The Louisiana populist., 1895-06-28
STEWART ON SILVER.
He STRIKES SOME SLEDCE-
HAMMER BLOWS.
Tho Mask is Ripped of and the Situation
as tits, Is Revealed. without Any Grin =
ing-He Boldly Tells the Truth.
the Whole Truth.

oelore the recent silver convention at
Memphis, Tenn. He said:
Conventions and the party lash
have thwarted the will OF the people
for twenty years. Public plunder, a
venal press and 10000 banks have
dominated the conventions of all par
ties since the man from Buffalo took
charge OF the Democratic party. A
majority to do the will OF the gold
monopoly has been easily secured in
the conventions OF both the old par
ties, and multiplicity OF issues bars
the success of the Populists. What
are the party names without party
principles? What is the Democratic
party when it repudiates Jefferson
and jackson and follows John Sher-
man? The Democratic masses are
in favor OF restoring the money of the
constitution. They are speaking out
In every state, and their voice is
heard with dread by the enemies of
the republic. A very large percentage
OF the Republican masses are equal
ly true to the principles OF free gov
ernment with the Democratic masses,
but the Republican leaders who wor-
ship at the shrine OF gold monopoly
are more numerous and powerful than
the Democratic leaders who work
with them to maintain the gold stan
dard.
The people are uniting in every
section of the country to strike for
liberty and recover their lost gov
ernment. The American people have
been betrayed with kiss for the last
time. They now know that every
man who qualities his determination
to fight for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to
i by the United States alone is an en-
emy of the cause. All we demand is
the 16 to statutes of 1884 and
1887. There were no ifs and .auds'
about those statutes. There are
none In the creed of true bimetallist.
The advocates of free coinage at 16 to
! by the United States alone comprise
three-fourths of the voters OF the Uni
ted States. The only hope for gold
monopoly is to divide and conquer.
They have played that game for the
last time. The hearts of the people
are in common cause, produced by
q common calamity. Whatever poll
ticians and timeservers may do, the
south and west and all lovers of
free institutions everywhere will
come together and rescue this gov
ernment from the rule of the gold
kings. The policy OF the enemy
to impoverish tho masses is now we'll
understood. 1t is well known that
opportunities create independence
and manhood; that want of opportu-
mites creates poverty and towards.
One more gold president might do
the work and destroy the foundations |
OF Republican institutions, which is
independence and prosperity of the
people. Thanks to Mr.. Cleveland.
the purposes of the enemy are dis
closed. II the people ubmit to finan-
cial bondage and lose their liberty,
they will have been warned in time.
The gold standard, falling prices and
hard times are as much the policy OF
Sherman. Harrison and the great
mass OF the leading Republicans as it
Is OF Cleveland himself. The only
difference is. that Cleveland proclaims |
openly what the hypocrites do
secretly.
The object lessons OF the last three |
years shows that the American peo-
Pile are face to face with concentrated |
capital, the enemy which has destroyed !
oil previous civilizations. A shrink
ing volume OF money as compared /
with population and business pro-
duces falling prices paralyzes indus
try and compels the producers OF |
wealth to pawn their property to con-
tinue the struggle against impending |
fate
The modern Colossus, the Roths-
childs combination, is the greatest
brokerage establishment the world |
has ever seen. 1t deals with corpo- !
rations and nations which force from
the people their earnings either by
monopolizing the necessaries OF life, |
or through the sovereign power of |
taxation 1t furnishes money for its |
customers BY selling their bonds to
The public for vastly more than the
cost to the combination. The vast
bonded debts OF the United States and |
Europe have passed through their
hands for nearly century. and the
Increment retained by the Roths-
rhilds alone, independent OF their nu-
nerous associates. is estimated at
Y, 600, 900, 600. This combination
robbed the United States OF gold to
.onvert the silver debt OF Austria into |
gold obligations. and made s400, ,000,-
1000 in the transaction.
In 1898 the vaults of the United |
Estates treasury were opened and
more than 500, ,000,000 OF gold was
shipped to Austria with the aid OF the
which refused to ex-
|ercise tho option provided by con-
|gress to pay in either gold or silver. I
1 By this means the great combination
srecked the finsnees of tbs country /