Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-03-16
THE ADDRESS. Statement of Issue on which The New Party Will
 Organize. THE DOMINANT ISSUE. Opp sed to a Sing e Gold Stand ard and Wants the Unres- tr ct d Coinage of Silver
 Independent of For
 eign Nations.

WARRINGTON, March 6-The following
 ,ddress was issued by the American Bi metsllist League yesterday as a state ment of issues on which the new part, will organize:
 The money question is now indisputa | ply the dominant issue in the United States, and will remain so uatil settled and settled rightly. Other questions however important must wait for this which, to a greater or less extent, in wolves all others. The issue is between gold standard, gold bonds and bank currency on one side, and a bimetallic standard, no bonds and government cur. reDcy on the other.
 FIrst.-On the issue we declare our selves to be unalterably opposed to a single gold standard and demand an im- mediate return to the constitutional stand of gold and silver by the restora- ton by this government, independently of any foreign power, of the unrestrict- ed coinage of both silver and gold into standard money at the ratio of 16 to and upon terms of exact equality; silver coin to be full legal tender, equal with gold in the payment of all debts and dues, public and private.
 Second.-We hold the power to con- trol and regulate paper currency IS ln- separable from the power to coin money, and hence that all currency intended to circulate as money should be issued and its volume controlled by the genera government and should be legal tender.
 Third. We are opposed to the issue 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 gov ernment and not at the option of the creditor. On thls issue we appeal from the dictation of the money power to the intelligence and patriotism of the Amer icau public.
 An Address to the People of the Un t.
 ed States:
 The si. ners of the Declaration of h. dependece held that deceut respect for be opinions for mankind required that reasons should be gwen for dlssolvlne the bonds that had bound the colonies to Great B itain. So We, who find 1t necessary sever our relations with political parties with which we have
 eretofur- acted aud form new alliance n 2. common cause, deem 1t proper that me of the reasons which Impei uE to hIe action should be submitted 10 a :aDdId public. The monetary reform for which We contend as above set forth, , ., in our judgment, sn vital to the com mon welfare and s, necessary to return to conditions of pr sperlty IL this couL- Lry as to preclude longer delay ID tne in- augu-stion of a movement the purpose # which is to bring together all who D. lieve iu the cessi y of the propos d eform for thIs object and this alon Those in favor of a gold standai O are and have been un ted Tn purpose and action. Party lines do pot d!vi !e them when this issue is ralsed. The differ .es on other questions are then lad ,side and together they Gin we'll be- seeming ranks march ell one way" On the other hand those who are in favor of he return to the constitutlo' al stand ard of gold and silver ere split into as many divisions as there are parties. Sll- yer repub blicans from the west aud south, to the great delight of l; aders of the republic party, insist on contendin9 for their cause only within the lines oi that party, and southern and western democrats, to the delight of leaders oi the democratic party, continue to con-
 est on the'r part only within the lines of the democratic party Hence, how Aver, in whatever cause one may be, nc results are possible because his party refuses to carry out his views, or to per init them to be carried out. It is be- lieved there are now and have been fol twenty years, large majority Of voters in the United States ID favor of restoring free coinage of both gold and silver, but an opportunity to vote theIr coDvlc Gions has never been given them, anC lhelr will has been continually thwart- ed by party chicanery. There has no been one congress for twenty years which, except for influence of executive atrouage or fear of executive veto would not have voted to open mints agaIn to silver on the same terms as tC gold. Indeed each house of congress | has at different times separately passed free coinage bills, but this action has as often been frustrated by party manip TG | to have the president n sympathy witt | the case as to have congress Tn favor oi it. But enough has been said to show | the in p stability Of gaming our cause a: long qs we remain divided, or fight only ID the ranks of the party, or in organiza | tions controlled by advocates of the | gold standard. As we'll might our faith CTS have expected to win 1T dependence of colonIes If, while contending for tht house or liberty, they had refused tC | separate from the tories. IndepeDd ence could never have been won by lighting for liberty in British regiments | And fel ow citiZens, this great cause vii | never be won unless those who believe 'n it cnme together ard elect the con gress and the president on this issue | There no hope whatever that the re l uul can parry, as party, will cha g'
 s policy, giv- up the gold standard anC restore bi-metAllic standard. There ar' l 70 grounds for uch hope and we believ' | tn-y ar deluded, whu look for such
 .,.arg- If policy by this party. The re
 uhIican party IS committed by its lead ers. by its record and by the press be htnd IT, to the gold standard. supp rte' | Y gold bupds a d the retirement of tn
 green back ard the surrender of th'
 asue and contrI of the paper curTenc, | O the banks.
 No less per istent and effective IS eh' control of the money p'wer over tn organization of the democratic party
 While undoubte large majority o the mem hers of hat party ara oppose,
 to the gold standard, they have beei
 power ess to control that party orRanizs
 tion against it; and much less to secHr
 through it the restoration of the bime
 taIlic standard. While this is the cas