The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-27
AN ADDRESS.
The Central Bimetallic League of Men,
phis Issues a Call.

Memphis. May 26.-The following ad-
dress to the public. issued by the CEN
| trail bimetallic league at Memphis, ex-
| plains itself: ITO the people of the
United States; The arch enemies of
the agricultural and producing classes
of our country, moved by greed and en-
couraged by price, have conspired to
transfer the essentially governmental
function of issuing and controlling the
money volume of the nation TO a sys-
tenn of banking corporations, full of
the vice of class legislation, and void
of any virtue which commends II to
the consideration of patriotic citizens.
"Undaunted by the failure TO secure
the sanction of the American congress,
the promoters of the nefarious scheme
have boldly taken the initiatory step to
attain the object of their conspiracy.
Backed by the great power of ex-
haustless wealth and influence of high
official position. they have publicly
convened in the city of Memphis and
openly declared their purpose. They
demand the constitutional and inher-
emily sovereign right to issue money to
be delivered into their hands; they
hesitate at no deception, they scruple
at no fraud.
Knowing the innate integrity of our
people, they prate of honest money
Approaching our aversion to paternal-
ism, they say the government must
go out of business They hope and be-
lieve we will not stop to consider that
the exact dollar which by vicious leg
islation they have made to cost the
debtor twice as much labor and double
the amount of produce as the one
promised is not honest They expect
the American people to accept as true
the statement that the money Of the
constitution established by their faith
ers is dishonest, for no other reason
save the dictates of their illustrious
accomplices and plastic tools. They
hope the people will ignorantly con-
found the sovereign prerogative and
the bounden duty of the government to
coin money and establish a system of
uniform weights and measures, with
business of loans and discounts inher-
emily appropriate to the occupation of
private citizens.
They think that we will forget that
the true question is not whether the |
government shall go out of the bank |
ing business but whether the banks |
shall go out of the governing busi- |
ness. Thus they design by the aid of |
public apathy to rivet the chains |
which will make free men slaves.
To the end that their hopes may meet /
with disappointment and their conspir-
acy with failure, that the toiling
masses OF our people may be saved
from an industrial serfdom more cruel
and degrading than chattel slavery.
something must be done to meet their
cunning and insiduous assaults. Eter-
nal vigilance is the price OF liberty.
Our foe is INSCRIPTIONS. His greatest
victory, which was achieved by steaIthy
and corrupt legislative legerdemain. is
to the men who planned, and
to the peoples representa-
tiYes who failed to detect il. The crime
Of 1873 cannot be explained on any 9TH
er hypothesis.
That the people may come together
and take counsel Of each other. il has |
been deemed expedient to call together
a convention to assemble at Aemphis |
)n the 18th and 18th Of June. 1895.
Every community, every city and town
and every state in the union Is earnest
y requested and cordially invited To
send delegates 10 this convention. Ey-
cry vicinity is urged To organize bi-
metallic clubs and every club should be
IL is proposed that the
shall voice the sentiments Of
he people.
Their country needs their best
hought, theirmost careful deliberation