The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-01
GOLD VS.. SILVER.
Senator Stewart Says Friends of
Silver Must Unite.
If They Do So Success Will
Attend Their Efforts.
WANTS SINGLE ISSUE.
That is the Only Way Peoples
Party Can Win.
He is Pleased With Declarations
WANTS SINGLE ISSUE.
He is Pleased With Declarations
of st. Louis Conference.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-Speaking of the
St Louis conference of the Populist
party Senator Stewart of Nevada said
today: II am very much pleased with
the following declaration of principles
contained in the address OF the St. Louis
conference: 'We insist upon the restora-
ton of the coinage of gold and silver as it
existed prior to 1873 at the ratio of 16 to
l, without regard to the action of any
other nation and that all paper money
shall be issued by the general govern
ment without the Intervention of banks
of issue, the same to be full legal
tender. We also declare our implacabie
hostility to the further issue of interest
bearing bonds
Against this issue the Republican
party and the Cleveland Democracy pre-
sent the gold standard, pure and simple.
There is no doubt that majority of the
people of the United States cordially
agree with the ST. Louis conference on
the declaration of principles above
| quoted.
Unfortunately however. this great is
sue is embarrassing by other subjects
about which there is great diversity of
opinion. l fear it will be impossible
for the Peoples Party or any other
| it is made the sole issue The Omaha
platform was made under very different
! circumstances. At that time it was not
| known that the two old parties would
unite upon the single issue of gold
standard
both parties denied in their platform
that such was their purpose and both
| declared in favor of the restoration of
| silver either by the United States alone,
or by International conference. L. is
! true that their platforms were ambig-
uous, but still it was claimed by the
press of the west and the south that both
of the old parties were for the free coin
age of silver and by reason of the posi-
ton of all parties, there Was very little
discussion of the money question in the
presidential canvass of 1892. ~;
''Since that time President Cleveland
called an extra session for the express
purpose of repeating all laws recogniz-
ing silver as standard money, reducing
all silver coin in existence to mere token
money and adopting the gold standard.
The great majority of the Republicans of
the two houses of congress cooper
ated with the president III the extra ses-
, sion and reduced the money of the United
States to the gold standard.
This union Of the two old parties to
maintain the gold standard requires the
polite i uaion of all who are opposed to
it. If that union can be effected. sue
cess is c51sain. If it cannot, defeat is
inevitable. Tha importance attached to
this ons issue by tn2se who are striving
to esia blish a gold standard is shown by
the facility with which party lines are
oblitorat"d when it is made question
'Whatever may be the separate value
of the other measures endorsed by
the conference they are rela-
lively of minor importance
to the money question and as they are
/ certain to elgender antaRonism and di-
vide the friends of financial reform it is
in the part of wisdom to insubordinate
them to the main issues which must first
be s"t.led before any other reforms are
| nnssihle"