Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-05
POPS TO THE PUBLIC
EcH0s or THE SILVER MEET



tafcAso. Aug t--ine exeeurise com
nziee u The populisf party vh0 have
bsen IL session here since the adjourn
nent Il fha silver convention. tonight
Issued the follou.ng asidrs.-.
T,.st... p.,...l. - - fr,f,.,a S,.ta-
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- - es'osrs' - =" ao-'@' " s.o
oiDstltat.>n and q o1f tofesathefs. sh7
opponents ~ eortracticn. gold standard
snd bond nlonopciy, have Just held their
zssat conyenti0n here ia Chicago. IL
49, eomDosed IL representative and
r.fristic fDen frou, all ns,rties and from All
socfiens II our country. The oserwheln-
ia.x spsfit II this convenfioa Indicates
thai the whols nation is alive 10 the
Dangers .hsch threafsn us. That con.
venfson act only repudlated the idea II
. god siaudard and gold basis. buf
eo1n,e.on-'y committed iiseit 70 tne
Ionz hrld and cherished. VIZ. That iaw
alone make< naoney aud that the stanp
II the 9ogernment converts 90 cents
wQrth u srr into a dollar. equal To
am gold dollar. And they unanimously
e~espfsd our doctrine that the money
q The eountry should To adequate FOR
The demands II business and should ex
pand 4lth the growth OF popula.
flon and commerce. This convention
las been great victory for
TIE principles embodied 10 the Omaha
pailorm. The essuratises ~ the
3l1 parties VINO were present united with
~ % light for the money OF the people
A. againgg the az nsyof the hondholc...rs.
Al - the same OLD csootesf for The do...
tEines Il Jefferson. i ac ks0n. .Thad Stevens
,od Lincoln. and for our eonstitutional
lights. whirh have been assailed bx a
soreian coasition. The convention man
if.ste.i AN intense cony ict,,n that the
bonsiholsiinr and banking consniraey
xhsch began ifs awful WORK in is5s in a
repaFlte..n eonxress - m now BE- eontin.
ued. IN not couea minated In lsfx3 in a
icnocfzt congress With equal rapacity.
p.llaea and peculafion.
To Resist Forclgn Invasion
II i the u.issi.r - ,h. ro,aI;.,. -
at tbs foreirn invasion !, ,ii.,h thrnn,h
eorrs,rafa ,rs..d a.s.nI1. our n.s,oesI
llf.,rties bs osurp,ng o.r and mooor-,-
hxinr o.,r higbwex. .bs.,~b;,, 1.,,-
w~slfh d.rtat,r, o,,r 49, al go -.
.nr ps..,lr Ws h.I,ex. the nr-s,,,
sfo~t ~ drmoccfi-. .,lvs- III ;ss,,s
more bonds tber,bv inr-ess;ns the sg.
ereu.ts "a oor b,Ii,ons ~ Ssbt sI, -
~h,rh r,.st fhen - naid 4, g,i3 slc,.
barlsning us and our nos,s~;tv w;th
r.,ld eontra<ts which No rever ua.i. -
: crime equal to that for whirh KIM
aave been dethrpued AMI tvrants -.
hea.fed. and fnr which Nc bei,eye everx
ofiicer enxx-.-d therein should IL
.mp-ached and punished "A nroxided bx
az. IN silver il stricken down. n viii
taxe more uaerchandise from The lusi-
ness men. more labor from tne n ae,e.
earner and more wheat corn and c,,,fer
irom the farmer than ever before to
purchase the r.,ld dollar of the hankers
Therefore these three elaa.ez shoul6
mite 10 r.s,st the encroaehme,,ts ~
this un American and destguctiye con.
spsraev
want Money Question solved
The logic - events forces the immedi
ate solution IL the money question.
THIS ws RECOGNIZES witEs,,st yield
ing any OF the great principles
IN our platform. which must fol.
low and be settled IN rapid sue
cesrion in order that our government
may be wrestesI from its enemies and