The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-09-30
PlTNEY AT NEWTON.

Congressman Pftney delivered an able
spe- ch at the Fourth District Republi-
can Convention on Saturday. Every
Issue of the campaign was touched upon.
from 1898 up to and including the
Spanish-American war. in no uncertain
manner.
AT the outset of his remarks he ex-
tended his hearty thanks to the represen-
tatives of the party for the very earnest
support which had been accorded to him
in the campaigns of 1894 and 1896, and
expressed his regret that for reasons per-
sonal to himself he was unable to again
become candidate for Congress. He
referred to the great Importance of the
coming campaign both to the State and
to the nation. In few words he
sketched the State campaigns from 1893
until the present time, and declared that
the people Of the State had not changed
their minds; that they would not be
willing to go back to the days of the coal
combine and the race track bills; to the
days Of the Senate steal, and pardoning
of election conspirators, ballot box
suffers and race track gamblers; and to
the days of Barney Ford, when private
apartments were furnished at the expense
of the State. "These things" he said,
'sare still pertinent to the issue, because
if the people of New Jersey now turn
their backs upon the Republican State
administration and place in power the
Democratic party as at present organ
lied, they will repudiate the verdict of
1895, when John w. Griggs was elected
by a great majority
Mr.. Pitney next referred to the issues
of the national election of 1896, whea the
industries OF the country were Frustrated,
the treasury of the nation was bankrupt
and the credit of the nation. was assaiIed
by the revolutionary doctrines of the
Chicago platform. He mentioned with
pride the great majority New Jersey
gave to William Mckinley, ssand
which" he said, sswas made up largely
of votes of sterling Democrats, represen-
tives of the ancient principles of Democ-
racy.
1.-The silver question, he said, sis as
great an issue in 1898 as it was in 1896.
The one distinctive doctrine of the
Democratic party as at present organ
! lied is the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at IS to /. Take away the belief
in free silver and the appetite for office,
and there would be little left of the
national Democratic party to-day"
Mr.. Pitney reminded his hearers that
less than a year ago the Senate Of the
United States passed the Teller resolu-
ton, which declared that it would not be
in violation Of the public faith. nor in
derogation of the rights of the public
creditor, TO pay off eight hundred
millions of government bonds with cheap
silver dollars. This was justified by
some people on the ground that it was a
hlew at the sbloated bond holders Mr..
Pitney declared it an insult to the intel
lgence of the American people to say
that distinction should be or could be
made between the bond holder and the
man who works for wages, and that one
kind of money could be given to the bond
holder and a different kind to the men
who toll. s'If, he said. forty four
cent dollars are paid out 10 the bond
holder for bonds, the same kind Of
money viii find It's way into The pay en-
velopes inside Of thirty days The Tel
I Ter resolution involved the same repudia-
tion Of public and private. obligations
that was embodied in the Chicago plat
form in 1895. It was supported by every
Democratin the United State Senate, in-
Gliding the Democratic Senator from
New Jersey
The issue Of 1898, " hesaid, ia whether
the American people will stand by what
they said was right Ia 1895, and viii
sustain the Republican party il main-
taining the money Of the country upon
Tue golu staAadtAs
s'And another issue is whether the
f people will sustain the administration of
William Mckinley ia what has been SO
gloriously accomplished in the recent
war with Spain, or whether we shall
stand before the nations Of the earth as u
people divided among ourselves. There
was nothing partisan in the war, and
there would be nothing partisan in a
vote of the country to sustain the Presi-
dent by placing in power majority of
Congress who would stand by him in his
demands concerning terms of peace. No
civilized nation at a time like this would
fail to sustain the government under
whose guidance SO glorious victory had
been achieved. American citizenship
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