The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-22
NECESSITY FOR SOUND MONEY COW
GRESSHEN.
The Outrage Against New York INT In
the Tammany Nominations.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir; Where
some other newspa ers seem to 20 on the as
sumption that the election Of Republican Con-
gressmen isn't OF much importance The SUN
/ an glad 10 see. Is hammerlng II into the minds
OF the voters OF New York that il IL OF vital I'M
p~ortanoa 10 their interests.
You paid jefferson Leyya deserved compl'-
ment when you congratulated him upon his
failu Q of denomination. Mr.. Levy. as a private
citizen and an answering advocate OF the
gold standard. stands immeasurably higher In
the estimation Of oil COED citizens tina MIR.
Crokcr's nominees, who proved suhs'rvient to
machine dictation and voted for the Teller
resolution and against the currency bill, In both
votes coming out fairly and squarcly for free
silver and Bryant IN. Every one. of course,
knows where Henry Clay Sulzer stands. but
where do George b McClel an and the other
1nnlmany Congress nominees ST nd on the free
silver question: Levy and Chanler we're
turned down because they were sound money
men. Rupert was rcrominated because
Croker d. not dare to cfIenu the German, but
Met lellan was renominated because he obeyed
orders and voted for free silver,
In the excerpt from on Of Mr.. McClellan's
speeches. published In THE Sun on Wednesday
morning. he said ut a time In the past
The chief sun rers from free silver
would not be the rich. but the poor The ad-
vocates Of free silver are the worst eneuie the
labor ng c'ass has" The records show that
MIR. Mcclellan. notwithstandi G these high
sounding sentences, twice put himself on record
as In favor OF free 81 - ce by voting for
the Teller resolution and again by voting against
the Currency bill. Mr. Mcclellan must. there
fore, b. judged not by what he has said. but
by what he has done II s mouth seem 10 lie
against free 81 yer. but his vote in ConGr g..
which means ever thing, hgs always been cast
In the interest of a Bryanizrd money ~ t m.
II this free silver record means anything II
means that MIR. Mcclellan will vote In the
future, a he has voted f. the past. for a y
free liver legi lation which m y be desired by
William JonnlnC IS Bryan. Yet It is understood
that, notwlthstand ne his vote, which makes
Mr.. Mcclellan fairly and s~auareiy an advocate 4
the free and unlimited coinage Of silver Mt the
ratio a 10 10 I, his fr ends are CAUSING 10 be cir
culated through the East Side his speech de-
livered May 81. 1895. In which he said:
THE advocates OF free silver are the worst
enemies the laboring class has" This Ia the
SAM Mr.. Mcclellan who Is stamping now for
william Jennings Br an. who said not more
than ten days ago a. Ann Arbor, Mich, In re-
sponse u a question: The Democratic party
IL for the free and unlimited coinage OF silver
at the ratio Of 10 TO /. without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation"
II Just judgment Is melted out 10 Congressman
Mcclellan for what he has done he will be re-
tired from Congr as at the coming election.
No voter In the Twelfth Congr s. d.str.c who
has a dollar in the savings bank. who has a
dollar investod In am sec rites. who has a
dollar inves ed In any busine 3, who las a
dollar coming to him for labor performed. can
afford to vote for such a man
The auestioI VIII re George B Mcclellan and
the other Tammany Congressmen stand on
this issue ot sound money Is euflci-nuy
answered by the fact that they we're nominated
on an out-and-out Bryan platform.
WILLIAM II. MARsDRS
New YORK, Oct -.