The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-07-05
woLco7rs vARleeAreo VIEWS

other natiOns). This country cal bet
ter afford than any other to enter upon
the contest for commercial supremacy
with gold rs its standard. and for lis
the time has come to give fair notice
to the world that we, too, make gold
| our standard and redeem our Obliga-
tions in that metal. For twelve years
the platforms of the party have dcclar.
ell in favor of the Use of gold and sill
Yer rs money. The logic of recent
events. together with the attempt of
the Democracy to drag down the ques-
ton from its international character, to
associate ii with every vagary of POpu-
liSm and socialism. and to drive this
country to an alliance with Mexico and
China, as an exclusively silverusing
country. has inipelled our people to this
settlement of this problem, and the
mated the danger which it's further
agitation menaced.
May /, n Western man, add another
word? The passage of this bill. which
received the vote of every Western
Republican in Congress. marked the
termination, forever final, of any sort
Of difference between Republicans of
the East and of the West growing out
of currency problems. Even if the
stern logic of events had not convinced
us, our deep and abiding loyalty to the
principles of the party, our belief that
the judgment of its majority should
govern, would lead us to abandon fur
ther contention WOlcott at
the Republican national convention,
June ~, 1900.
"NO sectional horizon Obscures our
view. If the contest for the people is
to be won. ii must he because against
the selfish demands of the East are ar
rayed the united votes of the South
and West. The fertile acres of your
section wait for the plOw of the hus-
bandman; so do ours. You need capi-
tai for the development of your great
resources: so do we. Both sections
alike need fair prices for the products
of the farm and stable and sufficient
currency.
ut is for us, standing together on
this great question. to save our COM
mon country from greater suffering
and impOverishment than even the hOr-
rors of war could infiict; and by our
united votes to maintain, not alone the
standard of both gold and silver con-
templated by the constitution and con-
secrated by centuries of usage, but to
maintain, as well. the standard of
American manhood Wolcotts
speech in the Senate, Aug. 81, 1893.
'The administration assured us that
it looked forward with ardent and
hopeful anticipation to the time when
gold and silver would go hand in hand,
the sure defense of national credit.
This was for Western consumption.
One little qualification was added-that
the consent of other nations. England
included: a consent we are rs apt to Sc
cure under existing conditions and
with the methods employed as we are
TO catch larks when the heavens fall.
As II Great Britain. which demone-
tized silver seventy-five years ago. and
has thrived on it at the expense of her
own colonies and other nations ever
since, would be apt to change her pol
icy until we had demonstrated our in
tentiOn to adopt the double standard.
1T makes but little difference who
has strangled silver coinage. 1t has
been apparently effectually garrOted.
and each party as to this measure has
become what Disraeli once charged the
Tory party with having become. AN
organized hypocrisy But, before long.
unless all signs fail, each side will he
anxious enough TO unload the respon-
sibility upon the other. for some day |
the people will have an inning.
colts speech in the Senate, April q.
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