The evening times., 1899-07-13
TO CRUSH OUT SILVER.
Republicans TO Force the Gold Stan
dard Upon the Country.

Republicans TO Force the Gold STAN
dard Upon the Country.
Just what effect declaration for the
gold, and only the gold. standard will have
upon the fortunes CT the Republican party
is the subject of much interest among Re
publican politicians in Washington at the
present time. The fact that the discus
sion is so frequent and so animated is re-
garded as sufficient evidence that the Re-
publican policy in the coming Congress will
be formulated with the especial purpose
OF fixing monometallism, or the gold stand
ard. securely upon the people of the United
States. IL is taken for granted that the
peculiar influences at present shaping Re
publican policies are more jealous than
ever before TO entrench the moneyed, or
vested. interests of the nation so securely
in power that il viii require years of me-
thodical and persistent work to undo
whatever the Republicans may now ac-
complish.
There are not wanting in the Republi-
can party wise and discriminating public
men who at this time view with alarm this
new departure Of certain newly-made lead
ers. IL is pointed out by these critics that
the Republican party Will split sharply in
1900, II an attempt be made to Danish
silver wholly as a medium of exchange
from the monetary system-a result which
will practically and justly follow the ad-
vsnced step to be proposed by certain in
fiuentlal Republican leaders intimate with
the Administration and of potent influence
in shaping the platforms and policies of
their party.
The reaction which took place in Ger
tain sections OF the country in 1886 against
the then somewhat forward step taken in
the national platform will be insignificant
raI xr-ish h. Oh
made when the people understand that the
Republicans have gone back forever on
bimetallism," said a Western Republican
yesterday. Il stayed with and supported
the Republican ticket in 1896" he con-
1inued, because ! thought we could con-
vince the leaders of the party TO do some
thing for bimetallism. ] interpreted the
plank in our 1896 platform as Offering
good deal of hope for bimetallism. On
that account ! stayed in the party. Just as
Wolcott of Colorado and Carter of Mon
tsna and Chandler of New Hampshire and
a host of other Republicans stayed. If now
The Republicans betray us and come out
absolutely for the gold standard, as / fear
they WILL the Republicans OF the middle
West and far West will retaliate upon this
Eastern syndicate as surely as the waters
roll over Niagara. We simply will not sit
patiently by until our professed friends
but actual enemies have bound us hand
and foot and used US for their own selfish
purposes.
Il think / understand their purposes.
They intend to accomplish this criminal
treachery at the coming session OF Con-
gress. If they attempt it they need not
expect help from sections i have men
toned. The people of the great Western
country should not permit their repre-
sentatives in the Senate and House to vote
for the gold standard, when il was dis
tinctly intimated in the Republican plat
form Of 1886 that the Republican party
pledged Itself TO promote the free coin
age of silver by international agreement
with the leading nations OF the world If
We must choose between servile loyalty to
the Republican party and the economic
freedom OF ourselves and our posterity,
hope we will have the courage to strike
swift and hard at the men who are de-
signing to fasten upon us the shackles OF
monometallism."
1t was remarked by one of the leading
gold Republicans that the time was never
so ripe as now for securing the legislative
enactment OF statute providing for only
The gold standard.
THE platform of 1896 did promise some
thing for silver" said he, under certain
conditions. 1t did promise to promote the
free coinage Of silver il the leading COM
1nercial nations of the world could be per-
suaded to agree upon the subject With
that purpose in view, President Mckinley
soon after he was inaugurated. appointed
the Monetary Commissioners with Senator
Wolcott, of Colorado, as Chairman, to
visit Europe with the view of advancing,
If possible, the interests of bimetallism
That Commission emphatically failed to
make any favorable impression upon the
leading commercial nations of the world.
so far as the recognition of silver was con-
cerned. Its report was conclusive evil
dence that Europe would not listen to
such a proposition. Now, after all that.