The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-06-27

mind tho struggle between silver and gold.
ths ts question vhloh. for the moment.
presses hardest. Ths single standard seems
10 ne 10 bo working inln and yiolsnos that
nothing eau stand, II lla iniuenos 10 10
continue for the future a. the rate Of iis
'aotion during tho twenty years
since The gold standard took poser
sion Of tho world. some genera
tion, not ysry remote. will SEQ 10
tho broad continent OF America only half
dozen oyeTgIoWn cities keeping guard over
the mhaa Of capital, and lending II out 10
population OF dependent laborefa on the
mortgage Of their growing crops and hnndi-
work.
Such sights have been common enough
In tho Wof,d'a history. bat against II wo all
robeL Even on The bufn ming efound OF gold
and silver Wo aqree In principle. No party
ana no party leader has eVof approved OF
the single atanda d. Not ons American 10
one hondred believes In II. The vast ma
iofity In ll rAftisa aGfeo that ths ainRle
gold atandafd has beOn, 10, and muat bo.
material disaster Of tho worst Kind, and
what " still more strange, almost tbe whole
world aJmpaihizea with uA
Nine tenlhs OF mankind are hostile 70
the single gold standard. Oar 70O00,O0O
people are unanimous against II. Most Of
the great Eoropean oountrles and their
governments are against II. Sozth Amer
lea elects ~ The whols OF Ania knows
onlr silver, and India, which contains Ave-
siIths OF the subjects OF the British crown,
IL az hostile 10 II a. ourselves. Yet Lon
don bankers say We must submit, and va
have submitted, So strange aspeotaols
has mover been seen in our history. and
argument nnd even oompnislys proof
brought by world. vids ruin seems 30 be
helpless against such an astonishing power.
What 10 the use Of argument when Se are
convinosd and whsn al loAs. nine-tenths OF
the civilized world sgrsef England holds
us bv the single gold standard, by tha force
of capital alone, more dosposioally than
she could hold us 10 her empire Ia '76. The
mere thrsst OF her displeasure paralysis
mankind.
We have reason 10 know the popular feel.
Ing. and do not believe the single gold
standard can be long maintained. We
want rshl money-coin-carrying intrinsic
value; yet. " England succeeds In her OBJ
stinats effort 10 destroy the value Of silver
for coinage, nothing can save us fIon
paper.
The republican party must either az the
single standard OF tho nation or reject H.
We can no longer escape tho issue. Ihs
republican party held power for q whol'
generation, and daring all that timo made
1
ence OF the banking interests, acting In
what vaa then believed 10 be the true inter
est Of the county, the party foil into ,
foreign conspiracy for making the singl,
gold standard, and, what was worse. ala II
with tho foreign air Of conspiracy. Neither
the banking interests. or any other. has foi
ths time q right 10 claim superior knowl-
edge or wisdom. In yisw cf the ruin thsY
have wrought. and the yhster ruin vhiet
they threaten. no risk that In their opinion
you may seem TO run can cause 4 momsnrI
fear.
Even those who oppose the return Of ,Ai
republican party 70 its old principles vii
admit that those PRINCIPLES would give u
power for smother generation. We nest
only TO maintain our own convictions. ant
40 other patty. born or unborn, can taxi
the field from us ss long as We choose :,
hold IL. You have only 10 adopt a platform
of four words. aud to take your stand on q
firmly, oourareously, with an honest deter
mination to DO true to H. The party hal
always mtintained the national prinoipls
of n high tariff. You, whoss deepest ans
best interests depend upon Tvs success. hsy,
alone the power 10 add, Free silver
Very truly yours, J. ID. CAMERON.