The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-14

national banks are its agents Five thousand
other banks and trust companies do its bid
ding. Merchants and boards of trade are de-
pendent upon the banks for accommodation
and are clamorous in their praise OF gold
monopoly. Politicians and officials, high and
low, RELY on the money power, the press and
the minions of the banks for political success
The President of the United States places
100000 offices at the service of the money
power for political or other fayors he receives.
Before such a force any other people would be
powerless, but the American people for more
than hundred years have met and conquered
every foe. They have always been equal to the
emergency.
Silver was demonetized by the Republican
party, and the leaders of that party have la
bored, in season and out OF season. to keep it
demnnetized. The great mass of the Demo-
cratic party previous to the advent of Pres-
dent Cleveland was in favor of the repeal of
the infamous act of 1873 demonetizing silver,
as is shown by their uniform votes in both
houses of Congress. But when the money
powers discovered Cleveland they found an in
strument to thwart the will of the Democratic
masses and they gained a valuable ally for
Sherman and Harrison and other executive
agents of the gold standard. The alarm and
distress caused by the raid of the gold COM
bination on the treasury in 1893 created a
turore which amounted to a political cyclone,
NhACA hoo NAASStCu ny In6 uIL1 uduu Oh IHe
Executive against the two houses of Congress.
Many Democrats fell before the blast, but the
Republicans sailed with the wind, and the
Democrats who were stranded by the violence
OF the storm were swept back into the arms OF
the Republicans of the two houses Together
they made majority to do the bidding of the
money powers and to wipe from the statute
book every law which recognized silver as a
money metal.
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their own hands. They now know that those
who say they are friendly to silver, but want it
accomplished without doing it themselves, are
enemies and cannot be trusted. No man is a
bimetallist who does not advocate b1metallism
as it existed for thousands of years before
Sherman visited England in 1867 and before
he carried out the purposes of an English syn.
dicate to strike down silver in 1873.
Conventions and the party lash have thwart-
ed the will of the people for twenty years.
Public plumber, a venal press, and 1000
banks have dominated the conventions of all
parties since the man from Buffalo look charge
OF the Democratic party. majority to do the
Will OF the gold monopoly has been easily Sc
cured in the conventions of both the old par
ties, and a multiplicity of issues bars the sue
cess of the Populists.
What are party names without party princi-
pies? What is the Democratic party when it
TepuuIdIeS JEFFERSON ana Jackson and follows
John Sherman? The Democratic masses are in
favor of restoring the money of the constitu-
ton. They are speaking out in every State
and their voice is heard with dread by the enc
mics OF the Republic. very large percentage
OF the Republican masses are equally true to
the principles of free government with the
Democratic masses, but the Republican leaders
who worship at the shrine of gold monopoly
are more numerous and powerful than the
Democratic NUjfh 4harp TO
maintain the gold standard. There are more
Harrisons than Cleyelands and more Shermans
than Carlisles
The Democracy of Illinois has broken the
ice. The rank and file of the Republican party
South and West, are shrunken, but the mani
pulators are still in control. The Republican
convention of Kentucky renewed the alleg-
lance OF the party of the State to the alien gold
syndicate, but the ties of party are not strong
enough to hold the Republicans of the great
Northwest in line. The South and West and
the producing classes of all sections have
common interest in restoring the money OF the
constitution .and gaining control of the Gov
eminent of the United States but an alien gold
trust is intrenched in the sanctums of the
press, the council chambers of the banks, the
two houses OF Congress and in the executive
mansion The people are uniting in every sec
ton OF the country to strike for liberty and re-
cover their lost Government.
The American people have been betrayed
with kiss for the last time. They now know
every man who qualified his determination to
fight for the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at the ratio of Is to l, by the United
States alone. is friend of the cause. All we
demand is the 10 to l statute of 1884 and
1887. There were no 'ifs' and lands" about
those statutes. There are none in the creed of
true bimetallist. The advocates of free coin
age at Is to 1 by the United States alone COM
prise three-fourths of the voters of the United
States. The only hope for the gold monopoly
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
ume-servers may do, the South and West and
all lovers OF free institutions everywhere will
come together and rescue this Government
from the rule of the kings
The policy OF the enemy to impoverish the
masses is now well understood. 1t is well
known that opportunities create independ-
ence; that want of opportunities creates pow
erty and towards One more gold President
might do the work and destroy the foundation
OF Republican institutions, which is independ-
ence and prosperity OF the people.
Thanks to Mr.. Cleveland, the purposes of the
enemy are disclosed. If the people submit to
financial bondage and lose their liberty they
Will have been warned in time. The gold
etahudru, idlllng prices ana nara tlmeS 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 procaims openly what the
hypocrites do secretly.
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 stage and prefaced his remarks by
saying:
Il am here, silver man from head to
foot and Democrat all over''
Mr.. Money was suffering from a sore
throat and spoke but a few moments,
deprecating any attempt to settle the silver
question outside the Democratic party.
John Allen of Mississippi was then
called on by the audience to speak. He
began: 81, like the poor, am always with
you"
He advanced no new arguments, but
caught the crowd, throwing a verbal bou-
quet at Senator Stewart and reminding the
people that the West was the friend of the
South. The speaker elected rounds of ap-