The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-23
Government Should Be Run in
the Interest of the People.
Idle Holders of Idle Capital Not
the Salt of the Earth.
National Democratic Committee
to Be Appointed.
The following is
THE COMMITTEES ADDRESS.

THE COMMITTEE ADDRESS.
The address issued disclaims
speaking with party authority, the
assemblage being a voluntary one,
but strongly represents the opln-
ion of the conference that the par
tv should declare for tree coinage
of silver.
The addr,s in full is as follows;
LAS result of the conference of
a number of Democrats from diff
ent States, who attended the non
partisan convention recently as
sembled in Memphis, Tenn, for
the purpose of promoting the cause
of free silver coinage, which con-
ference held after adjournment OF
the convention, a committee con-
sisting of Senators Jones of Arkan-
sas. Turpie Of Indiana, and Harris
of Tennessee, was appointed and
auihoriz. I'd to invite representative
Democrats from the several States
to meet them at Washington tor
consultation with the view OF Sc
curing cooperation and concert of
action among those Democrats
throughout the union, who believe
in adhering to the cardinal Demo-
cratic policy of actual bimetallism,
and who are opposed to the pluto
cratic doctrine of gold monometa.-
lism. The present conference Is
the result of the action then taken.
This is purely a voluntary assem-
blagp and therefore does not as
sumo to speak with party author
ity.
"Disclaiming all right To bind
any person by our utterances, but
profoundly conscious that the
Democratic party confronts crisis
the most monomentous in its his
tory and fraught with far-reaching
ptrils to the people and the coun-
try. we are assembled as individu'
al Democrats to take counsel togeth.
er and for the undisguised purpose
of inaugurating and promoting a
thorough and systematic organlza-
ton of the Democratic masses,
50 that they may 60 forward as
one man with a resolute purpose
to rescue the old party founded by
Thomrs jefferson from plutocratit
domination. Therefore, with thi:
object in view. the conv entlon 0
American Democrats, composed o
representatives from tWenty-toul
leading 5 ates OF the Union, MAKE
the following declaration on thu
monetary question, which has beer
forced into the leading plac
among the issues of the day. Tn
Fedelal Constitution names silve
and gold together as the none
metal Ct the United States. TIL
first coinag law passed by cor
gress under the Constitution mad
ahe silver dollar the unit of valu
ana admitted cold to coinage {
ratio measured Ivy the silver do
Ear u 1T.
From the beginning of the 60,
eminent, following a party iorml
lated by Thomas Jefferson an
firmly established by jackson. tn
Democratic party has been tn
PARTY or B1NETTALI VI,
Iav,efing the Tree coinage OF bot
gold and silver at the nation
nints ana oppose the farming. OF
to banking co porations the GOV
trnmtnt's sovereign power of is,
ming and controlling the money ,
dhe people.
The act Of 1873 demonetizin
=. silver was surrrptltiou-ly paSse
without the approval or knowledg
OF the american people, and iron
the time when the effect of ,hi
act IN fastening upon this countr
the single 9 standard was III
.Gerstood, the Democratic party ha
.a9., sistently and pcrsistently urge
tia, the grievance he wrl ghte,
FaiL4,e to accomplish this obje'
has reselted III the steady apprrc
alton Of cold and correspo ldin
fall in TIE price Of commodilit
plpducAd III The people; a heav
ue4re.ee in the burden of debts
public and ,priGqtr; the enrichmer