The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-03

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tinue the use of both gold and silver a.
standard money, and further declared
that the efforts of the government SHOULD
be steadily directed to the establishment
of safe system of bimetallisni.
Why should the government direct it.
efforts toward the establishment of any
kind of bimetallism if the gold STANDARD
is satisfactory to the people of the United
States?
5. When in 1896, the boiling Democrats
Endorsed the gold standard they pollet
less than I per cent Of the votes of the
United States and carried only one pre-
cinct in the union-a precinct i'll which
there we're only polled three out of the
six
Was any financial policy ever more
completely repudiate?
6. The boiling Democrats, when mem
bers of the Chicago convention of 1896
joined in minority report declaring il
favor of International bimetallisln.
Were the boiling Democrats bimetallist.
at Chicago, ..or did they try to practice {
fraud upon the rest of the convention?
7. The Republican party had never de
clared the gold standard to be blessing
to the United States. In 1892 the Repub
licans at Minneapolis declared that the
American people from tradition ant
| interest favored bi.neta1list
Have the traditions or the interests o.
the American people changed since 1892
s. In 1896 the Republican party prom
ised to promote international bimetallsn
and Mr. Mckinley, in his letter of accept
ance, pledged himself to carry out that
promise.
If the gold standard has been benefit
to the United States, why should the Re
publican party seek to abandon it and
substitute the double standard by inter.
national agreement
9. AS soon as Mr.. Mckinley was elected
he asked Congress for authority to appoint
commission to visit Europe and secure
the aid of the leading commercial nations
of Europe in abandoning the gold
standard
If the gold standard is blessing why
did Mr.. Mckinley send commission
to Europe to get rid of it?
10. A Republican Congress, by an
almost unanimous vote, appropriated
500, 900 to pay the expenses of the mon
etary commission.
If the gold standard is the standard Of
civilization, why did the Republican
party spend 500, 900 in trying to get rid
of it.
II. The French government expressed
willingness to restore bimetallism by
international agreement and joined our
commissioners in asking Englands co.
operation.
1t the gold standard has been blessing
to France why is France willing to aban,
don its gold standard and substitute inter.
national bimetallism
IL. Within three years the German
reichstag has adopted resolution declar-
ing in favor of international bimetallism
If the gold standard has been blessing
to Germany why was the popular branch
OF the German assembly willing to aban,
bon the gold standard and substitute
international bimetallism?
-. The gold standard has been Endorsed
by bankers, financiers and chambers Of
commerce, but it has never been Endorsed
by the producers of wealth in any nation
in the world.
Will the Republicans say that the pro-
ducers of wealth do not know what is
good for them, or should only fnanciers
be consulted in monetary legislation
H. The monetary commission remained
in England for three months, and the
press dispatches reported that the coui-
missioners were confident of obtaining
some concessions from England. On the
22d day of last September the bankers OF
London joined in unanimous protest
against bimetallisnl, and the English gov
eminent has now refused to make the
concession for which our commissioners
asked.
Does this not support our contention
that the gold standard is advocated by the
capitalistic classes of the word ?
IS. The Republican party, in its plat
form OF 1896, after pledgng itself to inter-
national binetallism, declared that the
gold standard must be maintained until
the leading commercial nations Joined in
international bimetallism.
Is it well to thus allow the leading com.
mercial nations of Europe to dictate the
financial policy of the United States9
10. 1t is evident that the other European
nations will not join in bimetallism so
long as England uses her great influence
against the double standard, and it is also
evident that England will not abandon
the gold standard without the consent of
her financiers.
Is it safe to allow the financiers of Lon.
don to control the financial policy of the
United States?
II. When the London bankers met on
the 22d day of September and protested
against bimetallism, they pledged them