The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-07-11

archs. led by Great Britain, has purposes
OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT to suhserve in the war
upon American silver money and stand in
the way OF such agreement. With their
credit they seek to enhance the purchas-
ing power OF thousands OF millions which
is owing them all over the world and
which you owe them. They draw upon
the United States Of America for their
food supplies and raw material, wheat.
corn, oil. cotton, iron, lead and other Ike
staples. and seek and get IL for the least
money. Besides this, Great Britain has
large gold mines in South Africa and
So@th America. and by closing the silver
mines has greatly enhanced their produc-
ton and their values, The recent Brit
ish aggression in Venezuela and In the
settlements OF South America was moved
by the desire TO possess more OF these
gold mines by monopolizing the metal as
far as possible to assert British CONNER
cial supremacy over the world
Are We Free.
No nation calls itself free and indie
pendent that Is not great enough to e.
tablish and maintain a financial system
OF its own. tGreat applause)
To pretend that this, the foremost,
richest and most powerful nation in the
world, can not coin lis own money with
out suing for International agreement
at the courts OF Europe autocraIs VINO
have none but primary interests to sub
serve, has for many years been held out
at every presidential election. They have
made use OF such an agreement and have
toied II afterwards and We never in ali
our history had an International agree
ment upon the money system and none OF
the founders OF this republic ever claim
ed such an agree ment was essential We
have had three tnterua tional conferences
In order 10 obtain it aud TO wait longer
upon them IL 10 ignore the interests of
our own people and degrade our national
dignity and 10 advertise to all mankind
our lmpotency anu our folly. conces-
sion that comes from the gold standard
men OF all Europe for the restoration Of
the double standard IS the only solution
Of the financial difficulties that We can
md in the outlook before US. phe declar-
atoms OF the English premier and French
minister and the Russian government
which have recently been expressed.
shows that II II succeeds at all it will sue
coed against the monster power OF the
Autocracy which has been used against
IL An International agreement for the
restoration OF the metals TO equality
would be a bond OF mankind which
would enable US to regulate The value Of
money and bring the TWO metals upon
a parity. Alexander Hamilton, the great
SECRETARY OF the treasury under WASH
ington, understood this question. he
framed the nrst financial act OF this
country, which was passed in 1872. tN-
ing Inc unity of our currency upon both
metals for double reasons-rirst that 10
exclude one would reduce II 10 mere
merchandise. and the other that it would
involve difference between scdnLy and
full circulation Thomas Jefferson
knew this when lie iudorsed the work
Of Hamilton and George Washington
knew this when he approved 1t. DAME.
Webster EnAVN NJ. Ia. "a
silver and gold are the legal standards
and that neither congress nor any state
mas the right to establish any other
standard or llsplace this one. General
Grant knew this when ne looked to silver
as source OF payment and found To
his astonishment that the republican con-
gress had demonetizel II and he him
SET had unwittlngiy signed the bill. The
whole United States now know this and
they know also that If they would free
themselves they must strike the blow
(Caesrsl
The majority or this convention have
the honor here to represent and main
tain this great American nation, the nat
urAl base Of fixed empire. the great
est ever established by mankind. with
more territory and more productive en-
ergy than Great Britain, Franre an
Germany combined. without dependence
upon European nations for anything thlt
they produce. AMI with the European IA
tion5 dependent mucc upon what Ne pro-
d4ce, IS fully capable OF restoring th.s
constitution. money system OF god
and silver At an equality with each
other, tap.ausel and as our fathers ia
ms declared. our nltioal! Independence
Of all The world. SO today has rns great
democrats party founded by Jefferson
the author Of that I-ctAraCl0n. appeared
mere in Chicago 70 declare the nnlncil.
independence OF the United States Of ali
otHer nations and invoke al! true Amer
leans 10 assert by their SURFACES At n.
polls that our country may be- placed
where she belongs oy right. a. the frsast
ana foremost. the most prosperous and
the Elpplest nation ,a1t ever blessed me
NE OF mankind upon this globe"
When Dir. Daniel finished and an
nounced that the convention vas ready
tor business there were loud cries for
Hill The New York senator showed no
disposition to respond