The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-11-04
THAT GHOST AGAIN
CHAIRMAN TowNsEND's sLU5TsR
CIRCULAR.

CIRCULAR.
Democratic State Central Committee
Floods the State with Sensational Scare
Crow Interchangeable McClenry Bill the
~-~gie Man They Garble Chairman Han
mas Letter-Dare Not Print it in Full
The Democratic state central COM
mittee have flooded the state with cir.
culars raising the boyle man OF the Ne
Cleary bill. In our last Vice.. Issue
this matter was thoroughly considered,
but in view OF the appearance of these
circulars it is we'll to call the attention
of our readers again to this matter.
The Demo cratic circular states in its
heading that the McCleary bill is the
real issue of 1898. In this way they are
endeavoring to throw overheard that
part of the Marshalltown platform
which endorsed free silver and proposed
Mr.. Bryan as the Democratic candidate
for the presidency in 1900 They are
also endeavoring to befog the people
with this bogie man which they have
conjured up.
The circular says that the McCleary
bill is the comprehensive and enlight-
ened monetary legislation" which was
promised by the Republican platfol m.
They then say that this McCleary bill
is an administration measure. To
prove this the circular refers to the In
dianapolis monetary convention. over
which our own Governor Shaw presid-
ed, which they claim was approved by
Mckinley. This convention, says the
circular, formulated the plans from
which this bill was constructed. The
circular then quotes from the address
sent out by Chairman Hanna of the
sound money commission, under date of
the 10th of last July, and claims that
$50 of the 205 Republicans and gold
Democrats signed the petition asking
for the consideration of some sort of
currency measure and are pledged to
vote for the McCleary bill. Further on
in the circular occurs the following
statement:
''In letter written Sept. 80, in an.
swer to direct question Mr.. Hanna
says: The only currency reform bill
reported to the present congress during
the last session was that reported by
the banking and currency committee.
known as House Bill No. 1O2s9, and
that, I take it, is the one you refer to as
the pending measure. 8"
This was as much of Mr.. Eanna's let
ter of Sept. so as Chairman Townsend
of the Democratic state central commit
tee dared to quote. Immediately fol-
lowing this quotation, which he gar
bles, is this expression: mo MEM
Der OF CONGRESS WAS COMMIT
TED TO THIS BILL, EXCEPTING
THOSE MEMBERS OF THE RANK
ING AND CURRENCY COMMITTEE
SIGNING THE FAvORAELE RE-
PORT"
Farther on in the same letter occurs
the following statement which, of
course, does not appear in Chat nan
Townsend's circular: s'Neither the
language nor the intent of the petition
committed them to vote for the bill In
fact one free silver Democrat signed the
petition in order that the subject might
be brought before the house."
In closing this letter of Sept. 80,
Chairman Hanna says: 81 have no
doubt that whenever the Republican
caucus of the house shall agree upon a
reasonable currency measure that Major
Lacey will vote for it, but as yet no
such caucus agreement has been reached
AND THE PARTY DOES NOT
STAND COMMITTED TO THE DE.
TAILS OF ANY CURRENCY MEAS
URE."
Of course the Democratic state CEN
trail committee would not print these
extracts from Mr.. Hanna's letter. Tkey
knew that Mr.. Hanna told the truth
| when he said that no one was pledged
to support the McCleary bill as reported
to the house. On this question Mr..
| Lacey, who is one of the men that Gen
eral Weaver charges especially with
being pledged to the bill, says: II can
say to you that l am not comm ted to
/ the support of it, and there has been
! practically no consideration givea it by
any congressman outside of the three
men who drew it. 1t has not been con
sidered i'll caucuses and not Endorsed in
any platform, and Chairman Walker is
actively opposing it. Its details have
not been examined by Republican con
gressmen and General Weaver is the
first man to make the discovery that
this particular billof the $1,000 pending
in congress is Republican party meas
ure. He knows BETTER"
Congressman Henderson states posi-
lively that he is not pledged to the bill
and Furthermore will not vote for it il
its present shape Congressman Hui