Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-10-24
--latest US. Govt Report
elLvi::a WILL NOT GOWN.
Eest assured OF c-.ia. notwithstanding :hs
Lying: o.. the Gold Organs.

Eest assured OF :.,ts. notwithstanding .hs
Lying: o:. ,hc Gold Organs.
Ever since President Cleveland took
the field III opposition 10 free coinage
that is 10 say, from tho day he wrote
his letter to the Chicago bankers ard
business men-the gold lnanomctallists
have been greatly encouraged. OF course
it was to he expected that the oilicia.
and congressional cuclioos and the per-
sonal and political parasites Of Mt
Cleveland would echo his sentiments
aud Join the administration propaganda
for "sopnd money" But that WAS not
the only immediate effect o. the sudden
movement OF Cleveland. The M"4
street gold ring ct cnco saw THAT the
administration crusade against silver
could bo turned TO account outside of
Democratic politics.
The first step WAS to organize u IL
crarv bureau. While Clevai;rnd's Chi
caso letter was still fresh the country
was flooded with pamphlets and leaflets
proclaimins the now gospel of Sound
money"
i
literary and journalistic camraisn is
being forced forward hy the use Of
money and is being directed from some
central point that there is 81 dull aaI.e-
ness in the work. Hence it should not
be surprising, for instance, that ali the
goldbug pipers i'll the country are say
ing and have been saying for two
no 40.
craze" is dying out; that tle movement
for independent FREQ coinage lis Oh its
last legs" that the cause of "souMd
money is sweeping the country, and
all that. This is the burden OF every
financial editorial and squib ill every
goldite paper i'll the country from day
to day. OF course it is Il part of g col
certed plan to write and snecr down ti!e
great movement to restore the money
i cf the constitution.
I, Not only do organs and bureaus cf
tic gold ring pcrsistently lie about the
state Of public opinion in the United
States, but they constantly nlisrepresent
the situation i'll Europe. The New Yori:
Evening Post, for example, has unblush-
ing,y asserted that TIE movement il,
j, Germany for the coEvoc&tion Of ;,n in
! ternational monetary conference had
been practically abandoned 10y the i'm,
perial government and that the puilia,
1ncntary elections i'll Great Britain haG
not advanced the cause of bimctallisn
in the least. There is not a we'll III
formed MAN who does not know tina;
the German government has not aban
doned its purpose to convene q confer
ence, and who does not know that tllt
bimetallists i'll Great Britain have becl
immensely strengthened by the success
of the party, many of whose fclcmos
leaders are avowcd advocates Of III,
restoration Of bimetallism.
The movement for Il return to IL.
double monetary standard has also mad
great strides in france. 1t is we'll know!
that the French government is i'll heart.
sympathy with the movement Tor . con
ference which found authoritative oa
preston i'll the imperial diet of Gle,
many.
A dispatch stated yesterday that t:l
weekly statements Of tho Bank G
France show steady decrease i'll it
gold holdings and steady increase i,
its silver holdings. This certainly doc
not indicate that that great tinanci;'
institution, one Of the greatest in th
world, has any fear that silver will b
discarded, rs the gold monomctallist
proclaim.
The truth is that tho cause OF bi
mctallism is stronger il Europe tcda
than it has been ut any time since til
decentralization of silver. And III th
United States tho demand among til
people for the restoration of free ccil
age is moro urgent, more widesrrea
and more intelligent than ever before
Where one man understood the questio
ten years ago or three years ago ten III
derstand it now.-San francisco Chrc,
icle. ----