Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-03-07

AMERICAN PEOPLE APPEALED TO.
List OF Those Who signed the Address
Urging Al Democrats to Make tile
Money Question the Para.
mount Issue.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE follow
ing was yesterday issued by the Ameri-
can Bimetallic league:
The statement Of the Issues on which the
new party will organize: The money question
IS now indspltably the dominant issue in the
Cai;ed states and will remain SO until SET
lied and settled rightly. Other questions,
however important, must wait for this, which,
TO greater or less extent, involves oil others
The ISSUE Is between the gold standard, gold
bonds and bank currency on the one side, and
the bimetaliic standard, no bonds and govern
mont currency on the other.
r'irstOn this issue we declare ourselves to
be unalterably opposed 70 the single gold stand
srd anu demand the immediate return to tho
constitutional standard Of gold and silver, by
tle restoration by this government, independ-
emily Of any foreign power, Of the unrestricted
coinage Of both silver and gold into standard
money at the ratio OF 10 to |, and upon terms Of
exact equality; the silver coin to be full legal
tender, equal with gold in payment Of all debts
and dues, public or private.
Second--We hold the power TO control and
regulate o paper currency Is inseparabe from
the power to coin money; and hence that oil
currency Intended to circulate as money should
DC 'ssaea ana us volume controlled ey sne gen,
lender r''''' ''' 'A' ''''1 " ''s''
Thlrd-wo are unalterably opposed TO the
Issue By the United States OF interest bearing
ooaas IA tlms Of peace ana demand tns pay.
nrovsaa NV srs,iNs ovs .A1 n o a,U., so,S
Silver coin, al the option Of the government,
and not at the option Of the creditor On this
issue we appeal from the dlctation Of the
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A long address 10 Tho Amer,can n.o.
nle was also made snlaroing unon thu
foreroinr statement
WHITE vrrAr nruocRAra
WAsurvarov March THE follou.
mo ara tha names ~ Tho d.mocrat,
who ssioned the address recently
oivcn to tbe nrhlic ur,ino democrats
to make the money question the nara.
mount issue and 70 sndsayor To Mace
the democratic nartv IN record IN
favor NJ the ..imm.d;ata restoration ri
the frae and unlimi,ed ooina,a ~ ooId
and silver ~ Tho prssont l.ca, rot,n ~
IA 10 I without wait;no ~ the ola ~
NJ anv otbar nation No q ox.
istad nr;or 10 is7a suoh oo;r 70 hs iii
leral tender for NIL dsbts nnhlic md
nrivats" r p El,rd ~ Missouri, "
! Rrvan NJ Nebrask. II A Cof,ssn ~
George W F;tb;on ~ mi. |
nois / r coc,rsll ~ Teyas Iohn T.
Of sout. Carolina, lanes a. |
Mc1,nira ~ ral;fornia naorrs y Jk.rt
~ Ohio Justin r WHITING u Micb,.
can. r. G snodgrass If Tennessee
George y Richardson NJ MICHIGAN NJ
4. Smith Of Arizona A " Oyden
of Louisiana + Cansbar. n, West |
W +. Moore ~ Kansas H
u Money NJ M;ssissinni n w RYAN
NJ Missouri r n Gradv ~ North
carolina Cbarles II Morgan ~ MI.
souri @ W Shall of Sopth Carolina
Edward Lane Of Illinois. D d Dono.
van Of Ohio. A. c. Iatimer Of South
Carolina. Marshall Arnold of Missouri.
W H. benson of Alabama w I nal
bert Of south Carolina John s, Wi.
Jams of Mississippi. r. J. Strait Of
south Carolina A. I Caminetti Of Cali.