Washington sentinel., 1900-09-22
The German Americans I'm the
Coming Election.

The German meriCans I'm the
Coming Election.
The Editor oil the WASHINGTON
SENTINEL has for about forty years
been intimately associated with
the German Press and its leading
rlen, which enables him to give a
reliable statement as to how the
German-Americans will cast their
vote in the next election. The
masses OF the Germans are for lib
erty and against militarIsm and
imperialism. Itwould be SANDER
for any one to say otherwise. This
is the reason why they will vote
against Mckinley and for Bryan,
The I6 to I humbug is Republi
can swindle to mislead them. Even
now the Republican leaders issue
silver coin and silver notes at the
ratio OF 10 to I. On the first Of
July, 1900. there were in circulation
S4o8, ,4oo,S47 silver certificates and
S63,3SI,75I silver in coin, all at the
ratio oil 10 to /, in spite Of the
gold standard bill Our standard
has been at the rate OF 6 TO I ever
since the year 1884, and the Re
publican Congress has made no
attempt to change It. The latter
is the law now. No notes payable
in silver, were ever printed in the
Bureau oil Engraving and Printing.
No dollars were coined in our mint
at any other ratio than that Of 10
to I, and still the Republican party
makes as much ado about this rate
as if it was something untEied.
Our German Americans therefore
understand that all the I 6 to talk
is mere humbug and that the Re-
publican leaders, notwithstanding
the doubtful gold bill they passed,
will return to the 10 to I standard
whenever their politics will require
it. This is the reason that the
former gold Democrats now for
sake the Republican party. They
see no difference between Repub-
licans and Democrats as to the
money question.
Now look at the dangers that
threaten the whole Republic. If
Mr.. Mckinley and his party are
successful there is fear that with
the immense money power and
trusts at their disposal there will
never again be another free elec
ton by the people. Our armies
will be increased by the hundred
thousand, and they will be used,
as all despotic governments which
have destroyed republics have
used them, against the people
The Germans before they came to
this country hated militarism and
many Of them left their homes to
es cape from it. They think Bryan
is right when he says: LET US
talk Of the liberty Of the people and
not Of the dollar" "
The outrageous fight against the
little Boer Republics gives them
a good idea Of what may threaten
our own Republic, for the struggle
OF the despotic Governm ents
against the republican liberty and
selfgOvernment by the people is
an everlasting one. Our German
friends who know that we have
always stood by political and per-
sonal liberty will not disappoint us
this time, though there may be a
few of them, guided by self-interest
and Offices, who will attempt to
mislead some Of their countrymen.
Germans who betrayed liberty,
who favored the war in the Philip
pines and the Transvaal, who voted
for the Porto Rico bill, such as
Bartholdt aud Often, and who also
voted for the doubling Of the tax
on the poor mans beverage to
squeeze millions out Of the Ger
man American, should not be re-
elected, for they are traitors and
should be treated as such.