Show MCKINLEY ii OLD LETTER MAJOR mckinley is being 0 confronted by a letter he wrote in december 27 1890 to hon E S perkins of weymouth ohio in in which he expressed himself as being in favor of tile the free and unlimited coinage za of silver he also boasts in in his letter that he voted in the porty fifth and Forty sixth congress to pass the silver bill over president haless veto when reference was made to this letter a few days ago mr mckinley manifested no concern whatever stating he took no interest in in old letters we concede that aly aay man has the right to change his opinion on any question of public importance but we would like to know why and when a change of heart was made we would like to know if mr mckinley made up his mind to desert the cause of silver coinage at the date of the filing of the chattel mortgage on his soul mind and body which was given to mark hanna and the syndicate in in consideration of the payment of the of mckinley notes will he or some of his friends give the public the exact date of each of these transactions in this case there is a lurking suspicion that mckinless McKin leys conversion to goldbug ism is the result of purchase and sale mr mckinley may treat his old letters and former opinions with ithe utmost indifference but the I 1 people of this country will take a deep interest in keeping 0 such a man out of the executive chair because they can have no confidence in a man who is as clay in the hands of his manipulators A figurehead figure head or a weathercock weather cock is unfitted to be president of a reat ire at nation like ours |