The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-13
A NEW PARTY,
STATEMENT OF ITS PRINCIPLES
AND AIMS.

AND AIMS.
Styled the Bimetaliic Party, the Leanin:
Is to Silver and State Bank Currency i
Declared Against--McLaurn in It.
WASHINGTON. March 5.-The Ameri
can bimetallic party, through its exc
cutive committee, has prepared state
ment of the issue on which the new
party will organize and with it for
ward an address to the people of the
United States. Following IS the state
ment:
The money question is now indis
putably the dominant issue in the
United States and will remain so unit.
settled and settled rightly. Other
questions, however important, mus
wait for this, which to greater or les
extent. involves all others. The issue
is between the gold standard. golt
bonds and bank currency on the one
siGe. and the bimetallic standard, NJ
bonds and government currency, or
the other.
First. On this issue, we declare
ourselves to be unalterably y opposed tt
the single gold standard. and demand
the Immediate return to the Constitu
tional standard Of gold and silver, by
the restoration by this government in
dependently of any foreign power ot
the unrestricted coinage of both silver
and gold into standard money at the
ratio of 16 to l. and upon terms of ex
act equality; the silver coin to be q
full legal tender, equally. with gold
for all debts and uses, public and pri
vate
Second-We hold that the power tc
control and regulate a paper currency
is inseperable from the power to coil
money: and hence that all currency
intended to circulate as money should
be issued, and its volume controlled
by the government only, and should
be legal tender.
Third-We are unalterably opposed
to the issue by the United States ot
interest-bearing bonds in time of peace,
and demand the payment of all coir
obligations of the United States, as
provided by existing laws, IN either
gold or silver coin, at the option OF the
government and not at the option o.
the creditor.
On this issue, we appeal from the
dictation Of the money power to the
intelligence and patriotism Of the
American people.
The address to the people Of the
United States, accompanying the state
ment, is an argument upon the issue
set forth in the statement. In it ap
pears these paragraphs:
The purpose Of this movement !:
not to array section against section nol
class against class; not to require any
body to giveup his convictions on 9th.
er questions. Or to sever his party rela
tions for any other purpose than t
unite in common cause.-the cause
of justice against injustice, and pros
perity instead of adversely; of contln
ueI employment of labor instead O.
forced idleness of abundance and hap
piness instead of wantand misery.
There can be no doubt, moreover
that a return to tho standard Of golt
and silver will promote in the high
est degree the business interests of tn
country, while the continuance Of tn
present policy must necessarily be at
tended by further fall of prices, i'm
periling the business enterprise stll
more, and prolonging indefinitely tn
present stagnant condition Of trade
and industry"
The address is signed by the follow
ing executive committee appointed b.
| the bimetallic conference called t
meet at Washington February %
1896: A. J. Warner, president Ameri
can Bimetallic League, chairman
John P. Jones Of Nevada; William NJ
Stewart of Nevada, J. L. McLaurin o
South Carolina; Arson Wolcott of In
diana; George G. Merrick ofColorado
Henry Jones of Georgia: J. G. Greer
of California; Joseph Sheldon Of Con
necticut; G. j. Hilyer of the Distric
of Columbia; Byron Z. Shear of Colo
RADIO, and Mortimer Whitehead OF New
Jersey.
This is followed by the suggestion o
the name of Jos. G. Sibley of Pennsyl
vania, as the party's candidate 10
President, and request for CORES
pondence upon this subject to be ad
dressed to Gen. \. Warner, Chairman
of the executive committee, American
Bimetallic Party. Sun building, Wash
ington, D. c.
\ committee consisting of the fol
lowing named gentlemen: \. j. War
ner, president of American Bimetalll
League, chairman; Hon. Wm. Stew
art, United States Senate; Henr,
Jones, of Georgia; Hon. Francis, q
Newlands, of Nevada; Anson W Wolcott
of Indiana: J. L. McLaurin. of Soutl
Carolina; was appointed to select apro
visional national committee to consls
of one member from each State am
Territory and the District Of Columbia
to take charge of thismovement in tn