Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-09
WILL Be CARRIED ON.
The Battle for the Free Coinage Of
Silver Has Just Commenced.
General A. ]. Warner, President
Of the American Bi-Metallic
Union, Issues an Address to the
Silver Men Of America - "The
Victory Of Gold is q Victory of
Trusts and Syndicated Wealth. "

WASHINGTON. November S.-The cam
paign for the free coinage of silver will
be waged with vigor during the next four
years. in preparation for the election in
1900. The directors of the American Bi-
metallic Union. who constitute the bulk
of the silver leaders in the three parties,
have decided to maintain headquarters in
this city, from which to send out litera-
ture The branch Office at Chicago will be
consolidated with the Washington office,
but the San Francisco branch is to be
continued At the request of the directors
General \. J. Warner. the president Of
the union. has issued the following address
to the Silvel Leagues and Bimetaliic
Unions of the United States:
Silver has lost i'm this election, but the
battle for the overthrow OF
THE GOLD STANDARD
has not ended. The disastrous conse-
quences that must attend upon the con-
tinuance of this standard make it i'm
possible to relinqush the struggle against
il until it is finally overthrown.
THE gold standard cannot be maintain
cd by increasing revenues, because reve-
nues are not paid In gold. The attempt to
maintain the gold standard by perpetual
loans must also sooner or later fail. The
only other way is by contracting the cur
rency and forcing down prices so low that
gold will come here Of itself i'm pIch guam
titles as to constitute, in part at least, the
currency with which revenues are paid,
and no debtor nation
CAN LONG MAINTAIN
such n policy. Either course, therefore,
leads to inevitable ruin; the one by bank
rupting the government and the other by
bankrupting the people. Either policy will
subject the United States absolutely to
British domination and hence the reioic-
ing Of the British press over the defeat
of silver here.
THE victory of gold is a victory Of trusts
and syndicated wealth brought about by
corruption and coercion. and not a victory
of the people. or for the people, and
TT CANNOT LAST.
There must be an end also to the con-
slant appreciation of money. The appre-
clation of money alone if allowed to go
on MT the rate il has gone on for the past
twenty years. will. in half a generation
more. transfer the bulk of all the wealth
of this country from those who have
created It TO the hands of the few who
control the money and own the debts.
No power can be conceived so potent to
sathcr wealth into few hands as the
ceaseless. all-pervading power Of an ap-
preciating money standard. It must end.
or the foundations upon which free in
stltutions rest will be broken up.
"The battle. therefore, for the restora-
ton Of silver,
MUST co ON
without abatement. and 1 urge upon all
silver and bimetallic leagues and unions
TO keep up their organizations and to con-
tinuo to fight till victory for the people
is finally won.
"The noble fight made by our intrepid
leader i'm the campaign just ended en-
dears him to all who believe i'm the
Righteousness of our cause, and under his
leadership We believe victory will be won
I'm 1900"