The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-08-30
PREMATURE DISCLOSURE

cdyS IuS AdASdSs SlLy, JOuTudl VI
August Goth: '.Judge Frank G. johnson,
who was delegate to the national free
silver conference held in Washington
last week, has returned. To a journal
representative he said: The confer
ence was harmonious and enthusiastic
from start to finish. and was attended
by about 100 delegates from all sec
tions Of the union. Among them were
some of the leading men ofothe demo-
cratic party. Gov. Stone seemed to-
take the most prominent part, There
were many interesting. features about
the conference that did not appear in
the public press as fully as they de-,
served to have been reported, although,
a majority of the newspaper men, in
Washington are outspolzen for free
coinage In this they show that they
are in line with the great majority of
the people Of the country
Likely, indeed, is it that ''there were
many interesting features about the
conference that did not appear in the
public press" And it is more than
likely that many Interesting 'fea-
tures'' of the plans of the leaders Of
the free silver movement in the emo-
cratic party were not intended to sap
pear in the public press" But by the
indiscreet utterances of one of these
leaders the plans of the money power
have been prematurely disclosed, and
we may now understand hew,y by al
lowing the democratic party to declare,
for free silver at 16 to in its national.
convention in. 1895. all the demands of,
the Rothschild- Sherman Cleveland
Lom bard.Wall street money power are
to be put in a fair way of being salts
fed by the election Of a so-called free
silver, democratic candidate. upon. a
platform written, as were both old
party platforms in 1892, by Baron de
Rothschild himself. ,'5
The present intention of the money
power is to force the republican party,
to become the champion of sound
money" or the single gold standard,
| and let the democratic party pose as,
| the party of free silver and thus use
the majority which is known to exist
for free coinage to elect president
and congress pledged to enact into law
the pet measures of the Anglo Hebrew
alliance. a.
The following Associated press dis
patch from Washington is self-explan-
atory: ..-, e..
'!Ex-Senators. Butler. of South Caro-
lina. called on Senators Jones and Har-
ris. members of the executive commit
tee appointed by the recent democratic
silver conference, and suggested the
following propositions to be advocated
by the silver democrats:
"First-Repeal the tax on state bank
.
| ''Second-Admits silver to coinage at
an.equality with gold at ratio of 16
''Third-Retire all greenbacks and
coin certificates
J, .'Fonrth-Require national banks to
surrender their charters. and permit
national supervision. =.
'Fifth-Take the government en-
tirely out of the banking business.
"Sixth-Stop the issuance of long
time bonds by the government :. The
revenues should be enough to support
the government But if it is necessary
to issue bonds they should be of small
denomination, in order that our own
people can invest their savings in
them" 15 ''S
These are the cardinal points of the
money powers creed. No legal tender
money but metallic coins, and the
banks to have monopoly of furnish
ing the. paper money of the nation.
And just as the passage of obnoxiou:
measures is sometimes forced by tack
ing such measures on to appropriation
bills, SO the money power hopes to at
tain its ends by lacking these demands
to the demand for the free coinage Of
silver, :.
While it is doubtless true that silver
men should get, together" it alse
most certainly behooves them to know
just what they are getting together
upon. We must watch as well as pray
GEORGE c. WARD.