The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1896-02-20
A SILVER ADDRESS.
The Chairman OF the National
Party Publishes an Appeal
a., Mott Thinks Americans Should Lay
ABIDE Party obligations and Vote to
Have the White Metal Re-
stored to Its Old Ratio.

WASHINGTON, Feb. III. ]. Mott,
Hartman of the national committee of
the silver party, has issued an address
70 the people, the principal points in
,,bch are as follows:
A, the necessity OF money as a medium Of
oxcbanse became revealed to the minds OF
mon the two metals finally accepted us the
,nost suitable for money were silver and gold.
mis- was natural because they were the two
vast precious metals adapted to the purpose.
and were sufficiently limited in quantity
From this condition OF regular order and con-
,ontmcnt. contributing to the gradual elevation
=, all classes Of society, the extension Of civ
ui,,tion and the general betterment OF the
brman race. this country and the world has
been ruthlcSSly torn. 1t has been done by the
rs,rcti0n Of one of the precious metals in the
ir,ereS,S Of greed. and by this act the money
changers have been enthroned and the narrow
inc Of the scope Of monetization begun. As
monetiZatOn has been narrowed, money has
become Scarcer in proportion, and as money
became Scarcer prices fell in proportion,
and falling prices have been the bane OF this
world 1t was prediced after the demonetiza-
ZION Of silver that great suffering would follow.
This suffering is already here From o con-
tro,,ion Of the currency We are now in the
,broeS OF one Of these desperate stages OF
human eXpcrirnCe-a period OF heartache,
canker and ,lecpleSS nights as the foundation
o,priceS have Crumbled. Obligations resting
rpon the supposed firm foundation OF price In
ready money have crumbled into dirt as the
foundation Of the price has crumbled. The
country is confronted by grave emergency.
Long patience and diSpasSionate reflection
haS convinced me that an Independent Ameri-
can financial system is absolutely necessary to
Of
establishment Of commercial conditions in this
country that will give the common people-the
AGRICULTURAL and laboring clasSes--an equal
show with capital and concentrated wealth.
How can il be effected:
The first Step-thc essential preliminary to
the correction Of present abuses, the rc-eStab-
lishment Of national pros perity and the main
tsnance Of our national Credits the election
Of president whose Andrew Jackson courage
and nhcXible integrity will defy the influences
that prostitute presidents and cabinets and
make the administration OF the government o
subject Of humiliation and reproach.
The one hope of the people am convinced,
is in The election of president pledged I'M
additionally and unrcServedly to the free
AID unlimited coinage Of silver and gold, the
same as from the foundation OF our govern
meut until 1873 And also Internationally
pledged in favor Of national currency,
wi,h3u, the intervention OF banks OF
issue. and against the issuance OF inter-
e>t-bearing bonds in time OF peace
for any purpose whatever. l appeal not only
tOthe republicans in my own state. who can
appreciate the sacrifice make in renouncing
party obligations on this question in advance
Of party actions in the premises, but to the
people throughout the country without regard
to party, 10 cooperate in this great nom parti
san. patriotic American movement to sustain
the Industrial and financial independence of
the United States in the pending irrepressible
conflict
Iappeal to them to lay aside party feelings,
ignore party obligations on this social ques-
ton, disregard party appeals, forget party
contention and spurn the offer Of place and
enOument.
The peril that menaces the people In the
election Of president whose administration
Of the government means perpetuation OF the
present financial system can only be averted
BY the people themselves. 1t may be too late
four years hence. Present abnormal condl-
tons do not warrant belief in the peaceful sub
mission Of the people TO further oppression and
inp0verishment. The gold gamblers may de-
ride the popular ebullition as a system OF harm
less socialism," but IL they are wise they
will heed the admonition and not persist
in their greed of accumulation, at the expense
Of the toiling and suffering people. The plain,
patriotic duty of every American who loves
and honors his country, who would iealously
guard its institutions, who would die for the
principles that have made it the greatest, the
richest the prOudest, the most independent
nation on the face Of the globe, is to assert his
manhood and subordinate party success to the
country's welfare in the impending conflict.
Let US have this metal money restored and
In the proportions found in nature s storehouse
and as 1t existed in Washington's time, when
the flag and the constitution were fresh and
God seemed to speak TO the people from an
open book The men who are for gold stand
together, no matter what party they belong to.
They have control Of both the republican and
the democratic parties The people In their
distress, striking at entrenched power, knock
out first one and then the other party, but,
no matter which turn is taken, gold Is upper
most The gold leaders are keen. determined
and loyal to the gold standard. Are the silver
leaders less determined. less intelligent and
less loyal: II they are equal to the others In
these qualities, what is the matter with them
mat they allow victory after victory to be
scored against them, and that, too, when the
silver people in the country are In the vast
majority.
The men who blaZed the way to the silver
conference did well The people see the cita-
ue1 OF their liberties and are ready for the bat
Tie The Philistines are at our doors. To your
tents, o. Israel.