Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-06-14

l am against attempting to build up
again the national banks by providing
u public debt in order TO accommo-
date them. In short, l um against
the contraction OF the currency OF the
people in any way. shape. or form.
! am for:
l.. Tie free coinage Of gold rs it
now exists.
.. / am for the free coinage OF
standard silver dollars just the same
as we have issued from Il mint from
1892 to 1895, and such rs were freely
coined from 1902 to 1878.
3. I am for retaining i'll circulation
all existing greenback legal-tender
paper money Of the United States.
4. l am for repeating the Federal
tax OF 10 per cent on State banks-a
wal measure Il against
which Democracy with one voice pro-
claimed, u measure which destroys
and dries up the local energies OF the
people and helps to destroy self-help.
the great help of all self-respectiug
and self achieving nations.
In short, | am for aliberal supply OF
money to meet the wants Of the most
energetic, progressive, and inventive
people that ever lived.
Mr.. President. am also i'll favor
OF an international agreement be-
tween the great nations OF the earth
regulating the power OF exchange be-
tween their gold and silver coins and
providing for the free coinage OF both
metals; but | am not in favor of wait
ing to put out the conilagration Of
ruin in my own country until Queen
Victoria sends us Il British hose COM
pany to help to do it. When gentle
men declare the benefit of an inter-
national agreement they acknowledge
how great IN advantage it would he
to the world to get silver money re-
stored. But with what face can We
iusist that other nations whose inter-
est is against 1t shall lead i'll the mat
ter whan the great supply-producing
nation OF the world. which has more
to gam by it than any other sits SUI
and proclaims and GdvertIses
its helplessness to Il waiting world?
The leading nation Of the world,
the greatest Republic that ever exist
ed i'll the world, could not place it
self in a more subservient attitude
than by waiting hat in hand at Euro
pean courts to get permission to es-
tablish n financial system to suit it
self. In vain was the sword OF indie
pendence drawn i'll l77G If we have
not acquired the purse of indepcn-
dence in 1896.
Tho first charter issued to Ameri-
can ~colonists from Great Britain
the charter OF King James-to the
Virginia settlers authorized them to
establish a mint and coin their own
money. AS early ms lGl5 the little
Virginia colony made the Spanish dol
lar ITS standard Of value, and for this
great nation, now in the ascerdcncy
Of its power, to turn its face to the
Old World and fling up its hands and
-YOu have closed our mints and
we can not open them any more until
You give us the open sesame" is n
proclamation to mankind of weakness
and inanity that is absolutely appal-
ling. And yet, Mr.. President. these
older nations in their commercial and
in their industrial interests are feel
ing the necessity of the restoration OF
bimetallism. and they would quickly
it il it we're not for the dom
Of the old classes OF plutocracy
who are still in power.
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But we are told to wait and wait
for an international agreement. Why
sir, we have been waiting for it for a
quarter Of Il century. We are told
America could not act indepcn-
and that we must postpone the
restoration OF silver until the others
lead. reply III that it is senselcss
10 IIakc II proposition for the man.
ngement OF our domestic concerns
must DO unconditionally de-
pendent for its sanction on tho action
Of any others whatsoever. | reply %
That Europe has several primary III
just rs she had in the days of
james Monroe, and that they are
international agreement.
pertains peculiarly to it and it's
aud its conditions. ] re-
ply C0 TINT Great Britain, Germany.
Holland, and other nations are cred
itOr nations and have u direct interest
10 oppose the liberalizing Of the mon
cy system Of the world and the cheap
cning of what they derive from bond
clipping. To make our nation de-
pendent upon other nations would he
foolish M for nny army to submit
its plans To tho dictation Of Il hostile
general. ~ Tho prevailing systems
Of government in Europe are also dif-
from ours. Grcht Britain with
her Queen Of Great Britain and Ire.
land and Empress Of India, Germany
with her imperial war Emperor, Rus-
sia with her Gar, Austria ".,4 H..
Emperor, and Italy with hcr King
all these nations ate monarchics; their
legislation il for tho benefit Of oligar-
chics and classes, md was pretended
NJ c...iricI IT, he 81 divine right;
the people do not exist for them in