Evening journal., 1896-07-21

lIiN |NIlttt-t ga tllAiF orc NiNINtl iittfif
as 10 tho present cause OF tho present CON
dition. Some dcclare TINT it IS heoanse we
Lave too mucp officers that we have not
enough, whilc the fact exists that every |
gold standard country in the world, /
whether it has high or low tariff, is now,
and has been during recent years, in the /
throos Of a financial panic. and every Sill !
yer standard country, conn ared with It's \
former condition. isenioying an industrial |
development aud degree Of PROSPERITY |
hitherto unknown Ia iis history,
Exeroise the Rights OF isrcemcn.
"whilc thus differing in opinion they !
unite in asserting that the gold standard |
must be maintained until foreign ooun- !
tries shall signify their Willingness that
tho American people shall exercise tho
rights OF frecmon and croate a financial
systom OK their own. IL we overiook the
humiliation and degradation we must feel
on account of such declaration OF fnan-
cial dependency, we may well Inquire
when the consent of the leading CONNER
cial nations will be obtained. No one who
has read the proceedings of the three in
ternational monetary conferences that
have already been held, or who examines
tho practical propositions presented at
lieve that any international bimetallic
agreement can ever be made with the con-
sent Of oil the leading commercial na-
tions Of the world
''When will Great Britain, controlled as
she is and ever will be by the creditor
classes, who collect vast sums of money
for interest due her and her citizens who
buy OF US annually many more millions
than she sells to us and whose interest IL
is 60 make the pounds sterling purchase rs
much OF our products ns possible consent
that we shall bo financially independent,
as we are supposed TO be politically indo-
penGontl When did tho creditor classos Of
Great Britain ever give up or in any way
yield an advantage such as they now pos
sess through the maintennnca of the gold
standards There Is no hope for interna-
tiOnal bimetallism until the United Statos
shall establish biaetallisin for itself, and
when that is done, international bimetal-
lism may be secured without the consent
Of Great Britain. The United States on
other subjects of legislation acts independ-
entity of any other nation on earth. BY
what process Of reasoning IS its right, au-
thority or ability to legislate upon this,
the most important subject with which it
has to deal, questioned or deniedy
cowardiy TO Ask Permission.
with nation equal in wealth and
power TO one-fourth of the world, 10 is cow
ardly to say that we must ask the permits
sion of Great Britain TO establish and
maintain a financial policy of our own.
| Believing as we do, that a return 20 the
monetary system especially recognized
in the constitution and completely pro-
| vided for by law from 1892 to 1873 afford
| the only ground of hope for the better
| ment of the distressed condition of all
classes except those who live by the incrc-
ment that money loaned gives TO those
| who loan IL, we appeal TO all classes to
rally to the support of the only candidates
whose success indicates any hope OF relief.
"Iet the merchant and business mar
whose dwindlingand lossened profits have
despite his care and economy, brought
him face % face with prospective bank
ruptoy and ruin; the professional ma.
whose best efforts scarcely afford hin
compensation for his labor alone; tn
farmer, the continually falling prices o
whose products have left him no return
FOR capital invested and work performed
and last but not least, let the grand arm
OF labOring men, SO callod-tho artlsan
the mechanic, the miner and every. on
/ WIZ NiItnAn NIln llAn hAt4f AAhNA Al
his daily brcad-look about himself an
observe the great number of those VIII
vainly seek for a chance TO work, upO
the great army Of enforced idlegs-and on
and all resolve to try. not an experimen
for bimetallism is not an experiment
but rather return TO a policy tha
throughout the vicissitudes Of our nation
infancy, through the internecine struggl
Of its manhood, kept rs a great, FREQ an
prosperous nation in which labor wa
not only respected and employed, but wa
so compensated that want and distres
such as now weigh upon ms was unknown
Tribute TO Bryan.
"In Mr. Bryan the Chicago convontio
placed at the head of its ticket gentle
man Of oxceptionable ability and Of hig
6 character.
mo man Of his ago was better know
throughoutthe United states than ho
member of congress for four years,
commanded thp admiration and respect {
4 al his associates IN that body rs q schO
q arly student and profound thinker n
man had ever assailcd his character or /
5 any way questioned bis integrity or mora
3 worth. His character is tit example, 10
, the young men of this country lie hf
? shown i'm all his public utterances that
4 loves his country and his oOuntrymun an
that he sympathizos with them in thei
distress. He has also shown that be hI
, lieved tho financial system which make
? gold the standardiof values was IN a grei
9 degree the cause OF the depression an
financial distress prevalent throughout I'll
? land; that the condition now existing wi
Q continue whilo the present monetary sy
@ tenn lasts, and that he would fain retuI
= to the use of both gold and silver as tho
@ were used prior TO 1878, and he has pr
D posed such change of the financial sy
e tom by the usual constitutional method
Il 'Suoh was the character and such q
+ political opinions of the candidates know
e to his countrymen, who by their repr
. sentatives I'm convention, selected fro
g every state in the Union, put him In nor
;, ination for tho highest ofiico within Il
o gift of the American people.
3 "This is a critical period i'm our nation
o history Our industrial and financial
't Dependence of other nations and peoples
k involved in this campaign, and we firm
n believe thore viii be no return of prospe
10 ty until we shall have changed our ina
cial system SO as TO rastore the bnnetal
svetarn eqfablishpd lv our fat hers Oi the