Show I I A QUESTION OF CONSISTENCY I The Ogden Standard asks 1 WIll I The Herd please tel the reader how I long the free coinage of silver has been I a Democratic principle 2 Also if the free coinage of silver is an exclusively I Democratic principle why did The Her I aid support Grover Cleveland the goldbug 3 When did the Democrats I gt a patent on the principle of free coinage that prevents another person from believIng In the same principle 1 The free coinage of silver has been a Democratic principle since 1896 See files of the Standard I has never been a Republican principle I Members of both organizations endorsed I en-dorsed i locally years ago but neither party nationally mae I a tenet of faith until the Democratic party did so in 186 2 The Herald supported Grover Cleveland in his race for the presidency presiden-cy because he was the Democratic candidate can-didate and silver was not an issue Benjamin Harrison the Republican nominee occupied the same position on the financial question that Mr Cleveland Cleve-land did 3 Anyone has a right to believe in the principle of free coinage but no one who subscribes tOI thedoctrines of the Republican party can believe in that against which the organization is pledged I is not a question of copyright or patent I is simply a question of consistency con-sistency |