Evening star., 1895-06-13
he Addresses the Memphis None
tary Conference.
DECLARES THE PEOPLE ARE With Elm
Denunciation of Those Who Favor
the Gold Standard.
A NON-P RTISAN ISSUE

MEMPHIS Tenn, June 13.-At 1O:l5
o'clock the Rev. DR.. Brooks of Memphis
opened the convention with prayer, after
which the arrival of delegate from Ari-
Zona and from Arkansas was an
nounced. Senator Turpie, who has been
| made permanent chairman, then announced
| that the committee on resolutions was not
ready to report, and introduced Senator
William NJ. Stewart of Nevada. who ad-
| dressed the convention. He said in OPEN
ing:
THE object lessons of the last three
| years show that the American people are
! face to face with concentrated capital the
enemy which destroyed all previous civiH-
| cations. A shrinking volume of money as
| compared with population and business pro-
duces falling prices, paralyzes industry
and compels the producers of wealth to
pawn their property to continue the strug-
gle against impending fate. The modern
Colossus, the Rothschilds' combination. is
| the greatest brokerage establish hment the
world has ever seen.
I'm 1888 the vaults of the United States
| treasury were opened, and more than one
| hundred millions of gold were shipped to
Austria with the aid of the administration,
which refused to exercise the option pro-
vided by Congress to pay in either gold or
silver. BY this means the great combina-
ton wrecked the finances of this country
| and created the panic of 1893.
THE success of the gold combination in
| repeating the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act. and thereby ratifying and
confirming the infamous act of 1873 de-
monetizing silver. placed the fortunes of
f0,OO.0o0 of people at the mercy of the
gold kings.
LAS long as the standard money of the
western world is in the hands of this
colossal pool just so long will the pur-
chasing power of gold increase and the
price of property decline
"F'our-fifthS of the American people, yea,
nine-tenths, have been, at heart, IN favor
of restoring silver ever since the crisis of
1873 was discovered, but the gold coInbna-
ton has seized every avenue of communica-
ton.
The people have at last taken this mat
ter into their own hands. They now know
that those who say they are friendly to
silver. but want 1t accomplished without
doing 1t themselves, are enemies and can
not be trusted
The democracy cf Illinois has broken
the ice. The rank and file of the republi-
can party. south and west, are suilen and
angry. but the manpulators are still in
control. The republican convention of Ken
lucky renewed the allegiance of the party
Of that state to the alien gold syndicate,
but the ties of the party not strong
| enough to hold the republicans of the great
The American people have been betray-
| ed with a kiss for the last time. They now
| Know that every man who qualities his de-
| termination to fight for free and unlimited
| coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to l by
| the United States alone is ar enemy of the
cause. All we demand is the 16 to / stat
utes of 1884 and 1887. There were no ifs
and 'and's' about those statutes.
THE only hope for gold monopoly is to
| divide and conquer They have played that
game for the last time The hearts of the
people are in common cause produced by
a common calamity.
The policy of the enemy to impoveriSh
the masses is now well understood. 1t is
we'll known that opportunities create inde-
per dence and manhood: that want of op-
portunities creates poverty and towards.
One more gold President might do the work
and destroy the foundation of republican
institutions, which is independence and
prosperity of the people.
Thanks to Mr.. Cleveland, the purposes
of the enemy are disclosed If the people
submit to financial bondage and lose their
liberty they Will have been warned in time.
The gold standard, falling prices and hard
times are much the policy of Sherman,
Harrison and the great mass of the Lead
ing republicans they are of Cleveland
himself. The only difference is that Cleve-
land proclaims openly what the hypocrites
do secretly
The Resolutions.
At room the committee on resolutions is
| locked in the par.ors of the Gayosa Hotel
engaged in a discussion that is sure TO last
| the greater part of the day. There is no
likelihood of report at the morning ses-
sion. There can De no doubt that the con-
servatives control the resolutions commit
be swung to the support of any mans
7 residential huf ifc 10.