Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-28

to say simply that they are In favor Of
SOUND money. That Is not enough The
psoihe purpose must be given the vitality
OF public law. Better an honest e,for: with
failure than the avoiding of so plaIn ana
commanding n duty.
The difficulties in the path OF a satisfac-
neither few in number nor slight In de-
gree; but progress cannot fail to oe made
with fair and thorough trial An honest
attempt will be the best proof OF sincerity
OF purpose Discussion cannot hurt 1: win
Only help the cause Let us have full and
nee discussion. We are the last to avoid
or erade II. Intelligent discussion will
strengthen the Indifferent and encourage
'ne iriends OF stable system of finance.
Victory 60 the Earnest.
Haif-heartedness never won a battle
Nations and parties without abiding prin-
cipics and stern resolution TO enforce them
even III 1t costs a continuous struggle to
do so. and temporary sacrifice. are never
In the highest degree successful leaders
In the progress of mankind. For us TO at
tempt nothing In the face of the prevalent
failacies and the constant effort TO spresd
them Is to lose valuable ground already
won and practically to weaken the forces
OF SOUND money for their battles Of the
future ~
The financial plank OF the ST. Louis plat
FORM Is stu as commanding upon repuhli-
cans and those who served with them in
the last campaign as on the day n was
adopted and promulgated. Happily the
tarin part of that platform has already
been engrafted into public statute. But
that other plank not already builded into
our legislation is of binding force upon an
of US. What Is it?
The republican party Is unreserye,ily
tor sound money. II caused the enactment
OF the law providing for the resumption of
specie payments in 1879. Since then every
dollar has been as good as gold
We are unalterably opposed to every
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or impair the credit of our country We
are therefore opposed to the free coinage
OF silver except by international agree
ment with the leading commercial nations
OF the world, which We pledge ourselves
to promote. and until such agreement can
be obtained the existing gold standard
must be preserved. All our silver and Da-
per currency must be maintained at parity
with gold, and we favor all measures de-
signed to maintain inviolably the obliga-
lions of the United States and all cur
money. whether coin paper. at the
present standard the standard of the
most enlightened nations OF the earth
This is in reality a command from the
people who gave the administration to he
party now IN power and who are stiIl
anXiousiy waiting for the execution of
their free and omnipotent will by those of
US who hold commissions from that SUI
preme tribunal.
1 have tonight spoken I'm a somewhat
serious strain because / believe il Is due
both to the membership OF this associa-
ton and TO the conditions under which
this assemblage has met. The conferences
and systematic efforts of such body of
men as this are capable of infinite good
TO the respective communities in which
the members live and to the nation at
large.
The country is now emerging from try
ing conditions. II is only just beginning
to recover from the depression i'm certain
lines of business long continued and alto
gether unparalleled. Progress. therefore.
rrri1 main ILL., -. -lz
impatient Rather let us exercise just
patience and one which i'm time will surely
bring its own high reward.
No Fear for the Future.
l have mo fear for the future OF our be-
loved country. While discern i'm its pres
ent condition>the necessity that always ex-
lists for the faithful devotion of its citizens
the history of its past is assurance to me
that this will be as ii always has been
through every struggle and emergency.
still onward and upward. II has never
suffered from any trial or been unequal TO
any test. Founded upon right principles,
We have nothing to fear from the vicissi-
tudes which may lie across our pathway.
The nation founded by the fathers upon
principles of virtue, education. freedom and
human rights; nodded by the great dis
cussions which establish its sovereignty
tried in the crucible Of civil war. its integ-
rity confirmed by the results of reconstruc-
lioH WIN tHioH strOhStf anu ltlan
ever before. stands today not upon shifting
sands, but upon immorable foundations.
Let US resolve by our laws and by our adj
ministration of them to maintain the rights
of the citizen, to cement the Union by still
closer bonds. to exalt the standards of
American civilization. encourage the pro-
motion of thrift, and industry and economy
and the homely virtues which have en-
nobled our people. uphold the stability of
our currency and credit and illustrate the
purity of our national and municipal gov
eminent: and then. though the rain de-
scends and the floods come and the winds
blow, the nation will stand, for il is found
ed upon a rock.