Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-10-25
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS
AN APPEAL FOR TRUE BIMETAL
LISM.

An Effort Will He Made to Array
the Grand Old Party on Lines
!, That Coimcide With Its Tradi.
tIOnaI Policy.
To the Democrats Of the State o.
Observation-Disclosures:
| The undersigned having been ap.
pointed by the Executive body of the
National Committee Of Bimetvllist
Democrats. as a member of the latter
committee for the State of Washing
ton, and having accepted the same, l
beg to submit, in the discharge OF
what believe to be the solemn duty
OF every Democrat who is interested
i'll the success of true Democratic
principles, the following for our mu-
tual consideration:
The National Committee of BIZ
metallist Democrats is the result Of a
conference recently held in Washing
ton City, which conference was COM
posed OF and attended by many Of the
most prominent Democratic leaders
OF Jeffersonian and Jacksonian-
thought, representing beyond ques-
ton the true sentiment of very
large majority OF the Democrats of this
country. At that conference it was
unanimously agreed upon that
strong, united effort must be made at
once to reform and re-establish the
Democratic party upon sound, tradi-
tional Democratic principles, or the
party must sink into everlasting poll
tical oblivion and shame. by securing
the CO operation and concert OF action
among those Democrats throughout
the union who believe in adhering to
the cardinal Democratic policy of ac-
tual bimetallism and who are opposed
to committing the party to the pluto
cratic doctrine Of gold monometallism.
Profoundly conscious that the Demo-
cratic party to-day confronts a crisis
most momentous in its history and
fraught with far-reaching perils to
the people and the country. these
true, trusted and brave leaders OF the
party, uncorrupted and fearless, as
sembled under the shadow of the
dome OF the nations capitol to take
counsel together and for the undis-
guised purpose OF inaugurating and
promoting thorough and systematic
organization of the Democratic masses,
80 they may go forward as one man
with resolute purpose to rescue the
party OF the people, founded by Thos.
Jefferson, from plutocratic domina-
ton.
Realizing that this nor any other
plan for organization can be successful
without the hearty CO. cooperation of the
voters themselves, the Executive Com
mittee Of Bimetallist Democrats have
urged upon every voter in every State
in the union who is in sympathy with
this movement and who would restor e
permanent prosperity to his home and
country, to lend his aid and influence
to perfecting this organization by the
forming in their States and immediate
neighborhoods Of bimetallic clubs, OF
societies.
The Democrats OF the State oi
Washington, who hold to the Jeffer.
sonian and Jacksonian idea that it il
the exclusive function OF the federal
government to supply a volume oi
money and currency adequate to the
needs of the people; that to give to
corporations the power of issuing cur.
rency is violation of the spirit, if not
the letter, of our gigantic law; who
further believe in maintaining inflexi
bly,, the money standards established
by the fathers OF the republic, anC
, hence demand the full enfranchise
ment Of the silver dollar as the meas
uring unit OF all values, and its COIN
age at the ratio with gold OF Is to l
have been appealed to, to assist tbt
National Committee of Bimetallis
Democrats in the grand work of puri.
= fication and reform which they hav,
: SO suspiciously begun.
] What shall our answer be?
l The hard times which are to-day be
ing seriously felt in all parts OF thi
4 State, rs in every other debtor State
in the union, is directly traceable I,
the demonetizing of silver, to the cut
ting off of the supply of money. Tn,
only remedy within reach OF the peo
pie is the restoration Of the statute
of the United States as they existed
from the foundation of the govern
ment up to that time. No expert
ment is suggested. The laws of Ham
: ilton, Jefferson and Jackson CAV,
prosperity; the laws of Sherman
Cleveland and Harrison have de
stroyed that prosperity. 1t was tn
> most radical and revolutionary fnan
cial scheme of all the ages. Twenty
two years of profound peace an,
j, abundant harvests cannot be tn
=, cause OF the universal distress whicl
;, is apparent everywhere. The onl
cause which can be assigned for grow
ing misery and want in this land O
II boundless resources is the stoppage G
a the money supply by the secret an
'f clandestiue manipulation of legisla