The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-19

cial depression. whel capital seeks a hid
ing place instead Of Investment. The Re
publican party has always maintained that
any combination having Tor its purpose the
cornerins OF q u1nrket or the raising o.
controlling ot .Le 1rfe OF the recessaria Is
OF life was un!awIci aud should be prr'
ished and a commission appointed by the
President under act OF Congress has made
careful investigation and will soon present
a full report OF the est method OF dealing
with this intricate question
We shall meet IL IL some efficient way
and. as q party. sha-' have the courage 20
protect every class of our citizens There
was never a bstteT time 20 deal With lt
than now. when there isn't in this broad
land q man willing 20 work who doesn' {
find employment al fair wages. and when
the clamor Of the agitator who seeks con
hseauon and not regulation falls on dead
ears and fnds no response from the arti-
sans in our busy workshops
The Currency Question.
The campaign four years ago was
fought on the currency question. The be
mocracy insisted that the United States
alone should embark on the free coinage
OF silver at the ratio of Is to I. without
waiting the concurrence Of any other na-
tion. The Republican party insisted that
IA-c AIt7tlbA "a D4tAEAalA4Em M1S AALGEua-
ional, and that until il should be settled
under agreement with the leading com
mercial nations of the world. gold should
continue 10 be the standard Of value n
these United States. Upon that issue we
triumphed
In accordance with the pledge Of the
party an honest effort was made TO reach
some international solution Of the question.
The effort failed OF accomplishment The
int 0p
open for the coinage of gold alone The
vast discoveries OF Alaska, South Africa.
and the States of our own country. have
furnished a steadily Increasing volume OF
gold and with the recent European ac-
tiOn, have demonstrated that the question
Is one calling for international action BY
all the great countries Of the world. and
if ever entered into. must be by such con
current action OF the leading commercial
nations as shall secure permanence OF
relative value to th4 two metals. Mean
while We follow the path of safety.
AS We grow year by year mere firmly
established as a creditor nation, the ques-
tion concerns us less and other countries
more. No impairnl ent OF national credit
caG be contemplated by an honorable na-
ton We have made advances enough.
this country can better afford than any
other country to enter upon The contest fol
NbiAtAtlt4u4 supremacy Win EOiu as us
standard. and for US the time has come
TO give fair notice TO the world that we
too, make gold our standsri and redeem
our obligations in that metal. For twelve
years the platforms Of the party have de-
clared in favor OF the use Of gold and
silver as money. The logic of recent
events. together with the attempt Of the
Democracy to drag down the question from
its International character. to associate i;
with every vagsry OF Populism and Social
ism, and to drive this country 10 an 81
lance with Mexico and China, as an ex-
sclusively silver-using country, has i'm
PEELED our people to this settlement - this
problem. and the recent action of Con gress
has eliminated the danger which its fur
ther agitation menaced.
The provisions of the bill secure TO thf
people a needed increase IL the volume oi
the currency, prevent the future depletion
OF the gold in the Treasury, end encourage
more extended use OF our bonds by the
national banks of the country. But. above
all, the success attending its passage has
demonstrated that cur own people and the
nations of Europe have faith in the per-
manence of our institutions and our fnan-
cial integrity Our de5t is funded at Z
per cent per annum. and millions of oul
interest charge saved annually
The world has never witnessed so tri-
urphant financial success as has fO.-
lowed the passage OF the Currency law
and our per cent bonds, held the world
over. already command a substantial
premium. Through the policy Of the Re
publican party and the wisdom Of a Re
publican Administrators we have not only
made stable and permanent our financial