The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-24
FRIENDS OF SILVER.
4 Call Issued for a Convention to Be Held
Nav Is.

WASHINGTON, April 23.-The National
Silver Committee to-day issued the follow
Ing call: IL ne National Silver Committee
appointed by the first national silver con-
vention at ST. Louis, November. 1889. be-
leving that an exigeney has arisen which
calls for earnest deliberation and united
action on the part of the friends of bi-mstaI-
ism throughout the United States. hereby
calls convention at Washington. d. c..
May 26 and q. 1892; one of the objects be-
ing to organize national bi-metallic asso-
citation or league for the better promotion
OF the cause OF free bi-metallic coinage in
the United States. This action is impelle1
by the manifest determination of the gold
combination to suppress the silver issue fer
another decade. and if possible by transmit
ting existing debts into gold obligations
and otherwise fOisting forever single gold
standard upon the people of the United
states and thus perpetuate the subtle sys-
tenn OF robbery which has been carried ON
for the past 20 years by the means of the
money standard constantly increasing in
value.
Ills understanding must be defective who
doeS not know that the decentralization of
silver has Increased the money standard of
the United States and the world and his
conscience must be scared who wculd at
tempt to justify it. But the increase still
goes on and will go on as gold grows scarce .
and dear, until the bi-metalIic standard o.
taDlsned hundred years ago by Washing
ton, Hamilton and Jefferson is restored
and gold Is relieved OF the strain OF being
the only money for the final redemption OF
other forms OF money and credit As the
money standard is raised prices will fall
and debts increase. Que is the counter
part OF the other and the whole is work Of
legislation. The wit Of man could not de-
wise scheme better calculated to enrich
one class at tie expense of another than
by the device OF increasing the money
standard. and under the operation of this
device since 1873 hundreds Of millions of
dollars annually of the wealth created by
one class has been stealthily appropriated
by another. For 20 years this has been 60
Ing on and yet Congress, pledged by the
people to remedy the wrong, hesitates and
pauscs as if hypnotized by the wand of
gold.
The people want no ''7G-cent dollars"
neither VIII they forever tolerate under the
1ypocritlcal preteGse Of honest money! a
dollar that has grown 10 be 1J0-cent dollar,
ana Is still growing at an augmented rate.
lnere may be those who are tired Of the
silver question, but the consequences of
gold mOnOmetdllSm are too threatening to
permit the cause of silver to be smothered
ana to abandon 1t is TO give over to ultimate
slavery the tOilerS OF the land. No, The sill
yer question will not down.
This issue is paramount of all others,
the sense that the remedy must be by
political action, the question of free BIZ
metallic coinage is not partisan question.
and the convention is not called for any
partisan purpose, but to urge on all parties
the Justice and the necessity for action on a
question so vital to public welfare. The
gold monometallists are united, active and
watchfu, rs recent events have shown.
They have unlimited means at their COM
mand, control the metropolitan press, in
al louHu
conventions, and dictate platforms and can
didates, but the people will not be en-
shaved, nor will they submit forever to rob-
berry by increasing the gold standard.
The Silver Committee in this crisis calls
upon the people everywhere to come for
ward and send delegates to this convention.
The call is extended to all who earnestly
favor the immediate restoration OF free BIZ
metallic coinage in the United States and
each Congressional District Is requested to
send Two delegates, and each State and Ter
ritory to send two additional delegates at
large. The Farmets' Alliance organization,
the State Oranges. the Patrons Of Hus-
bandry, the Knights of Labor aud all other
free coinage OF silver are also invited 20 send
one delegate for each local organization.
A cordial invitation Is also extended to all
citizens who, by the pen or otherwise, advo-
cate bl-metalliSm, members of Congress and
the Legislatures of the several States who
favor the restoration of a bi-metallic stand
ard and the coinage of silver on the same
terms as gold. are especially invited to at
tend and participate in The proceedings Of
the convention.
By order of the National Silver Commit
tee. A. j. Warner, Chairman, Lee Gran
dali. Secretary
Washington, ID. c., April %.
London Press Opinions.
LONDON. April 23.-The dispatch received
from the United States stating that Eng
land had intimated her readiness &c Join the
conference 10 bring about the enlarged use
OF silver has caused much surprise in city
circles. No belief is put in that part of the
report which states the basis of the confer
ence was formulated here. Many kilograms
OF Inquiry have been received by the Lon
don Times, which to-day says it is not easy
to see what enlarged use' can mean, and
adds: The decided majOrity0f those COM
petent to Judge regard the issue of notes
based on silver with great disfavor. GER
tain amount of silver could be employed to
increase the Intrinsic value of our token
currency, which, at the present price of the
metal, is oyervalued to au extent consider
ably greater than is necessary or desirable,
but the general sense of the community is
steadfastly opposed 10 anything like an at
tempt to rehabi tate silver. The result OF
the employment of the American Treasury
as big Sllver-warrant storeh0use has not
been SO satisfactory as to encourage imita-
ton.
The Daily News thinks such a conference
would not be lib ely to attain practical re-
suits. The English delegates, it says, would
have to so into it with their hands tied IL
further says that Goschen, Chancellor of
the EXcheQueT, cannot well go beyond the