The Anaconda standard., 1895-04-01


they will not be prepared to combat or re-
futc the false assertions and arguments
of the gold men. Then the money of the
golditcs may bc ablo to reach even tho BIZ
metallic speakers. And again there is
tho enormous expense OF getting and
keeping in the field speakers thoroughly
conversant with this question as would DO
required to accomplish this result.
There is another means to educate the
voters OIL the subject which will he cheap.
thorough and perpetual. That Is. to put
into the hands of every voter wno can
read. plain, simple statement of the
facts and arguments against gold mono-
mctallism that shall be easy TO understand
and unanswerable, supported by statistics
by tho best financial authorities in this
and other countries. a work of that kind,
fully covering the entire financial argu-
ment, placed in The hands OF a voter arms
him for all time against the false state
ments and arguments of :hc gold mono
mctallisis. Tais he will carry atw ays with
him, and IL he cannot become familiar
with all the facts and arguments in one
day he can study it at his leisure at his
nreslde for one or six months, Until he is
perfectly familiar with the entire subject,
aud whom tins is accomplished no gold ar
gumont can ever confuse or swc-vS him
1Or "a moment.
1--WE have apparently placed in our hands
this needed work in "Coin's Financial
School," a work especially adapte TO the
education OF the people on the financial
question, a work, when understood by an
honest voter. nothing can prevent him
from going to the polls and casting his
vote for blmetallism, and ii is SO plain
aud Simple that any one OF ordinary intei-
hGence can easily master IL.
Tho only remaining part of tho problem
20 solve is how TO best place such a book
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should be commenced at once. The ex-
peIsc VIII be inhnltesimal compared to
the work accomplished. The money can
and should he raised i'll the next 10 days
in Montana, Utah, Colorado, Idaho,
Nevada and California TO send copy of
of such work by mad to each of $4,000
voters throughout the eastern, central
and southern states, and, If necessary,
that should be repeated five times before
the election ia 1896. Less than half the
money lost through the demonctzation of
silver by single mining company in
cith er Montana, Utah or Colorado would
be moro than sufficient 20 pay the entire
cost of this, ana insure the election of n
president aud congress pledged uncquIyo-
cally TO the full restoration of silver to its
place as money at the ratio of l6 to by
the United States at once.
"Of tho $4,000 now required. Utah,
Montana and Colorado should raise Sl0,-
600 each. ard tho remaining $4,000 should
be furnished by the other mining states
and territories. This should be done in
the next few days, and can be if such ear
nest workers i'll the interests of the people
as w. f. James of Utah, James B. Grant
of Colorado, Governor Mcconnell of Idaho.
Col. Nj. II. DcIounG ofCalifornia. Senator
L. r.. Warren OF Wyoming, Governor
Prince of New Mexico. Senator Jones of
Nevada and Marcus Daily of this state
will take this matter i'll hand and give 1t
their immediate time and attention.
ut should be possible to raise in these
states and territories $4,000 in 80 days
for this purpose. The gold monometallsts
could raise S5,O0O,O0) in "a hours to carry
out their schemes, so perfect is their or
ganization.
Time Is all important in this work of
education, Tor il must be doac within n
year. There should be organized at once
throughout this entire mining section
leagues of financial education which must
he composed only of such men as are in
favor of and will work for the immediate
restoration of sIlvar to its place IN Dney
at a ratio of Is TO 1 by tue United States,
regardless OF other nations. And this
must be the first and most important ar
ticle of the creed subscribed To by each
member of the league; and each of these
leagues, so soon as organized, should elect
n delegate to meet at the capital of the
different states and territories TO form
state leagues, and each of these state
anu leTTltOTlal ledIueS SnOulu SeuI not
to exceed three delegates from each state
on May l to perfect central organiZl-
ton to see that this financial education is
accomplished. Subscription books should
be opened at once in, every league. aud
placed in the hands of an energetic COM
mittce to circulate in each community.
and these subscriptions should be made
in the form of M uch each month from
the present time until the presidential
election next year, or for such part of
the time as the central league shall re-
quire. Thousands of calls for the forma-
ton of leagues should be issued at once.
and thousands of leagues organized by
April 10, and the state and territorial
leagues by April 20. so as to have their
delegates at Salt Lake city for the forma-
ton of the central league by MAY 1. Un-
less we act at once. we may just as we'll
not act at all, but simply sit down and
permit the rest of the peoples property
TO be coniiscated by the aristocracy of the
goldites in Europe and our eastern
states
Mr.. Merrill thinks there should be 200
Coin leagues organized in Montana in the
next few weeks, and that there will be if
the people take hold of tho matter as they
should. Making speeches over the coun-
try is not so good and is a great deal moro
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