, 1896-07-08
fore the law, and the faithful observ-
ance Of constitutional limitations.
MONEY QUESTION PARAMOUNT.

ance of constitutional limitations.
MONEY QUESTION PARAMOUNT.
Recognizing hat the money qestion
is paramount to all others at this time
we invite attention to the fact that the
federal constitution names silver and
gold together as the money metals OF
the United States, and hat the first
coinage law passed by congress under
the constitution made the silver dol
lar the unit OF value and admitted gold
to coinage at a ratio measured by the
silver dollar unit.
I'VE declare that the act of 1873 de-
monetizing silver without the knowl-
edge or approval OF the American peo-
pie has resulted in the appreciation of
gold and a corresponding fall in the
prices of commodities produced by the
people: a heavy increase in the burden
CT taxation and of all debts, public and
private: the enrichment of the money
lending class at home and abroad; para
lysis of industry and impoverishment
of the people.
OPPOSE THE SINGLE STANDARD.
we are unalterably opposed to the
single gold standard, which has locked
fast the prosperity of an industrious
people in the paralysis of hard times.
Gold monometallism is a British poll
cy, founded upon British greed for gain
and power, and its general adoption
has brought other nations into finan-
cial servitude to London. 1t is lot only
un-American, but anti-American, and
it car be fastened upon the United
States only by the sitting of that in
domitable spirit and love of liberty
which proclaimed our political inde-
p%endence in 1916 and won in the wal of
the revolution.
I'VE demand the immediate restora-
ton of the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at the present legal ratio Of 16
to l, without waiting or the aid or con
sent of any other nation. We demand
that the standard silver dollar shall be
a full legal tender, equally with gold.
for all debts, public and private. and
we favor such Legislation as will pre-
vent the decentralization of any kind
Of legal tender money by private con
tract.
I'VE are opposed to the policy and
practice of su%rrendering to the holders
Of the obligations Of the United States
the option reserved by law to the gov
eminent Of redeeming such obligations
in either silver coin or gold coin.
I'VE are opposed to the issuing Of
Understanding bonds Of the United
States in times of peace. and condemn
the trafficking with banking syndicates
which in exchange for bonds and at an
enormous profit to themselves, supply
the federal treasury with gold to main
tain the policy Of gold monometallism.
Congress alone has the power to
coin and issue money, and President
Jackson declared that this power could
not be delegated to corporations or in
dividuals. We therefore demand that
the power to issue notes be taken from
the banks, and hat all paper money
shall be issued directly by the treasury
department.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
We hold thai tariff duties should be
levied solely for the purpose of reve-
u and that taxation should be lin
tied by the needs of the government,
honestly and economically admins
tered. We denounce as disturbing to
business the republican threat to re-
store the Mckinley law. which has been
twice condemned by the people in na-
tional elections and which enacted I'M
der the false plea of protection to
home industry, proved a prolific breed
er Of trusts and monopolies, enriched
the few at the expense of the many, re-
stricted trade and deprived the pro-
dueers OF the great American staples
OF access to their natural markets. I'm.
til the money question Is settled, we