The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-29
ON NAY rs And 27.
The Date Fixed For the National
Silver Convention.
THE OFFICIAL CALL IN FULL.
1t Is Signed BY a. j. Warner. Chairman,
and Lee Crandall, Secretary-An In
dustrial Organizations Favorable
to Free silver Invited.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The national
silver committee has issued the follow
ing call:
The national silver committee, appointed by
the first national silver convention, November,
1889, al St Louis, believing that the eXigency
has arisen which calls for earnest dehberatlon
and united action on the part OF bimetalllsm
throughout the United States. hereby calls
convention to be known as the second national
silver convention, TO be held at Washington on
May 20 and p, one of the objects being TO organ
iZe a national metallic association or league
for the better promotion of the cause OF Tree
bimetallic coinage. This ction is impelled by
the manifest determination on the part OF the
gold combination to suppress the silver issue
for at least another decade, and If possible by
transmitting existing debts into gold ohliga-
tions and otherwise to fasten forever the single
gold standard upon the people and thus to per
petuate the subtle system of robbery that mas
been carried on for twenty years by means OF q
money standard that is constantly increasing
in value.
His understanding must be defective who
does not know that the characterization OF silver
increased the money standard OF the United
States and of the world, and his conscience
must be scared when he would attempt TO 1ustl'
fy it. But this increase still goes on, ana Will
go on as gold grows scarce and dear, until the
| by Washington, Hamilton and Jefferson is re
lieved of the strain of being the only money OF
| final redemption for other forms Of money and
| credit
| As the money standard is raised prices fall
| and the debts are increased. The one Is the
counterpart of the other, and the whole is the
| work of legislation
The viii of man could not devise scheme
better calculated TO enrich one class ut the eX-
| pense Of another than by the device OF an IN
| creasing money standard and under the opera
ton of this device since 1873, hundreds OF mil
| lions of dollars annually of the wealth created
| by one class have been stealthily appropriated
| by another
| For twenty years this has been going on and
vet congress pledged 10 the Poop TO remedy
the wrong hesitates and pauses as if hypnotized
| by the wand of gold.
The people want no - cent dollars neither
! will they forever tolerate under the hypocrit
| ical pretense of honest money dollar that
! has grown to be 100 cent dollar and is stu
| growing at an augmented rate
! There may be tnosc who are tired of the silver
question, but the consequences of gold memo
metallism are too threatening to-permit the
cause OF silver to be smothered and to abandon
it is to give over TO ultimate slavery the toicFs
of the Land
| No. the silver question will not down II Is .
! question paramount 10 all others. Although II
| is necessarily a political question in the sense
| that the remedy must be political action
! the question Of rCEimetallic coinage Is not
| a partisan question and the convention is rot
called for any partisan purpose but TO urge on
| all parties the justice OF "a question 50 vital to
the public welfare
The old monOmctalists are active and united
| and watchful, rs recent events have shown.
| They have unlimited means at their command;
! they control the metropolitan press: they IL
| timdate political leaders dominate conventions
| and dictate platforms and candidates. But the
| people will not be euslaved nor will they submit
forever TO the robbery Of an increasing gold
standard.
The silver committee in this crisis calls upon
the people 10 come forward and send delegates
TO this convention.
The call is extended to all who earnestly
favor the immediate restoration of free bi-
metallic coinage in the United States and each
congressional district is requested to send two
additional delegates At large.
Farmers Alliance organizations. state
oranges, Patrons of Husbandry, Knights OF
Labor and all other industrial organizations
favorable to the free coinag, of silver are also
invited TO send one delegate for each local or
ganization
cordial invitation is also extended TO all
citizens who by pen or otherwise have been az
vocates of bimetalism. Members of congress
and of the legislatures of the several states
| who favor the restoration of The bimet1lhC
standard and the coinage of silver on the same
terms as gold are especially invited 10 attend
and participate in the proceedings OF the con
! venton.
BY order of the national silver committee.
~ J. WARMER. Chairman.
LEE CRANDALL, Secretary
Washington, April -, 1872.
Another silver measure made its ap-
pearance in the house Saturday in the
shape of bill introduced by Mr.. Storer,
of Ohio, to provide for an international
ratio between gold and silver and tC
suspend the purchase of silver bullion
on July 1,1S93. 1t differs from previous
propositions in the same line by in
structing the president TO negotiate
particularly with the states OF the Latin
union on this subject and when treaty
is concluded with the Latin union, with
or without the concurrence of other ma
tions. the ratio agreed upon is go into
effect in the United States. 1t is pro
vided that If no agreement is reached
by July l, 1898, the operation of the
present law relative to the purchase o.
: silver bullion is to be suspended.