Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-11

so tne Issue Is presented. II win be
noted that the demand is for the immedi.
ate restoration OF the free coinage Of silver
at 10 10 l. IL another issue is paramount.
this Is Immediate II will admit OF no de-
lay. and VIII suffer no postponement.
Turning to tile other associated parties
we find In the ,sor-..ist national platform,
adopted at Sioux Falls, S. D., May TO- 1900,
the following declarations:
we pledge anew the Peoples party never
TO cease the agitation until this financial
conspiracy is blotted from the statute
oook' the Lincoln greenback restored, the
ponds all paid and all corporation nancy
forever retired We reafiirm the demand
Tor the reopenlng of the mints of the
unlteu states for the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver and gold at the present
legal ratio of 10 to 1, the immediate in
crease III the volume of silver coins. and
ee,.ihcates tDus created to be substituted,
dollar for dollar for the bank notes issued
| Dy private corporations under special priy-
ilege, granted by law OF March ii. 1900
and prior national banking laws"
Ihe platform Of the Silver party, adopted
at Kansas city. July 6, 1900, makes the
Following announcements:
we declare it to be our intention TO
| lend our efforts to- the repeal of This cur
rency law, which not only repndiates fho
ancient and time-honored principles of the
american people before the constitution
was adopted, but Is violative of the prin-
| ciples or the constitution itself: and we
snail not cease our efforts until there has
peen established in its place monetary
| system based upon the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver and gold into money at
| the present legal ratio of 16 to l by the
| independent action of the United States.
| uhuer which system all paper money shall
be issued by the government, and all such
money coined or issued shall be full legal
tender In payment of all debts, public and
private, without exception"
In all three platforms these parties an.
nounce that their efforts shall be unceas-
ing until the gold act sLdll be blotted from
the statute books and the free and unlim.
tied coinage of silver at 1G to shall take
! its place
The 1e-to-1 Heresy.
The relative Importance OF the issues
DO not stop to discuss. All of them are
Important. Whichever party Is successful
viii he bound in conscience to carry into
administration and legislation its several
declarations and doctrines One declara-
tion will be as obligatory as another, but
all are not immediate. 1t is not possible
that these parties would treat the doctrine
OF III to l, the immediate realization of
which Is demanded by their several plat
forms. as void and imperative in the event
that they should be clothed with power
| Wise lutIr proIeSSlOn OF 1Hlth is IN
sincere. 1t Is therefore the imperative busi-
ness OF those opposed to this financial
heresy to prevent the triumph of the par
ties. whose union is only assured by adher-
ence to the silver issue. VIII the American
people, through Indifference of fancied Sc
ou''H, hu""ru i1e overthrow OF the wise
financial legislation of the past year and
, n,,h an af 49,, i.-,t.,, 1%'"nudI % u
nonfaanoa ,,a ,rar,,a1 ,t,'. vi ,.',',,
oIna'a Ia i uiS"s'ei , "nism M Justly
"'N '"e"i !" i0'o'
Chicago Platform Revived.
The Chicago platform of 1896 is reaffirm
ed in its entirety by the Kansas CITY con
vention. Nothing has been omitted or re.
caiied; so that all the perils then threat
- a., p'ssu ss,,,' u"eM MI,h tne auueu
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Protective Tarih and Reciprocity.
The Republican party remains faithful
7 to its principle of II tarif which supplies
, sufficient revenues for the government ant
adequate protection to our enterprises ant
. producers: and of reciprocity, which open
3 foreign markets to the fruits of American
8 labor, and furnishes new channels threugl
which TO market the surplus of Anne rical