New-York tribune., 1900-01-29
IS TIA BILL TO ELECT BRYAN,
THINKS A HOUSE MEASURE ANsvvrD.
THAT DESCRIPTION.

THAT DESCRIPTION.
J. Rice wtncheII. OF New Haven Custom, z.n-
| writes following lively letter describi,~ -
| House Financial bill ike Image Nebucba5
/ nezzar saw in his drsam-god head silver hoa,
iron legs. feet partly clay and partly ,ro1.
Republican pledge made at St. Louis 70 uBa,,-
tain gold standard las been redeemed. ~.
Republican party did not promise IN ksS@-
money az gold value IL Dcmocratic na-.
came into power: and no Republican Isrss,,
ton can lmpart credit 70 Democrs..
Administration.
II then. no financial legislation IL ns.Sad =.
preserve Nations credit while Republic.
party is In power. and il would be uselss, -
case OF Democratic accession to power vhv
resort to this measure. which would ATT.
Silver Republicans and Greenbaekers sn,o
Democratic ranks?
Recent election in Nebraska cited: an vo4.-.
not genuinely Gold Republicans suppo-+.s
Bryan candidate
Provision to withdraw the s34sO0oO0o :.
greenbacks from circulation a policy OF con-
traction.
Worst feature of House bill one confsr,n-
upon Secretary Of the Treasury power to re-
deem silver and silver certificates with gola
With this bill as basis Bryan would eharrs
Republican party with having conspired +,
overthrow the money Of the people and r.
place it with the money OF the millionaire
and spectators.
Any party allying Itself with money power IN
reality OF strong appearance insuras A
feat for itself
Republican party with its past and rsesrt L,.-
tory can be trusted to do what is right with
OUT legislation which might destroy party
and Nation.
JUST SUITS DEMOCRATIC PURPOSES,
To the Editcr Of The Tribun.
cir; The financial bill recently nasza5 49, .A.
rouse OF Representatives resembles the image
"hich NeouchadEezzar saw in his dream. with
eO4o Heau' silver body. legs OF iron and with faet
part OF IRON and part OF mixed clay That par+ ~
us anatomy upon which its ability to stand de-
pended was fatally weak The SEQUEL "a quickly
toiu- me image was valueless because II had no
power to stand. 1t was pounded to fine dust and
blown away The House declaration in favor OF an
lnvariable gold standard for commercial uses NAV
be called the head Of gold The unshackIfng or Ma
uonaI banks. conceding them larger circulation
and wider fields OF usefulness without embarrassing
taxation Is the body OF silver and the legs OF iron
The fatal weakness of the feet is found in the con-
templated "impounding'' Of greenbacks and the ex-
change of gold for silver issues-paper and coin
Inc pledge of the Republican party, made at St
LOUIS IN 1895 to maintain the gold standard for all
National issues OF currency and coin has been fIlv
A44SlS - not q COllaE IN circulation In
this country whether Of gold coin or paper thai A.,
not worth one hundred cents in standard gold coin
Tor all commercial purposes within the limits OF the
United States The Administration OF Mr. McK1n-
ley has not defaued in this promise to the peopIa
ana so long as the Republican party remains In
power the pledge that every dollar in circulation
snail be worth one dollar in gold for commercial
uses will be kept.
A PROMISE THAT WASN'T MADE
But one thing the Republican party did not prom
ise. 1t did not promise that If the Democrats
party should again come into power the credic
OF the Nation should be maintained and all circu-
Iatlons OF money should be kept at gold value
Sucn pledge would have been futile because II
could not have been made good. No RepublIcaa
legislation can tmpart credit TO any Democratic
administration that can now come into power All
provisions ror esta bnshng and maintaining fIa
gold standard, passed by a Republican Congress-
ana approved by a Republican President 1voul5
faL to pieces like ropes OF sand the moment
democratic President should be chosen. precisely
as the Mckinley tariff was paraIyzed and became
imperative the moment 1t was known that a
Democratic President and Congress had baan
eiected IN 1892 As well might you expect to re-
strain an infuriated buH by the interposition OF
barrier or mosquito netting as to restrain Mr.
Bryan or any President elected by the free silver
oPunstie-anti-imperiaistf combination now known
as the Democratic party from brushing aside law
or no law every restraining act OF Congress. and
putting this country free silver basis the
after the election of Mr. Bryan every dollar IN gold
would be sapped from the United States Treasury
ana not dollar of the precious metal previously
IN circulation but would stink out OF sight and call
upon the rocks and hills to fall upon and hide II
The Republican Secretary of the Treasury who
should undertake to issue gold bonds to recuperste
the exhausted vaults. in the face OF such demands
would ma all his printing presses inadequate to the
task Inc very apprehension OF this state Of things
IN advance would produce this very result-1ust as
the apprehension of free trade policy under Mr.
Cleveland shut up thousands OF factories and
1roze to death all budding enterprises long before
the late fatal Democratic Administration actually
came INTO power The morning after the dark dav
when Mr. Cleveland was last elected the drain az
gold from the Treasury began. Tt was his Al
ministration which brought forth the endless
chain that steadily pumped the yellow metal from,
the National vaults through four years OF dssola-
ton and unthrift- But INN edIateIy 1t was known
that Mckinley was elected the endless chain was
taken OF the pump and thrown into the attic
There 1t remains to rust so long as the RepubIcs,
party shall be continued IN rower But when our
people forget the lesson taught them from, 1Sss "a
1884, during which period they paid 600 GOO 600 for
an object lesson in free trade Democracy: whsn
their memory no longer recalls the Black Hole OF
1883 the abominaticn OF desolation which laid IN
ashes the splendid prosperity or the land under the
tariff of 1885, when they again resort 10
diocy and intrust power to a free trade free svar
the endless CT ain viii be Quickly
Sanked from its hiding place and vigorously to
work The supply OF so would be immediately ex-
nauSted, and is there American citizen, even
lalf-wttted, who believes that Mr. Brian ~ ~