The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-20

| decree of heaven has given that ratio 6
sacredness beyond all other possible ratios,
| There are hundreds of thousands of as good
| bimctallsts as Mr.. Bryan himself who object
| to IT. to |.
so long as Mr.. Bryan is permitted to speak
| with authority for the party and to cry do
| part from me. ye accursed! to all who are
! inclined to think that II to |. 20 to or 80 Ia
| ! might possibly be safer to start with than
| ls to !, the cause OF the people is in unfit
| hands, and the democratic party will repel
! from IL large numbers of patriotic men who
! are capable of entertaining more than one
| idea at a time.
The democratic platform of 1896 demands
| 10 TO l. hut there is nothing divine about
pittfo-ms that they should be the same yes
to-day, today and forever. Democratic plat
forms nave been altered ere now"
No democratic platform has ever been al
tered. New ones have been adopted, but they
were adopted by the democratic party, and
not by New York newspaper or Tammany
boss. Until new platform is adopted, the
platform of 1896 stands as the measure of
democracy, and no man can change it. But
lsat is not the dangerous point in this at
TACK. me real danger point is the attack on
me ratio by an alleged friend of bimetallsm
ana VINO makes the very same attack that
mas been made by the gold monometallists
both in this country and abroad 1t IS m.
nreiense that the selection of the ratio is
wlthcut reason; that 1t is not by decree of
heaven that it Is not essential. The object
democratic position, through paper which
by alleged faithfulness to the democratic
roaders ~
It's position is absolutely false.
Inc ratio of III to [ was adopted in the
eenlociattc National platform for sound ana
logical reasons. ~
IL IL essential to the SUCCESS oy -tndenando,.
free coinage.
The first reason for It's adoption is that It is
the Present coinage ratio of the country ma
has been for over sixty years. Any change
wcule require the recoinage of all existing
SILVER coins, or all existing gold coins Tb,s
e$.'erse would be an objection to many nor.
SONS, ara 1t is entirely unnecessary to the
hi'hd OF any h'metalist, for the fundamental
proposition OF bimetallism ia that free co,n-
age brings the market ratio to the coinage
fauo' Whatever 1t may be- Why should the
ah De changed? Nobody has ever been
any oiner ratio except the ratio of 1915 10 I
International bimctallism is ever Mt.
u .ne4 most Intelligent bimetallsts believe II
wouid pc at the ratio of Isl. 10 1 baeanaa
mes OF the silvor-usng nations coin M tbat
t th ana probably half the silver coins IN
m mn wor n are coined at that ratio. As
ment the convenience OF The maior;,,, as as
D. consulted. We could hardly ex3ac, o ,hu
ords .. y, ,ne world to recon all their money in
V ~ 10 hunpt our ratio, which no other ma |
,loif uses For that reason all inte,IIpant ~, |
tAut 1f..a-
inetaiiisH would agree to a ratio of Ihit'ta ~
tahed. '"uiu DC oD- |
put 'his is not question OF internatlona, |
agreement II Is a question OF indepenaen,
irVe coinage and the fnct that most NJ III. |
s'Nes In the world is coined at a ratio of 15n
10 - or at ratios which put still higher val
'.uH On SILVER, and is maintained on |
psii'y OF exchanges with gold at those ratios
,S ~ ~ II Important to MS TO retain o,r ra,io
~ ~ 40 10 FOR independent fee eolnnge Nv
,asi'oW" protect ourselves from the lnuch,
v va,ne.,oi Hood of foreign silver" we nra-
.s go iuieish coi1s from benl sent here ,or I
,s,tnusc. no one would take British ar |
,sjns, or French, or other foreign SILVIA
s;o.'s. ~, whlch are exchanEcatie nj face wa,ro
~ soiu ana send them her, Tor recoinaee n,
bc sNss ~, ~ cents or more on tho dollar ~
~, uid We could simply send then, b,ar
ih'u,,"",nhed and exchange them for gold OF
!. nat Us Why the democratic marty .oo,, a..
'N, ior the ratio OF 10 to !. and VIM ~ ~
~, sues OF independent free coinngc VIII ~
NJ g II. There is no nyaterv obou, =" ~
.. n.,S y no superstition about n Tho nj ~
,,N. tnat there IL, In this Journal articlap'Ss
~ siuious effort 10 betray the dcmnns.,,, ;s
az, n, into the hands Of It's goldbur nnnmi
y WI not succeed. The masses arc fa, hss
~ ,aucated In regard to bimetnlij.,n . IT,
10 'ournai and Mr.. Croker Imagine '"'n