The San Francisco call., 1896-10-06
Certain Elements Are Bent on
Undermining the Nations
Credit and Honor.
GREED OF SILVER PRODUCERS.
Citizens Who Love Their Country
Called Upon to Vote for Nc.
Kinley and Hobart.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. 5.-The advi-
sorry committee of the COMMUNICATIONS
attached to the Republican National Com
mittee issued an address this afternoon.
The address is as follows:
"When our country was in danger of
being torn asunder by secession large
majority of the citizens, and particularly
the German-Americans, stood ready at the
instant to sacrifice their lives and all they
had for the maintenance of the Union.
"To-day certain elements are bent on
undermining the honor and credit of our
country and in destroying its property;
they are aiming to depreciate our stand
ard money, guaranteed by our constitu-
ton. To overcome this danger and to
remove this disgrace now threatening our
country all patriotic citizens are again
binding themselves together. This dam
ger has been caused by the selfishness of
owners of silver mines, who are aiming to
find more extended market for their
vastly increased production and to secure
for themselves unususl profits.
''The distressed condition of business
affairs during the past years, which was
partly brought about by a change in the
tariff, furnished them with a welcome
opportunity for influencing public opinion
by continued agitation. To champion
their cause they succeeded in getting a
number OF demagogues who, with the aid
of the Populistic and socialistic strikers,
made themselves masters of the conven-
ton and one of the two great political
parties.
Through its standard bearers the party
now appeals to thousands who are dis
satisfied with the present condition of
life and the opportunities for making a
living. 1t calls upon those who possess
nothing to engage in conflict with those
who own property. 1t keeps up an agita-
ton in favor of changing the present
standard into free and unlimited coinage
of silver in order to surrender the govern
ment of the country into the hands of
such an element as threaten to subvert
the very foundations on which rest all
the interests of the wage-earners and of
commerce and agriculture. Furthermore,
it threate ms, aided by Populistic-anarchis-
tic elements, the very foundation of our
constitution, pubic order and the exist
ence of our Supreme Court.
mo American citizen who loves his
country can remain Indifferent and in
, active in this campaign, for aside from ell
ethical considerations there is at stake
the interests of the entire country In
view of the importance of these questions
and also of the conceded general intelli-
gence of the German American citizens of
this country, we believe that, as at the
time when our Union was in danger, so
they will now rush to the rescue of our
Nations honor and do all in their power
to put an end with one decisive blow to
all the dangers now threatening our coun-
try. This can be done by voting for the
standard-bearers of that party which just
came oIt for the gold standard. BY elect
ing Mckinley and Hobart the honor of
our Nation and the credit of our country
will be maintained and all our Nation al
institutions permanently secured. BY
electing these candidates we will not ouly
show to our country but to all the world
that we are an honest people and propose
to remain so"