The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-11

gold and silver at the legal ratio of - to
/ The ratio was changed TO IL TO l dur
ing Jackson's administration.
The Chicago platform pronounced
against the gold standard and in favor
OF the return TO the free and unlimited
coinage of gold and silver at the ratio
OF 10 TO !, without waiting for the aid or
consent of any other nation. As dele
gate to the Chicago Convention you voted
for a minority report, which declared
against independent free coinage on the
ground that il would not only imperil our
finances. but would retard or entirely
prevent international blmetalism, TO
which the effort of the government should
be steadily directed As a delegate 10
the indianapolis Convention, two months
later, you supported a platform which
| declared in favor of the gold standard,
without any declaration in favor of inter
national bimetallism. You may be able
to explain why the minority rejected at
Indianapolis the plank for which il fought
at Chicago.
President Mckinley's Utterances.
Mr. Mckinley. in 1891. charged in
public speech that Mr. Cleveland during
his first administration was dishonoring
one OF the precious metals. discrediting
silver and enhancing the price of gold He
insisted that Mr.. Cleveland was trying TO
make money scarce and therefore dear
end added: He would have increased the
value OF money and diminished the value
of everything else. Money the master,
and everything else the servant If Mr..
Mckinley then understood the real pu--
pose of the gold standard as / believe he
did. who could think Jefferson capable Of
advocating a policy which instead of Sc
curing equal end exact justice for all,
makes money the master and everything
else the serN ant
Mr.. Carlisle. I'm a speech in 1875 said:
The conspiracy TO destroy by legislation
and otherwise from three-seVenths 10
one-half OF the metallic money of the
world is the most gigantic crime of this
or any other age If Mr.. Carlisle was
then right. as | believe ne was. IN his de
nunciation Of the gold standardr who can
believe jefferson capable OF being party
10 such a crime2
After The election Mr. Mckinley sent a
commission 10 Europe TO secure interna-
tiOnal aid in getting rid of the gold stand
ard. and a Republican Congress appropri-
ated money 10 pay the expenses OF the
commission. The commission failed be-
cause Of English opposition, and English
opposition was due 10 the opposition or
English nnancierS jemerSOnldn Demo-
Gratis must have a better reason for sub
hitting TO the gold standard Than the fact
that The English financiers favor II as
means for raising the purchasing power
of their money
Belmont Opposed to Income Tax.
Il have selected these three questions
because they are important and because
your position upon them has been clearly
defined. Your speeches abound in EXPIRES
sions of confidence in the gold standard,
vour correspondence with Mr.. Warner
s.ts forth your opposition 10 the income
tax and newspaper item, quoted in your
hook gives YOU credit for drafting that
norton of the indianapolis platform which
related TO the retirement OF the green
hacks and the substitution of bank cur
Fency.
your prophecy that a law 10 prevent
wage-rarners and salEry-eaTneTS from de-
manding and securing payment IL gold
dollars would not be- a winning issue
ayfnces a tender s0licltude Tor The labor
ing man. | might suggest that blmetalllsm
alarms yeu more than II does the wage
carriers Ii was not th~ -iilpoyes VINO
ySarr frightened nj the specter Of free
silver I'M 1895 neither did the laboring mar
share your desire 10 add 10 the privileges
CON December -. 1856. a year after the
election. the Federation OF Labor adopted
the following resolutions
Resolved Trar We declare ourselves most Posi-
lively opposed 70 the Gage financial bill recently In
tr,4geri ia Congress b. the Secretary Of the Treas
ury u b. measure thai, II adopted az lss. viii
orly The ors armly Fivet the gold standard % ihe
ne6pe q the couEtry and perpe,EAie its disastrous
effects 30 every form,
Resolved That ze prouosncr tae Gsgs bill "a IN
disguised sfost "a retire greensses currency ssd
ali e5VeFHneut ySper money VIA . NcE % The
substitution q national bank no5ss E their stead.
ara thus fzsten ths national bani system for gsars
upon The American people
Il am not willing 10 believe thai You