The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-09-12
SILVER WON'T DOWN
Resi- Assured Of This, NofWifhSfand-
ing fhe Gold Organs,
The Demand Among the People of
the United states for the Restor-
alton OF the Free Coinage or
the White Metal Is Move Ur-
gent Than Ever Before.

Ever since President Cleveland took
the field il opposition to free coinage
that is to say, from the day he wrote
his letter to the Chicago bankers and
business nen-the gold monometallists
aave been greatly encouraged. OF course
1t was to be expected that the official
and congressional cuckoos and the per-
sonal and political parasites Of Mr..
Cleveland would echo his sentiments
and join tho administration propaganda
for "sound money" But that was not
the only immediate effect of the sudden
movement Of Cleveland. The Wall
street gold ring at once saw that the
administration crusade against silver
could be turned to account outside of
Democratic politics.
The first step was to organize lit
erary bureau. While Cleveland's Chi
cago letter was still fresh the country
was flooded with pamphlets and leaflets
proclaiming the new gospel of 'sound
money.
It is always noticeable when such a
literary and journalistic campaign is
being forced forward by the use Of
money and is being directed from some
central point that there is dull same
ness in the work. Hence it should not
be surprising, for instance, that all the
goldbug papers in the country are say
ing and have been saying for two
months and moro that the s'silver
craze" is dying out; that the movement
for independent free coinage sis Oh it's
last legs;' that the cause of ''sound
money" is sweeping the country, and
all that This is the burden Of every
financial editorial and squib in every
goldite paper in the country from day
to day. Of course it is part of a con-
certed plan to write and sneer down the
great movement to restore the money
Of the constitution.
Not only do organs and bureaus Of
the gold ring persistently lie about the
state Of public opinion in the United
States, but they constantly 1nisrepresent
the situation in Europe. The New York
Evening Post, for example, has unblush-
ingly asserted that the movement in
Germany for the convocation of an in
ternatlonal monetary conference had
been practically abandoned by the i'm
perlal government and that the parlia-
elections in Great Britain had
not advanced the cause of bimetallis,n
in the least. There is not we'll in
formed man who does not know that
the German government has not aban-
doned its purpose to convene a confer
ence, and who does not know that the
bimetallists in Great Britain have been
immensely strengthened by the success
Of the party, many Of whose foremost
leaders are avowed advocates Of the
restoration of bimetallism.
The movement for d return to the
double monetary standard has also made
great strides in France. tbs we'll known
hat the French government is in hearty
with the movement for con-
ference which found authoritative ex-
preston in the imperial diet of Ger
many.
A dispatch stated yesterday that the
weekly statements Of the Bank of
trance show steady decrease in its
gold holdings and a steady increase in
IS silver holdings. This certainly does
lot indicate that that great financial
Institution, one of the greatest in the
world, has any fear that silver will be
discarded, as the gold monometallists
proclaim.
The truth is that the cause Of BIZ
netallism is stronger in Europe today
han it has been at any time since the
emonetization Of silver: And in the
United States the demand among the
eople for the restoration Of free coin
ge is more urgent, more widespread
nd more intelligent than ever before.
Where one man understood the question
an years ago or three years ago ten un-
erstand it now.-San Francisco Chron-
lie.