Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-08-02
NUMBER 50
Republicans Have chaneed.


By that Atlantic City bill congress
abdieated the paramount function of
government. the money making func-
ton, and turned it over to an associa-
tion of national bankers, a function
too vast and too dangerous to be given
to any citizen or corporation That
bill broadens the money question and
puts it on the high plane on which
Andrew Jackson fought Nicholas Bid
die and the old Bank OF the United
States, and, as ne conquered in the
thirties, so viii we conquer under the
leadership of the great Nebraskan.
/ repeat that while we maintain our
position Of 1896 in favor Of the free
and unlimited coinage of gold and sill
yer at the historic ratio Of IS to / with
out waiting for the consent of any 9TH
er nation on earth, the Republicans
have changed theirs and changed It
radically.
do not have to make assertions or
quote Democrats to show that we are
right on the money question. | viii
quote you Republican Of the highest
degree. Certainly Republicans ought
to believe each other, for nobody else
VIII believe them.
Ny Republican witness says: Il am
for the largest use Of silver in the cur
rency of this country. / would not
dishonor it. would give it equal
credit and honor with gold / would
make no discrimination l would utfI-
tie both metals as money and 1iscredit
neither. l want the double standard
These be potent words They were
fifty spoken and are like apples Of gold
in pictures Of silver. They are clear
and unmistakable in their meaning.
Now, my Republican friends, You who
are engaged III the condemned business
of worshiping the golden calf, what
orator and statesman do yen suppose
made that forcibIe declaration IN IA
vor of silver which have just quoted?
It wasn't Silver Dick Bland God bless
him. It wasn't William j. Bryan. the
peerless leader Of the Democratic
hosts. 1t was no Democrat no Popu-
list It was man whom you delight
to honor. Don't all fan off your seats
In q fit of apoplexy when tell you
his name 1t was the head man Of the
Republican pie counter, William Nc
Kinley. president of the United States,
and now running for reelection on a
gold standard platform after signing a
gold standard bill He is the man who
said it. He said it on the floor of the
American congress. 1t Is SO printed in
The Record. You cant deny it He
can't deny it Those words were spo-
ken by William Mckinley. your idol,
with front Of brass and feet of clay.
spoken by him While be was vet free
and before he had fallen under the
malign influence Of Mark Hanna and
his foul crew Of political buccaneers.
What's more, Mckinley in addition TO
speaking in favor Of silver voted for
1t and voted for it repeatedly He
voted for the original Bland silver
bill which was bill for the free and
unlimited coinage of gold and silver
at Is to l. He voted for the Bland
bill with the Allison amendments, and
when Rutherfraud &. Hayes vetoed
the Bland Allison bill William MeKin-
ley voted to pass it over the Hayes
veto which was the noblest act Of his
nnhlie earanr ,.ausar.
In passing if may be proper to -
another fact, which | stated on the
floor of congress III a fun house. which
nobody denied then and which nobody
will deny now and that is that VIII
liam B. Allison, senior and perpetual
Republican senator from Iowa. is the
first American statesman that ever
made a free silver speech But. alasl
he, too. like William Mckinley. bows
TO Mark Hanna's command and the
dictates of Wall street and today hum
bly, worships the golden calf.