The Monticellonian., 1895-08-16
Organize for Silver.

The Democratic State Conven- ton for 1891, by an almost unani- nous vote declared that it still considered the act of 1873, where
 by silver was demonetized, as the greatest legislative crime of the century, and demanded the free and unlimited coinage of both sil yer and gold at ratio of Is to 1. Notwithstanding this emphatic, unconditional platform declaration there are many democrats and new spapers organizing to control the next convention in the inter- est of the singlo gold standard. To prevent this we urge the dem- ocrats who believe in the use Of silver as standard money to lose no time in organizing. To hght for the coinage of silver should be easy for any democrat. Honest money, gold and silver and paper money convertable into coin on demand has always been the prin- cipIes for which democracy has eontended. Let Us as democrats meet the issue by prompt repud
 iation of the English idea of mono metalsm and return to the histor- lc constitutional money of our fathers We are now upon the gold standard. To change will require the concurrent action of the House, Senate and Executive. This is impossible during the life of the present congress and the fight will necessarily be carried into the political conventions and elections for 1896. A majority of the people and n majority of the democrats favor silver and if they can be united the victory will be an easy one. As the republican party designedIy degraded silver from standard to token money in 1873 and since that time has stead fly opposed every proposition for it's coinage we can hope for but lit tie from that orgaulzation. While the populist party professes to be- lieve in the free coinage of both gold and silver its ideal money is irredeemable fiat paper. It repu- diates in to the idea of real money or money of intrinsic value. I'm portant as 1t is to have double standard of value fl would be bet ter by far 10 remain as we are than to get 1t by subscribing to the many unconstitutional, undem cratic, centralizing schemes of Coxey's party. But outside of all this the small number of adherents to this fragmentary organization makes it absolutely y certain that il cannot win. The only chance for silver is in and through the Dem oeratic organization. If the Ma tional Convention can be cOntroll- ed by the free coinage democrats who as we believe constitute n ma l jority then the cause of silver will triumph. Ii on the other hand We suffer the minority anti.silver democrats 10 dominate the conven. ton there will be no legislation 1 favorable to silver. We then ap- peal to the Democrats who believe in silver as standard money to be- gin now the work. Organize a club in every township and see to it that delegates to the State Con veution are in favor of silver. Arkansas must stand by the plat form of 1894.
 The above from the Nevada county Pjcaytme is chock full of sound logic and good advice. Ev. cry township Tn every county in every state should have free sil yer club; and work from now until the National Democratic Conven, ton is held in 1896. The goldites are at work, day and night. and il the silver people desire to win they must organize.