The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-21
VERY IMPORTANT.
A LETTER THAT WILL INFLU.
ENCE THOUSANDS OF GER
MAN VOTES FOR BRYAN.
The Great Bismarck FayOrs the
Adoption of Free-Silver by the
United States.


following significant correspondence
between himself and Prince Bismarck
on the money question:
Prince Bismarck-Sir: The great
question Of finance is now Of supreme
interest to tie people Of the United
States. 1t is presented in various
forms, but in a general way. it may be
said to be, first, whether the United
States shall adopt the single gold
standard. or second whether they shall!
adopt bimetallism with both gold and
silver as the standard or primary
money. The argument in favor Of
each Is well-knOwn to you, but it is
practically insisted that we should
adopt the policy of bime tallism be-
cause the supply Of gold in the world
the demand Or because such stand
ard will still further depress the
values Of all property. Which, in
your judgment, is the hest policy to
adopt:-thc gold standard or bimetal
Ism, giving your reasons? What eff
feet, in your judgment, will the i'm
mediate adoption of bime tallism by
the United States have on the cause
OF bimetalliSm in Germany and other
great commercial nations?
C. A. Culber>on. Gov. Texas.
In reply Prince Bismarck said:
FREDERICKSBURG, Aug. -, 1896. Hon.
Ored Sir: Your esteemed favor has
been duly received. / hold that this
is the very hour that would be advis-
able to bring about between the ma
tions chiefly engaged in the worlds
commerce, a mutual agreement in IA
vor OF the establishment OF bimetal-
ism. The United States are freer by
far in their movements than any ma
ton Of Europe; and hence. if the peo-
pie Of the United States should find it
compatible with their interests to
take independent action in the direc-
tion OF bimetallism l cannot but be-
lieve that such action would exert
most Salutary influence upon the con-
summation Of an international agree
ment. Bismarck.
There has been a great effort to
make it appear that the German
voters Of the United States were gen
orally in favor of the single gold
standard. The foregoing letter will
have great weight with them.
Whether they approve Of Bismarck's
political course, in the past, or not
they regard him as a great states man.
and man of vast experience in pub
lie affairs. He has no interest in the
present struggle in our country. 1t
cannot be charged that he is a crank
or fool; or bought up by the silver
mine-ownerS; or that he is wild-eyed
anarchist. His voice sounds with high
authority and will be heard in every
part of our country, and indeed, all
over the world.
The Republican party processes to
be in favor Of free silver, and opposed
to the single old-standard, but they
say they want the RECOMMENDATION of
the white metal brought about by
international agreement, now or at
some time in the future. And there
uIOn Bismarck steps forward and
tells them that this is ''the ury ho,.,'"
to accomplish such an agreement; and
that if the United States votes for
free-silver, ION the Sd Of November
neXt), "such action would exert
most salutary influence upon the con-
summation Of an international agree
ment.
In other words-we are masters of
the situation and have got the money
lenders Of the world by the throat;
and can bring them to 'taw' by sim
ply going ahead and electing Bryan!
Why not? If we remonetize silver
and the Money-power forces England
to take a different course what is to
prevent the silver using countries of
the world uniting in great league to
deal exclusively with each other, and
shut their ports against all English
commerce? Three month of that
regime would bankrupt Great Britain.
And if she wants to go to war we will
wipe her off the map of the world.
Read what Mr.. Bryan said the other
day in Washington, D. G.
"Now, my friends, l want to call
your attention to one other subject.
Our opponents are doing as much for
us in this campaign as we are able
to do ourselves. (Applause.) And of
all the public documents recently is
sued, the most important one is let
ter just given to the public written by
the secretary of the treasury, from
which l desire TO quote one sentence
1T is the duty of the secretary of
the treasury and all public officials to
CACCuUC Ill SUOu Cuc DOllCy Qc-
clared by CongresS-and-mark these
words-that whenever he shall be sat
istied that silver dollar cannot be
kept equal in purchasing power with
gold dollar except by receiving it in
exchange for a gold dollar, when such
exchange is demanded, it will be his
duty to adopt that course"
II want you to mark those words,
because in those words the secretary
Of the treasury tells you that when
the secretary is satisfied that it is
necessary, he will commence redeem
ing silver dollars in gold. Great ap-
plause.) l call your attention to it,
my friends. because | want to en-
phasize the deception that has been
praCticed by this administration on
the money ques tion. When this ad-
ministration advised the repeal of the
Sherman law, you were told that the
repeal OF the Sherman law would
remedy the difficulty, and as the Sher-
man law was repealed, came to Con-
gress with demand that the green
backs and trcsury notes must be re-
tired by the issue OF gold bonds, in or
der TO stop the drain on the treasury's
gold; and now the secretary OF the
treasury informs you that, even if the
grcenbacks and the treasury notes
were all retired, it would be his duty
whenever, in his opinion it became
necessary, to redeem silver dollars in
gold and start another endless chain
that would drain the treasury, (Great