Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

vor OF sound money. That IL rot
enough. The peoples purpose mSst be
given b vitality Of public law. Better
An honest effort with failure than the
avoiding u so plain and commanding a
duty. The difficulties In the path OF a
satisfactory reform are, Il must be adj
United. neither few In number nor slight
In degree, but progress cannot fail % be
made with a fair and thorough trial.
An honest attempt will be the best proof
OF sincerity Of purpose. Discussion an
not hurt, ii viii only help the cause. Let
US have full and free discussion. We are
the last to avoid or eyade It. Intelligent
discussion will strengthen the inditfer-
ent and encourage the friends Of a sta
bic system Of finance. Half heartedness
never Won a battle. Nations and parties
without imbuing principles and stern
resolution to enforce them. even II IL
costs a continuous struggle 10 do so, and
temporary sacrifice, are never in the
highest degree successful leaders in the
! progress Of mankind For us - attempt
! nothing In the face OF the present fAIl-
cIes and the constant effort to spread
them is TO lose valuable ground already
ADH anu pIdENiId4tF - "f2hFH tHt
| forces Of sound money for their battles
Of the future.
The financial plank OF the 81. Louis
platform is stlll as commanding on the
republicans and those who served with
them in the last campaign as on the day
on which adopted and promulgated.
Rapidly the tariff part Of the platform
has already been engrafted into pubic
statute. But that other plank, no: al
| ready builded INTO u constitution, Is
OF binding force upon all Of us. What
is II?
Hone for international Bimetalism
The republican party IS unreservedly
for sound money. II caused the enact
ment OF the law providing for the re-
sumption OF specie payments in 1873;
since then every dollar has been as good
as gold. We are unaiJera6ly opposed 10
every measure calculated 10 debase our
currency OF impair the credit OF u
country. We are, therefore, opposed %
the free coinage OF silver except by IN
ternational agreement with the leading
commercial nations Of the world, which
We pledge ourselves 70 promote, n IN
til such agreement can be obtained the
existing gold standard must Be pre-
served. All our silver and paper cur
rency must be maintained al panty
with gold and We favor all measures d.
signed to maintain inviolably the obi
cations OF the United States and all our
money. whether coin or paper, AT tne
present standard, the standard or the
! most enlightened nations of the eartn.
This Is in reality a command from the
people who gave the administration -
the party now IN power and VINO are sttl
a~nxiously waiting for the execution az
their free and omnipotent VIII by tn's.
OF US who hold commission from that
supreme tribunal
I have onigh spoken in "a somewhat
serious strain because ] believe II j. que
both 10 the membership OF this association
and TO the condition under Whlcn TINS
assemblage has met. The conference
| and systematic efforts OF such a body or
men as this are capable Of Infinite good 10
the respective communities IN "hlCh u"
members live and 20 the nation at large
The country Is now emerging from Try
| ing conditions. II is only Just beginning TO
| recover from the depression IN certain
! lines OF business long continued ana a4tp~
gether unparalleled. Progress. therefore,
will naturally BE- slow. hut let Us not he
inpatient. Rather let us exercise a Just
| patience and one which in time Will surely
bring its own high reward.
] have no fear for the Iutlre 81 our
beloved country. While l discern IN its
present condition the necessity that al
ways exists for the faithful devotion OF It's
citizens. the history OF its past Is asSuC-
ance 70 me that this will be, as Il hat al
ways been through every struggle ana
emergency, still onward and upward. II
has never suffered from any trial or been
unequal 10 any test.
Let US resolve by our laws and by our
administration OF them 90 maintain the
| r4uhtG ~ the citizen to NmHnf the union
by still closer bonds. 20 eXalt the stand
ards OF American civilization, encourage
the promotion Of thrift, industry and eco1-
omy and the homely virtues which have
ennobled our people. uphold the stability
of our currency and credit and Illustrate
the purity Of our national and municipal
government: and though the rain de-
sends and the foods tome and the winds
blow, the nation will stand, for II Is round
ed upon a rock.
Brief Addresses by others.
Senator Frye Of Maine who was intro
duced as ore Of the greatest friends Of the
merchant marine, made a brief address
He referred to the great increase In do
mestic economy and gave statistics. In
speaking Of the Nicaragua canal, he de-
clare6 that the United States should build
IL, Referring 10 Hawaii he said that IL the
treaty were not ratified in less than one
year the islands would be under the pro-
! lection Of Great Britain. He said the Mica
raguan canal would not be worth a cent
with the Hawaiian islands in the hands OF
an enemy.
Charles Emory Smith was next intro
| duced. He spoke at length or tho rom
mercial destiny of the United States.
which he predicted would in the coming
century peacefully dominate the markets
| OF the world.
Henry Z. Rowland spoke on the ten
dency OF legislation TO mingle with pri-
yate affairs.
After midnight Mr.. Mckinley held an in
formal reception. leaving the hotel at | a