The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-03

by the president. The United States
endured the gold standard for twenty
three years before any party dared to
defend it, and when the boiling dem
ocrats in 1896, after advocating inter-
national bimetallism at Chicago de-
clared for the gold standard two
months later at Indianapolis, they
polled less than per cent Of the votes
and carried only one precinct in the
United States-a precinct in which
only six votes were polled-they Sc
cured three votes, the republican two
and the regular democrats one. Six
million and half of voters declared
last year for independent bimetallism.
A little more than 100000 supported
the republican ticket, which was
pledged to international bimetallism.
Those 13,500000 declared themselves
against the gold standard and in favor
of the double standard BY sending a
commission to Europe Mr.. Mckinley
admitted the gold standard to be I'M
satisfactory. By appropriating $780,
GOO to pay the expenses Of the commits
sion, the republican congress confess
ed itself DESTROYS of getting rid of the
gold standard. The commission found
France willing to abandon the gold
tandard-conclusive proof that the
gold standard had not been satisfact-
DRY in France. In England the cap
italistic classes wre opposed to MAX
ing any concessions to bimetallism,
thus proving that independent bimet-
allsts were right last fall in asserting
that the contest between gold mono
metallism and bimetallism is contest
| between the money power and the
! fo;1 ,f
| commission to secure the cooperation
of Europe is proof that Independent
bimetallists were right when they as
States must rely upon their own eff
forts for relief without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation.
The republican party, having failed
in it's efforts to get rid of the gold
standard, must now insist upon the
American people enduring gold
standard. Can the republican party
carry over to the gold standard all
those who believed in international BIZ
metallism last year? Surely not Not
content with forcing upon the Ameri-
can people against their will a finan-
cial system which permits the finan-
cial magnates Of Europe to control our
is now preparing to turn over the pa
per money of the United States to the
national banks. Mr.. Mckinley is rec
ommending the appointment of COM
mission to reform the currency, and
the committee appointed by the In
dianapolis conference is now at work
preparing plan for the retirement of
the greenbacks and treasury notes.
r,1o ri moi
declare in favor of retiring the green.
letter of acceptance. On the contrary,
he expressly declared that the repub-
lican party would keep in circulation
and as good as gold all the silver and
paper moneys then included in the
currency of the country. If, as now
probable, the republican party is about
to attempt the retirement of all gov
eminent paper, will it not ALLEVIATE
those republicans who still regard the
greenback as a safe and useful cur
rency?
The opposition to trusts is growing
stronger every day, and the republic
can party is impotent to exterminate
them because it receives financial sup
port from them. Therefore it must ex-
pect to lose among those who believe
the modern trust to be menace to
the industrial as we'll as to the politics
Of the United States.
The last democratic platform oppos-
ed government by injunction. Events
have brought the subject into still
greater prominence since the election,
and few republicans will openly de-
fend government by injunction. Will
the republican party indorse that
plank in the Chicago platform and
carry it into execution, or will it. by
ignoring the subject, ALLEVIATE those
who believe in trial by jury?
The democrats in their last national
platform favored the arbitration of
differences between carriers engaged
in interstate commerce and their en-
ployes The republicans organized
sound money railroad clubs among
their employees. If they continue to
ignore the arbitration question, can
they expect the support of railroad
employees in the future?
The republican program now en-
braces three parnicious doctrines:
First-Foreign control of our primary
money. Second-National bank con-
troll of our paper money. Third
Tust control of the taxing power. Will
the people submit? No.
w. j. BRYAN.
Old Kaintuck All Right.