The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-03-28
HIGHLY IMPORTANT,
The Interstate Free Silver Confer
ence at DeS MOines Iowa.

An important conference of the
friends of free silver was held at Des
Moines, Iowa, March 2lst and 22nd.
There was large attendance from
all parts Of the country. Among the
prominent delegates were Gen. A. j.
Warner, of Ohio, president of the BIZ
metallic League, Gen. James B.
Weaver, of Iowa, Hon. j II. Patter-
son, Gov Richards. Lee Mantle and
twenty-five others from Montana;
Atty. Gen. w. II. Standish, of North
Dakota; Hon. G. G. Cole. ex-chief-
justice of Iowa; H. P. Skaggs and Mr..
Bowman of Alabama; ex-Gov. John
P. st. John, of Kansas; Hon. Ignatius
Donnelly, of Minnesota and many
others. We have not the space to
give the proceedings in detail. The
following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the present distress
ed condition of the country is not the
result of natural causes, but is the
direct and necessary consequence of
self-imposed monetary policy under
which prosperity is impossible; it is
the result OF a disturbance in the
standard of value which has des troyed
all equitable relations between prop
erty and money, debtor and creditor:
1t is the result of the attempt to sup
plant the bimetallic standard with
the single standard Of gold, and so
long as this policy is pursued, gold
must continue to increase in value
and prices to fall-a condition which
puts business enterprise in constant
peril restricts the employment of
labor and the production of wealth,
impOverishes the people and ruins
debtors.
Resolved, That this condition,
which menaces alike all gold stand
ard countries, cannot be cured by tar
ills, or mere palliatives Of any kind.
The only remedy is the absolute
abandonment of the policy itself, and
a return to the money of the con-
stitution as esta ablished by our faith
ers, by restoring the free and un-
limited coinage of both gold and sill
yer at the ratio of Is to /, the coins
Of both metals to be equally full legal
tender for all debts, public and pri-
vate, as before the fraudulent de-
monetization of silver in 1878.
Resolved, That it is admitted as an
elemental principal in economic
science that prices must rise or fall
as the money volume expands orcon-
tracts, and we hold it to be one of the
first, duties of a government to pro-
vide It's people with stable and Suf-
hc!ent volume of money, and that
this highest of government functions
should not be delegated to individ-
uals or corporations.
Resolved, That an honest dollar is
the dollar Of the contract, and that
the best dollar is not one that is con-
stantly increasing in value, but one
that holds stable relations to proper
ty and preserves an even balance be-
tween debtor and creditor
Resolved, That we condemn the is
Suance Of bonds in time Of peace or
at any time for the purpose of pur-
chasing gold.
Resolved, That for the purpose Of
attaining the relief desired, we call
upon the people of all parties to de-
mand of all of their candidates for
elective offices, especially for congress
and other legislative offices, that they
shall pledge themselves not to allow
pa ~ CduNuCCS VI pO1lUlCdl COlSlUCI-
atiOnS of any kind to interfere with
their answering support of the cause
of the free coinage of silver at it's
present ratio, and that in case the
election Of president goes into the
house of representative that they
will positively refuse to support any
man for president who would veto
such measure.
Resolved, That the interstate silver
convention assembled at Des Moines,
Iowa, does hereby endorse the pa
triotic members of the house and
senate of the Unites States in the
present congress for their grand and
glorious struggle in behalf of the life,
liberty and happiness of the Ameri-
can people, as manifested in their eff
forts to restore prosperity to this
country through the free and unlimi
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