The record-union., 1895-03-06

for new wine. Therefore no course
seems more possible than that to subor-
dinate, for the time being, other ques-
tlons and come to the front in new or
ganiZation to fight the battle of 1896 on
the one issue on which the prosperity
and happiness of the people so largely
depend. 1t is believed that this cause
can be won in no other way, and that to
continue to contend for it only within
the lines of the existing parties is to court
defeat at the outset and to lose the battle
in the election.
The purpose of this movement is not
to array section against section, class
against class, nor to require anybody to
give up his convictions on other questions
or to sever his party relations for pur-
pose other than to unite in common
cause.-the cause OF justice against in
justice, OF prosperity instead of adversity,
the continued employment of labor in
stead OF forced ldleness, of abundance
and happiness instead Of want and misery.
There can be no doubt, moreover, that a
return to the standard of gold and silver
VIII promote in the highest degree the
business Interests OF the entire country,
while our continuance of the political
policy must necessarily be attended by
further tall OF prices, lmperiling business
enterprise still more, and prolonging in
dehnltely the present stagnant condition
OF trade and industry.
Better prices under existing condi-
| tlons can not be expected. a debtor
nation cannot maintain an even list of
prices with creditor nations. The single
gold standard can be maintained in the
United States only by forcing down the
price level OF other countries to turn gold
this way, or. at any rate, to induce our
creditors to take commo oditieS of US for
what we owe them, instead of demanding
gold. ANY policy, therefore, that tends
TO raise prices necessarily operates to ex-
pei gold. The condition OF things can
not be overcome by tariffs, much less by
free trade.
I'm the payment of annual dues to
other countries we must compete with
other debtor countries-with Argentine,
with Egypt, with India, with all the
colonies of Great Britain, and worst of
all, with Asiatic races, with industries
stimulated as never before by the low
price of silver. These conditions, from
which there is no escape as long as the
gold standard policy is pursued, inten-
sify the gravity of the situation in this
country to such an extent as TO compel
the serious attention of all patriotic citi-
Zens. How idle, in the presence of such
conditions, to expect to maintain the
gold standard by an indefinite issue of
bonds; and how unwise, if not reckless.
sucn policy must seem to thoughtful
men everywhere. 1t is estimated already
the rise OF gold, by increasing debts, has
absorbed from forty to fifty thousand
millions of the worlds wealth.
The inauguration of movement for
relief from these enthralling conditions
must spring from the people, Politicians
never institute great reforms, and it were
idle to wait for them. This cause is the
cause OF the people, and il is believed that
it more profoundly concerns the welfare
of the great body of the people than any
question since the civil war, if not, in
deed, since our independence was gained,
Tor In It's ultimate outcome the question of
sutticiency or scarcity of money is
question OF freedom or serfdom for the
mass of the people.
while not unmindful of the interests
OF the people of other countries in this
question, 1t is not an issue that can be
safely submitted to the decision of for
eign Governments, or be made to depend
on what other countries may do. When
our monetary system was CO ablished,
over 100 years ago, WITH population of
less than 100000, our fathers did not
wait for or invite the concurrence of other
powers. Nor did the trainers OF the Con-
stltutlon contemplate any such action
They legislated for the United States; and
we now, as Americans, must legislate tor
ourselves.
beware of entangling alliances in
this, as IN other matters, and especially
OF allurements OF International confer
ences 10 delay action in our own behalf
in the delusive hope that other countries
Will care for our interests better than we
can ourselves. No other country has
ever asked our approval of its financial
policy. 1t is believed the United States
has power enough in the commercial
world to alone restore the link between
gold and silver, broken in 1873, but
should gold for any reason temporarily
go to premium, 1t will none the less
operate on prices generally, and GER
taluly premium Oh gold here would,
like fall Ia the price of silver to silver
countries, lnure on every side to the ad-
vantage of the United States.
tellow-citIzens, the power is still in
your hands to right by the ballot the
wrong of 1873, and to save yourselves and
your children from the thralldom which
the gold standard policy, ii persisted in,
will surely bring upon you and them
We pray you, therefore, not to let the
settlement OF this question 60 beyond the
election of 1896, but, subordinating all
questions for the time being to this. the
supreme issue, settle this now and settle
II forever. And we especially urge upon
you the Importance of immediate organ
lzatlon throughout the entire country for
the purpose OF carrying on this great
movement for the common good Of al..''
Signed by the following Executive
Committee, appointed by the Bimetallic
Conference called at Washington on Feb
ruary y, 1895: y. j. Warner, President
American Blmetallic League, Chairman;
John 7. Jones, United States Senate:
William NJ. Stewart, United States SEN
ate; }. l.. McLaurin, South Carolina;
Anson Wolcott, Indiana; George G.
Merry, Colorado; Henry Jones, Georgia;
}. {. Green, California; Joseph Sheldon,
Connecticut: j. G. Hillyer, District of
Columbia; Byron E. Shear, Colorado;
Mortimer Whitehead, New Jersey.
II the conference" says the address,
had authority from the people
to name candidate for Presi-
dent, it would name Joseph c. Sibley
OF pennsylvania, but not having
such authority, it can only suggest the
name and invite expressions from the
people py petition, resolutions or other
wise, Dellevlng nominations, when made
should reflect in the most direct manner
the Will Of the people uncontrolled by
caucus machinery or profession poll
| ticlans. Petitions or letters indorsing
| luis view should be addressed to General
y. J' arner, Chairman of the Execu-
i've committee. American Bimetalic
party, Gun building, Washington, ID. c."
II cohlihlttee consisting of the follow
lng naiheu gentleman was appointed TO
selecta d provisional national committee
10 comslsI Oh one member from each State
ana Territory and the District of Colum-
| bia, to take charge of this movement in
the several States and Territories: Gem
eral A. j. Warner, Chairman. Hon
| William NJ. Stewart, Henry Jones of
Georgia, Hon. Francis 6. NewlanIs Of
| Nevada, Hon. Anson Wolcott of Indiana
ana HON. >. II. McLaurin of South Caro-
lima.
| 1t is understood that it is the desira of
| the league that a Republican shonid re-
ceive the nomination for Vice-Preside,t
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