The herald., 1896-09-09
the less the struggle will be to secure

it.
| 1t is asserted by eminent financiers"
that this country cannot adopt bimetal-
| lism without the consent of other ma
| tions. In other words we, as a people,
are incompetent to manage our own
financial affairs and must call on other
nations to assist us in that behalf This
we will never do, because to do it would
be an admission of incompetency.
If we, as a nation and a people, are
unable to manage and control our finan-
ces in our own way. and in our own in
terest, without the interference of other
nations, and without their consent, then
indeed it may be said that we are not
free, not independent. If this be so.
| then we had better retire from business
| on our own account. close the doors Of
| our national edifice and nail thereon this
notice: "This nation has retired from
business and has gone into liquidation
| because of the imbecility and incompe-
| tency of those who managed and con-
| trolled the establishment within. For
| further information, inquire at the office
! of the board of directors of the Bank of
| England
| The first national convention that de-
| clared in unequivocal language in favor
| of free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver, at the ratio of 16 to 1, was
| the convention of the Peoples party
| held in Omaha on July 4, 1894 From
| the adoption of that platform by that
party, to the present time, the senti-
ment in favor of the free coinage of sill
ver without regard to the action of
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| ated speed.
| The people, aware of thehateful effects
| of constant shrinkage in the volume of
money, resolved that there should be
| some positive and definite action taken
| by some party of sufficient Importance
| in this country to correct the mon
| strous wrong that was perpetrated upon
| them by the act of 1873.
| They had lost confidence in the Re
| publican and Democratic parties and
would trust them no longer. Therefore
| it as that in January last, in the city of
| Washington, conference of leading
| citizens of this country from all ranks
| of life was held for the purpose of Gre
ating new party pledged to secure
monetary reforms. A call was issued
by that conference requesting all those
who were in favor of making the money
| question the paramountissue in this
campaign, to meet in convention in st.
Louis on the 22d day of July, 1896.
| When that call was made it was believ-
ed the Peoples party and the silver
party would be able to agree upon a
| platform which would command the
| confidence and respect of the people who
| offices of president and vice-president
and thereby unite all persons in this
country who were in favor of reform in
our financial system.
In the meantime the Democratic con-
vention, which recently met in Chicago,
adopted through the efforts of the free
silver people of the country and the
sturdy and rugged patriots who consti-
tuted the majority of that convention,
a platform which, so far as the money
question is concerned, is acceptable to
all persons who are in favor of the free
coinage of silver
The Silver party in convention assem-
bled, adopted platform which pre-
sents the issues involved in this cam
paign more clearly and definitely and
cogently than any other platform that
has been presented to the people.
The platforms of these different par
ties and discussions, public and private,
that are now going on in this country
upon the money question, the only one
that is involved in this campaign, clear
ly indicate that the people are beginning
to understand that question and that
they propose this year to assert their
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organizations and political bosses and
vote in their own interest and in the in
terest of government and stamp out the
British gold standard in this country,
root and branch.
The Hon, William Jennings Bryan
The National Silver convention, with an
unanimity unexampled in the history of
national conventions in this country,
nominated you as the candidate of the
National Silver party for the dis
tinguished office of president of the
United States. You are now the candi-
date for the great office of president of
three great political parties, of which
the Silver party is not the least.
The convention selected a committee
to formally notify you of it's action,
and that committee conferred upon me
the distinguished honor Of advising you
! of your nomination as the candidate Of
the National Silver party for the Office
Of president of the United States.
We are met, therefore, at this time
and place for the purpose Of performing
the pleasant duty imposed upon me by
the convention. l therefore in obedience
to the wishes of the committee and the
convention hereby formally notify you
that you have been nominated by the
National Silver party as it's candidate
for president and request that you ac-
cept the nomination in the same spirit
in which it has been rendered you.
You are now the chosen commander
of grand army composed of three
grand divisions, which is now mobiliz-
ing for the purpose of fighting in behalf
Of humanity on November 3, 1896, the
most important political battle of this
or any other age; a battle which is to de-
termine whether this nation shall be
province of Great Britain, and be gov.
erned and controlled as that nation is,
by the money barons of Europe, Or
whether it shall be as the fathers in
tended it to be, free and independent
and sovereign nation.
The people who constitute that grand
army, inspired as they are by the
noblest sentiments of patriotism, under