The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-29

| Auliy Smuggled through congress.
That bill purposely omitted from the
list OF coins to be minted the silver dol
lar.
BY that clandestine act of which the
people AID the peoples representatives
We're ignorant and the subsequent act
OF 1874. adopting the Revised Statutes
silver was demonetized and the world
volume Of ultimate redemption money
was reduced from about seven billions
TO three and one-half billions.
In 1878, after the discovery of the
crime OF 1873, congress passed what Is
known as the BLAND bill" This was
vetoed by President Hayes John Sher-
man being secretary of the treasury.
and congress passed the bill over the
veto. The act added to our volume of
money over S7O.ooo.0o0 standard silver
dollars.
In 1890 what Is known as the "Sher-
man act" was passed as a substitute
for the BLAND act" of 1873. This law
further increased our volume of money
over s150, 000, 900.
Under the Bland and Sherman laws
over $500. 600. 900. or about 50 per capita,
was added to our volume of money.
AS all rejecting men are agreed that
the present distress Is due to a scare
fty of money. we must leave IL to the
! imagination as to what would now be
our condition IL the gold-standard men
had had their way. and our present in
sufficient volume of money was $780,
000, 900 less.
The Sherman bill was adding about
s50,000,000 year to the money OF the
/ country, when in 1898 its repeal was i'm
| periously demanded by European fin
anciers through their American allies,
and although the peoples representa-
tives made one of the grandest efforts
/ ever witnessed in behalf of the pro-
ducers and toilers of our country, yet
the power of the financial institutions
of Europe was so great that our peo-
pie were compelled to submit to tenn
porary defeat.
/ Now the question is, what do the tens
OF millions of victims in this country to
the diabolical gold standard policy of
Lombard and Wall streets propose do
ing about it? Submit to subjugation
or demand in no uncertain tones the
! immediate restoration of silver as
standard money? No, they will no
longer submit to such inJustice And
therefore, we earnestly recommend the
adoption of the following resolutions:
I'VE demand of the present congress
the immediate return to the money of
the constitution as established by our
! fathers by restoring the free and un-
limited coinage of both gold and silver
at the present ratio of Is to 1, the CONS
of both metals to be equally full legal
tender for all debts, public and private,
as before the fraudulent demonetiza-
ton of silver in 1873.
I'VE also condemn the increase of the
national debt in time Of peace and the
use of interest-bearing bonds at any
time"
]. r. Sovereign,
@. NJ. w. K. of L.
Jno. w. Hayes
Genl. Sec'y-Treas. knights of Labor.
The declaration that silver cannot be
remonetized without an international
conference is vital admission that we
are no longer a government of, by and
for the people.
Eugene V. Debs.
President American Ry. Union.
L endorse the above because the
financial and industrial history of the
world demonstrates that scarce money
means dear money, and dear money
means cheap men. If congress adj |
tourns without remonetizing silver the |
toilers of America must look for an
other disastrous winter.
John Mcbride,
President United Mine Workers OF |
America
Every days delay to remonetize sill |
yer subjects those in authority to the |
charge of being in sympathy with the |
conspirators who committed the crime /
Of demonetizing silver in 1873.
c. A. Robinson,
President Farmers Mutual Benefit AS
sociation.
By authority and on behalf of the
American Federation of Labor. L here
by endorse the above.
Samuel Gompers,
President American Federation of La
Dor.
p. M. Arthur,
G.. c. f. b. of L. z.
Frank Z. Sargent
ND -
tive Firemen.
In endorsing this resolution, I do so
believing II to be clearly in the direct
interest of all wage earners.
F. w. Arnold,
Grand Secretary and Treasurer Broth
erhood Of Locomotive Firemen.
Marion Butler,
President N. F. A. & i. u.
Henry II. Trenor,
General President United Brotherhood
Carpenters and Joiners of America.
p. j. Mcclure,
Gen. Sec'y United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of America.
Huntin ton Ill.
Washington, Feb. 2s-The examina-
ton of c. p. Huntington in the Pacific
railway cases which was to have been