The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-02

The lines of battle for the great polit-
zeal campaign of 1896 are now drawn
On the one hand the Republican party
mas declared, without disguise, Tor the
| gold standard. This is, in effect, a dec
larafion in favor of a continuance of
the steady and paralyzing fall of
prices, that for many years has de-
pressed business, destroyed industrial
enterprise, filled the country Will COM
mercial distress and carried actual suf-
fering into the homes of millions of our
fellow citizens.
! on the other hand, he Democratic
party has pronounced in unrnistakable
1 terms for a complete restoration of the
money OF the constitution-silver and
gold, both freely coined and both full
| legal tender after they have been
coined
! This policy, if successful, will, in our
| judgment, arrest the fall of prices and
give them an upward movement, thus
stimulating productive industry on
every line. and restoring to the country
large measure of the prosperity that
was lost when one of the great money
metals was clandestinely stricken down
TN 1873. 1t gives assurance of a, return
to the former par of exchange between
gold and silver, thus depriving silver
using countries of the advantages
which they now enjoy in the European
market, forcing the American producer
| to sell in competition with them at sill
yer prices, while paying taxes, debts,
interest and all fixed charges in gold
Not only this, but it will prevent the
undermining and capture of the Ameri-
can market itself by the silver using
! If Ac-fo
their goods and fabrics upon a silver
basis.
THE VICTORY.
The victory of the silver forces in the
Democratic party means even more
than a restoration of business prosper
ity. That victory was won over the
combined money power of the country
and the world. 1t proves that the
Democratic party has broken the gild-
ed chains that have bound it for years,
and made itself once more the party of
Jefferson and Jackson and the people.
In the achievemnt of this glorious re-
suit the American Bimetallic union has
been a most important factor. This or
ganizajtion is a consolidation CT all the
non-partisan bimetalic organizations
of the country, and its work has been
conducted on purely educational lines.
With its office at Chicago, Illinois,
and branch Offices at Washington, D.
c. and San Francisco, California, it
has, during the last year, literally
flooded the country with bimetalkc lit
erature of the highest and best type.
1t has sent into al. parts OF the country
millions OF speeches, pamphlets, leaf
let's and monographs bearing upon i'm
portant phases of the question. In
every part of the country it has or
ganized local unions for study and dis
cussion, and for eight months it has
been issuing weekly from its Chicago
office the National Binetallist, the
leading bimetallic journal of the United
States.
Nearly all of this enormous amount
of work performed in molding pubic
thought has been gratuitous, the
money having been voluntarily con-
tributed by friends of the cause in diff
ferent sections of the country.
GREATER EFFORT NEEDED.
The time has now come for the. put
ting forth of still greater effort. The
Democratic party in it's present att
tude is unquestionably the friend OF the
people against the balefrli and destTuc-
tive power of plutocracy everywhere,
and it should receive in this campaign
at least, the hearty support OF every
voter who desires the prosperity of the
COuHll anu Lie 44ebCPAAANHS " 80 ~
pie.
The work of the American Bimetallic
union so prolific of good in the past,
should be multiplied manifold during
the next three months, to the end that
the voice of the people may find full
expression at the polls and president
be elected who will be their servant
and not the serv;le instrument of the
money power of both continents
1t is this money power that we
must fight, and it is possessed of prac-
tically unlimited means, which will be
used without scruple and without con-
science, to retain the unrighteous ad-
vantage it now holds
Therefore the people must them-
selves unite and contribute OF tneT
small means such sums as they can
individually afford to carry this cam
paign to a triumphant end We must
have sneakers in the field. We must
circulate our literature. We must fur
nish it gratuitously to those who are |
too poor to pay for it. We therefore
appeal to friends of the cause every
where to contribute such sums as they
NAV feel able to give for this great
work, assuring them that it shall be
carefully expended and with all the
Intelligence that can be brought to
bear.
We make this appeal firm in the
hone that victory will attend our et- |
forts. and that for any contributions
thus made the givers will find an ample
return in the future prosperity of our |
common country.
The Hon. Thomas G. Merrill, treas
urer of the American Bimetallic union,
has been duly constituted the financial
agent of the union, and all contribu-
lions may be forwarded to him at Salt /
Lake City, Utah.
(Signed)
Secretary. !
A. j. WARNER,
President. |
R. C. CHAMBERS.
1st Vice-President. !
HENRY G. MILLER,
I'd Vice-President.
THOMAS G. MERRILL,
General Treasurer.
J. B. GRANT,
H. 2. BARTINE.
of Executive Committee.
WHAT THE UNION HAS DONE.
The above appeal for assistance to
carry on the campaign for bimetallism
until election, has been issued by the !
executive committee of the Bimetalhc |
union The National Bimetallic union,
which has planned and carried ON this
educational work to the present time, |
was organized on the 18th day of May !
of last year in Salt Lake City. At |
that time it was exceedingly doubtful
whether successful campaign in be-
half of bimetallism could be carried on |
this year Everything was in doubt; |
but now ali has been changed. From |