Show the true friends friend a of sillier an la this thia campaign of education the hie people havo have become alive to the fact that grave issues present themselves for c and are educating themselves up to a tall full tion kioa of the needs and necessities of the american people in this battle of tho the standard dardi it behooves evory voter who believes sincerely that tho the free coinage of balver M for the best interests of the american people to ascertain exactly whore bhore every candidate stands who presents himself for their suffrage rage roge in chri campaign in a letter published in the A the republican nominee for representative enta tive tivo to the state le legislature gi slature states his position ton upon the silver question which at tho the alist glance might inight seem to place him in the ran ranks of those who nie aie contending Bince since iely zoly for tho cho cause of I 1 lie he white metal now let us consider just what is it and what vi left unsaid in this thia it iter her which is supposed to place him before the public as baing im in fan fasic or of silver ile he says bays 1 I wish to say ns as I 1 have said that 1 tim not in fanor of the gold standard wo smile even ilie st louis plat it foi aim in does nut not declai 0 that the gold standard vi a blessing but admits 44 we havo contracted a bad babit n and pledges the republican party to consult the financial of lombard street ai ag to what had bad better bo be done concerning t it lie ile faither sas but am squarely ely in favor of abil tt country op opening enin her mints to tho the floo fico and unlimited coin coia uge of silvar at tile tho ratio of IG to il I 1 1 well vell yes and again 0 no o we aio to smile rather ambiguous ig ia i a it not in favor of opening tle tho mints that is good its as far na as it goes but when and how is the quest ion we might charitably have supposed io ithac that he had forgotten that point wore were it not for the fact that hia its declaration tallies exactly with the kil bilor or i osoli tion adopted by the republican county convention which says bays wo we are in favor of the froe free and unlimited coin ngo of mavor 15 to il I 1 1 and then brealy breal 3 oil off leaving us to the inevitable conclusion that the republican patty of county lilio the pal eat 11 its is in favor of a waiting policy to be ended when upon oar bended knees our supplication iona 3 are beard and answered by the comb combined irid fiby lochi of europe c mr arr DOC appet tri upon tha os cial ballot as a straight stia ight republican and it if elected it will bo be upon the be county platform plat forin which is but it a sub daod otho ocho of the platform adopted at bt louii loan which detla ies that the present gold standard auit bo be maintained until an international itei national floreo ment ean be secured now if mi ali bennion w ig a firm friend of silver why did ho he riot not sity in the words of the resolution adopted at tho clio Uni uintah tall coulty convention that ho he was of the opinion that the good to tho the gi latest number can only bo be secured by the tha immediato immediate opening of the mints of 0 tho the united to the free and unlimited coinage of baher with or without international tigre agreement ement As the bonchay und integrity of mr hr lc union is tho ho conclusion would be ba that lo 10 was aware that to 8 himself in sue such fc unequivocal langu language langua ago goi would lay hira him axin I 1 1 n to the charge carr 0 o of I 1 iiii ll 11 that ho be is before the upon ond end ept ets to abi abudo ado by tho the resolution adopted by the bo convention that gave hun him the bomin altion which do cl ties n cs in ill favor divor of silver but holds out no hope of securing eclarin it if ai a mi atawa sav ani t ho he belity abeln aca Ls the free and unlimited limited coinage of sil bil ver Is for the best ot of the people p vo me would naturally his hia a sympathies s would bo be on the bide of that unflinching champion of the rights of tb tho 0 people who hat is with his iacoma face to tho the foe daily preaching the gospel of american libei liberty lib eity ty to the op pressed people of this nation william jennings Jen Jea br brau an haa ho he given any evidence of such s mpa thies in f his hia calu campaign paini 7 wo we theall not ilot the day of straddles has haa passed there is no middle ground in this campaign he who antem ts ta to stand with oue one foot upon that shameful shantea ua surrender of independence the st louis platform and the other resting upon that splendid vindication of manhood inan hood adopted ut chicago will be precipitated into the bottomless pit of political ion and lost tu to the public view we certainly absolve mr alf bonmon from any such intentions and budding by the past and by the et idencio before foro ua in ahm campaign wo we ire are forced to conc conclude lutlo that ho is a straight republican acau and vs ft ill abide strictly by the an aa hot bot forth in m their party platforms read head the financial plank of tho the chicago platform had road read the resolutions adopted at the democratic county convention aud and io member that the nominee of that convention foi state representative brauda squarely upon tho the declarations thois in contained incont amod foi the 1111 mediate oppen of the abo mints aminti to tho the free and unlimited coinage of silver etith or without international agree mont there is nothing left out there nothing loft left unsaid nothing Noth irig ambiguous about that every ingoll i loeft 0 lent voter will evily discern NN hu are the real friends of biber in this campaign camp remember also that the nominee of the bi publican party for state senator hom this district appears on tile tho official ballot ai ag a straight republican find and if elected it will bo upon a republican platform Rp remember member that if mi boubion and mi ili collot collet are sent scat from here to i ep ua its in the state legislature they will vill bo be perfectly ly jasti justified fied in casting their vote note for a strai ht republican RepubliC cin fur for united baates senator beu ator presumably y arthur brown sih gihei ei men tand stand by bour 5 our gun tho the buttle battle vi iq closing ill rake no chan chanoch cefi when you go to tho the polls polla on oil the thud of november that bl i johnson and Willi atu arn gib son are before the people as mhd boiu of tho party that claudi fol foi a by the american people 0 of 0 the iho people and for the Amp american rican nn people |