Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-02-01


TO discriminate against silver as un
wise and unjust
The party or power that attacks
the mintage rights Of silver is guilty
Of a violation of the constitution, as
has been declared by the princes of
American state men.
"Daniel Webster said: Il am
clearly OF the opinion that neither
congress nor any other authority can
legally demonetize either gold or,silver.
IT one coin can be dethroned as
money. then the other one can be,
and thus the constitution can be over
thrown. The command TO congress Is
TO coin money, not o distroy IT,; TO
create legal tender money for the use
OF the people, and the grant of au-
thOrity TO create money cannot be con
strued TO mean authority To destroy
money
"James G. Blaine said: Il believe
gold and silver TO be the money Of the
constitution; indeed, the money Of the
American people. anterior to the con
Stitution, which the great organic
law recognizes as independent Of its
own existence. No power was con-
ferred on congress TO declare either
metal should not be money. Congress
has, therefore, in my Judgment, no
power demontlZe silver any more than
| 70 demOnetiZe gold.
"SilVer is a standard money OF our
country, and its use as such with gold
! is a tradition Of the Republican party
as we, as harmonious party declared
In our national platform IN 1892, as
| follows: 1.-THE American people,
from ira adtoin and interest, favor
bimetallism, and the Republican
party demands the use Of both gold
and silver as money"
"The demOnetlZatiOn Of SILVER is
wrong, and the Republican party. In
its national platform In 1888, Goa
demned the effort OF President Cleve-
lands administration 30 demoneti re
1t, as follows: 1.-THE Republican party
is in favor OF the use Of both gold and
silver as money and condemns the
Democratic administration in its ef-
fort TO demOnetize silver
"President Mckinley, on February
II, 1891, as a member of congress, In
the house, said: During all Of Grover
Cleveland's years at the head OF the
government he was dishOnorlng one
of our precious metals, one Of our own
great products, discrediting silver and
enhancing the price of gold. He en-
TO office, to stop the coinage OF silver
dollars, and afterwards, and TO the
end Of his administration persistently
used his power to that end. He was
determined TO contract the circulat
ing medium and demOnetlZe one of
the coins OF commerce., limit the vol |
umn of money among the people, make |
money scarce, and therefore dear. He |
would have increased the value o { |
money and diminished the value Of |
everything else, money the master, |
everything else the servant
"You witnessed in the last campaign |
the mosts cruel coercion OF the labor
ing vote by the money-changers in |
charge of the old paTty-a coercion |
that put the lives OF wives and chill.
dren at stake, by threatened with
drawal OF employment II the voter did |
nor foregO his own opinion and vote
the sentiments of his employers. |
This cannot be Llncoln Republican
ism.
"You have witnessed the unblush
ing repudiation OF their promises TO |
strive for international BimetalliSm
by this same aggregation OF greed, as
soon as II had obtained power under
a promise so sOlemnly made to ma
tion whichit did not intend TO perform
This cannot be Lincoln Republican
ism, You heard their premises that
all should have employment at in
creased wages, and now see that the
trusts they fostered have reduced
wages; more than 10000 cOtton-mill |
workers have been victimiZed within
the past few days. They promised TO
protect aud keep good all the demon
nations OF our money, aud they now
propose TO retire 10 all except gold,
aud the paper money of their private
corporations. 10y incurrng greater
public debt that was required 10y our
torctathers to build the nation, The
power of greed only promises; 10 never
tulills, But Lincoln Republicanism
never promised what IL did not fulhll.
You cannot expect To get the old
party back through the aid of the
power that despoilS 10; you cannot eX-
pect mere combine OF greed 10 Saye |
It's fair name from the infamy that |
always attaches To the agency OF sell |
iShneSs, disloyalty and coercion. A |
political combination that would take /
from the goyerHment IL pretended TO /
serve tho right 20 issue It's own cur
rency, and give 10 TO few bankers, /
largely oa0trolled by foreign money |
changers, could be purchased by other /
aggregatlonS OF capital to commit |
other violations of the constitution.
"rhelr promises 10 the farmers
would haze been also wholly disap-
pointing, We're 10 not for the failure OF |
the crops Ia other wheat producing
countries, and gaunt famine that
followed, You have observed one year
OF the present administration, and
must he satisfied that We are having
CleNelandlSm under Mckinley, as We
had Shermaaism under Carlisle. The