The news boy., 1895-03-16
THAT CONFERENCE.

A monetary conference between
the different nations is now the prin-
cipal question before the people. All
over the world there seems to be q
strong sentiment in favor of the res
toration of silver as real money,
and one of the last acts of the Fifty
third Congress was to appoint six of
the nine delegates to the proposed
international monetary conference to
be held in Germany. The remaining
three delegates are to be appointed
by the President. The delegates ap.
pointed are, Teller, of Colorado,
Jones, of Arkansas, and Daniel, of
Virginia, Speaker Crisp and Culbert-
son, of Texas, all said to be favor
able to silver, and Hit, of Illinois,
who is considered favorable to gold.
Thus it may be seen that of the six
delegates already chosen, five are
with the people. The Presidential
appointees will, of course, be of the
goldbug variety-leaving it five to
four in favor of silver.
However, the NEwsBoY has but
little confidence in a monetary con.
ference. We consider it only q
scheme to silence the fierce war that
is being waged against monometal'
lism. and believe that after the con
ference has cussed and discussed fol
a time it will pass noiselessly Out
of sight without having accomplished
anything. In the meantime the mon
ometallists hope to spring something
new on the people that will attract
their attention, so that they will lose
sight of the money question, and the
old game of holding the nose of the
producers to the grindstone will g
on and on until his nose is grount
smack, smooth of.
The goldites have got us in theil
clutches. They invest their money
in government bonds and avoid taxa
tion while we, with forty acres, ;
mule and mortgage, must scratch
and scrape to pay the running expen
ses of the government. The frs
monetary conference was called a
Il the instance of the United State
land met at Paris in August, 1878
Little or nothing beneficial to thu
people was accomplished.
! The second conference was held a
the instance of France and tn,
United States. 1t met in Paris
April 16, 1881. In this conference
Germany and British India partici
pated, in addition to the countrie
represented in that of 1878. 1t re
: mained in session till July 8, havin,
} taken one intermission from May L
, to June 30. No conclusion was reache,
and no vote was taken on the mai
question. The conference adjourne,
| to April II, 1882, but never reassem
, bled.
The third conference assembled q
7 the instance of the President (not G
7 the Congress) of the United States
: at the city of Brussels, Novembe
%, 1892. The same powers wer
5 represented as before, with Turkey
, Roumania and Mexico added. 1t re
t manned in session till December Il
when it adjourned, without takin
any action, to May 30, 1893, but di
: hot reassemble at that date or Q
] any other time. In this it followe
the valuable precedent of the confel
] ence of 1881.
VI So it may be seen that the mon,
4 tary conference business is a rattle
a slim affair, and the only remedy fl
} the people is to stand together {
r the polls, lay aside party prejudice
v and vote for men whom they kno
: to be true and tried friends of IL
j dollar of our daddies.
o THE WHEAT SURPLUS.
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