The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-03-25
DIR. HARTZELL
Aud His Rabid RavinRs About Free
silver.

"yawp" on "some of the fallacies of free
silver" in Sundays Repository. Mr..
HartzelPs "yawp" is neither sensible,
truthful nor dignifed, in fact is scarcely
within the limits of good manners.
For example, he concludes his diatribe
in this wise:
Weylerism and Bryanistic "bimetal-
ism" and legal tender, and robbery,
and thieving, and lieing, and free silver,
and the Chicago platform, are all tarred
with the same stick and should be
spewed out and condemned by the honor
and good sense OF all patriotic and sensi-
BILE people. Josiah Hartzell.
In Mr.. Hartzells nomenclature it is
not robbery and thieving and lieing" to
build up and uphold trusts and monopol-
les that plunder the people by millions
each year, nor 20 enact tariff law un-
der the name of protection" for the
same purpose. All this is right as he
thinks. All that his party does is right,
no matter what it is.
Mr.. Hartzell starts out in his article in
a style more savage than elegant, and so
continues throughout. He uses the
word "yawp" both as noun and verb
freely. Here is his opening salute:
Editor Repository: The Bryanistic
yawp about "bimetalsm" is still doing
duty. They say: "Give the country
free coinage of both gold and silver"
Already this country and every other
country has free coinage of gold. 1t is,
therefore, the free coinage Of l6 to l
silver that they want, that is, the silver
standard pure and simple. Why don't
they say so? Why keep up this hypo-
critical blather about a fake Is to l
"bimetalism?"
The law fixes the ratio between silver
and gold, and the law of this country
is now and has been for many years l6
to /, or rather 1898 to l. Being law
abiding we stand there. This does not
seem to suit our friend. True, we say,
"give the country free coinage of both
gold and silver" and so says the St.
Louis platform of the Republican party,
when European countries will consent.
Now the "Bryanistic" people are Ameri-
cans and believe in independence, and
don't favor waiting until other nations
consent.
Why, yes, every silver country has
free coinage Of gold, and in the United
States silver is a legal Ftender in pay
ment Of all debts as well as gold. Our
glorious constitution so declares, and
Congress cannot and has never tried to
abrogate, though at one time urged to
do so as we remember, by John Sherman.
Again he says;
"The bimetaIlism favored by the Re-
publican platform and President McKin.
ley's inaugural, contemplates ratio
founded on commercial values, that is,
on common honesty"
"Contemplates ratio, etc, )" as if the
ratio were not fixed by law. Common
honesty" forsooth. was it common
honesty" to demonetize silver in 1873
by fraud when it was above par as COM
pared with gold? Mr.. Hartzell, among
his much nonsensical stuff says: "Even
the fathers made no positive declaration
on the subject oflegal tender" The faith
ers put their dictum in the constitution,
giving Congress power "to coin money
and regulate the value" and forbids
the States to make anything "but gold
and silver tender in payment of debts. "
The constitution is clearly bimetallic
document; but what care British bond
holders and their followers, hirelings and
dupes in this country for constitutions,
or for right and jus ice?
Facts, and the suffering experience Of
their fellow citizens for long years, have
no effect on some people. They hug
their delusion all the same, az are far
beyond the reach of truth and argument
The decline in prices and values under
the British gold policy that has SC
afflicted this land with hardship and
bankruptcy, have no beneficial effect OIL
the class of people referred to. "a mar
convinced against his will is of the same
opinion STILL" Mr.. Hartzell's twaddl'
about Japan and silver and also of Wey
ler's policy in Cuba amounts to nothing
Here is country that our friend knows
something about, or ought to, that hal
been badly victimized and has suffering
millions Of good citizens, all the resul
of vicious and villainous policies tina
Mr.. Hartzell approves and defends.
Whose "popocratic yawp" is this2
"The Republican party is in favor o
the use OF both gold and silver as money
and condemns the policy of the Demo
cratic administration in its efforts t.