The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25

dICC IUe SlSt VI IN appeal W Sll-
yer Republicans is as follows:
''The Democrats who believe in the
gold standard are announcing their in
t%ention to support Mckinley or propos-
ing to put a third candidate in the field
for the avowed purpose of aiding Nc
Kinley's election. A great number of
leading and influential Democratic
journals have declared they will sup
port the Republican nominee. It is evil
dent there is to be an union of forces
on the part of the advocates and sup
porters of the gold standard to elect
Mckinley, and a congress favorable to
him which will support the financial
policy outlined in the Republican plat
form.
ITO those who believe in bimetal-
lism. which means the equal treatment
of both gold and silver at the minis Of
the nation, there is but one curse to
pursue and that is to unite the silver
forces and to oppose with all our might
the candidate representing the policy
which we believe is fraught with dis
aster to the nation and ruin to the
people.
1.-The Chicago convention has taken a
position in its platform so p~ronouncedly
favorable to silver and has nominated
candidates of such unquestionable con-
victions in favor of the bemetallic pol
icy. and of such high personal charact-
er, that we have determined to give
them u support. We support such
candidates because they represent the
great principle of bimetallism, which
we believe to be the cause of humanity
and civilization and the paramount
question now before the American peo-
pie.
"We therefore announce that we
shall by voice and vote support Messrs.
Bryan and Sewall for president and
vic%e-president, and we appeal to all
citizens and especially to Republicans
who feel as we do, that gold mOnOmet-
allism would be of lasting injury to the
country, to act with us in securing
their election.
s'Gold recommendation means the
shifting to gold alone, as primary
money, all the burden OF commerce
and credit formerly borne by gold and
silver, and as the worlds stocks OF
these metals has always been about
equal in amount, it can the doubling
of the burden upon gold. Doubling the
burden upon gold means doubling the
demand for the same. and doubling de-
mand of necessity doubles the value
thereof. This gradual shifting to golC
of all the burdens Of both gold and sill
yer has caused a gradual and steady in
crease in value of every dollar redeem
; able in gold and hence a gradual an(
; steady decline in value of every com
, modify that is measured by hat dol
, lar.
mo one who has read the proceed
ings of the three international mone
tarv conferences that have alread,
been held, or who has examined tn
impracticable propositions presented a
those conferences can for a moment be
T. lieve that any international bimetalli'
agreement can ever be made with tn
consent of all the leading commercial
nations of the world. When will Grea
Britain, controlled as she is and ever viii
be by the creditor classes, who collec
! vast sums of money for interest due
who buy annually many more million
. than she sells to US and whose interes
it is to make the pound sterling pu1
chase as much of u products as ar
possible, consent that we shall be inan
cially independent? When did tn
creditor classes of Great Britain eve
give, or in any way yield an advantag
such as they know possess through tn
maintenance of the gold standard
There is no hope for International b
:. metallism until the United States sha
- establish bimetallism for itself an
-. when that is done international bime
~ allism may be secured without the col
sent of Great Britain.
~ "The United States, on all other SUI
- jects of legislation, acts independent
of any other nation on earth. BY VIII
pro cess of reasoning is its right, a
IS thority Or ability to legislate upon thi
the most important subject with whi<
eir it has to deal, questioned or denies
With a nation equal in wealth al
Al ~ "