The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19
||!IEIl Of SILVER men.
I : xbpRnss ON THn NEW CUR
RENCY BILL.
...,ee the Republican Party for
r.st.asnw the Gold standard UP
IS 9. he Country and Predict the
v,..al Crop Of Evils to Result.


:. he Country and Predict the
u..al Crop of Evils to Result.
: PENNINGTON. Dec. 1S--After the pas:
7 ~ snday py the house OF the hnano,al
M the silver Republican leaders IN an ae
city hold meeting , anc a i"ws ma 10 its
: 49, rrt The address Is as follows.
.s1o the members OF the Republican par
= Tho still believe in bimetallism: Tne
n.ssage BY the house OF repIesen ,,r c,r'
soosy Xiii exactly as agreed upon BY the
rpssns vh caucus and without the op-
POSITION Of single Eepup ndSicn x ,one
marks the elimination OF potry ,n r9ns
s s,,ces IN control of the leadership or the
SG,srwhiican party and justifies the action
q ire men who In 1896 refused TO remain
! ~ that organization after the auop.ion
q M NV n Renmblican national platform of
,ess and 1892 had been unequivocaliy IN
ssvor Of bimetallism and the use OF Cotn
mid and silver as standard money. Nev-
ssrfheless, 1t was apparent several mon.ns
savcre the assembling of the national con-
vsntion Of 1896 that the machinery OF me
panublican party had passed wnoily mto
~ hands of the banking ana creait s,
ss. ne and 1t was the purpose OF the
,atter TO commit the party to the ndvo-
i naas and achievement of the gold stand
81 "a Against this danger, the under
e,ened and many other Republican plmet-
salists at that time. vainly attempted 20
srs,,sc the masses of the party. The
rci,ticians and newspapers privy 70 the
seherne denounced our fears as unIounuetu
y simulated and by skillful use OF eaten
cords and generalities,. succeeded In fore.
Ealing any widespread comprehension OF
mar designs. When the convention met
\ similar ingenuity governed the framing
- fhe declaration on the money question.
ls essential p par, was on an e to the free
coinage OF silver except by international
Agreement with the leading commereial
. nations 81 the world. which We pieuee
sSreeinent car, be obtained the existing
rold standard must be preserved. All our
Silver and paper currency must be main
tained at parity with gold. etc. j.
sincerity should have deceived anybody.
Clearly II the gold standard was desir-
able the free coinage OF silver was un-
S ~ ri2ct. free coinage must be wrong.
Nobody Gould intelligently. and honestly
demand the International free coinage Of
silver and at the same time express such
dard as an alternative. AS q matter Of
fact this declaration was intended as a
definite assurance to the speculative
banks and their allies That the kepnb-
would proceed with all polite speed to
tAe establishment of the single gold stan
dard IN all Its rigor. The promise to
, 81 silver was never meant to be observ-
ca in good faith. vet it proved "A good
enough slogan until after the election
Relying upon Il: enforced as. 1t was
throughout the West and central portions
Of the country by the editors and orators
, Of the Republican party, millions Of vot-
ers were held IN line for the ticket, for,
as stated In the Republican campaign
text book for 1892 the Republican party
was a bimetallic party No one whose
political judgment = has the slightest
/ weight wall deny that frank pronounce
ment Tor tne gold STANDARD IN that plat
form or q straightforward Interpretation
Of Y by the Republican candidate for
president as meaning the gold standard
ana notning else would have elected Mr..
a nryasn oy ~ AZ cvsTyilelTl8g majority To
~ tne american people for the establish
ment q tne gold standard Is to approprf-
a's political goods under false pretenses.
me fruits o. this chicane had been gath
4 4 sIsu' me gTea. Hepuplinan newspapers be-
@n % discard their convenient ambgui-
Ns ABOUT souna money and honest mon
Z ", and 70 cia1m the result as a definite
Mfdfct IN favor. Of gold These sutterances
lncfeased IN Volume and precision as the
aase, y. OF tne new administration approach
dne presloen, also. although not able
+ speecn, soon showed by his actions that he
Ao longer considered the prediction con-
sss.iueuon OF the PLATFORM to be binding.
s isH appointment as secretary OF the treas
wy OF perhaps the most conspicuous gold
I sandard advocate among the great bank,
en OF the country was obviously not esq
peclaily designed to- promote any kind of
sS meaaii rs 70 pc sure. there was sent
4 commission Unless the hoax was to be
vpeIy confessed, this was the least tho
p y .s conia DO. But for fear that, aft
a. slL ioseigp governments might take.
Z s ero vipcequrG seriously, ne sent to coH.'
SlSss " " july. ~, az the very moment
s wnen M MS commissions proposals We're be-
ssae s sne Englisn cabinet. special mes
s az .seomnehdlng the ,so-called Indianap-
4 nrovr nauns,ary convention plan, with its
rf as5sse er tne single gold standard.
~ M OF greenbacks and extensions
- ~, h,e MOWERS, privileges and immunities
!, yatsrs n ns ~. banks. Meantime his Sec
/, tfsss,s " ,ne treasury was declaring in in
49, ~ aiter interview. most of which
4 h,sas. snrsluiiy reproduced IN Europe, that
othsrr'as IN any way international or
dasirahss' was H NOT only impossible, but I'M
fjs,s au u'a " course. no serious negotia-
inta ss atin possible after all this. The
= fs ynat1anai commission became an in