The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-08-18
THE APOSTLE
OF SILVER.
Views of General Warner. the
Veteran BimetalliSt, on the
White Metal.
CAMPAIGN FOR FREE COINAGE.
The Battle Will BE Won or
Lost During the Next Two
Campaigns.

81 was in London at the time of
the demonetization of silver in 1873"
said General Warner, the great white
metal champion, to Salt Lake
Tribune representative just after
submitting to an interview last Mon
day, ''but did not learn of tho act
until a year after it had taken effect.
AS soon as the news was conveyed
to me | exclaimed, and it is recorded
to my credit in public print, This
will cost the United States more
than the civil war; And so it has.
The events Of the last two years have
proven my prophecy"
In these few words the general
summed up his views of the none
tary situation in the United States.
1t was as much as to say that to his
mind there is no issue before the
country now save that of the restora-
ton of silver to its place beside gold,
as recognized standard of value.
General Warner is one of the
oldest and ablest champions of silver
in the United States, if not in the
world. His business in the west on
this occasion was in connection with
the American Bimetallic league, Of
which he is president. He came in
to Salt Lake on his way from Mon
tana, where he had been speaking on
the Bimetallic conference, which as
sembles in Washington on the 18th
of this month. 1t was matter of
regret, both to the city and to the
general himself that the necessity of
reaching the capital before the date
set for the conference rendered it i'm
possible for him to remain long
enough to address the public in open
meeting. He took pleasure, how
ever, he said, in calling upon the
Tribune to express to the people of
Utah his strong sympathy with them
and his hope that their loyalty to the
cause of silver would prompt them to
send delegates to the Washington
conference this month. The confer
ence is to be very important one,
especially in the impetus that it may
give to the proposition for the
United States to declare in favor of
bimetallism, regardless of the action
of other nations.
HIS UTAH SPEECH.
General Warner apologized for the
length of his interview that follows,
but said that he hoped, inasmuch
that he had no other way of address
ing the people, they would take it as
his speech to the citizens of Utah.
Abiding first to the conference at
Washington, he declared that it
would be very important one.
ave have now had something like
a years experience" he continued,
"under the gold standard since the
repeal of the Sherman bill. BY the
time the conference meets, congress
will have completed it's work and the
situation will then be fully disclosed.
The sentiment in favor of the restora-
ton of the bimetallic standard,
through the free coinage of silver, is
growing very rapidly throughout the
country and especially among the
agricultural and laboring classes. 1t
also, undoubtedly, is beginning to
manifest itself In business centerS IN
the east.
"The effect of the repeal of the
Sherman act has been 80 different
from what was promised by the gold
standard party, and has so fulfilled
the prophecies of the silver men that
faith in the single gold standard has
undoubtedly been good deal
shaken. The increase in the value
of the money standard, as indicated
by the continued fall in the general
level of prices, has extended now to
the real estate in all states and seri-
ously affects all the manufacturing
industries throughout the country.