The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-08-05
.SEyENTES PLATFORM.
Bimetallism Demanded on a Ratio
Of Sixteen to One.
pANaERa oF A sINaLs sTANDARD.

Of Sixteen to One,
DANGERS OF A SINGLE STANDARD.
The United States Must settle Her Finan-
oiai Prsbioms without Reference 20
other Nasions-ao Governor waito's RAD
teal Views Evoke Thunders OF Applause.
CHICAGO, Aug. awhile waiting for the
report Of the committee on resolution at
the silver convention dispatches were read
from several labor unions, urging free sill
vor, and addresses were delivered by ex-
Senator Hih, Of Colorado, and Senator
Allen, Of Nebraska Finally the oonven-
tion took q recess, and ON reassembling the
fesol utiona oommittee presented its rePort
The lenFfy preamble, after stating that
bimethlllsrn Is as ancient as human his
tory, spenks Of the efforts Of the mono
metalligts 70 croats n single standard as
an attack on the rights of the people which
would have the effect OF reducing the
| prioa Of all commodities produced bY la
4 Dor, arresting enterprise, impoverishing
the toileF and degrading mankind. The
! preamble quotes at length from the utter
anoes Of James G. Blaine, Daniel Web
Bter and seoretary Carlisle In favor Of bi-
metallic currency and from Senator sher-
man against the dangers Of monetary con-
traction. The platform deolaresi
There must be no compromise Of this
question. Al legislation dem onUtisingsil
yer and restii iotlng the coinage thereof must
be imuediately and completely repealed
by ap act restoring the coinage Of the ooun-
try 70 the conditions established by the
founders Of the nation, and which con-
tlnued for over eighty years, without com
plant from any part Of our people.
We protest against the financial policy
Of the United States being made upen The
opinion 6f policies Of any foreign govern
ment, and assert the power Of this nation
to stand o1 It's own feet and leglslate for
itsen on all SUBJECTS
We assert that the only remedy for our
metallic financial troubles Is TO open the
mints Of the nation TO gold and silver on
the equal toEms, at the old ratio Of 10 Of
silver to 81 gold Whenever 4121l grains
OF standard silver are worth 100 cents In
the United States they will be worth that
sum everywhere else, and cannot be
bought for less. While it win be urged
that such q result would enhance the
price Of silVa9 bullion. it is sufficient for US
10 know that similar case would be Inn
lmediately made In the price Of every kind
of property except gold and credits In the
civilized world The legislation to de
mopetise silver has given an unjust in
crease to the value of gold at the cost Of
the prosperity Of mankind, wheat and all
other agricultural products that have
ridden side by side with silver.
While the Sherman act of July a. 1890,
was device Of the enemy to prevent the
restoration Of free coinage and is greatly
Objectionable because it continues the
practical Pxclusion Of silver from the
mints, and Seduoes 1t from a money metal
TO oommercial commodity; nevertheless
Its repeal, without the restoration Of free
coinage, Weuld stop the expansion of our
currency required by,our growth in popu
lation and besides still widen the difference
between the two precious metals, thus
making the return to bimetallism more
J difiioulti greatly increase the purchasing
, power Of gold, still further breaking down
; the price of the products of the farmer,
= laborers, mechanics and the tradesman,
= and plunge still further all commerce,
+; business and industry into such depths OF
) wretohednqgs as to endanger preservation
= Of free institutions and the very mainten-
hnoe Of civilization, we therefore, in the
name Of thS republic and of humanity,
, protest against the repeal of the said act
r bf July Il, 1890, except by an act restoring
3 free bimetallic coinage, as It existed priol
We eSaei Shat the unparalleled calani
ties whlsA fw afIliot the American SSoplI
: are nSs dtfto the so called Sherman act
8 % 1890; and In proof thereof we call atten
a tion % the SRot that the same evil oondi
: llonS Sre n6W prevailing over all the golt
; standard world. We are now convinced
: that, bad "a Is the state Of affairs in thii
country, II would have been still worse bui
? for the ShBgman act. We insist upon thu
execution q the laws without evasion sC
d long as 1t 10 upon the statute books.
9 We would call the attention of-the peo
U pie 10 the fact that in the midst Of al
= troubles of the times the value of nationa
i bonds and the national legal tender
money, whether made of gold, silver o
paper, has not fallen a particle. The dis
-. trust is net Of the government or it
: money, but Of the banks, which have, VI
: believe, preolpitated the present panic ol
= the country In an i'll advised effort to con
! troll the action Of congress on the silve
/, question and the issue Of bonds. We in
I, vito the bankers to attend to their leRiti
: mate business and permit the rest Of Oh
:, people to have their full share 10 the con
' troll Of the government, We denounee th
attempt ~ unconditionally repeal tn
nonometallSm, in dagrant violation of tn
l. last national platform Of all the politioa
e parties.
o The first speaker Of the afternoon sessio
s. was John n Lennon, Of New York, repr,
le tenting the executive council Of the Amel
h tan Federation Of Labor. The Federatio
h people, he said, are silver men becaua
1t they ara union men
N There Wao great applause when Cover
sr nor Waite, Of Colorado, was introduced q
the next speaker A number Of enthJ
tiastio delegates had been bowling for tw
days for WRite and when the chief execu
~ tive Of the Centennial state mounted th
"a platform their cup Of Joy was oysrfowinl
- y Cheer after cheer was given by delegates
y ~ who stood up and waived their hat
- wildly, and che ovation terminated wit
~ ~ three cheers for Governor Waite"
- - Governor Waite spoke at great length
ei In closing be saidi
''Who is Grover Cleveland and who
S Benjamin Harrison, and who are the
supporters In Wall street and Chicae
10 that they dare assume to drive int
"A poverty and exile half million of Anne
lean freemanf There Is no use cryin
peace when there IS no peace. Mo,
dangerous tyranny is that enforced und'
the forms o. our law. Our weapons al
arguments and ballots; free ballot an
Y fair count II the money power shall a
" tempt TO sustain its usurpation Of OF
"a rights by strong hands, as in other land
= we will meet that issue II It is forced upt
us. For u Is better infinitely bette
rather thaa our liberties should be
streyed by Nhe tyranny that is oppressir
mankind ell over the world. that v
a, should wade through seas of blood-ye
~ blood TO tAo no rses' bridles.n
q, HIlied hr An EIsrtrin Car.