The herald., 1896-06-05
GERMAN AMERICANS ACTIVE
The Mayor Requested to Fight
for a Principle
LITERATURE FROM NEW YORK
Superintendent Strange Wants to Amend
the Building Ordinance
Committee-The Mayor and July 4.
Safety Gates at Crossings

The German Sound Money
| league is, as its name implies, an organ
| ization of German American citizens
| with headquarters at New York who
| have banded together to fight silver
monometallism. William Steinway the
| well known piano man, is the head of
| the league, the honorary presidents be-
! ing Carl Schurz and Z. Oswald often
| dorfer, the well known New York editor.
| The executive committee consists of
Edward c. Amend, Michael j. Adrian.
| Philip Bissinger, John f. Degener, DR..
John Friedrich, Henry Heide, c. NJ. Won
| Baur, Jacob Mack, j. B. Pannes, Her
| man Ridder William Schickel, Theodore
Sutro, Tauscher de Sieghardt, John
| Stemme. Edward c. Schaefer, Gustav H.
| Schwab, Emil Unger. Jean We'll, Charles
! c. Wehrum, August Zinsser.
The league is making an active cam
| vass in the furtherance of its principles,
| Mayor RAIDER having yesterday received
circular of which the following is a
| copy:
| The members of the German-Ameri-
! can Sound Money league have by the eX
| perience of this and other countries be-
come convinced that free coinage of sill
Yer at the ratio of Is to 1 must produce
a fatal panic and injure the interests of
the country more than any mercantile
crisis heretofore known; that free silver
coinage, instead of leading to bmetal-
lism, would simply drive gold out of cir
culation, make silver the standard of
| value to the detriment of all citizens.
especially of the working classes.
The fight against free coinage will be
brought to a final issue in this presiden-
tian campaign. A revival of business
depends on the maintenance of the gold
standard.
We have. therefore, formed this asso-
citation and mutually agreed with each
other to cast our votes only for the
presidential candidate who will declare
himself unequivocally against free COIN
age and for a continuance of the gold
standard.
GermanAmericans can give no bet
ter proof of their patriotism and fealty
to the land of their adoption than by
determination to advocate the cause of
sound money in unmistakable language
before the national conventions of both
political parties.
We would. therefore ask you kindly
to answer the following questions by
yes" or mo" on the postal card enclos-
ed herein:
Do you consider the measures of value
the most important issue of the ensuing
political campaign, the problem. to
which all other economic questions
should be subordinated?
Are you in favor of the maintenance
of the gold standard of the United
States?
Are you willing to support only that
party which declares by its platform
unequivocally in favor of continuance
of the gold standard and will you agree
not to vote for any presidential candi
date who does not in his letter of ac-
| ceptance declare in unmistakable Ian
guage that he is for the maintenance of
| the gold standard?
If the platforms of both the Republi-
| can and Democratic parties should be
| ambiguous SO as to leave their meaning
| in doubt. will you assist in the eventual
formation of an independent sound
money party?
going questions by yes or no." Civ
ing your reasons on a separate sheet.
and state if they may be published We
would also thank you if you would in
duce your German American neighbors
to reply to these inquiries But above
all we ask for your prompt reply, as no
time must be lost
Accompanying the above is another
letter as follows:
The "German American Sound Money
League has been organized for the i'm
mediate purpose to asce rtain the views
| of the German Americans in the United
| States in regard to the currency ques-
| tion. We have good reasons to assert
| that in their overwhelming majority
| they are decidedly in favor of the gold
| standard, and we believe that. if the
| proofs for this assertion could be sub
| mitted to the national conventions of
| the two great political parties it would
! influence them in favor of the gold
| standard.
To obtain such proof the league will
! send the inclosed circular to as many
German-American business men as pos
| sibe.
Conclusive proof of our assertion lies
ia OF t,,11 ,F
American press, and we would respect
| 1ully request you to mail us a copy of
| your paper in which you have expressed
your views on the currency question.
You would further render great SER
| wee to the good cause by publishing the
lhclosed circular in your paper and to
request your readers to answer the in
| terrogatories therein contained
The German American Sound Money
| league favors neither the Republican
nor the Democratic parties. but realiz-
| ing the ruinous consequences which will
| inevitably follow from free coinage of
| silver it simply desires to do its share
| in securing the maintenance of the cold
| standard.
In view of the many attacks which the
| tfefman- Americans and other foreign
porn cltlzens are at present subjected to
| py the nativistic elements of our popu-
| lation. they want to show hv affirmat five
| acts that in the impending crisis thev
stand loyalty and faithfully by the hon
] or or their adopted country.
| AMENDING THE ORDINANCES
- Buiiding Superintendent Charles r
! strange has prepared an amendment to
| the building ordinance of the citv which
| ne VIII ask the council at it's next meet
| ing 10 adopt. IT is as follows:
| II snail be unlawful for anv person
nrln or corporation to erect or cause TO
| pe erected, or use or operate or cal1se to
| pe used or operated or maintain ar
| cause TO be maintained, any building for
u livery stable, blacksmith shop. lam
| urN. powder house, stone crusher or
| rolllng mill, planning mill or anv Other
steam mill, liquor store, saloon soan
factory, gas house bowling alley nr
| uance mouse, outside of the limits of
| tire district No. / of the said general
ilre limits. and within the corporate linn
It's OF said city, without a nernit from
| lhe ilre commissioners of said citv ca to
90, which permit shall be granted onl,,
on petition OF three-fourths of the nron-
erty owners of the block in which co Ia
building is proposed to be erected mai
tanned or operated
me building superintendent has also
nleo with the council the following.
| In the matter of widening T Tos Arca-
| les street from Second to Third e+roets
there are a numeber of old buildinre
| which Go not comply with the CITY o.
and building regulations; some of tbesc
| buildings cannot be moved back to nov.
| street line, and owners wish TO cut off
| the front and extend the rear of tbeea
buildings with the same kind of con