Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-10
GETTING In ITS WORK.

The gold standard plank adopted by
the ST. Louis convention C, ntinues to get
in its work.
A large number of the most infiuen-
tial republicans of Minnesota, including
the lieutenant governor of The state, a
congressman, an eX-congressman and
several state sena tors, held meeting at
ST. Paul the other day and formally de-
clared their intention of opposing the re-
publican presidential ticket and of work
ing and voting for free silver candidate.
In the manifesto which the meeting
adopted and published in justification OF
their action, the boiling republicans said:
'In 1892, in it's platform adopted at
Minneapolis, 1T (the republican party de-
clared in favor of both gold and silver
as standard money. In 1894 the repub-
lican party of Minnesota reaffirmed its
belief in bimetallism and that the res
toration of silver as ultimate money to
the currency of the world is absolutely
necessary for business prosperity, proper
rate of wages, and the welfare OF the
people,
.'Nearly every republican state conven-
ton in 1894 condemned either in express
terms or by implication the single gold
standard.
1.-THE action of the national republican
convention at ST. Louis has repudiated
this fundamental doctrine of our parry
The single gold standard has been IN
dorsed. The republican party no longer
stands for both gold and silver as pri-
mary money, but for gold only.
I'VE cannot accept the new falth, ana
we will hold steadfastly to the old. The
policy of gold monometallism means pro-
longed and intensified depression; an
endless and hopeless era of falling prices
for our farmers and other producers;
continued uncertainty of employment for
our workingmen, with lessenmS wages
following the fall in prices OF the prod
ucts of labor; encouragement or all en-
terprises, and in the end universal bank
ruptcy and gravitation of all money into
the hands of money brokers.
"Jt means the obliteration OF the great
middle class, the yeomanry of the nation,
and the division of the people into the
very rich and the very poor. Those re-
nublicans who believe in the use OF gold
and silver as the money of ultimate pay
ment and their free coinage in our minis
must either submit in silence or speak
out boldly in condemnation to this pohcy
SO disastrous to the people
Last Friday 200 republicans of Topeka,
KS. got together and signed an
a agreement to bolt the party, ana
proceeded to organize the Kansas
Free Silver Republican league, to
which nobody will be admitted
but free silver republicans. The league,
g soon as it organized, set measures on
foot to organize similar societies In every
county in the state. They will vote FOR a
presidential candidate who stands on
free silver platform; and the estimate is
made by republicans who know the state
that, il something is not done soon to
boost the cause of gold monometallism
the state will be lost to the republicans
in November by majority OF 10000.
Here is the platform adopted by the
Kansas Free Silver Republican league:
1--WE believe that the republican
party was right when it declared in its
national platform of 1888 that the repub-
lican party is in favor of the use Of both
gold and silver as money, and condemns
the policy Of the democratic administra-
ton in it's effort to demoralize silver.
1--WE believe that the republican party
was right when, in 1892, 1t declared that
the American people, from tradisioh anu
interest. favored bimetallism and the re-
publican party demand the use or both
gold and silver as standard money.
| 1--WE believe that the republicans or
Kansas have been right in declaring for
the free coinage of silver.
1--WE believe that well remunerated
American labor constitutes the best mar
ket for American farmers, and in addi-
ton to the market of the east he should
employed in the silver industry of the
west.
1--WE believe that we need more money
with which to do the business of this