Vious- utterances promised efforts TO
secure bimetallism. We lost the
United States Senate because ;hese
promises were not sufficiently i'm earn
est and were distrusted By many Re- |
publican voters. We did not Dromise /,
10 establish bimetallism IL we couId /
Deileving IL to be a bad thing. I'm: be-
cause we believed il TO be a good thing.
III We now faithleSsly abandon the puT-
suit or that good thing. we doom orr
selves TO political humiliation. So
mere Is no course open 10 us but TO
Dr1ng together the independent na-
ions OF the Eastern hemisphere and 10
unite them in one grand and irresIst-
Ole demand for the money of the
iges-God's money. as Secretary Sher-
nan EXCEPTIONALLY and reverenily called
Z silver and gold joined together at a
lAed rauo as the basis OF all paper
money and credits and as the worlds
'alues.
But the recent English refusal to
gree to help bimetallism by promising
o reopen the India minis will be re-
erred to as proving that an interna-
lonal agreement is an impOssibility.
sven a British ministry has been ,
inown to change it's mind.
The bimetallists of the world are
reused. Many debtor nations of the :
world cannot pay Great Britain what /,
hey owe her. interest and PRINCIPAL. :
gold. Ii will be the part OF wisdom
or the empire to aid in remonetizfnr .
liver. The people of the whole West /,
IN hemisphere by immense maiorities 4
re In favor Of the reconciliation Of :
liver. They need only to be aroused
nd organized by the powerful infu-
nee OF these United States. A PAN
merican reconciliation congress
lay be held and united request of
II the governments OF North and q
outh America may be presented to the C
uropean powers. II will be needed c
y China and representatives OF India u
Ill join In the request. 1t viii be b
eeded even by England. For myself.
desire to be guided by the counsels 3
Senator WOlcott." u
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