Show fan can we act alone the united states is a debtor nation and that makes it a little hr harder der for it to act independently of the other great nations of the wo world ali on the silver question qu astion do the people generally realize that the many millions of dollars that we owe eurof pa are in gold obligations obliga tiona do yon ever stop to wain think that you cannot borrow money at even your local bank without having to at sign n a gilt edged gold note I 1 ahe he notes note s all call for gold coin that is an invariable rule roe with bank banking irig houses and has been for many years mach of the bonded indebtedness of states citi a and school districts also calls calla for gold goia payment which is the rule throughout ghou I 1 our oar entire commercial fabric making in reality a gold standard dard ss as stated elated by bv the st SL louis plad platform form the republicans iu in national Hat ional convention did not declare in favor of a gold standard as represented by democrats and populists lists the republican platform declares in favor of bimetallism subject to international agreement the party takes a conservative serva tive stand on the silver question the democrats takuhe the extreme western view demanding free coinage at a I 1 ratio of 16 to 1 without w i ut waiting for tho action of other nat nations ions i there theres Th ereis is no doubt the democratic policy would be ae the better if we had no gold obligations to pay in foreign lands ids the united states could then abely coin all the silver in sight for lE Hagood enough money tor for domestic purposes ev oven en if the gold should then depart from this country as predicted by the goodites gold ites but where we have obligations to pay in gold we cannot repudiate those obligations by uy saying may lug we will pay finsilver in silver any more than a farmer promising to pay a debt in wheat can take it into his head to pay potatoes wheat is what his hia contract called for and he would have to pay wheat or be marked daxl ed down dawn a dishonest ho man gold will have to be paid to those who hold our gold obligations gat ions or we will have to favor repudiation tion there are plainly two sides to the controversy and just which course will bo be the better for ulah does not yet seem clear we all want free coinage of silver and the only difference is as to the best method of securing it il if this country indebted as aa it is can lead out tor for free coinage 0 of aaker alone alne and keep up its credit the eChi cago platform is correct on that point if bimetallism mi must ast be by international agreement then the st louis platform should be endorsed but there must be no repudiation the honor of the country must be kept unsullied and its credit must remain unimpaired utah will lend its aid to the accomplishment of those aims for her people are conservative and patriotic |