The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-03
raR PREsJ uErT's GOLDEN AD.
DRESS

voted in 1873. If right and proper
then tow ard the bondholders, why not
noN2
And il free coinage was right when Mr.,
Mckinley voted for it about twenty
years ago, why not today? Does truth
or men change? Is it truth or man that
wobbles? The yawpy airs of the gold
senators as to "honor" in paying the
United States bonds show tender con-
sciousness and sanctity. And the
President in his banquet speech, sings
the same song thus: whatever may
be the language of the contract, the
United States will discharge all OF it's
obligations in the currency recognized
as the best throughout the civilized
world at the time of payment"
This is the sort OF stuff doled
out in the senate by Lodge, Hoar, Ali.
son and Others Senator Teller in reply
said he did not now and never had advo-
Gated the payment of the governments
obligations in a deprecated currency.
And no free coinage man does; but tie
gold gentlemen, by innuendo and in
sinuation intimate as much. The Presi.
dent in the past, has posed silver man,
calling Grover Cleveland to task tor
hostility to silver, and voting for free
coinage in congress and for the Mat.
thews resolution. Will the President
admit that these votes indicated he
wished our government to pay its obli-
cations in deprecated currency Will
votes today for these measures indicate
such desire2 Why these mean insiDua
tions2 The fact is they are not manly
nor honorable, no matter where they
come from.
Their claim that circumstances have
changed may apply to themselves, for
men do change, while principles do not,
They claim silver has deprecated; but
they do not state the fact that silver has
declined by reason of the war made
upon it. In 1873, when demonetized,
silver was above gold at the ratio and
had been for years. So that according
to their own argument gold should
have been the metal to demonetize and
not silver, for the latter was In more
general use over the world and among
the people, and is more suitable as to
quality and durability and quantity.
These very money msgnates are the
agents in this wicked work of degrading
silver.
The banquet where President McKin.
ley was the honored guest was million.
aire affair, and cur townsman let himself
out: "It was a $4,000 dinner in slO,.
00O,0OO by manufacturers and trusts,
representing oyer nine Thousand million
dollars of products. In fact it was
Belshazzar feast. Of course the Presi-
dent was there rot to be offensive, and
was not. He no doubt gratifed his
hosts and there was large gathering.
Among other things the President said:
"The financial PLANK of the st. Louis
platform is still commanding upon Re.
publicans, and those who served with
them in The last campaign. THE GOLD
STANDARD MUST BE PRESERVED.
So this is the construction-at last.
Had this been proclaimed in his letter
of acceptance aud his speeches, the re-
suit would have been otherwise. And
"the St. Louis platform is command.
ing" as to gold, but not as to Cuba.
Hhe money oligarchy must be obeyed,
and the people deceived and betrayed.
And the international bimetallic dodge,
although played out, is again proclaim.
ed. The fraud it seems is 10 be con-
tinued. OF course some people can be
fooled all the time. Some of those "who
served with them in the last campaign"
Democrats, ought to know how it is by
this time.
The New York Tribune the other day,
in an article justified the Matthews reso-
luton twenty years ago, as silver had
not then "been extensively discarded
for monetary purposes by the civilized
nations" And Senator Allison justified
his vote then for the resolution, and
now declared he would vote against it,
owing to the changed conditions, say
ing, we had, since 1878, coined 5000,
600, 900 standard silver dollars. So that.
according to the logic of Mr.. Allison and
the Tribune, the Assolution was all right
when silver dollars we're not to be had,
but all wrong now when silver dollars
are available. There seems to be no end
to the tortuosities and legerdemain of
these mammon serving statesmen.
A glorious victory was that in the
senate in passing again the Matthews
resolution introduced by Senator Teller
1t passed AZ to 32, decided expression
and good answer to the Presidents
Belshazzar gold speech. Our amiable
President should remember there is
danger in these banquet feasts. More
than one prominent man could date his
downfall therefrom. Even Alexander
the Great paid the penalty.
But remember, all bonds of the United
States, including greenbacks are made
payable in "coin." This is the contract
and it will be lived up to.