The herald., 1895-02-15
A Conspiracy to Burden the
People With Debt
SOURCES OF MONEY SUPPLY
Patriotism Requires That the Issue Be
Met at Once
Populists Urge Populists to Concentrate Their
Energies Upon the Main Issue and
Meet the Enemy

Washington, Feb. IA THE Populist
members of the Senate and House whose
names are attached, besides the others
whose signatures are given, have issued
the following address:
"To the Members OF the Peoples Party Greet
ing:
''As early as 1866 a conspiracy
was entered into between the gold
gamblers of Europe and America to ac-
complish the following purposes:
ITO fasten upon the people of the United
States the burdens of perpetual debt; to
destroy the greenbacks which brought us
safely through the perils of war; to strike
down silver as a money metal; to deny to
the people the use of federal paper, the
two Independent sources of money sup
ply guaranteed by the Constitu-
ton; to fasten upon the coun-
try the single gold standard of
Great Britain and to delegate to thou
sands of banking corporations organized
for private gain the sovereign control for
all time over the issue and volume of all
supplemental paper currency. Thus they
doubled the demands for gold, forced upon
the country an approaching money stand
ard, entailing an indefinite period of fall
ing prices, robbed enterprise of it's just
profits, condemned labor to idleness and
confiscated the property of debtors.
'For nearly 80 years these conspiritors
hpye kept the President quarreling over
less important matters while they have
pursued with unrelenting zeal their own
central purpose AT the present mo-
ment every device of treachery, every re-
source of statecraft and every artifce
known to the secret cabals of the interna-
national gold ring are being
made use of to deal final death
blow to the prosperity of the country.
They seek to accomplish their purpose
before the blow can be averted through
4he ballot. Their plans have been long
matured and their line is fully chosen.
They address themselves to the one sub
ject-the money question-in all OF its
breadth and magnitude.
''This brings the country face to
face with a perilous issue which calls
for immediate and united action on the
part of the people. Every behest of pat
rotism requires that we shall at once
meet the issue and accept the challenge
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invite disastrous failure. We earnestly
urge the Populists throughout the coun-
try to concentrate their entire force and
energy upon the tremendous contention
presented, and thus meet the enemy upon
his chosen line of battle. Invite the aid
and cooperation of all persons who favor
the immediate free coinage of silver at
the ratio of sixteen to one, the issue of all
paper money by the general Govern
ment without the Intervention of
banks of issue, and who are opposed to
the issue of interest bearing bonds in
time of peace. In a word, to extend the
hand of fellowship to all who agree with
you upon the money question, which is
certainly the mightiest and most fund
mental controversy evolved during the
present century.
[Sighed LATE Pence, o. M. KEN, T. G..
Hudson, William Baker, William Nc
Keighan, William V. Allen, John Davis,
W. A. Harris, Jerry Simpson, J. G. Bell,
J. H. Kyle, H. E. Boen, II. E. Taubeneck
]. H. Turner, ]. B. Weaver.