The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-04-24
A SILVER CONVENTION,
It Is Called to Meet in Washington
City on May 26
and 81.
All Friends OF the White MetaI
Are Invited to Take
Part.
The Hetter Promotion of tho Cause OF Free
Bi-Metallio Coinage the Object OF
tho Gathering.

SeF coIH Mlttee To-Day ISSUED tho following
call: The national silver committee an.
pointed by the first national silver conven-
tion at st. Louis, in November. 1889, be-
l1evlng an e1icency has arisen which will
call for earnest deliberation and united
action on the part Of the friends Of bi
metallism throughout tho United statos
hereby call . convention at Washington
D. O., May 26 and 27. 1892, one Of ths
objeets being to organize national BIZ
metallic association or league, for the better
promotion Of the cause OF free bi-metallie
coinage in the United States. This action
is compelled By the manifest determination
Of the gold combination to suppress the
silver issue for another decade, and, ii
possible, BY transmitting existing debts
into gold obligations, and otherwise, fasten
forever Q single gold standard upon the
people Of the United States, and thus per-
petuate the subtle system Of robbery car
rled on for the past twenty years
oy means Of money standard
constantly increasing in value. His
understanding must be defective
who does not know the demonstration Of
silver has increased the money standard Of
tho United states and the world, and his
consciencs murt DO scared wko would at
tempt to justify it; but the increase still
goes en- and will 70 On as gold growS SCARCE
and dear, until the bi-metallic standard
established 100 years ago by Washington,
Hamilton and Jefferson is restored, and
gold il relieved of the strain of being tho
only money for tho final redemption of
other forms of money and credit. Al the
atu VI 81.
debts increase. One is counterpart of the
other and the whole the work of legislation.
No man could devise scheme better ealcu-
lated to enrich one class at the expense of
another than by a device increasing tho
money standard and under the operation of
this device, since 1873, hundreds of millions
Of dollars annually of wealth created BY
one class has been stealthily appropri-
ated by another. For twenty years
this has been going on and yet a congress
pledged to the people to remedy tho wrong
hesltatss and pauses as If hypnotized by
the wand Of gold. The people want NO
Seventy cent dollars;'' neithor will they
forever tolerate. under q hypecritioal pre-
tense "honest money! The dollar has
grown to be hundred and fifty cent dollar
and is still growing at an augmented rate.
There may be those who are tired of the
silver question, but the consequences of
gold monomalliscn are too threatening to
permit the cause of silver to be smothered,
and TO abandon it is to give over to ulti-
mate slavery the toilers of the land, No. |
the silver question will not down. The |
issue is paramount over all others. Al |
though not necessarily political question.
In sense the remedy must be by political |
action. The question of FREQ bimetallio |
coinage ia not a partisan question, and the |
is not called for any partisan |
purpose; but urges on all parties the justice
and necessity of action on question go |
vital to tho public welfare. The gold
vEtchfnl, as recent events have shown.
They are united, have means ut
sheir command, control the met
press, intimidate politi-
cal leaders; dominate conventions
and dictate platforms and candidates.
will they submit forever to the robbery
brought on by increasing the gold stand
'rd. The silver committee in this crisis
,alls upon tho people everywhere to come
Onward and send deleeates to the conven-
ion. The call is extended to all who earn
stly favor the immediate restoration of
ree bi-metallic coinage in the United
'tates and each congressional district ID
equested to send two delegates, and each
tate and territory to send two additional
delegates at large. The Farmars' Alliance
'rganization, the State Grange the Patrons
II Husbandry. the Knights of Labor and
III other industrial organizations favorable
o free coinage Of silver are also
nyited to send one delegate for each or
A cordial invitation is also
1tended to all citizens who by pen or ,
therwise advocate bi-matallnm to be I
MEMBERS of the congress-; and the legisla-
ures of the several states who favor the re-
torntion of the bi-metallic standard and
f the coinage of silver on the same terms
s gold, are especially invited to attend and
in the pl proceedings of the con-
ention.
The call is signed by r. J. Warner, chair ]
IAN, and Lee Randall, secretary, of the ,
ational silver committee.