The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-02-22
PaPULISTS ISSUE Al ADDRESS
Congressman Urgs the Followers to
Redoubls Efforts FOR Silver
THE COUNTRY FACES A GOLB BASIS
The Assaults Of the Gold Pawar Demand
that the Defenders of silver Keep
Vigilsat Watch.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The Populist
members Of the senate and house
whose names are attached, besides the
others whose signatures are given, have
issued the following address:
To the Members of the Peoples Party: Grsot-
ing-As early as 1855 a conspiracy was entered
into between the gold gamblers Of Europe aud
America to accomplish the following purposes:
To fasten upon the people Of the United States
the burdens of perpetual debt: to destroy the
greenbaeks which had brought Us safely through
the pcris Of civil var; to strike down silver as
money metal; and 10 deny the people the use OF
federal money. the two independent sources Of
money supply guaranteed Dy the constitution /;
to fastcn upon the country the single gold stand
ard of Great Britain and to delegato 10 thou.
sands OF banking corporations, organized for
private gain, the sovereign control for all time
over the issues and volume Of ali supplemental
paper currency. Thus they doubled the demands
for gold; forced upon the country an appFeciat.
ing money standard, entailing an indefinite per
iod OF falling prices, robbed enterprise OF its just
profits, condemned labor to idleness and Confis-
Gated the property Of debtors. For nearly 80
years these conspiratOEs have kept the people
quarrelilng over less important matters, whilo
one central purpose. At the present moment
every device OF tFeachy, every resource Of state
craft and every drfInce known to the secret Cabal
of the international gold ring are being mado
use OF to deal final deathblOW to the prosperity
Of the country and the financial and commercial
independence of this country. They seek to &C
cOmplish their fell purpose before the blow can
be ayerted through the ballot. Their plans haYo
| been long matlTed and their line Of action is
fully chosen. They address themselves 70 tho
| enc subIect-tho money QuestiOn-in all OF its
breadth and magnitude. This brings the cOun-
try lace to face with peTllOuS issue which calls
Tor immediate and united action on the part Of
! the people. Every beheSt OF patriotism requires
that we shall at once meet the issue and accept
the challenge so defantly offered.
To falter now is to invite disastrous failure.
We earnestly urge the POpuliSts throughout tho
country to concentrate their entire force and
energy upon the tremendous contention present.
ed, and thus meet the enemy upon his chosen limo
of battle. Invite the aid and cooperation of all
persons who favor the immediate free coinage Of
silver at the ratio OILS to 1, the issue of all paper
money by the general government without the
Intervention of national banks of issue, and who
are opposed to the issue of interest-bearing gov
eFnment bonds in time of peace. In q word to
extend the hand of fellowship to all who agree
with you upon the money question, which is cor.
| tainly tho mightiest and most fundamental con-
trOYersy evolved during the present century.
/ Signed by the following: Late Pence, o. Nj.
/ KEN, I. j. Hudson, William Baker, William 4.
! AcKeighan, William Y. Allen, ". A. PETER, W.
4. Harris, John Davis Jerry Simpson, J. c. Bell,
/ j. II. Kyle, u. E. Boon, H, E. Taubeneck, J. H.
| Turner, j. B. Weaver.