Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-03-21
THE ElMETALLic PARTY.
AN OUTLINE OF ITS FUTURE NOW
MENiS.

90 into the next national campaign on
the sole issue of money, and demand
the restoration Of silver In the pre-
anb'e to Its address to the people Of
the United States, it lays down the
proposition as follows:
The money question is now indis-
putably the dominant issue in the
! United STATE. and will remain SO I'M
til settled and settled rightly. Other
! questions, however important, must
wait for this. which, TO a greater or
! less extent, involves all others. The
! issue is between the gold standard,
| gold bonds and bank currency, on the
one side, and the bimetallic standard,
no bonds and Government currency.
on the other
First. On this issue we declare our
selves to be unalterably opposed to the
single gold standard, and demand the
immediate return to the constitutions
al standard Of gold and silver, by the
restoration by this Government in,
dependently of any foreign power, OF
the unrestricted coinage of both gold
and silver into standard money. at
the ratio Of Is to 1, and upon terms
of exact equality; the silver coin to
be full legal tender. equally with
gold. for all debts and dues, public
and private.
Second. We hold that the power to
control and regulate IL paper currency
is inseparable from the power to coin
money; and hence that all currency
intended to circulate as money should
be issued, and its volume controlled,
bv the General Government only. and
should be legal tender.
Third We are unalterably opposed
to the issue by the United States of
interest bearing bonds in time of
peace, and demand the payment of all
coin obligations of the United States,
as provided by existing laws, in either
gold or silver coin, at the option of
the Government, and not at the option
of the creditor.
On this issue we appeal from the
dictation of the money power to the
intelligence and patriotism OF the
American people.
1t closes the address as follows:
Fellow-citiZens. the power is still in
YOUR hands to right by the ballot the
great wrong of 1873. and to save Your
selves and your children from the
thraldom which the gold standard
policy, if persisted in, will surely
bring upon you and them.
We pray you, therefore, not to let
the settlement Of this question go be
yond the election of 1896, bat. subor-
dinating all other questions for the
time being to this, the supreme issue,
settle this now, and settle it forever.
And we especially urge upon you
the Importance of immediate organi-
cation in townships, counties and |
cities throughout the entire country, |
for the purpose of carrying on this |
great movement for the common good .
of all /
Signed by the following Executive
Committee appointed by the Bimct-
allie Conference called to meet lit
Washington, February %, 1895:
A. J. WARNER, President American
Bimetallic League, Chairman
JOHN 2. JONES, United States Senate.
WM. NJ. STEWART. United States Sen
ate.
j. L. MCLAURIN, South Carolina.
ANSoN WOLCOTT, Indiana.
GEORGE G MERRIcK, Colorado.
HENRY JONES, Georgia.
J. c.. GREEN, California
JOSEPH SHELDON, Connecticut.
C. J. HILIYER, District of Columbia.
BYRON Z. SHEAR, Colorado.
MORTIMER WHITEHEAD, New Jersey
II the Conference had authority
from the people to name a candidate
for President it would name Joseph
c. SibIey. Of Pennsylvania; but not
having such authority, it can only
suggest the name, and invite express,
5ions from the people by petitions.
OF otherwise, believing
hat nominations, when made, should .
reflect in the most direct manner the
will Of the people, uncontrolled by |
caucus machinery or by professional
Petitions or letters endorsing this
Jew should be addressed to