The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-07-26
restoration Of silver to q complete
equality with gold.

free and unrestricted coinage Of silver
and the increase OF currency to meet
the legitimate demands Of trade, and
we believe that the power to issue and
control the volume of such currency
should be assumed by the government. !,
Nebraska.-We favor the placing
the silver dollar on its former fooY
with gold coin in our coinage law
equal legal tender qualities, AMI
denOunce as unjust and dishones} tho
law recently enacted as a discrinkina-
ton in favor of the gold coin for the
benefit of the money power, and we fur
Their declare ourselves in favor Of the
free coinage of silver.
Nevada.-We declare for the FREQ
and unlimited coinage of standard sill
yer dollars of the present weight and
fneness, to be legal tender for all
debts, public and private, equally with
gold.
North Carolina.-The Democracy Of
North Carolina favor the free coinage
of silver and an increase of the cur
rency and the repeal Of the internal
revenue system. We de-
mand the abolition Of national banks
and the substitution Of legal tender
treasury notes in lieu OF national bank
notes, issued in sufficient volume to
do the business of the country on a
cash system, regulating the amount
needed on a per capita basis, as the
business interests Of the country ex-
pands, and that all money issued by
the government shall be legal tender
III payment of all debts, both public
and private.
Ohio.-We favor the free coinage Of
silver with it's present ratio with gold.
Oregon.-We reaffirm the position
which has ever been maintained by the
Democratic party, that gold and silver
are equally the peoples money; we are
opposed to all measures of discrimina-
ton against silver, and demand Tree
coinage to supply the needs OF bust
ness: and that all money issued by
the government be made legal tender
for all debts, both public and private.
South Carolina (Tillman faction-
We demand the abolition Of national
banks, and that legal tender treasury
notes be issued in sufficient volume 20
do the business of the country on a
cash system, and that all money ISSUED
by the government shall be legal ten
der in payment Of all debts, both pub
lie and private. = eve Ia
yor) the free and unlimited coinage OF
silver, the increase Of the currency and
the repeal of the internal revenue sys-
ten.
South Dakota.-That we are in favor
Of the full reconciliation OF silver, the
free and unlimited coinage thereon and
the issuance of coin certificates based
thereon which shall be a full legal ten
der.
Tennessee.-We demand a currency
Of gold and silver, and also OF paper
convertible into coin at the option OF
the holder, and we demand the Tree
coinage of silver On the basis originally
fixed by law, and that it and the gold
dollar shall be equally a unit OF value.
Texas.-We are opposed to he con-
tinuance of the national banking sys-
tenn and demand the adjustment
thereof as soon as by law the same can
be done. We are in favor of
the free and unlimited coinage OF sill
yer and endorse the action OF our SEN
ators and representatives therefor.
West Virginia.-That the Democrats
of West Virginia declare that they
are unalterably in favor of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
Wyoming.-We demand the free
coinage of silver, and we denounce the
'Republican party for the enactment OF
a law which makes it discretionary
with the secretary of the treasury to
~demonetize silver.
If such straight out declarations in
twenty-one state platforms only two
years before the last presidential cleo
ton resulted in the characterization OF
silver by the party adopting them, what
ground is there for hope from the
Democratic party by reason ~ ythe
present activity Of the silvesA NJ
Gratis? Even if the silver DeI3
controlled the next democratic FL
convention and secured IA nomlnatl~,
of a silver man for President and elect
ed him, there would be enough gold
bug Democrats carried into Congress
by the Democratic victory to enable
the Republicans to defeat a free silver
bill. The silver Democrats should
come to the Peoples party. The silver
men must unite to obtain victory over
the gold power and they cannot unite