The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-24
SILVER PARTY PLATFORM.
Resolutions Committee Ready to Re-
port on It's Address and Platform.
MRS. COUGAR ONE OF THE SPEAKERS.
Her Structures on Brewers Provokes so"e
Discussion-Few Were Able to Sing
"America"-EorIner Affiliations
ofthe silver Party's Members.

bv adopting the platform ana aduress
70 the people which had been prepared
by the subcommittee. The platform ana
address are as follows:
THE DECLARATION.
'rThe National Silver party of America
in convention assembled. hereby adopts
the following declaration Of principles:
First. the parumpunt issue at this
time in the United States IS indisputably
the money question.
1T Is between the British gold stand
ard. gold bonds. and bank currency on
the one side, and the bimetallic standard
no bonds. government currency (and an
American policy. on the other
FREE SILVER.
IN this issue We declare ourselves to
be i'm favor Of a disuncuvely America"
financial system. We are unaiteranly OPP
uosod TO the single gold standard ana
demand the immediate return 10 l"e
constitutional STANDARD OF gold and sll-
yer by the restoration by this "oNeiH-
ment, independently Of any I'f elsh
mower. Of the unrestricted coinage OF noui
gold and silver into standard coin at lNe
ratio of 1G TO I. and upon terms of exact
equality as they existed prior 10 le'o' ine
silver coin TO be of fun legal tender equal
v with gold. for all debts and dues
pubic and private. and we demand suoh
Hesitation as viii prevent for the futuIe
the destruction of the lesai-tender guar
ity of any kind OF money by pIi'"'o
contract
PAPER CURRENCY.
eve hold that the power 60 cotnrol ana
regulate paper currency is haepaIt''e
from the power 10 coin money anu hei-co
that an currency intended 10 circuiai1
as money should Doe ISSUED, ana 'S
volume controlled by the General Govern
ment only. and should be legal leiilei'
AGAINST BONDS.
1--WE are unalterably opposed 10 ny
issue by the United states of Interest
bearing bonds in time of peace ana we
donounce as blundT worse than a.
crino the present treasury policy cone
CURED in by Republican House or piuug-
ing the country into debt hv hundreds
of millions i'm tine vain attempt 20 main
/ tain the gold standard hy borrowing gold
and We demand the payment NJ an coin
obligations of the United States as pro-
vided hv existing laws. iu either gold or
silver coin no the option of The govern
mcnt and not a. Che optcn OF The crcii-
tor
"Thc demonctczation Of silver in 1873
enormously increased the demand of
/ rod enhancing IT'S purchasing power and
| lowering all prices measured hy that
STANDARD. and since that unjust and in-
| defcnsihle act the prices of American
! products have fallen upon an average of
| nearly fifty per cent. carrying down with
/ them propcruonatcl the money value of
/ all other forms ol property.
'SHcn Tall OF prices mas destroyed me
! profits of lce.timAte industry iniurng
| The producer for the benefit of the lone
! producer. increasing the burden of the
! debtor swelling the gains of the credi-
| tor parmyzne ihe productive energies
! 'i lhe American people reletaung to IDLE.
ness vast numbers OF WHINE workers.
s'i''i'- ,.' s'd''"a "l r'I lH' 'ie
nome "I inc H'i'-' 'oi''I' 'i.l.- l.e iahi
VII" u"inp7 ana p'Dlei7 ana "'iiHlhs uI
colossal fortunes az inc money centres.
THE BOND ISSUES.
"In tie effort 10 maintain the gold
standard. tine country has within The last
two years in time of pr0funI peace and
| plenty been loaded down with $4,000. .0ll
/ Of additional ntcrest-bcarine debt under
| such circumstances a 10 allow 3D. syndi-
cate Of native and foreign bankers N
| realize q net profit Of millions ON "a single
deal
"It stands confessed that Oh. gold
standard can only Doe upheld bv SID de-
pletine 0ur paper currency as to force
the p7ccs of our products below the prize.
| OF production or even below the Asiaffo
level 80 enable MS 10 sell in f0rclen mar
| kets thus aggravating the Very evils of
which our people So bitterly complain. de-
| grading American labor and striking af
| the foundation of our civilization itself
! The advocates Of the gold standard
| persistently claim that the caus. of orf
distress is CvcrprOlucfi0n that we h.v.
| produced so much that 10 made ue ro1r
| which implies that the true remedy is f0
close the factory abandon the farm anl
| throw a multitude of people cuf of er,.
| pioymont doctrine that laares us fr.
| ncrvcd ana disheartcnrd and aleoIr+al,
| without hope for the future.
no ONERPRODTCT
sXvo affirm 10 to Doe uuoue-tional that
| thor. c,p ho No euch ecouoni. rarado,
no decentralization and AT the same Tim,
! toms of thousands of our fcllov-cifizeus
! rerainino hall clothed and half fed. and
| ,,l,. ..~. ,,it.onsfy ci,noriuc for tbe com.
mon nccessities of life.
| "Over and above all other questions of
| policv We are in favor OF restoring 20 ths
| reople OF the United States the time.
| honored money of the Constituton-eOll
and silver not one. but both-the money
| of Washington and Hamilton and Jener.
"a, ana ,lorroe and Jackson and I'm.
coin to the end that the American poo
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