Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-03-16

to which they cannot give their assent.
 But we must in some way come to- gether on this issue, or the cause IS lost, l and with 1t the independence of the peo- pie. No old party ever carried through a greater reform. New bottles for ne~ wine. Therefore no course seems more feasible than that to subordinate, TOT the time beipg, other questions, anu come to the front in a new organization to fight the battle of 1896 on the one great issue on which the prosperity ana happiness of the people so largely oe- peuds. It is believed that this cause can be won in nc other way, and that to continue to contend for it only within the lines of existing parties, is to court defeat at the outset and to lose the battle in the election. The purpose Of this movement IS not to array section against section, class against class; nor to require any body to give up his cop- victions on other questions or to sever his party relations for the purpose or other than to unite in a common cause. the cause of justice against injustice; or prosperity instead of adverslty; Of con tnued employ u,eut of labor or Of for ced idleness;of abundance and happiness instesd of want and misery.
 | There can be no doubt, moreover that "a return to the standard of gold and silver will promote in the highest degree the business interests of the entire coun- try; wh le a continuance of the present policy must necessarily be attended by a further fall of prices, imperillinR buei- ness enterprise still more and prolonRing indefinitely the present stagnsnt condi- ton of trade and industry. Better | prices under existing conditions cannot be expected. The single gold standard | can be main tained in the United States only by forcing down the price level of commodities enough below the price | level of other countries to turn gold thls way, or at any rate to induce our credi- | tors to take com modities of the United States for what we owe them instead or dem andinR gold.
 Any policy, therefore, that tends t" | raise prices necessarily operates to ex- pei gold. This condition of things can | nos be overcome by tariff, much less by free trade. In the payment Of an | nual dues to other countries we must compete with other debtor countries; \ with Argentine, with Egypt, with h. 1 dis, with ali colonies of Great Britain and worse of all, with the Asiatic races; with industries stimulated as never before by the low price of silver. These conditions, from which there IS DO es- cape as long as the gold standard policy is pursued, intensity the gravity Of the situation in this country to sucn an extent as to compel the serious atten- tion of ail patriotic citizens. How idle, in the presence of such conditions, to expect to maintain a gold standard by of hnU unwise, if not reckless such action must seem to thoughtful men every where. It is estimated already that the rise of gold, by increasing debts, has absorbed from forty to fifty thousand millions of the worlds wealth. The inauguration of a movement for relief from these terrible conditions must spring from the people. Politicians never institute great reforms and 1t were idle to wait for them, This cause | is the cause of the people and 1t IS be- lievad that it more profoundly concerns the W. fore of the great body Of the people then any question since the civil war. if not indeed, since our iDdepen dennce was signed; for in it's ultimate outcome the question of sufficiency or scarcity of money is the question of free |
  reople. While not unmindful of the interests | of the people of other countries ln this | question, 1t is not an issue that can be | safely ubmitteI to the decision of for | eign governments, nor be made to de- | rend on what other countries may do. WheE our monetary system was estab- | lishe d over one hundred years ago, with
 
 our fatt CTS did ot wait r. nor invite the concurrence of other powers. Nor did tha framers of the constitution con- template any such action. They legis- ialed for the United States, and we now, as Americans, must l. egslate for ourse, | yes Beware of entapRling alliances" in | this as in other matters, and especially of the 8ilurments of intern stioDal con feremces to delay action in our own be- half in the delusive hope that other countries will care for our interests | better than we can ourselves. No other country has ever asked our approval of its financial policy. It is believed the | United States has power enough Tn the commercial world to alone restore the | link between gold and silver, broken ID | 1873, but, should gold, for any reascn, | temporarily go to premium. 1t will | none the less operate on prices generally | ard certainly premium on gold here would, like a fall in the price of silver, l to silver countries, insure on every side to the advantage of the United States. Fellow citizens, the power is still in | your hands to right by the ballot the wrong of 1873 and to save yourselves
 
 which the gold standard policy, if per sisted in, will surely bring up on you and them. We pray yon therefore, not to let the settlement of this question go l bey ond the election of 1896, but, subor- dInating all questions for the time being to this supreme issue, settle this now, and settle it forever.
 And we especially urge npon you the importance of immediate organisation In townships and counties throughout the entire country for the purpose of carrying on this great movement for the common good of all.
 Signed by the executive committees: 1 Warner, president of the American bi- metallic league chairman; Jones United States senate; Stewart U. s. senate; Nc Lsurin, South Carolina, Wolcott, Color ado; Green, California; Sheldon, Con- necticut; Hillyer, District of Columbia; Shear, Colorado; Whitehead, New Jer- sey.
 If the conference had authority from the people to name candidate for presl- dent 1t would name James O. Sibley of Pennsylvania, but not having such au tbority it can only suggest the name and invite expressions from the people by petition, resolutions or other, be- leving that nominations when made should retisct in the most direct man. her the will of the people uncontrolled by the caucus machinery of the profes- sIonal politicians.
 It is understood it is the desire of the league that republican should receive