The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-25

any dttehpt 10 QlspiaCe lndt standdfu anu
establish 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 II is true
that some irresponsible and unpatriotic
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 II, and there Is but one test
OF merit In the cruclble Of our faith
"what Is the Price?"
In 1896. one Daniel Webster, a 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 displace 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 1t with respect or reverence
is lunatic and a gbbering 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 unpatriotic 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 q. Blaine in 1873,
as the irresponsible driveling of an i'm
beetle:
IT believe gold and silver coin to be .he
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.)
II 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
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 a disproportionate and therefore I'M
fair advantage over every other species
OF property. II. as the most reliable sta
tistics affirm. there are nearly seven thou
sand millions Of coin or bullion in the
world not very unequally divided between
gold and silver. It 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 T. 1881
And we recommend to the Republicans
OF the United States the obliteration of
Mr.. Baine's name from the roll Of honor
OF our party and the 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. solemnly pledged "to 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-
diate and condemn by name all Republic
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 ilIistrious
many of the present. We therefore con-
tent ourselves with implicit obedience to
the orders Of our master and denounce
as "un-American." "un-Republcan." "un-
patriotic" "anarchistic." "Populistic"
dishonest" Unreasonable 20 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-Hfth 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 II serious men
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
their leaders one by one as they come 20
prominence in the ranks OF bimetallists
and we laud his determination TO keep
Democrats Populists and Silver Republ-
cans apart so long as there Is one man in
their ranks who through fear, favor. or
avarfce can be induced to give the Judas
kiss" And we hail as his best servants
those Democrats. Populsts or Silver Re-
puolicans who have aided in achieving
his highest and holiest 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 keen
the people divided. Let our motto be,
"Our Disunited Opponents Are Their
Own Executioners"
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 Aurellus
Hanna We point with pride and gratif-
cation to the generous and unstinted az
penditure of the campaign funds patri-
otically and religiously donated by the
eleemosynary and charitable institutions
OF the country, commonly known as trusts,
combinations and other forms of aggre-
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 unhesitatlngly 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 IL Mr.. Mckinley
were elected they could come back 10
work. but that II Mr.. Bryan were elected
they need not return. We indorse this