The herald., 1895-06-14
THE SILVERLTES' PLATFORM

the natural resources of this country,
| prosperity cannot come without a larger
clrulating medium than gold alone. The
! oasis OF the circulating medium cannot
! be increased by gold. Both hi etals would
not be too much, and besides the output
OF gold is substantially consumed in the
arts. The increase OF population and
! business is constantly drawing the cords
| OF contraction tighter and tighter around
| the limbs OF enterprise.
4 tour-hfths OF the American people,
/ yea, nine-tenths, have been at heart in
| favor OF restoring silver ever since the
! crime of 1873 was discovered, but The gold
| com blnation has seized every avenue of
| communication The press and the tele-
| graph belong to it. Four thousand
! national banks are its agents, 5000 other
| banks and trust panies do its bidding.
| Merchants ana boards of trade are de-
| pendent upon the banks for accommoda-
/ ton and are clamorous in their plea for
| gold monopoly. Politicians and people
high and low are in the money power,
| with the press ana the minions of banks
| for political purposes. The president of
| the United States places 300, 600 offices at
the service.e the money power for politi-
cal and other favors he receives. Before
such force any other people would be
powerless. but the American people for
more than hundred years have met and
conquered every foe. They nave always
been equal to the emergency.
"Silver was demonetized by the Repub-
llcan party and the leaders of that party
have labored in season and out of season
to keep it demonetized. The great mass
, OF the Democratic party previous TO the
advent of President Cleveland was in
favor of the famous act OF 1873 demone-
tizlng silver, as is shown by their uni
form votes in both houses of congress.
But when the money powers discovered
Cleveland they found an instrument to
thwart the will of the Democratic masses,
and they gained valuable ally for Sher-
man and Harrison and other executive
agents OF the gold standard. The alarm
and the distress caused by the raid OF
the gold com bination on the treasury in
1888 created g furore which amounted to q
political cyclone which was directed by
the firm hand of the executive against
the two houses of congress. Many Demo-
Gratis fell before the blast, but the Repub-
licans sailed with the wind and the
Democrats who were strain edsswith the
violence of the storm. were swept back
into the arms of the Republicans of the
two houses. Together they made major
ity to do the biuding of the money
powers and to wipe from the statute book
every law which recognized silver as a
money metal. -.
The people have at last taken this
matter into their own hands. They now
know that those who say they are
friendly to silver. but want it restored
without doing it themselves, are enemies
and cannot be trusted. No man is BIZ
metallist who does not advocate bimetal-
lsm as it existed for thousands of years
before Sherman visited England in 1867,
and before he carried out the-purpose of
an English syndicate to strike down sill
yer in 1873.
Conventions and party lash have
thwarted the will of the.people for twen-
ty years. Public plunder, a venal press
and ten thousand banks have dominated
the conventions of all parties since the
man from Buffalo took charge of the
Democratic party. A mdiority to do the
will of the gold monometalists has easily
been secured i'll the conventions OF both
the old parties and multiplicity of is
sues bars the success of the Populists.
What are party names without party
principles? What is the Democratic party
when it Tepudiates Jefferson and Jack
son and follows John Sherman? The
Democratic masses are in favor of restor-
ing the money OF the constitution. They
are speaking out in every state and their
voices are heard with dread by the ene-
mics of the republic. very large per-
centage of the ReIublican masses are
equally true to the principles OF free gov
ernment with the Democratic masses.
but the Republican leaders who worship
at the shrine OF monopoly are more
numerous and powerful than the Demo-
cratic leaders who work with them to
u.
more Harrisons than Clevelands and more
Shermans than Carlisles.
1.-The Democrats of Illinois have broken
the ice. The rank and file OF the Repnb-
lean party south and west are shrunken,
but the manipulators are still control.
The Republican convention of Kentucky
renewed the allegiance OF the party of the
state to the alien gold syndicate, but the
ties of party are not strong enough to
hold the Republicans i'll the great north
west in line. The south and west and
the producing classes OF all sections have
"a common interest IN restoring the
money of the constitution and gaining
control of the government OF the United
States but All alien gold trust is en-
trenched in the banks, in the two houses
of congress an III the executive mansion.
The people are united in every section OF
the country 20 strike for liberty and re-
cover their lost government.
= 1.-The American people have been be-
trayed with a kiss for the last time.
They now know every man who qualified
his determination to fight for the flee
and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio OF rs to l by the United States alone
is friend of the cause. All we demand
is the 16 to l statutes of 1884 and 1887.
There were no IFS and 'ands about
those statutes. There are none in the
creed of true bimetallist. The advo-
Gates of free coinage at 16 to by the
United States alone, comprise three
tomths of the voters of the United
States. The only hope for the gold mo-
nopoly is to divide and conquer. They
have played that game for the last time.
The hearts Of the people are IN a common
cause produced by common calamity.
Whatever politicians and time-servers
may do, the south and west and ali lovers
of free institutions everywhere will come
together and rescue the government from
the rule OF kings.
''The polly of the enemy to impoverish
the masses is now well understood. Ii is
well known that opportunities create in-a
creates poverty and towards. One more
gold president may do the work and des-
troy the foundation of republican insti
tutons. which is independence ana pros
perIty o, the people.
''Thanks to Mr.. Cleveland, the purposes
of'the enemy are disclosed. If the peo-
pie submit to financial bondage and lose
their liberty. they will have been warned
in time. The gold standard, falling
prices and hard times are as much the
policy of Sherman, Harrison and the
great mass of the leading Republicans as
it is OF Cleveland himself. The only
difference is that Cleveland proclaims
openly what the hypoorites do secretly"
Mississippi Heard From
When Senator Stewart had finished his
speech loud cries were made for Congress
man Money. one Of the silver leaders of
Mississippi. He advanced to the 'front.' of
the s+aop and Drcfaced hia remarks by