The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15
A RINGING DECLARATION.
NOTHING TO BE HOPED FROM
THE OLD PARTIES.
A Cry to Burn the Ships-The Duty
of the Hour.
(The Philadelphia American.)

(lue fUllduelpUld AmeTlCdu.)
The action taken by the members OF
the Manufacturers Club on Monday even
ing last, in passing resolutions opposing
any independent action on the part Of the
United States looking towards the restor-
aticn of bimetallism and demanding the
maintenance of the single gold standard
until such time as Great Britain may
deign to give us her permission, and ex-
tend to us her cooperation in restoring
bimetallism, has cleared the political at
mosphere The same manufacturers who
passed these resolutions would have
Scorned to even so much as listen to an
industrial policy suggested by the grasp
ing, trading and mOneyed classes of Great
Britain, yet they humbly declared the
United States subservent to England in
financial matters and declared them
selves ready and willing to accept f1nau-
cial policy at the dictation of the British
moneyed aristocracy.
1t WIS in the power of those manufac-
turers believing in bimetallism to have
forced the Republican party to stand for
bimetallism and protection; but, lacking
the courage of their convictions, they hes
itated, and the opportunity has BEEN lost.
The Philadelphia manufacturers, by
Their action at the meeting Of Monday
last, have shown that they were either
unable to appreciate that bimetallism
and protection cannot be separated, or
lacked the courage to stand up to their
convictions They have taken sides with
the mem who declare that the United
States must adopt -monometallism;
they have taken action that means the
disruption of the Republican party; they
have put aside in most offensive way
those who strive to maintain an American
pol:cy--a policy that gives protection to
all classes of our people, FARMERS, miners,
| manufacturers, in fact all those engaged
in productive industries.
Having declared they will support
British gold d-monometal,lisn, they. Will
| find it hard to defeat British free trade.
This is not the time, ncr Is this the
place to present amy arguments In favor
of the American policy OF geld-monomet-
allism and free trade. For many months
these questions have been fairly, and we
| believe, exhaustively presented N The
American.
The action of the Philadelphia manu-
facturers makes it clear that the self-ap-
pointed and p,ace-seekl2g leaders or the
Republican party the men who will con-
mitted to make the platform of that party
declare for the gold standard or for cow
ardly straddle that can mean nothing but
the gold standard. The Democratic party
Will do no better, for the President and his
allies will surely control the action OF that
party at the Chicago Convention. 1t g
| not worth while for those Republicans
and DEMOCRATS who believe that bimetal-
lism must be re-established by the United
| States, to longer wait upon the action OF
| their respective parties. They must not
waste time. The country can only be
| saved from the money-lenders, from the
| dealers in credit, by the formation OF
new party. 1t should be called the Amer
| lean party. This party standing for
| American interests; the Interests OF all
| engaged in productive industries; the
party OF the plain people; cannot fail to
command a great majority of the votes OF
| the people at the election to be held in
| November.
| 1t is, therefore, the duty Of those of all
parties who do not hold principle subser-
| Went to political expediercy and who put
patriotism before partieanship, to come to
a common policy, join in the promulga-
| tion OF a definite policy, and unite and at
once organize for political action: There
| should be an early conference of those
men who must take a leading part in the
| movement for freeing the American peo-
ple. The watchword should be mo for
eign dictatic1." The new party will be
| the panty of Washington, Jefferson, jack
son and Lincoln. None of them ever
knew an alien policy, all maintained that
| tho advioa 0f aliens must he reiacted