People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1896 — They Dare Not Say So. [ARTICLE]

They Dare Not Say So.

The goldbugs tell us that gold is the money of civilization. Is it not strange that the Republican party did not find that out at St. Louis? It does not say so. The goldbugs tell us that this nation has outgrown the silver standard. Isn’t it strange that the Republican party did not find that out? The goldbugs tell us that you cannot have two yardsticks. Isn’t it strange that the Republican party did not find that out? They tell us that the free coinage of silver is simply in the interest. of the mine owners. Isn’t it strange that the Republicans did not find that out? They tell us that free coinage is desired by men who want ,to pay their debts in cheap dollars. Isn’t it strange that the Republican party did not find that out? How do you know that the Republican party did not find that out? Why, because their platform pledges the Republican party to get rid of the gold standard. The, Republican party pledges itself to substitute a double standard for the single standard.—Mr. Bryan at Philadelphia.