Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-24
GALL FOR A SILVER CONVENTION
Friends of Free Coinage, Be
Up and Doing.
Rally For the Overthrow of Mono
metallism.
Delegates to Meet in Washington May
s6th and a7th to Organize
national Bimetallic
Association.

Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON. April 23.-The national
silver committee today issued the fol-
lowing call:
The national silver committee ap-
pointed by the first national silver con-
vention at st. Louis in November, 1889,
believing an exigency has arisen
which calls for earnest deliberation and
united action on the part of the friends
OF bimetallism throughout the United
States, hereby calls convention at
Washington, d. c., May 26th and 9th,
1892. One of the objects is to organize
national bimetallic association or
league for better promoting the cause of
free bimetallic coinage in the United
States.
This action is impelled by the mani
fest determination of the gold combina-
tion to suppress the silver issue for an
other de ;ade, and, if possible, by trans
muting the existing debts into gold OBJ
legations and otherwise. fasten forever
the single gold standard upon the people
of the United States, and thus perpetu-
ate the subtle system of robbery carried
on Tor the past nineteen years by means
nf a money standard constantly increas-
ing in value.
His understanding must be defective,
also, who does not know that the de-
monetization of silver has also increased
the money standard of the United
States and the world, aud his conscience
must be scared who would attempt to
justify it. But the increase still goes
on and will go on as gold grows scarce
and dear, until the bimetallic standard
established hundred years ago bv
restored and gold relieved of the strain
OF being the only money for final re-
demption for other forms of money and
credit.
As the money standard is raised,
prices fall and debts are increased. One
is the counterpart of the other, and in
the whole work of legislation the wit OF
man could not devise a scheme better
calculated to enrich one claas at the ex-
pense of another, than by increasing
the money standard; and under the
operation OF this device since 1878,
hundreds of millions of dollars, annu-
ally. of wealth created by one class ie
Btealthily appropriated by another. For
twenty years this has been going on, and
congress pledged to the people to remedy
the wrong, hesitates and pauses as if
hypuotized by a want OF gold.
The people want no go cent dollars"
neither will they forever tolerate under
the hypocritical pretense of "honest
money" dollar that has grown to be a
150-cent dollar, and still growing at an
augmented rate.
There may be those who are tired of
the silver question, but the conse-
qaences Of gold monometallism are too
threatening to permit the cause OF silver
TO be smothered and to abandon it is
TO give over to ultimate slavery the toll
ers of the land.
No; the silver question will not down.
The issue is paramount to all others.
Although necessarily political ques-
ton in the sense that the remedy must
be political action, the action of free BIZ
metallic coinage is not partisan ques-
tion, aud the convention is not called
Tor any partisan purpose, but to urge on
all parties the justice and necessity OF
action on question so vital to the pub
lie welfare.
The gold monometallists are united,
nctive and watchful, as recent events
hdfC sAtNil. IAcS nave uulllull6u
means st their command; they control
the metropolitan press intimidste po-
litical leaders; dominate conventions
and dictate platforms and candidates.
The people will not be enslaved, nor
will they submit forever to the robbery
OF the suppressing gold standard.
The silver committee, in this crisis,
calls upon the people everywhere to
send delegates to the convention. The
call is extended to all who earnestly
favor the immediate restoration of free
bimetallic coinage in the United States,
and asks each congressional district to
send two delegates, and each state and
territory to send two additional dele
gates at-lsrge.
The Farmers Alliance organization,
Changers. Patrons OF Husbandry. knights
OF Labor and other industrial organiza.
tions favorable to the free coinage of
silver are also invited to send one dele
gate for each local organization.
A cordial invitation is also extended
to all citizens who by their pen, or 9TH
erwise, advocate bimetalism, and mem
bers of congress and legislators of the
several states wEo favor the restoration !
OF the bimetallic standard and the coin.
age OF silver on the same terms as gold.
are especially invited to attend and par
ticipate in the proceedings OF the con-
vention.
BY order Of the national silver COM
mlttee. A. j. WARNER, Chairman.
LEE CRANDALL, Secretary.