The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-23

ternational monetary M.sonferences that
have already been held or who examined
the impracticable propositions presented
ut those conferences can for a moment
believe that any international bimetallic
agreement can ever be made with the con-
sent of AL leading commercial nations
of the world" When did the creditor
class of Great Britain ever give up or in
any way yield an advantage such as they.
now possess through the maintenance of
the gold standard? There is no hope for
international bimetallism until the United
States shall establish bimetallism for
itself, and when that is done information
al bimetallism may be secured without
the consent of Great Britain. The Unit
ed States on all other subjects of legisla-
ton acts independently of any other ma
ton on earth. By what process of rea-
soning is its right authority or ability
to legislate upon this, the most important
subject with which it has to deal, ques-
toned or denied. With a nation equal in
wealth and power to one-fourth of the
world it is cowardly to say that we must
ask permission Of Great Britain to estab-
lish and maintain a financial policy of our
own.
Believing as we do that return to
the monetary system especially recog-
provided for by law from 1892 to 1878
affords the only ground of hope for the
betterment of the distressed condition of
all classes except those who live by the
increment that money loaned gives to
those who loan it, we appeal to all
classes to rally to the support of the only
candidates whose success indicates any
hope of relief. Let the merchant and
business man whose dwindling and les
sened profits have, despite his care and
economy, brought him face to face with
prospective bankruptcy and ruin; the
professional man, whose best efforts
scarcely afford him compensation for his
labor alone: the farmer, the continually
falling prices of whose products have
left him no returns for capital invested
and work performed; and last, but not
least, let the grand army of labOring
men. so called, the artisan, the mechan-
ic, the miner, and every one who de-
ponds upon his daily labor for his daily
bread, look about him and observe the
great number of those who vainly seek
for chance to work-upon the great
army of enforced idlers-and one and
all resolve to try, not an experiment flor
bimetallism is not an experiment., but
rather Il return to Il policy that, through
out the vicissitudcs of our nations in
fancy, through the struggle of its man
hood, kept us great free and prosper
Gus nation, in which labor was not only
respected and employed. but was so com
pensated that want and distress, such as
now weigh upon us, was unknown. Let
the lesson of history, too recent and plain
to be gainsaid or denied, be Needed and
let there be q system for labor and bust
ness in this country that will secure to
the nation a contented and prosperous
people, as in the past and will bring to
us return of like prosperity, the pre-
diction of disaster of our opponents to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
In Mr.. Bryan the Chicago convention
placed at the head of it's ticket gentle
man of exceptional ability and of high
character. No man of his age was bet
than he. A member of congress for four
years, he commanded the admiration
and respect of all his associates in that
body as scholarly student and pro-
found thinker. No man has ever assailed
his character or in any way questioned
his integrity or moral worth. His char
acter is fit example for the young men
of this country. He has shown, in all
his public utterances, that he loves his
country and cOuntrymen and that he
sympathizes with themin their distress.
He has also shown that he believed the
financial system which makes gold the
standard of value was in n great degree
the cause of the depression and financial
distress throughout the land that the
condition now existing will continue
while the present monetary system lasts,
and that he would fain return to the use
of both gold and silver as they were used
prior to 1873, and he has proposed such
change of the financial system by the
usual constitutional methods. Such was
the character and such the political opin-
ion of the candidate known to his cOun-
trymen, who, by their representatives in
congress, selected from every state in
the Union. put him in nomination for the
highest office in the gift of the people
This is Il critical time in our history
Our industrial and financial independ,
ence of other nations and peoples is in.
volved in this campaign and we firmly
believe there will be no return of pros
perity until we shall have changed our
financial system so as restore the bime.
tallic system established by the fathers
of the republic, and, so believing, we
urge all friends of gold and silver as
standard money to give to Mr.. Bryan
and Mr.. Sewall their heary support.
Profoundly impressed with the i'm
portance of this campaign for ourselves
and our associates we respectfully sub
nit the foregoing to the candid consid.
Grafton of the American people.
''Mantou, Colo, July 20 1896.
81. NJ. TELLER.
erred II. DUBOIS.
LEE MANTLE.
"CHARLES HARTMAN,
EDGAR WILSON.
"JOHN SHAFROTH.
"a. NJ. STEVENSON. Committee"