Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1893 — KEY NOTES FROM OHIO. [ARTICLE]

KEY NOTES FROM OHIO.

Letter From Senator Sherman—Brief Speech by Gov. McKinley. Representotivo Republicans from various sections of Ohio, met at Can ton,Wednesday night, the occasion being a banquet given by the Republican Club of that city. A large number of Ohio’s distinguished sons were present, among them Sow McKinley. Letters of regret were read from -ex-President Harrison and others. Senator Sherman, who found It Impossible to bo present, sent a lengthy letter, of which the following is an extract: “The currency question I regard as more important than a mere change of administration or who should hold public iffices. It is proposed that tho government of the United “tates should coin all the silver that may be presented, for the benefit of the owner of the bullion, giving tiim a dollar, either in gold or in the note of the United States. The inevitable effect of this policy would be to adopt onlyone standard, thus reducing the purchasing power of the dollar one third, for the benefit of the producers of silver. and at the .-xpense of tho. people of the United States. Ihe pensions of our soldiers, the va.uo of she savings deposits of our people, and ill existing contracts wpuld be reduced one third in value. Cold would be demonetized, exported and hoarded," and the oasis of our entire financial system and all values would be measured by money of :css purchasing power than now, and on i footing with the, linancial systems, of Jiiina, Japan and the, South American states:, and we would bo-separated from ihe standards of universal use in the great oommercia] countries of the world. This a cmid be a dangermu an<j destructive revolution in our whole currency system, af'ccting tho purchasing power of allform? >f money and changing all the diners ilied ivutraeis, now existing. I hope that this delusion lias passed away, and ,hat sense of our country will Ijscard it and stand by the financial sys-icm-which has made our country rich and jowerful. Our National debt will soon be extinguished and our currency may be inirfased with safety with the growth of population, and .on the lines now ostabisned by law. Thapcople may for a time 3c misled by plausible fallacies, but in tha >i)d their better judgment is sure to arrive it correct conclusions. The policy of tint Republican party has reen to diversify our industries by wise protective laws, to strengthen our Nationil credit by laws maintaining honest obligations and to furnish currency always at par. as Cheerfully taken in whatever form t may be. in every market of the world, is the (fold coin issued from the in intg. Whatever way we may view the past, we ;an boast .that our party has always been 1 faithful to the integrity and union of ourjountry. to the honor of tho public faith whenever pledged, and to good money for ill classes and conditions of men. The real remedy of the silver problem is to put Into onr silver dollar enough silver at market value to be equal to a gold dollar, and to maintain all forms of money, whether roin or notes, of equal or interchangeable value. After the reading of the letter, which was received with great applause, Governor McKinley responded to the toast, ■‘The Republican Presidents.” The Governor reviewed the life of Lincoln and paid i glowing tribute to Harrison. In Conclusion he said: The history of the Republican Presidents is the history of the party for more than, thirty years. ,The Presidents, however, lid not create the party; it created them. They did not create the cause for which the Republican party had contended. That cause was created in the consciencesof the people of the North, and it has been triumphantly sustained and vindicated by therepeated verdict of the American people and the deliberate judgment of mankind. The cause is just as great, as good and triumphant as it ever was in the past The country needs the Republican party, for its principles, and purposes, and policies underlie every American interest, and are allied with its true growth and advanccment. , We have now reached in the national pathway the place where the ways turn. Since 1859 to the 4tli of March, this year the Democratic party has been without power to do anything with public measures without the sanction of the Republican party. In all these years until now they have never had at the same time the legislative and executive branches of the government. They have both now. They are in full and undisputed possession. They have no divided responsibility. There is no longer any excuse for pretense: no longer anvToom for hypocrisy. If they believe in themselves and their professions of thirty years they can now mako them effective. What they will do Ido not know. I can not know, for they do not know themselves. There is no cause for diseourgement on our part. We have but to move on with our old-time vigor, yielding nothing of principle. As Mr. Lincoln said, Nov, 19,1858: - “This fight must go on. The cause must not surrender at the end of one, or even a hundred defeats.” A number of other toasts were responded "to by various speakers. The sentiment of ■the meeting favored the nomination ol McKinley ai the Republican standard bearer In 1890.