The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-03
IOWA DEMOCRATS.
Campaign Opened By Choses Caaai-
late for Governor.

~ tttht ANfht
mated a state ticket. Mr.. Fred T.. White
was chosen rs the standard bearer and
i'm response to the enthusiastic greeting
given him by the people spoke as fol
lows:
mir. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen:
On June % last three separate state con-
ventions were held In the city OF Des
Moines. These .hree representative bodies
nominated and indorsed one ticket and
united In the expression OF n platform OF
principles. This being the opening meet
ing OF the campaign the public expects and
II has a right TO expect a truthful exposi-
tion OF the principles 10 which we hold.
Our platform declares In its first para
graph that we lay special emphasis upon
that portion OF the national democratic
platform on the financial question. believ-
ing that the very existence OF the farming.
laborlng and commercial Interests OF this
country depends upon a change OF our
financial policy and we reassert that We de-
mand the free unlimited coinage OF both
gold and silver at the present legal ratio
OF sixteen TO one without waiting for the
aid or consent OF any olher nation
THE most persistent objection urged
against the free coinage tf silver il that
concerning the ratio. The declaration is
necessarily made by gold standard advo-
Gates OF both high and low degree hat the
sixteen to one ratio would give US a 30
cent dollar. an essentially dishonest dol
lar. a dollar that would not only cheat
the private money lender. but ruin our pub
lie credit by fastening upon our people the
whitening guilt of having become deliber-
ate regulators OF sacred obligations.
Il do not care with what an amount Of
confidence gold standard advocates talk
OF "A commercial ratio. the obvious fact. the
historic truth H.. there has been no such
ratio since 1873. and there Is no such ratio
now. II true commercial value be natural
us lta fhan q frlllV rnF Nv morptl y IA tin m
be a natural ratio: that Is to say. IL must
be a ratio established under perfectly
natural conditions: II must be the result
of natural conditions. the conditions at the
mint must be natural: that. is equitable.
equal conditions. Whenever these condi-
tions OF equality at the mint are inter
fered with. are destroyed. and unequal. un-
fair. artificial conditions are substituted.
then an actual. natural, real commercial
ratio cannot be established. The ratio or
result will always be in harmony with the
prevailing conditions. This Is precisely
the case with the present alleged com mer-
cial ratio. IL is not In any serse a natural.
a true commercial. but a purely artificial
ratio. The equality of conditions at the
mint. that Is. the equality of gold and sill
YER. the unlimited privilege OF each TO
be coined. was destroyed In 1874 Natural
conditions. equality OF conditions ceased
10 govern. and artificial. that is. unequal
conditions, were substituted and the re-
$500 ~ ~ - IA 20 AAAtAAl WIN AAtSt
conditions. II IL an artificial ratio; being
an artificial ratio II >annot. at the same
time be a natural commercial ratio.
The equality OF conditions. the natural
conditions. which governed the mints up
10 1873. have been destroyed We still allow
comes. but silver We have outlawed. Its
character as primary money we have de-
stroyed. 1t is the abolition OF this use
that has destroyed a part OF its value and
the inevitable result is a changed relative
value. a changed ratio. When by law you
restricted the coinage OF silver TO sub
sidiary coins. permitting full and free
coinage to gold as before, you destroyed
a part OF the value of the outlawed metal
and augmented the power of the gold dol
lar by artifciaiiy increasing its use: an in
creased demand for gold resulted when
you outlawed silver. precisely as an in
creased demand resulted for wooden cloth
when you people outla wed lotion. Under
these conditions. which are decidedly I'M
equal. unnatural conditions. you cannot es-
tablish a natural. a commercial ratio of gold
and silver. The ratio is a purely artificial
ratio. the Inevitable result OF artificial
conditions. To get an actual, true com
mercial ratio YOU must either restore 10
silver all its functions and powers which
by law you destroyed, restore silver TO its
constitutional status as full redemption
money entitled to coinage upon an equality
with gold. or else You must drag gold down
10 the degraded level OF silver by destroy
ing its monetary character. In either case
the much talked OF and the little under
stood ratio OF thirty-two TO one will disap-
pear.
Comparison with Mexico.
do not tell me that we cannot maintain
the parity OF the do rs and then point TO
Mexico for your evidence. as has been
your uniform practice. To undertake to
compare this tremendous country with Its
teeming and enterprising population equal
ing In creative power over Do.eO0.0O OF Eu-
ropeans. with such a comparatively weak
republic as Mexico is no fair comparison
or parallel. Mexico L. an infant: ou- coun-
try a giant Mexico has scarcely succeed
ed In maintaining for herself a visible spot
upont the worlds map. We are by common
consent regarded as the foremost people
upon the globe. Mexico Is destitute OF in
ternational influence: at the council table
OF the nations she is Observation-Disclosures
Her trade and while growing
rapidly Of late is as yet comparatively in
significant. and necessarily must be. Mex
leo lacks the great Cssentials-business,
trade and commerce-whlch are the per
petual absorbents OF money Let a man
tske silver bullion to the Mexican mint for
coinage. and the trouble is there Is not
much to buy with the coin. for Mexico has
but little TO sell The very contrary IL
true Of US. Let everyone bring silver TO
our mint and we will coin il into a FULL
fedged American dollar. We will nut the
49, DN NAEE 'h1 AtN ttNA111 "a IL
erty on the other with the superscription
added. not In the money power. but In
God we trust
Make nm Actual Dollar.
W will through the bower OF the law.
the law being backed by the power OF pub
lie opinion. make this silver dollar an
actual dollar that will stand in need OF no
redeemer. We Will invest II with the char
acter OF absolute. primary money. We
VIII not dishonor II. send II forth an or
phan. a discredited coin. W. will make II
an unqualified legal tender. We Will
clothe II with every essential function pos
sessed by Its yellow brother With such
a dollar, enjoying the prestige of the great
est nation on earth. the owner will have no
difficulty. He can buy with IL a thousand
things each In almost endless quantities.
He can buy our cotton by the millions OF
bales. and our petroleum by the millions
of barrels: our rice and tobacco In enor-
nous quantities.. he can buy our wheat,
corn and other grains by the millions Of
bushels: our beef and pork by the untold
millions OF pounds. he can buy our machin-
cry. our butter and cheese. our iron and
steel. our boots and shoes, and so on and
so forth to the end OF the almost in
terminabie list. We can, therefore,. sue
r4Gefullv accam piieh what Mexico en- mint