Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-13
THEY KNOW NOT DEFEAT
SILVER MEN WILL AGAIN LINE UP
FOR BATTLE.
Address. to the silver Leagues and
Bimetallic Unions OF the
United states.

washington, Nov. S.-The campaign ior
tho free coinage of silver will be Wass o
With vigor during the next four years, 'h
nrenaration for the election or l9OO Inc
d;,ectors of the American Bimetailic
Union. who constitute the bulk Oh the
silver leaders in three parties, nave "e-
c;6ed TO maintain headquarters in TINS
citv from which to send out literature
,rhe branch office at Chicago will be CON
solidated with the Washington ONCE
~ tho San Francisco branch is to De
continued. -,
At the request of the directors, General
A. T. Warner, the president of the unloh'
l,os issued fine following address to the
silver leagues and bimetallic unions Oh
the United States:
"silver has lost in this election, but
the battle for the overthrow Oh ING soiu
standard has not ended. The disastrous
results that must attend upon the CON-
tinuance of this standard make 1t I'm
possible to relinquish the struggle against
1t until it is finally overthrow. Inc soio
standard can not be maintained by IN
creasing revenues, because revenues are
not paid in gold. The attempt to mann
tain the gold standard by perpetual loans
must also, sooner or later, fail. Inc only
other way Is by contracting the currency
and forcing down prices so low that goiu
| will come here of itself In such quanti-
| ties as to constitute, in part, at least
| the currency with which revenues are
| paid and no debtor nation can long main
| tain such policy. Either course, there
| fore, leads to inevitable ruin, the one by
| bankrupting the government and the oth-
! er by bankrupting the people. Either poi
| icy will subject the United States abso-
| lutely to British domination, and hence
| the rejoicing of the British press over
| the defeat of silver here. The victory
| So States.
| for gold is a victory of trusts and Syndl-
Gated wealth, brought about by corrup'
ton and coercion, and not a victory Of
the people or for the people, and 1t car
noe last. There must be an end also tc
the constant appreciation of money. The
appreciation of money alone, if allowed
to go on at the rate it has gone on for the
past 20 years, will, in half a generation
more, transfer the bulk of all the wealth
of this country from those who have
created it to the hands of the few wht
control the money and own the debts
| No power can be conceived to gathe
| wealth in few hands as the ceaseless
all-pervading power of an approaching
| money standard. No civilization cal
stand against it. 1t makes the end o
the foundations upon which free institu
f tons rest will be broken up.
1.-THE battle, therefore, for the restora
: ton of silver, must go on without abate
n-ent, and 1 urge upon all silver and bi
$ | metallic leagues and unions to keep u
| their organization and continue the figh
2 | until the victory is finally won.
| 1.-THE noble fight made by our intrepi
leader in the campaign just ended en-
q | dears him to all who believe in the right
= 7 ctusness of our cause, and under hi
e leadership, we believe, victory will be wo
| IL 1900."