Show MKIXLEY OX MORALS Major McKinley is not only the champion of the gold standard and all that ft means but he is now posing as the champion of the moral standard His zeal in this direction is only exceeded ex-ceeded by that of John Wannamaker who teaches a Sunday school class the first day of the week and drives hard bargains with his fellow men the remaining re-maining six days It is a pleasure to think that Mr McKinley is a man of high moral standard and to know thoic anything in the moral line which does not appear to be straight goods meets with his disapprobation Addressing a delegation Friday he saidThe The free silver orators and organs of Vermont illy concealed if they did not positively assert what is being proclaimed pro-claimed everywhere thait their solicitude solic-itude Is the relief of the debtors no matter with what sacrifice of the plainest plain-est precepts of good morals In no case and at no point do they propose a system to pay our national and private pri-vate obligations on the plain oldfash loned principles of good faith and hon f esty which have always heretofore distinguished dis-tinguished the American people Practically Prac-tically admitting that the effect of the free unlimited and independent coinage coin-age of silver would be an immediate loss to the savings and resources of our people and that its adoption would reduce the plane of their social and Industrial condition they yet seriously propose that we shall risk this hazardous hazard-ous experiment Vermont has said in tone that can not be misunderstood that she will have nothing to do with iiiat fatal experiment To me the question of free trade is a question of humanity the voice of labor pleading for its own and the question of free silver a question of public morality honor and good faith and its success would be a blot on our hitherto spotless national credit That sounds nice especially to the ears of goldbugs Major McKinley the goldbug nominee for president of the United States says that the advocates of free silver do not propose a system to pay our national and private obligations obli-gations on the plain oldfashioned principles prin-ciples of good faith and honesty which have always heretofore distinguished the American people and that the question of free silver is a question of public morality honor and good faith and its success would be a blot on our hitherto spotless national credit cred-it That is all very good all very moral all very patriotic but it is marred by the fact that on the 25th of June 1890 the amendments substituted for the original silver bill of the house by > the senate came before the house and the one providing for free coinage was rejected 135 yeas to 152 nays McKinley McKin-ley voting nay On the 5th of November Novem-ber 1S77 McKinley voted for a free coinage bill introduced by Mr Bland If free silver is so Immoral in 1896 why was it not just as immoral in 1877 and 1890 when McKinley voted for it Or does the moral standard change as he changes His mouthings about the Immorality of free silver are but the mutterings of a hypocrite He would do well to remember that conduct con-duct is threefourths of life and that his congressional record is his congressional congres-sional conduct |