Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-05-16
A "pEAo" ISSUE.
Editor of Camera:

Editor of Camera:
The mask of hypocrisy so long worn
by the Republican party has at last been
thrown aside, and it is now openly adj
vocating the gold star dard. The effort
begun in 1873 and continued through
each succeeding min.stration, has at
last eliminated in the act establishing
the gold dollar of 1873 grains of gold
nine tenths fine as the standard unit of
value, and making all other forms of
currency redeemable in gold. The crime
fathered by Sherman has been baptized
by Mckinley and the Republican press
with singular unanimity is now pointing
with pride to this crowning act Of infa my
as model OF bene6cent legislation in
the interest of our people. At last the
Republican press draws long breath of
relief, and dances with glee around "the
corpse Of silver" shouting aloud: ut is
dead issue At last, It is fully dead,
thanks be unto Hanna and Mckinley
forever!"
If it be fact that silver is dead" the
traitors who throttled it will at least per-
nit its true friends to give it decent
burial and pronounce fitting eulogies
over the remains. But is It dead? Some
of US are inclined to doubt the assertions
of the gold press. remembering the many
stabs silver has received at the hands of
Republicans and Gold Democrats, and
that in spite of these traitors, it has re.
covered and waxed strong, bringing dis
may to the hearts of its enemies. We
remember that at the last general cleo
ton it recorded more than six million |
FIVE hundred thousand free men as
among its staunch friends and support
ers. The thinking voter has not changed
his opinion in 1900, for his opinion was
founded on economic truths, history and
experience. These have not changed. |
Truth cannot be killed. History is the
record of facts. Experience cannot be
gainsayed.
1t is fact that the value of the dollar |
is dependent upon the number of dollars. |
1t is fact that if you reduce the num-
Der of dollars by one.half, you double
the value of the remaining dollars, since
they will buy twice as much of any COM
modify as they would before. 1t is fact
that when this is done, you are taking |
from the poor and giving to the rich. 1t
is fact that if this were done upon the |
highway, 1t would be called highway rob.
berry, and the robber, it caught, would be-
incarcerated; but when it is done by a
Republican administration, it is called
"benefcent assimilation" and the admir- |
ers of the chief executive say he should
be reelected in consequence. 1t is a
fact that gold is the most cowardly Of all
money metals in time of panic, and that
upon the least furry. it hides in vaults,
and only comes to light when the much |
decried silver has borne the brunt of the |
storm, and brought the people to solid
ground again. 1t is fact that these |
truths are the truths of history and ex-
perience. 1t is fact that during the
last panic, drought on by advocates of
the gold standard) a man who deposited
gold in the bank, could not draw out
gold on his check, but if the check was
honored at all, it was paid in silver, or
silver certificates, or in bank notes. not
one-half as safe as the silver certificate.
1t is tact that in the city Of New York,
during the last panic, silver was at a
premium larger than when it was de-
monetized in 1873, and there was not