The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-24

w ASHINGTON,f April &o.-Ine N6tioDai
| Silver committee today Issued the follow
| ing call:
"The National Silver committee ap-
| pointed by the first national silver con-
vention in November, 1859. at ST. Louis.
believing that an eXigency has arisen
which calls for earnest deiberatlon and
united action on the part OF the TRENDS OF
bimetalism throughout the United States,
hereby calls convention, to be known as
the second national silver convention, 20
| be held in Washington on May 70 AMI q,
1892, one of the objects being to organize a
national bimetalic association or league
for the better promotion OF the cause OF
free bimetallic coinage.
This action is impelled by the manifest
determination on the part of the gold COM
bination to suppress the silver issue for at
least another decade, and, if possible, by
transmitting the existing debts into gold
obligations, and otherwise, to fasten for
ever the single gold standard upon the peo-
pie, and thus perpetuate the subtle system
OF robbery that has been carried on Tor
twenty years by means of money stan
dard that is constantly increasing in value.
His underst tandlDg must be detective
who does not know that the demonetiZa-
tion of silver has increased the value of the
money standard of the United States and
of the world, and his conscience must be
scared when he would attempt to justify
it. But this increase still goes OH, and
will 20 on as gold grows scarce and dear,
until the bimetallic standard established
100 years ago by Washington. Hamilton
and jefferson is restored, and gold relieved
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 debts are increased
One is the counterpart of the other, and
the whole is the work of legislation.
.rf lny~ ~,s~N1
scheme better calculated to enrich one
class at the 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 twenty years this mas been
going on and yet Il congress pledged to
the people to remedy the wrong hesitates
and pauses as if hypnotized by the wand
OF gold.
The people want no 20 cent dollars;
neither will they forever tolerate. under
the hypocritical preteuse of honest
money dollar that has grown to be IL
$50 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 monometallism are
too threatening to permit the cause of
silver to be smothered. 70 abandon it is
TO give over To ultimate slavery the toilers
of the land. No, the silver question will
not down; it is an issue paramount to all
others
Although it is necessarily a political
question in the sense that the remedy
must be sought by political action, the
question of bimetailic coinage is not par
tisan question, and the convention is not
called for any partisan purpose, but to
urge on all parties the justice OF Il question
vital to the public welfare. The gold
mouometallists are active, united and
watchful, as recent events have shown;
they control the metropolitan press; they
intimidate political leaders, dominate con
ventions and dictate platforms and candi-
dates. But the people Will not be enSlaY-
ed, nor will they submit forever to the
robbery of an increasing gold standard.
The National Silver committee in this
crisis calls upon the people to come for
ward and send delegates 20 this conven
ton. The call is extended to all who
earnestly favor the immediate restoration
of free himetallic coinage III tue United
States. Each congressional district is re-
quested TO send two delegates. and each
state and territory to send two additional
delegates-at-large Farmers Alliance or
gauizations, 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 in
vitation is also extended to all citizens
who, by pen or otherwise. have been advo-
Gates of bimetallism. Members Of congress
and of the legislatures of the several states
who favor the restoration of the b;metal
lie standard and the coinage of silver on
the same terms as gold are especially ia
vited TO attend and participate in the pro-
ceedings of the convention.
by order OF the National Silver COM
mittee.
"a. J. WARNER, Chairman,
LEE CRANDALL, Secretary"