The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-07-15
TENTH YEAR
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE.
Appeal Of the Peoplc ar Cnlnraao i.
Behalf Of Justice to silver.

-P"> vs. sun Gesspsc ~ NOtOTA0O ~
/. Behalf Of Justice to Silver.
10 TIE People cfthc United States:
The people Of Colorado, standing in
the gloom of impending disaster and
representing in condition and senti-
ment thu people of Montana, Idaho.
wyoming, Nevada, South Dakota.
Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, witt.
reverence for the constitution and I'm.
swerving loyalty to the general govern
nent, ask for calm and candid consid-,
Grafton Of the following facts before
you give approval to the destruction az
silver as money and to the final estab
lishment IN this country OF the single
standard of values and thus 1t one
stroke change all debts to gold debts
and fnangurate never ending rise OF
gold and q continued corresponding
fall IN the price of every commodity:
Congress 10 called to meet In extra
session August 7th. Preceding tlss
call, the Glasses which have struggled
for 20 years to overthrow the blmetallie
money standard provided BY the con.
stitution, inauguratsd ! panic which
they untruthfully charged TO tho exit
Ing silver law, ignoring tho fact tint
there were $4,000 900 Of outstapdinr
legal tender notes, commonly calIe4
greenbacks. that are equally availah,s
with treasury notes issued In paymeus
Tor silver to draw gold from the treas-
ury; that the balance Of our foreiwu
trade was turned against VI, rendering
settlement abroad with American eol6
: necessity, and that the great bankers
Of Europe were purchasing gold With
which to change the meney standard a.
Austria and al tho treasury vaults a.
other monarchial countries. The evi-
dent purpose was 70 create prejudics
against what h known 40 the sllvee-
purchasing net and under pressure u
secure its uncondition repeal.
The success Of this scheme Wa oulv
partial. Venal presidential patronaesl
supplemented BY false and incendiary
.utterafices by tho gold press, aggravated
by daily circular assaults upon the law
BY eastern money brokers, sent to every
commercial body and banking corpora
ton in this country, has possibly won
over the house Of representative to Il:
but even the president admits that ii
the senate there is . sMunch majority
against It.
Suddenly like fire bell In the nieAk
the ne~s was flashed beneath tho oceusa
that free coinage in India vas Sus-
pended. and the market price Of silvsr
fell within 48 hours fully 20 cents u
ounce. This startling action, forced
upon the Indian government without :
moment's warning. : step held In secret
contemplation by the British govern
ment for months to be taken at criti
Cal and opportune time when the con-
sternation It must cause would
stamp ont the last phalanx OF binetai-
lism's defenders, must have had q one
OF Its chief aims the intimidation oe
the senate to bring it in line with SUBJ
servient lower house.
Immediately the wires were bufdened
with appeals to the president from
banks and clearing houses, and com
mercial bodies dominated by them, for
an extra session and to, senator's to r. 8
peal the Sherman law which Il was.
claimed was responsible for the disas-
ter. The cali was made. The time for
the session to commence is early: 90
early indeed. may it not have been the
hope Of the president the panic would
not s0bside and q measure of repeal be
forced through before reason resumed
its sway and truth and logic could
dominate congress.
The enemies of bimetallism -and
they now fairly number all those who
oppose free coinage OF silver alike with
gold, as before the DEMONSTRATION Of
silver in lS73-openly declare they will
he content with nothing less than nm.
conditional repeal Of the silver purcl,as-
ing clause Of the Sherman law II
for that they struggle; it was to securs
that that the panic was created and
free coinage in India suspended. I'm
conditional repeal means striking from
the laws the last remnant of legislation
that secures coinage for silver. Il
hxes the United States firmly in thu