The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-04-29
A SILVER CONVENTION
The National Silver Committee Make q
Call for a Silver Convention
at Washington.
MAY 18TH AND 18TH TO Be The DAYS
The Object Is to Organize National
League Of BlmetAlllStS In
Every State.

We publish below the call of the ma
tional silver committee to the Ameri-
can people, for convention to meet
1T Washington, D. C., May 26 and q, to
organize national league of bimetal-
lists in every state in the union. and in
every congressional district. The OBJ
ject is to resist the organized power of
Wall street and the gold bugs, and to
restore the financial system Of Wash.
ington, Hamilton and Jefferson. The |
farmers alliance, state oranges, pa
irons of husbandry and knights of |
labor will send delegates. Each state
aud territory and congressional district
to send two delegates. The following
is the call:
WASHINGTON, April 28.-The national |
| silver committee, appointed by the first ma |
tiOnal silver convention in November, 1859, |
at st. Louis, believing the eXigency has
arisen which calls for earnest and deliber-
ate determination and united action ON the
| part Of bimeIalism throughout the country,
calls q convention, TO be knOwL as the
second national silver convention, tn BIZ
held at Washington, May 26 and ~, 1892,
one Of the objects being to organize na-
| liOnal blmetalllC association or league for
the better promotion of free bimetallic
coinage.
TO RESIST GOLD BUGS.
This act is impelled by the manifest de-
| termination ON the part Of the gold COM
binallOn u suppress the silver issue for a.
| least another decade and, ii possible, by
transmitting existing debts INTO gold obi
| cations aud otherwise, to faSten forever the
single gold standard upon the people, aud
| thus u perpeLuate the sinful system OF fOD-
berry that has been carried Oh for twenty
| years by means Of money standard that
is constantly increasing in value.
EVILS OF DECENTRALIZATION.
| His unders anding must be defective who
dues not know tnat the decentralization Of
silver increased the money standard OF the
| United states and of the world, and his
conscience LIllSU be scared when he al
telnpts u justify it. But this increase still
| RUeS on, and Will 60 On rs gold grows
| scarce and dear, until the bimeLallic stand
ard established 100 years ago by Washing
ton, Hamilton and Jefferson, is restored
1 and gold relieved Of the strain Vt being the
only money Of national redemption for
other forms Of money and credit.
THE RICH RICHER, TUE POOR POORER.
AS the money standard is raised, prices
| fall and debts are increased. The one is
The cOunterUart of the other, and the whole
Is the work Of legislation. The Will of man
| could not devise scheme better calculated
10 enrich one class at lie expense of another
ClIan by the device of an increasing money
standard, and under the operation of tins
device, since 1872, hundreds Of millions Of
dollars annually Of the wealth created by
one class have been stealthily appropriated
by another.
| CowARDLY CONGRESS-.
For twenty years this has been going on
and yet a congress pledged u the people to
remedy the wrong hesItates and pauses as
| II hypDOllzed by the wand Of gold. The
people want no 70.cent dollars, neither will
| they forever tolerate under prettnse VI
'hOneSt money" dollar that has grown tU
De ljO-cunt dollar and is still growing at
| augmented rate.
IT WILL NOT DOWN
There may be those who are tired of the
1
| gold decentralization are 600 threatening 10
permit Tie cause Uf silver to be smOlh1rrd
and 10 abanDOn 1t is To give over to ulti.
mate slavery the tOiltrs Of the land. No,
| the silver question Will not down. IL Is All
issue paramount " all others. Although
1t Is necessarily political action, The ques-
ITO OF bimetallic coinage is not a partisan
| question and the convention Is not called
tor any partisan purpose but To urge ON all
| a m a inn kaI AL
the public.
WALL STREET ACTIVE.
The gold mOnOmetallists are active and
united and waLchful, as recent events have
shown. They have unlimited means &C
tLeir command: they control the metrOpOl-
ltan press, they intimidate political leaders,
dominate conventions and dictate platforms
AMI candidates. But the people will not be
enslayed, nor will they submit forever 10
to the robbery Of an increasing gold stan
dard.
SEND DELEGATES.
The silver committee in this crisis calls
upon the people TO come forward and send
| delegates ~ this convention. The call is
extended to all who earnestly favor the
immediate restoration of free bimetallic
coinage in the United States, and each con-
| grtSSlOnal dlstrlct Is requested 10 send two
delegates and each stae and territory 10
send TWO additional delegates at large.
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Farmers alliance organizations, state
oranges, patrons Of husbandry, knights Of
labor and all other industrial organizations
favorable To the free coinage OF silver are
also invited to send one delegate for each
local organization. A cordial invitation is
also extended to all citizens who, by pen or
otherwise, have been advocates Of bimetal-
lism. Members of congress and of the
legislatures Of the several states who favor
the restoration Of the bimrtallic standard
and tn coinage of silver IN the same terms
as gold, are especially invited 10 attend and
participate in the proceedings of the con-
VentiOB.
By order Of the natiOnal silver committee.
A. J. WARNER, Chairman.
L. z. CRANDALL, Secretary.