New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
THE HICAGO La FORM.
.Somsthing Similar 10 tho Following I'LL
Be Adopted

Since the overwhel lining victory fol
treessllyer among the Democrats Of Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, it is safe, beyond
q doubt, to predict "a national silver
platform, and that Of Illinois, in such an
event, might well be taken as copy.
It is given herewith: We favor the
soundest and safest money known to
man, and as experience has shown that
this consists Of both gold and silver,
with equal rights Of coinage and full le-
gal tender power, we demand the repeal
OF that Republican and plntocratlc leg
islation which demonetized silver and re-
duced it to the basis Of token money.de-
stroying by one-half the stock Of real
money and by doubling the work to be
done by gold, doubled its purchasing
power so that the farmers and producers
had to give twice as mucl. work to get
a dollar as they formerly had ,and found
it hard to meet the debts, interest, taxes
and fixed charges which were not lowered
In this way the market for those things
which the mechanic and laborer made
was destroyed and the factories had to
shut down. But by thus taking out of
the commercial WORLD one-half of it's
blood, Industry and trade have been par
allied and idleness and misery have been
spread over the civilized world. With
the richest natural resources, with a most
industrious, frugal and enterprising pop
ulation and with the most abundant har-
vests our people are in distress. Three
per cent of our population own over
one-half the wealth of this republic, and
almost the only men who prosper are
the bond sharks and the men who fatten
off the misery of their country. These
are conditions under which Republican
institutions cannot long endure. Webe-
lleve in the greatness and patriotism of
the American people, in their energy jim
dustry and thrift, and that such a peo-
pie with the unlimited resources of our
land are strong enough to sustain mon
etary system without the aid of foreign
governments. We believe that the bcne
fit Of the independence which we gained
a hundred years ago-the war for which
was initiated upon matter of tribute
should not be lostsby yielding vassalage
to monetary system preferred by other
governments. <...%-
We believe that the bimetallism which
has done the work OF the world since the
dawn of civilization and which was made
the basis of the monetary system by Ham
ilton and Jefferson is absolutely neces-
sary at present to the prosperity of man
kind, that it's re.establishment will check
the present business paralysis, will give
to the country safe and honest currency
of adequate volume, will restore prices
of agricultural commodities, will encour-
age enterprise and give ourpeople steady
and profitable employment. Having.
learned through bitter experience that
Wall street has controlled the financial
legislation at Washington and knowing
that every effort will be made to defeat
the will of the people, we deem it prop
er to be3explicit in our declarations.
Actuated by the foregoing principles
and desiring the prosperity of the people
we demand the Immediate restoration of
the free and unlimited coinage of both
gold and silver as standard money at the
rate of 16 ounces of silver to one ounce
of gold OF equal tineness, without wait
ing for Or depending on any other nation
on earth. g.. Il
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But it is not only inability to sell, but