Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-26
BROADSIDE SHOTS
QUESTIONS SUGGESTED BY
BRYAt?S SPEECHES
The Kind OF Firing That Will S'nh the
the Republican ship Next Yea"-rho
Party of Hanna In had Boz Gold
Cannot win.

1. The United States adopted BIZ
metallsm in 1902 and continued 1t I'M
til 1S73-eighty-one years-during
which time no party ever condemned
in national convention.
Has any other financial policy been
so universally commended?
2. The United States adopted the
gold standard in 1878, without any ma
tional party asking 10 have the change
made.
Has congress ever made any other
change approaching this in the I'M
portance without the people demand
ing it through some party?
3. The gold standard was main
tanned in the United States from 1875
to 1896, during which time no party
commended it in a national conven-
ton.
Has the United States ever endured
any other policy for so long time
Without some party defending the
policy?
4. The law repeating the purchas-
ing clause of the Sherman law de-
clared it to be the policy of the United
States to continue the use OF both gold
and silver as standard money, and fur
Their declared that the efforts of the
government should be steadily directed
to the establishment of a safe system
of bimetallism.
Why should the government direct
its efforts toward the establishment OF
any kind of bimetallism if the gold
standard is satisfactory to the peo-
pie of the United States?
5. When, in 1896, the boiling Dem
ocrats Endorsed the gold standard they
polled less than ! per cent of the votes
of the United States and carried only
one precinct in the union-a precinct
in which there were only six votes
and the boiling Democrats only polled
three out of the six.
Was any financial policy ever more
completely repudiated?
. 6. The boiling Democrats, when
members of the Chicago convention OF
1896, Joined in minority report de-
claring in favor of international BIZ
metallism.
We're the boiling Democrats bimet-
allists at Chicago, or did they try TO
practice fraud upon the rest OF the
convention?
Z. The Republican party had never
declared the gold standard to be
blessing to the United States. In 1892
the Republicans at Minneapolis de-
clared that the American people from
tradition and interest favored bimetal-
lism.
Have the traditions or the interests
of the American people changed since
1892?
s. In 1896 the Republican party
promised to promote international nj
metallism and Mr.. Mckinley, in his
letter of acceptance, pledged himself
to carry out that promise.
If the gold standard has been
benefit to the United States, why
should the Republican party try to
abandon it and substitute the double
standard by international agreement?
9. AS soon as Mr.. Mckinley was
elected he asked congress for author
ity to appoint a commission to visit
Europe and secure the aid of the lead
ing commercial nations of Europe in
abandoning the gold standard.
If the gold standard is a blessing
why did Mr.. Mckinley send commits
sion to Europe to get rid of it?
! 10. A Republican congress, by an
almost unanimous vote, appropriated
100000 pay the expenses OF the none
tary commission.
4 If the gold standard is the standard
of civilization, why did the Repub-
lican party spend 100000 in trying TO
get rid of it?
II. The French government ex-
pressed a willingness to restore BIZ
metallism by international agreement
and Joined our commissioners in ask
ing England's cooperation.
If the gold standard has been a
blessing to France why is France will
ing to abandon it's gold standard and
substitute international bimetallism?
-. Within three years the German
reichstag has adopted resolution de-
claring in favor Of international BIZ
metallism.
If the gold standard has been a
blessing to Germany why was the pop
MAR branch of the German assembly
willing to abandon the gold standard
and substitute international bimetal-
ism?
10. The gold standard has been in
dorsed by bankers, financiers and
chambers of commerce, but 1t had
never been Endorsed by the producers
of wealth in any nation in the world.
VIII the Republicans say that the
producers of wealth do not know what
is good for them, or should only finan-
ciers be consulted in monetary legis-