The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-03
M'KINLEY's GOLD GAGE.

ley's Secretary of the Treasury, having
stirred up story against the admins
tration and himself by bis bold gold
proclamations, is now trying to release
aud mollify matters. Senator Wolcott
came down upon this administration
champion in scorching terms, though
doing what he could to release the
President. The President, however,
should relieve himself by removing this
Chicago banker, if his gold utterances
and assumptions do not suit. His
national bank gold b Ill is in the hands
Of the banking committee OF the bouse
and must necessarily be considered an
| administration measure. IL it is not he
should get ont, one way or another.
| When President Andrew Jagkson's Sec
retary refused t. issue the order to re-.
move the government deposits from the
! Uni ed States Bank, he wes asked for
his resignation. Roger b. Taney sue
re.ded and Issued the orde". That was
business, hut Andrew Jackson was
PKESIDENr.
SecreUa Gage on the evening Of the
25th, addressed the Trades League at
Philadelphia on thecurrency. In an elab
crate argument he sought to show the free
coinage OF silver would result disastrous
ly to the workiDgmen, as well as to
other classes. He asserted that there
had been a remarkable revival of indus.
try, and, referring to William J. Bryan,
said:
Nevertheless, that fervid orator who
is recognized as the leading exponent OF
rec silver docrines, Is not satisfied In
a recent speech he said:
Read the daily papers, and you will
ind the items of news arranged under
two heads-the formation of trusts and
the reduction Of wages
GAS to the /. usts, he cites no exam
pies, but haslens to emphasize one in
dustry in New England, in which, by
reason of special conditions, well known
10 him, reduction In the wage scale
was under debate"
The secretary referred to improved
wages IN wooden mills and the great i'm
provementin in glass and iron and steel
industries, wishing all this to be credited
to administration policy and saying:
Notwithstanding all this Mr.. Bryan
said: If our enemies boast that they
have buried bimetallism we point to
these wage reductions as weeping will
lows which have sprung up about its
temporary tomb
beautifully expressed, but quite be
side the point Wages have been ad,
vanced. There are no weeping willows
around the tomb of bimetallism at
which to point.
"Besides, his enemies, If he means the
Republican party, are not boasting that
they have buried bimetalIism. They
proclaim themselves its friend; they ap-
prove it in their platform"
The secretary then referred to the
political head of the Republican party
"as favoring international agreement"
and that the President had the support
Of all the members of his official family"
Here we see the crawfish of this gold ad
ministration champion who advocates
redeeming silver in gold in order to
maintain the parity.
Mr.. Cages bill, in every feature, pro-
vides for putting the country on gold
basis, and he said: GAS to the first
proposition to commit the country
more thoroughly to the gold standard.
Now he talks about international BIZ
metallisml What contemplate fraud
And he is the champion Of the admins.
tration.
The President in his message called
special attention to the financial plans
of Mr.. Gage, and took no issue with
him, but invited careful considera.
ton" Being alarmed, Mr.. Gage, with
false pretense, talks of international BIZ
metallism and claims the happy admin.
stration family are all strongly in favor.
These men seem to think they can fool
all the people all the time.
The WUlcott commission had not the
moral support of the party leaders. Mr.
Wolcott in his speech in the Senate
speaks of their embarrassment and said |
"the New York bankers had their agents |
in England telling English officials that
bimetallism was dead in the United |
States, that the commission was sent
solely as a sop to few far western Re-
publicans, that the country generally
and the Presiden: favored the gold
standard"
There is not now and has not been
any sincerity of purpose on the part of
Republican leaders to carry out their
platform pledge as to bimetallism. Sena-
tor Money, of Mississippi, said in late
interview:
"Lord Salisbury must have smiled in
the face of the American commission as
they were arguing the Importance of
conference when he had read
in the papers that the administration
which sent the commission had the day
before extolled the single gold standard
and denounced bimetallism."
Is it not manifest that it is only con-
tinuation Of the game OF duplicity and
false pretense2 And yet, even now Mr..
Gage has the cheek to talk OF and claim
that they are all for bimetallism. He
and the others know that it is nonsense
TO talk of international bimetallism, as
ong as England blocks the way, "and
being under the control of money mon
gers, the possibility is England's policy
will continue in this line. The fact is
he gold leaders wanted the commission
IN fail and reiojced that il did avian