Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-26

| establish a new one is an act of treason
| to the state, a violation of the sacred
honor Of the country, and an act Of gross
| reputation. We recognize that it is true
| that some irresponsible and unpatriotlc
| citizens in times past have expressed opin-
| ions contrary to this. But we know the
value OF the opinion that we have an
| nounced. for our master has bought 1t
| and paid for 1t, and there Is but one test
| of merit in the crucible of our faith
"What Is the Price,"
| In 1886. one Daniel Webster. poor pow
| erty-stricken wretch who achieved some
| little notoriety in the country, gave ut
| terance to this language:
II am clearly of the opinion that gold
and silver. at rates fixed by Congress.
| constitute the legal tender OF value IN
| this country, and that neither Congress
| nor any state has authority to establish
| any other standard or to displacs this
| standard
Everyone who is familiar with the his
| tory Of Daniel Webster knows that he had
no money. and therefore his opinion upon
| this question is of no value, and any man
who quotes it with respect or reverence
is lunatic and gibhering idiot.
| daughter and applause on the Demo-
| cratic side.)
1t Is with great regret that We. the Re-
| publican Party, in this year 1900. in ma
| tional convention assembled. are called
| upon to purge the pages of history of so
| many unpatriotc and senseless utterances
Of men who at one time stood high in the
| councils Of our party; but solemn duty
| demands heroic action, and we here and
now denounce the following language
| from the lips Of James g. Blaine In 1873.
as the irresponsible driveling Of an inn
| beetle:
II believe gold and silver coin to be The
| money Of the Constitution. No power was
| conferred on Congress to declare either
| metal should not De money. Congress has,
In my Judgment. no power to demonetize
silver any more than to demonetize gold"
applause on the Democratic side)
IT believe the struggle now going on
| In this country and in other countries for
| single gold standard would, II successful,
| produce disaster in and throughout the
| commercial world. The destruction Of sill
| yer as money and the establishment of
| gold az the sole unit Of value must have
| a ruinous effect on all forms Of property
except those Investments which yield
| fixed return In money. These would be
| enormously enhanced in value. and would
gain disproportionate and therefore I'M
fair advantage over every other species
OF property. IT, as the most reliable sta
tfstics affirm. there are nearly seven thou
sand millions Of coin or bullion In the
world not very unequally divided between
gold and silver, II Is impossible to strike
silver out Of existence as MONEY without
results which will prove distressing to MIL
lions and utterly disastrous to tens Of
thousands" Omitted States Senate, Feb
ruary 2 1879
Of the United States the oblteration Of
Mr.. Blaine's name from the roll of honor
Of our party and tho substitution In lieu
thereof Of 'our right trusty and well-be-
loved counselor" John G. Carlisle, who
recanted all previous utterances of a SIM
liar character, and now, under the aspira-
ton of liberal salary, is one Of our
saints. solemnIy pledged ito maintain the
honor and integrity Of the nation"
It was our determined purpose in an
nouncing this code Of high principles for
the Republican Party to specifically repu-
date and condemn by name all Republi-
cans who in the past have expressed their
opposition TO the present policies Of the
Republican Party. which are intended to
perpetually maintain the gold standard,
favor greenback retirement and bank is
sue and control Of all paper money used
by the people. and to foster and sustain
trusts. But the task was greater than we
anticipated.
We found that their name was legion,
and that to carry out that purpose would
have Involved most Of the illustrious
names Of the party's past history and
many OF the present. We therefore con-
tent ourselves with implicit obedience to
the orders OF our master and denounce
as "un-American," "un-Republican," "un-
patriotic" "anarchistic," "Populistic."
dishonest" Unreasonable to the state,''
and as direct assault upon the national
honor" every speech and vote ever utter
| ed or cast by every misguided member
Of the Republican Party against the gold
standard or antagonistic to the interests
| Of trusts.
We offer unstinted praise to the mana
gers Of the Republican Party IN the House
| Of Registers Of the Fifty-flfth Congress
for their active and efficient opposition to
the free-home bill specifically Endorsed by
| the Republican national platform Of 1896.
The reputation Of the party pledges in
| this regard was both timely and highly
honorable. for the probable rapid growth
and development Of the Western States
through the further extension Of the free.
home policy carries with 1t a serious mem
ace to the purposes OF the Republican
Party by giving greater power to those
sections OF the Union SO aptly and appro-
priately designated BY Grover Cleveland,
the great financial oracle Of our party as
corrupt municipalities" and undesirable
states"
We congratulate our able and cunning
master upon the skill with which he has
kept our opponents divided. We applaud
his wisdom In so artfully expanding
money as to induce our opponents to slay
come
prominence in the ranks OF bimetalllsts,
and we 1aud his determination to keep
Democrats. Populists and Silver Republi-
cans apart SO long as there Is one man in
Sheir ranks who through fear, favor. or
avarice can be induced to give the Judas
kiss" And We hail as his best servants
those Democrats. Populists or Silver Re-
publicans who have aided in achieving
his highest and hottest purposes by refus-
Ing to unite the overwhelming ranks Of the
opposition against US. We can always de-
feat the people so long as we can keep
the people divided. Let our motto be,
sour Disunited Opponents Are Their
Own ExecuttonePs."
We commend to the youth of the land.
as an example worthy of their emulation,
the public character and record of our be-
loved and honored ruler, Marcus Aurelius
Hanna. We point with pride and gratifi-
cation to the generous and unstinted Ak
penditure Of the campaign funds patri-
otically and religiously donated oy the
eleemosynary and charitable institutions
Of the country. commonly known as trusts.
combinations and other forms of arrre-
gated wealth. We congratulate the SER
wants of the party that they have so
righteous and generous a master.
daughter and applause on the Demo-
cratic side.)
We unhesitatingly approve the practice
so generally employed in the campaign
OF 1896 to deprive the wage-earners of the
country of the right to exercise a free
and untrammeled ballot by having notice
served upon them that II Mr. Mckinley
were elected they could come back to
work. but that If Mr.. Bryan were elected
they need not return. We indorse this
practice for two reasons: First. we pre-
sumo that 1t is In compliance with the
oft-repeated declaration of our party that
every man should have the right Ito cast
one free and unrestricted ballot" second.
we know that the wage-earners of the
country have not sufficient knowledge to
vote intelligently. and in order to keep
them from destroying themselves. and
at the same time ito preserve the honor
and integrity of the nation" we cordially,
heartily and sincerely approve Of the prac-