The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-07-07
More Money-Less Misery.

Washington ID. c. Times June oath, 1894.
The American Economic Reform So
ciety is the name of an organization which
has been formed here for the purpose of
spreading the gospel of free silver and cur
rency reform to the uttermost parts OF the
earth.
The officers of the society are Col. Lee
Crandall, president; Prof. Gordon Clark,
first vice-president; George J. Z. Mayer,
second vice-president; John D. Gill, secre-
tary, and Herman j. Schulteis, treasurer
The platform of the society has only one
plank, as follows:
s'To relieve distress and secure prosperity
for all the people, we favor more money, and
believe it should be issued by the government
and its volume controlled without the inter.
vention of corporations. Thus believing and
teaching, and relying upon peaceful and law
ful methods, we call upon all who thus favor
more money and less misery to mite with us
for political action to secure these results.
Col. Crandall, the president, was for
years secretary of the Bimetallic League,
Prof. Gordon Clark was years ago connect
ed with the North American Review, and
the other officers are prominent advocates
of free coinage and legal tender currency.
II is the institution Of the society to
extend its organization into every congress
sional district in the United States, its OBJ
iect being 20 circulate literature on the
silver and the money question and to hold
public meetings everywhere to advocate
monetary reform and especially the free
coinage of silver.
This propaganda is to be spread from
missionary wagons which travel from place
to place, four speakers going in each wagon.
A wagon will leave Washington about
the 1st of July, and the first stop will be
made at Harper's Ferry. The wagon is
covered and provided with cots, cooking
utensils, and receptacles for the literature
of the society.
George J. Z. Mayer, A. 5. Dulin, Rev.
N. X. Cross, and William Primrose will
start with this wagon. Mr.. Mayer is
known to every hotel man III the North
west, having been proprietor Of the Mayer
house Of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and con-
nected with the Deming and Cosmopolitan
hotels, Of Chicago.
IbeV. ulT. OIOSS 10 paoeOi VI ehS 80.
tive Apostolic Church of God at No. 23O
First street northeast. Mr. Cross says he
has abandoned the pulpit for the time be-
ing, and will try to induce the clergy every
where he goes to close their churches and
ioin in this reform movement, believing
that ultimately the cause of religion will
be advanced thereby.
Mr.. A. S. Dulin is prominent young
Democratic politician of Denver, Colo.
Senator II. NJ. Teller is heartily in sym
pathy with the new movement, and has
furnished special pamphlet in the form
of catechism for distribution. Congress
man Coffeen, of Wyoming, is the most
enthusiastic of all its promoters.
Silver men in all parties are bidding the
new propaganda Godspeed. The society
has no connection with the Populists or
any political party.
George J. E. Mayer, who designed the
wagon. says that within ninety days there
will be a wagonload Of missionaries IN
every congressional district of the United
States. :.
The insignia of the new society isa small
button bearing the inscription, "More
Money-Less Misery
Servant-aYis, sorr, Mrs. Jones is in.
What's yer name, sorr.