Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-16


utiye committee appointed at the Chicago
silver convention met tonight in tiils city
aud issued an Appeal to the People
signed by A. J.. Warner chairmen. and
George Washbu-n, secretary. The text
Of the appeal Is as follows:'
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Congress has been convened in extra
session aud the unconditional repeal of
the preselt silver law is urged upon 1t.
The repeal of this law will at once stop
all increase in the currency, place the
country on the single gold standard,
aud at one stroke change all debts to
i;old debts with the certainty that gold
will hereafter continue to increase in
value at an accelerated rate.
''rhe conspiracy 10 force this condi-
tion upon the people of this country is
supported by powerful interests at home
and abroad, with unlimited means to
carry out their purpose. which they are
determined TO do, regardless Of corse-
qucnce 20 otner3
THE CURRENCY FAMINE.
'srhc countryis now in the throes of
disastrous panic, caused by currency
famine and the destruction Of credit.
which has been ncedlessly brought about
to force the repeal Of the silver law
''rhr situation is altogether the most
p,rilous in the history OF the country.
Can any one believe this condition can
be improved by shutting of money sup
ply aud still further restricting the vol
ume Of currnecy? 1t is a time when
more money and not less is needed.
1t is futile 20 believe that credit. al
ready oyer.y pandcd, can be made to
take the place Of money.
THE SITUATION.
The crops ARE to be moved, and there
u no money to move them. Prices Of
all products are unpreccdentcdly low and
must 90 lower with the Single gold
standard Industries are everywhere
breaking down. Hundreds of thousands
Of willing hands are forced into idleness.
There Is work, but no money to pay for
1t. Is this condition to be made to last
until the gold cOnspirators accomplish
their unholy purpose II will. unless the
people come TO the rescue. This is the
peoples cause, and IL they would keep
their own and remain freemen, they
must arouse and protect their rights
and their homes from the grasping hands
of the gold cOnspirators who would pro-
duce European conditions in this country
IL they could.
LET THE PEOPLE AROUSE.
The committee appointed at the Chi.
cago convention to resist the mad pur-
pose TO destroy silver as money and
establish the single gold standard, calls
upon the people everywhere to lay aside.
for the time, party differences and TO
assemble Mt their accustomed places of
meeting. as our fathers did of old. and
pass resolutions calling upon their scna.
tors and representatives in congress to
resist the repeal of the present silver
law, unless coupled with provision
restoring the free coinage Of gold and
silver rs it existed under the law prior
to the passage of the fraudulent act
of 1873.
WRITE TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN.
we recommend also that at all as
semDlages the resolutions and the ud.
dress adopted ut the Chicago silver CON
ventiOn Aug .. be read. and that voters
be urged to send petitions and 10 write
letters or postal cards TO their represen.
tatiyes and senators and in this manner
to earnestly enter their protests against
the overthrow of the money of the con.
sutution. and the enforcement upon them
of the single gold standard.
1T is ms important now that we free
ourselves from the financial domination
OF Europe as 1t was for our forefnthprs
10 free themselves from the political dom
NATION of foreign power. Let this
movement be the spontaneous action of
a free people, conscious that government
! l. yet in their hands, and conscious. too
OF their rights, and with the will To
maintain them.