Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-12-28
CHAMP CLARK LETTER
New Feature In the Lee
ture Business.
OLARK-D0LLIVER DEBATES.
They Deliver Joint Lectures on
Imperialism.
GRAND AND LOFTY TUMBLIEG.
GRAND AND LOFTY TUMBLIEe

GRAND AND LOFTY TUMBLIEG.
The Antics of the Republican Party
ON the Money Question Are Hard to
Keep Track Of The StraddIe OF
1sss-The Solid Rock on which De-
the Greenbacks.
Especial Washington letter.
King Solomon said that there is
nothing new under the sum-" but
am rather inclined to believe that Hon.
Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa and my
self have inaugurated a new feature
of the lecture business. We have en-
tered into an arrangement to deliver
joint lectures on Expansion" or I'm
perialism" at such times and places
as our services are desired, provided
we can do so without neglecting our
congressional duties. This joint ap
pearance in the lecture line has a dou
bic pose-educational and financial.
Believing that Democrats are right in
their position, suggested this unusual
lecture procedure. firmly persuaded
that the more it is debated the stronger
we will be. We had our initial per-
Torrance at Chambersburg, Pa, re-
Gently before a magnificent audience.
composed of about one-fourth Demo
Gratis and three-fourths Republicans,
the vast majority of that community
being Republicans. From the manner
in which the debate was received and
from newspaper comment thereon
feel absolutely certain that we have
everything to gain and absolutely
nothing to lose by forcing the fighting
and by courageously maintaining the
patriotic position that American liberty
shall not be recklessly jeopardized by
taking to our bosoms several millions
of savage and semisavage Asiatics and
that American laborers shall not be
brought into ruinous competition with
those same millions, who are willing
to work for 10 cents a day.
A debate on the subject drives the
Republican proponent of expansion
and imperialism, whoever he may be,
into doing a great deal of explaining
as to polygamy. slavery, press censor
ship. etc, and the party which must
put in its time explaining is doomed
Consequently | greatly enjoy the joint
lecture business with Brother Deliver.
On Monday, the 18th of December,
one of those curious condolences in
human affairs which startIe all WHO
witness it and furnish abundant food
for philosophic reflection occurred in
the house of representatives Just as
the applause among the goIdbugs by
reason of the passage of the Atlantic
City money bill, subsidized a Missouri
representative arose and amid pro-
found silence announced the death of
Hon. Richard p Bland and moved that
''as mark of respect to his memory
the house do now adjourn" which it
Immediately proceeded to do.
As one object of these letters is to
furnish campaign material for stump
speakers. at the risk of being some
what dry | propose to recall briefly to
human memory some of the grand and
lofty tumbling done by the Republican
party on the financial question.
Republican Financial Plank In 1896.
In order that there may be no mis-
take about it | here quote the financial
plank of the st. Louis platform: "The
Republican party is unreservedly for
sound money. 1t caused the enactment
of the law providing for the resump-
ton of specie payments in 1879. Since
then every dollar has been as good as
gold.
Eve are unalterably opposed to ev-
cry measure calculated to debase our
currency or impair the credit of our
country. We are therefore opposed to
the free coinage of silver except by in
ternational agreement 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 paper
currency must be maintained at parity
with gold, and we favor all measures
designed to maintain inyiolably the OBJ
legations of the United States and all
our money. whether coin or paper, at
the present standard the standard of
the most enlightened nations of the
EARTH
The Ohio Financial straddIe of 1896.
AS for months prior to the St Louis
convention Mr. Mckinley was the
leading Republican presidential candi-
date-indeed, the inevitable nominee
it Is not unreasonable to assume that
the financial plank of the Ohio plat
form of that year reflected his senti-
ments on that subject 1t has been de
nounced and ridiculed as most skill.
full ~straddle" but such as It is it must
have met with his approval What
ever else 1t may be. it is not a declara-
ton In favor Of the single gold stand
ard. Having quoted his message to
show his position now, | quote tie
Ohio financial plank of 1896 to show
his position then. Gaze upon that pie
ture, then on this: we contend for
honest money. a currency of gold. sill
yer and paper, with which to measure
our exchange. that shall be as sound as
the government itself and as unfair
nished as It's honor. and to that end we
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