The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-08-19

| shown to be necessary. Compromises
may bo offered; We are opposed to any
and ell compromises. We know thai
the gold standard conspirators will Try
any experiment ~ compromise propo-
sition; and we challenge them to try the
simple plan of constitutional FREQ coin
age Of both metals. We throw down the
gauntlet to them; we know that they will
not take it up because they are aware
that We are right, and that this method
would hopelessly wreck all their carefully
laid plans; 50 we appeal to the people
of the country, asking them to unite their
voices with ours in demanding the adop-
ton Of the one plan which the logic Of
the situation suggests.
There are those who fear that we might
have too much silver, although the same
persons would not entertain such a fear in
relation to gold. There could be no such
thing as too much metallic money. Tho
history of the world proves that those
periods which have witnessed the greatest
production of the money metals have been
the most prosperous that the human race
has known. Great production of these
metals enriches the arteries OF commerce.
stimulates every department of human
industry and spreads smiling prosperity
can be no hope of phenomenal production:
The life of a mine is limited. The largest
properties become exhausted in COM
paratively few years, and new mines come
forward no faster now than old producers
are closed The mining territory of this
country has been well explored and but
few bonanza districts can remain to be dis
covered. The production may reach
somewhat higher figures under favorable
conditions but it will fiuctuate and cannot
permanently be much larger than during
recent years.
In conclusion we would point out the
fact that the headquarters ut the bond
holders anti-silver conspiracy against the
people is in Great Britain. Within few
months the British Premier, when interro-
gated in Parliament upon the attitude of
his Government tn regard to larger use
of silver, stated that Great Britain would
not assent to such policy. All the world
owed England he said, and the debts were
payable in gold. 1t might be philanthropic
to talk about making payment easier
through an enlarged use OF silver, but that
mess principles. So we say to our fellow
citizens the contest is primarily against .
foreign foe; it is in the interest OF the
homes of the masses of our own people. We
simply ask of every patriotic citizen that
he investigate the subject independently of
the influences that his surroundings may
throw about him, for we know that such
an investigation must in every instance
lead the inquirer into the ranks of the sup
porters of constitutional free coinage.
In advocating this cause, we claim to be
the real conservative champions of sound
money. The advocates of the gold stand
ard well know that there is not enough OF
their favorite metal to sustain the system
the world, and yet are 80 preju-
diced against the use of silver. that they
prefer fiat money as necessary assistant.
We have been on gold basis since 1873
It has brought US stag natiOn and ruin, and
yet so far from turning to silver, to help
pull through the trouble, they issue a fiat
money, good among bankers only, in def
ance of the United States statute which i'm
poses tax Of ten per cent upon such cir
culation. The bankers Of various cities
have already issued over fifty million dol
lars in Clearing House certificates, in ac-
cordance with this scheme. We condemn
this evasion of the law as an attempt to
avert the necessity for free coinage by
doubtful financial expedients.
We earnestly recommend that Congress
make certificates issued upon deposits OF
silver coin to be full legal tender as the coin
so deposited.
Recent events have emphasized the fact
that the restoration of silver to free and un-
limited coinage at the American ratio of Is
to is the paramount issue before the
American people. and the people of Idaho
hereby record their conviction that if Con-
gress shall fail to pass free coinage law
1t this session. it will be necessary for all
laying all other issues aside,
to unite in a political organization whose
sole sim it shall be to rectify the disastrous
error committed in the decentralization act
of 1873.
WILLIAM BALDERsT0N,
Chairman Of Com. on Address.
After the address was read sever
al minor resolutions were intro
duced and tabled.
William Newton, of Salmon City,
and others made remarks which
we're we'll received.
The convention adjourned sine
die at SPIN. The most notable
feature of the entire convention was
The unanimity of everybody on the
address, and the sentiment ex.
pressed.