Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-22
The Main Question.

The Cincinnati Enquirer urges
those who voted for Bryan last fall
to keep up the fight, in the following
able editorial:
Now that the spring elections are
past, and the people of all but two of
the cities of the state have placed the
municipal housekeeping out OF the
reach of Republican machines and
their bosses, the public mind will
naturally turn to the main question
for consideration and discussion.
And that is the money question:
U on the right settlement of that
question the restoration of prosperity
depends.
The dealers in money are naturally
in conflict with the dealers in every
other kind Of property. They mani
puIate legislation in all countries IN
such manner as to increase the
value of money by ]essentng its
volume. This cheapens the value of
all other kinds of property. The
boldest stroke ever nude in this di-
rection was the conspiracy which de-
monetized silver. Until then uncoin-
ed silver was worth just as much as
the dollars into which it could be
coined, and our silver dollars, because
of their weight, were at a premium
of three per cent. all over the world.
The price of silver withstood the
shock of demonetization in Germany
and in the United States, and only
commenced to decline when the mints
of France were closed against it. This
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Britain demonetiZed silvermore than
eighty years ago.
Silver coinage would have been re-
stored in the United States in 1876
but for the old legislative trick of ap-
pointing a commission to investigate
the subject. The splendid report of
that commission in 1877, prepared by
its chairman, the Honorable John P.
Jones, of Nevada, opened the great
debate which broke down all opposi-
tion in congress, and would have re-
suited in the restoration of the free
coinage of silver but for another Wall
street trick. This was the substitute
of the purchase and coinage of a
limited amount, of silver instead OF
its unlimited coinage.
Congress would have fully restored
silver at any time from 1879 until 1897
but for the baleful influence of Wal
street which dominated the executive.
1t has been the scandal of the period
that the sold gamblers and the bond
selling syndicates of Wall street and theii
European associates have been intrenchet
IN the White House during the last twenty
years. They have been the real power
while our presidents have merely been theil
instruments. Party organization have beer
playthings in their hands, and the people
have been amused with discussions of thu
tariff and election laws and everything elst
except the one question in which they wert
most interested. The quarrel between thu
republican stalwarts of New York and th,
republican half-breeds of Ohio made th,
election of Cleveland possible in 1884. HI
commenced his war against silver in pub
lshed letter month before his lnaugura
ton. His ridiculous tariff letter of 1887 in
sured republican success the following year
and Benjamin Harrison succeeded him al
the representative of Wall street in tn,
White House. Mr.. Harrison's administra
tion was perfectly faithful to its gold stand
ard masters, but was only able to stem tn,
food in favor of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver by the Enactment of tn,
Sherman purchase act, which doubled tn,
amount OF silver to be purchased MONTH!
by the government. In 1892 protection rul
mad, and the Carnegie riots at Homeste
again swept the republican party from pow
or and returned Mr.. Cleveland. His nomina
tion was bough. outright by his god-trust
principals, and his election was merely
demonstration Of the popular worth agains