The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-30
SILVER MEN CUT LOOSE
Campaign to be Independent
of Old Parties.
Evils CT the Single Gold Standard
Portrayed, and the Remedy De-
clared to Lie in Independent Politi-
cal Action that Will Lead to Sill
ver's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ment of Delegates.

Washington. Jan. 23.-The silver CON
ference today resulted in an animated
discussion on the financial situation
and policy to be pursued by the friends
OF silver. During the discussion con-
siderable feeling was aroused by the
remarks of Gen. Hatch of Missouri,
who stated in effect that if the Popu-
lists of Kentucky did their whole duty
the election of Blackburn to the United
states Senate would not be a matter
of doubt.
Gen. Field of Virginia and others
made heated replies.
The Committee on Resolutions, of
Whlch Senator Jones of Nevada is
chairman, submitted the following re-
port:
THE PARAMOUNT. ISSUE
at this time in the United States is indis-
putaoly the money question. 1t is between
me ,s.r gold standard. gold bonds and bank
tallic standard, no bonds and Government
currency on the other
On this issue we declare ourselves to be
m favor of distinctive American finan-
car system; We are unalterably opposed
TO the single gold standard, and demand
the immediate return to the constitution
estoration by this Government. indie
evidently of any foreign power. of the
unrestricted coinage of both gold and sill
Wei lillO money, at the ratio OF
10 to l. and upon terms of exact equality
as they existed prior to 1873; the silver
coin TO be full legal tender, equal with
private.
We hold that the power to control and
| regulate par currency Is insepara BILE
| that ali currency intended to circulate as
| money should be issued and it's volume
| controlled by the general Government
| only, and should be legal tender
1 We unalfRra hlV OnnOSa1 m Ia iSGt1
! by the United States of interest bearing
| bonds in time of peace, and we denounce
as Dlunder worse than a crime the pres
| ent treasury policy, concurred in by Re
publican House, of plunging the country
| IN debt by hundreds of millions in the
| vain attempt to maintain the gold stand
| lrd by borrowing gold and We demand
| the payment of all coin obligations of the
| United States as provided by existing
laws, in either gold or silver coin, at the
| option of the Government, and not at the
| option of the creditor.
| Whereas, The demonstration of silver
In ls75, enormously increased the de-
| mand for gold enhancing its purchasing
power and lowering all prices measured
| by that standard; and
| Whereas Since that
| UNJUST AND INDISPENSABLE ACT
the prices of American products have
| fallen upon an average nearly so per cent
carrying down with them proportionately
| the money value of all other forms OF
property except in peculiarly favored To-
calities; and
Whereas, Such fall of prices has de.
| stroyed the profits of legitimate industry
| tnJuring the producer for the benefit OF
the non-producer, increasing the burden
Of the debtor. and swelling the gains OF
the creditor, paralyzing the productive
| energies of the American people, relegat
ing to idleness numbers of willing work
ers, sending the shadow of despair int
the home of the honest toiler. filling tha
land with tramps and paupers. and build
up colossal fortunes at the money cen
ters: and
II ~ ta{,, ~,
gold standard the country has within thu
. last eighteen months, in time of pro
found peace and plenty, been loaded
down with $162, 100000 of additional inter
est-bearing debt, under such circum
stances as to allow syndicate of nativ
, and foreign bankers to realize net prof
of $l0,000,000 on a single deal; and
| Whereas, Another call is pending for
further gold loan of $100, 10000 which, bu
for an outburst of popular indigna tior
would also have been negotiated in tn
same secret manner and through tn
| same syndicate; and
Whereas, 1t stands confessed that tn
gold standard can only be upheld by so
DEPICTING OUR PAPER CURRENC
as to force tho prices OF our products be
7 low the European and even below tn
| Asiatlc level in order that We may Sc
in foreign markets, thus aggravating tn
very evils of which our people 50 bitterl
lcomplain, degrading American labor. an
, striking at the very foundations of on
civilization itself; and
: | Whereas, The advocates of the gol
| standard persistently claim that the REL
cause of our distress is overproduction
that we have produced so much that
has made US poor-which implies that II
= tue remedy is TIC close the factorie
I Iabandon the farms and throw multituC
| of people out of employment-a doctriI
!, that leaves US absolutely without hope f
. the future. and
V between silver-standard countries al
n gold countries is equivalent to a bount
q equal to the difference between the walt
a of gold and silver in favor of the pr
!! ducts of silver-standard countries eXpor
ed to gold standard countries, and a co
: responding tariff against the product
f gold-standard countries exported to stlve
il using countries; and
h Whereas, The cost of production othe
. wise in the Old World, and particular
in China and Japan, Is far less than Il
cost at which similar products can
l. produced or manufactured In this cou
e try by American labor, without reduciI
our farmers, miners, mechanics, man
s facturers and other Industrial workers
II the
n LEVEL OF CHINESE COOLIES.
|, That over and above all other questio
l. of policy, we are in favor or restoring
l. the people of the United states the tim
honored money of the Constitution-go
l. and silyer-not one but both-the mon
e of Washington and Hamilton, Jeffers'
8 and Monroe and jackson anu Lincoln
V ceiye honest pay for honest product; I
10 American debtor may pay his Just oblig
: lions in an honest standard, and not In
y standard that is appreciated 100 per ce
e above the great staples OF our countT
ard to the end. further, That the silv
standard countries may be deprived
the unnatural advantage they now emf
a in the difference in exchange betwe'
,e gold and silter-an advantage which tar
d legislation alone cannot overcome;
II We therefore confidently appeal to I
: people of the United States, that leavi
in abeyance for the moment all 9th
lie Questions. however important, even m
'e mentous, they may appear, and sundt
1t | ing II need be, all party affiliations, tn
IS unite in a supreme effort to free thei
a. selves and their children from the don
a nation of the money powerI-a power mo
destructive than any which has ev
- been fastened upon civilized men OF a
"a race or in any age.
Al And upon the consummation of their Z
a sires and efforts, we invoke the gracio
r. favor of divine Providence
~ FIILED WITH ENTHUSIASM.
ee The report was wildly and loudly a
a plauded as 1t was read, and the co
If ference seemed to be filled to the futile
TO extent with enthusiasm. 1t was re-
N by Senator Jones, chairman. At {
10 conclusion there was big demonstr
lie ton. The delegates arose to their fe
ID and cheered loudly and called for Sc
ator Jones. He spoke Ia about t
minutes, and his II ere vo
ferously applauded. The following
Sc the report of the committee on orgal
I'd cation:
~ That convention OF the quali1
ne voters of the United States who belle
4. in the principles this day enunciated
TT the conference, and who are willing
ID subordinate party allegiance and fealty
A those principles, and to support the nc
l. inees of the National convention pi
vided for by this conference, shall
90 held at the city of st. Louis, Mo-, on
.e second day of July, 1896, at the hour
IN Il o'clock, noon.
,e That the apportionment to such &C
is vention shall be one delegate for ca
n Senator and Representative in the Unit
,e States Congress from the several Stat
and one delegate for each Delegate
Congress from the several Territori