The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-10
WILL MeEP UP THE Fight.
SILVER LEADERS TO BEGIN AT
ONCE FOR ELEC TON or 1900.
American EimetaIlic Union the Agency
Through Which Literatu e is TO be
Spread Broadcast -Addres by
Gen. A. j. Warner.
Washington Post.

Washington Post.
1t is definitely setteld that the cam
paign for the free coinage of silver will
be waged with undated yigor during the
next four years, in preparation for the
election of 1900. Democratic, Populist
| and Silver Republican leaders have
reached this determination after an ex-
change of views by telegraph from one
ocean TO the other. Their plan is to
carry on an educational warfare" as
Gen. A. J. Warner expressed it, both by
the distribution Of lterature and the
organization of clubs.
Directors of the American Bi-Metallic
Union, who constitute the bulk of the
silver leaders in the three parties, have
decided to maintain headquarters in this
city, and use it as the agency through
which their literature is to be spread
broadcast over the land. The branch
office at Chicago will be consolidated
with the Washington office, but the San
Francisco branch will be maintained.
After agreeing upon this general out
line. the directors Saturday requested
Gen. Warner, president of the Union, to
issue an address setting forth the pur-
poses of the silver hosts Accordingly
General Warner prepared the following:
To the Silver Leagues and Bi-Metallic
Unions of the United States:
Silver has lost in this election, but the
battle for the overthrow of the gold
standard has not ended. The disastrous
consequences that must attend upon the
continuance of this standard make it inn
possible to relinquish the struggle against
it until it is finally overthrown.
The gold standard cannot be maintain
ed by increasing revenues, because rev.
enues are not paid in gold. The attempt
to maintain the gold standard by perpet-
nal loans must also sooner or later fall
The only other way is by contracting
the currency and forcing down prices so
low that gold will come here of itself
in such quantities as to constitute, in
part at least, the currency with which
revenues are paid, and no debtor nation
can long maintain such a policy. Either
course, therefore. leads to inevitable
ruin: the one by bankrupting the Gov
ernment, and the other by bankrupting
the people. Either policy will subject
the United States absolutely to British
domination, and hence the rejoicing of
the British press over the defat Of silver
here.
The victory for gold is a victory for
trusts and syndicated wealth, brought
about by corruption and coercion, and
not victory Of the people, or for the
people. and cannot last. There must be
| IN end to the issue of bonds in time of
| peace. There must be an end also to
the constant appreciation Of money. The
| appreciation of money alone, if allowed
| to go on at the ratio it has gone on for
the last twenty years, will, in half gem
Grafton more, transfer the bulk of all the
wealth of this country from those who
have created it to the hands Of the few
who control the money and own the
/ debts. No power can he conceived so
| potent to gather wealth into few hands
rs the ceaseless, all-pervading power of
an approaching money standard. No
civilization can stand against it. 1t must
end or the foundations upon which free
institutions rest win he broken up.
The bottle, therefore, for The restora-
ton Of silver must go on without abate-
ment and / urge upon all silver and BIZ
metallic leagues and unions to keep IN
/ their organizations and to continue the
fight until victory for the people is finally
! won.
/ The noble fight made by our intrepid
leader in the campaign just ended en-
dears him to all who believe in the right
eousness of our cause, and under his
| leadership we believe victory will be won
| in 1900. A. J. WARNER,
Pres. American Bimetallic Union.
Washington, November z,