Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-13
HER CRY FOR SILVER
AN UNCONDITIONAL REPEAL
Os tb< sh>snaAA Lac Places the unI<e<l
STATES IN sh~ Ranks or rstngss
seamAartl NntsonsA

Dssvsn. July Il In marked con-
trsst with shs iisry atlsnnces In the al
vrr cousenfion yesterday was slss al
dress adopted today The report from
the cnamittss on rssciltions was In the
form a al appeal ts the people u the
taited Stats asking their calm and
candid consideration II the facts relzf-
lag D. silver mining and the attempt 30
deopnetize silver The address con.
tasns about four thousand words.
The history II the silver iegis
lallon u the p>rs tseaty years
xas reviewed. and the asiJre~s
coGnngas: The enemies u bi metzliism
and they no~ fairly numter all these
Sho oppose the free coinage os silver.
silke With gold a. Il wss before the de-
uloneti<stioa II silver In iss3. openly
ifciare that they wili he eontrnt uith
nothlng les than the unconditional re
peal q the SILVER purchasing clause of
The sherman law. IL u Tor that they
struggle; II sss ~ secure ~ that the
panic was created. and free coinage IN
fsfiia sosf~neie<L
-UncohsiitioniL repeal. that means
striking from the laws the lass act IL
vsr. it nxcs the United Sfate- firmly
81 the RANKS n the -ingie standard ma.
tioEs. lt II the cOnsunamation of the
conspiracy oreanrzcd at the close II the
trauco Prlssian war % destroy as
money. OF ultimate redemption. one.
half q the coined money q the world.
taging the other half a. bear alone
the vast mounfain of credit upon which
-
vi.iug more frequent panics and render
ins them more destructive and endur-
iug.
Arrspg-> the sherman Law.
The sherman iax Is DO, the work Of
the silver producing states; il wasforcad
upcu The country against their will The
constant demand has teen that ~ the
agricultural states IL the west and
south anc of the working masses III thu
Whole corntry. They have not sought
% impose upon the country some new
financial nasstrum hut have asked
simpiy for the restoration of the coinage
laws as they were from the firSt year u
the fe.derai constitution until the fursiye
repeal of lss4
The sherman law was the trick by
which that restoration was defeated. Ii
xas accepted by IA metalllsfs as a
rlesige that The old laws should. at come
future time. be- restored. and they now
not that the sherman law shall |
b. retained but that the hostage shall /
b. redeemed by the re enactment ia its /
stead or the coinage law. unescr which |
The country grew and prospered fsr /
fucre than toree quarters % a century
Viii Paw All Debts.
The charge that the ti netailis;s de
mand that 90 cents shall he made a
dollar - denounced a. a he. Regarding
the statcuenis that Colorado wouid] re
Fcstiste her debts the Address say: we 1
q Colorado pride ourselves upon our
aad financial integrity. No /
calamity can intsuce gs TO repudlate one
dollar ~ an honest debt. All ~ our
assets ara at the will - our creditors for
their reimbursement
Ia chssing the address says: ~Hopeful
u speedy delivery from the crushing I
burden u a financial system berosren 4
u the gretd u Great kritaias ren.or<e-
less nonry power and the prsperity Ia
from 40 American system.
which lnciG.es the free coinage II gold /
snd silver az The American ratio of lsi 20 /
]. Ne submit . the people n the United 1
states thss statement % our cause
i'ciegates were chosen 20 the st. 1
Louie and Chicago conventions