Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-10-04
SILVER WILL NOT DOWN.
Rest Assured OF This, Notwithstanding th,
Lying Of the Gold Organs.


Lying of the Gold Organs.
Ever since President Cleveland took
the field in opposition to free coinage
that is to say, from the day he wrote
his letter to the Chicago bankers and
business men-the gold monometallists
have been greatly encouraged. OF course
it was to be expected that the official
and congressional cuckoos and the per
Bonal and political parasites of Mr..
Cleveland would echo his sentiments
and JON the 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"
1t is always noticeable when such
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 more that the "silver
craze" is dying outi that the movement
for independent free coinage "is on 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 a 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 misrepresent
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
ternational monetary conference had
been practically abandoned by the i'm
perial government and that the parlia-
mentary elections in Great Britain had
not advanced the cause Of bimetallism
in the least There is not a we'll in
formed man who does not know that
the German government has not aban-
doned its purpose to convene 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 return to the
double monetary standard has also made
great strides in France. 1t is well known
that the French government is in hearty
sympathy with the movement for o 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
France show a steady decrease in its
gold holdings and steady increase in
its silver holdings. This certainly does
not 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 tho cause Of BIZ
metallism is stronger in Europe today
than it has been at any time since the
demonstration Of silver. And In the
United States the demand among the
people for the restoration of free coin
age is more urgent, more widespread
and more intelligent than ever before.
Where one man understood tho question
ten years ago or three years ago ten un-
derstand it now.-San Francisco Chron-
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