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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1896
Page
5
The 1596 Mooresville guide supplement publishes a full Republican platform text. It denounces Democratic control, pledges to preserve the gold standard, promises veteran pensions, and calls for a strong foreign policy including Hawaiian and Nicaraguan canal aims. It endorses immigration reform, civil service, women's rights, and national arbitration while urging return to free ballots and territorial admissions.
A formal address from Senator Thurston to the Republican Notification Committee expresses gratitude for the nomination and outlines views on national issues. He emphasizes financial stability, a protective tariff, and unity under a strong home-based economy, pledging devotion to the public good.
The Thirty-second Ward Foraker Club from Cleveland arrives in Canton with 800 members and families to greet Governor McKinley. They praise the Republican platform and demand a sound currency, urging unity to defend national credit and oppose currency debasement.
The Detroit Tribune reports a Mexico described as impoverished with beggars in the streets and a failing balance of trade. The dispatch warns against optimistic tales of Mexico's progress under free silver advocates and the 1 to 1 plan.
A speech praising sound money policy and the Republican platform argues for keeping the U S currency as good as the world’s best, boosting employment and wages by using idle money in productive pursuits and ensuring par value internationally. It emphasizes financial honor, national prosperity, and widespread confidence in U S finance.
The Detroit Free Press cites proposals for a Detroit body to produce 1000 word tracts on sound money. It outlines a catechism styled summary arguing gold and silver money growth, with figures on US money supply per capita and global gold and silver production from 1860 to 1895.
At Cantons station Mr. Meixinley spoke to assembled workers before boarding for Cleveland. He called for a return to the good times with fair prices and wages paid in dollars, argued for currency stable with gold value, and urged defending the United States credit and government honor amid applause.
In New York a barber traded a Mexican silver dollar with a bullion dealer, who valued it at 53 cents. The barber claimed a 75 cent service left him 47 cents short, while customers in the shop voiced support for McKinley and a silver standard. The dealer warned such losses would occur daily on a silver basis.
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