Mohave County miner., 1892-04-30
The MoHAvE MINER.
rHeis PLEA ron Sslp.
An Eloquent Cal by the SjIver Msn.


the 23rd: "The national silver commit
tee appointed by the first national silver
convention at st. Louis In November,
1889, believing an exigency has arisen
which calls for earnest deliberstion and
united action on the part Of the friends Of
blmetxllism throughout the United States
hereby calls convention at Washington,
d. c., May 26 and "a, 1892, one Of the OBJ
jecis being 10 organize national bimet.
allie association or league ior the better
promotion OF the cause Of free bimetsllic
coinage in the United States. This action
10 impelled by the manifest determination
Of the gold combination to suppress the
silver Issue for another decade, il possi-
BILE, BY transmitting the existing debts
into gold obligations and otherwise fore
ing forever single gold standard upon
the people Vi the United States, and thus
perpetuate the subtle system Of robbery
carried on ior the past twenty years by
means Of the money standard constantly
increasing In value.
ellis understanding must he detective
who does not know that characterization
OF siiyer has increased the money stand
ard OF the United States and the world.
and his conscience must be scared who
would attempt TO justify il. But the in.
creose still goes ON, and will 20 on as
gold grows scarce and dear, until the bi.
metallic standard ests stlish.d hundred
years ago by Washington, Hamilton and
Jefferson is restored. As the money
standard 10 raised prices fall and debts
are Increased. The Wit Vi msn could not
device y scheme better calculated 10 en-.
rich one class At the expense u another
than by the device of increasing the
money standard, aud under the opera.
ton Of this device since 1873 hundreds OF
millions Of dollars annually in wealth
created by one class has been stsalthily
appropriated by another. For twenty
years this mas been going on. and yet
Congress, pledged to right wright wrong.
hesitates and psuses ~ Il hypnotized by
the wsad # gold.
''The peopls want no '70-cent dollsrs,'
neither Will they forever tolerate under
the hypucriticAi pretenss of honest
money the dollar that has frown u b.
150-cent dollar ard 10 still growing Il On
augmented rate. There may bs those
sh0 ssre tired oi the silver question, but
che consequences of gold recommendation
is too threatening 10 permit the cause Of
silver to 10 smothered, and 10 abandon it
is to give over TO ultimate slavery the
toilers of the land. No, the silver ques-
ton will not down. The issue 10 para
mount to all others. Although necesssr-
lily political question in the sense that
the remedy must be by political action,
the question Of free bimetallic coinage is
not partisan question, and the conven.
tion is not called for any partisan pnr.
pose, but to urge on all parties the justice
and necessity Of action on the question 30
vital to the public welfare.
''The gold monomeialIists are united,
active and wstchful, ~ recent events
have shown. They have unlimited means
1t their command, the control Of the
press; tney in.imidSte poll.
eical leaders; they dominate conven tions
aud dictate platforms and candidates, but
the people will not be snslaved, nor will
they submit forever to the robbery Of an
gold standard. The silver
IN this crisis calls upon people |
everywhere to come forward and send
delegaaes TO the convention. The call 10
extended to all who earnestly favor the
restoration Of Tree bimetallic |
coinage in the United States, and each
Congressional district is requested to
send two delegates, and each State and
Territory to send two additional delegates
at.large. The Farmers Alliance orgsniz-
stion. State Oranges, Patrons Of Hus-
bandry, knights OF Labor, and all other
organizations favorable to the free coin.
age 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.
are advocates Of bimstallism. Members
Of Congress and the Legislators Of tie
several States who favor the restoration
of bimetallic standard and the coinage