The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-11
A CAMPAIGN FORGERY.

We are informed OF the hrst campaign
lie" OF any serious Importance.
1t is contained in a leahet,, issued in
the interests of the silver cause and dis
tributed pretty generally where it will
edo the most good"
The leafiet is entitled the "Grip OF
Gold" and purports to give quotation
from the London Financial News Of
March 10, 1895, expressing the opinion that
the adoption of free coinage of silver in
the United States would be disadvanta-
geous to England and helpful to the
trade snc business OF this country.
Millions OF copies OF this document have
been spread broadcast by the silver or
ganiration.
The article, which is entitled, "The
Grip OF Cold" begins as follows: Lon
don, March 10, 1896. The London Finan-
tion in the United States is very serious"
1t then proceeds to say that while the
trade Of the world is now in the hands
of England, II would not long remain SO
II the United States should adopt the
free and unlimited coinage of silver,
that rates Of interest would fall in this
country, business revive, and the United
States would capture the trade of the
world. 1t closes by saying: "When
that issue comes before the people Eng
land will regret her apathy and adher-
ence to the single gold standard"
The absolute falsity OF the entire state
ment is shown by the following editorial
taken from the London Financial News
OF Aug. 13, 1896:
"we have received numerous letters
from American Correspondents, contain
ing what purports to pe editorials from
the Financial News, and which have been
reprinted In various western papers as
campaign literature One Omaha paper
prints an article stating that it is from
the London Financial News OF March 10.
No such articis was eyer printed by us,
and its whole tenor is directly opposed to
the view we have taken of the effect OF free
silver In the United States. So far from
advocating free silver coinage we have
persistently pointed out tnst it spells re-
pudiation and the withdrawal of all
English capital"
The same paper in it's issue of the fol-
lowing day, Aug. IA, says:
sit is not surprising that the Ameri-
can market improved yesterday, for a
more wretched manifesto than that of
the Boy Orator could scarcely bo con-
ceived. Mr.. Bryan by his speech at the
Madison Square Garden, convicts him
self e. her OF astounding ignorance or of
a willful perversion of the truth. To tell
an intelligent audience that the free
and unlimited coinage of silver by the
United States alone would raise the bull
lion value OF silver to its coinage value,
and make silver bullion worth S1.29 per
ounce in gold throughout the world is
an anna zing statement for man to make
who is candidate for the Presidency of a
great country. AS Mr.. Bryan is, pre-
sumably, not wholly uneducated, he
must know that his statement, which
even the most rabid bi-metallist cannot
swallow, is absolutely opposed to the
truth, but whether he Is only crassly ig-
norant or an unscrupulous rascal hold
ing out impossible hopes, he has shown
by this one speech now completely unfit
ted lie is to become the head of the gov
ernment of the repu ublic."
The campaign OF deception and forgery
has begun unusually early this year.
Fortunately in this case the facts are
discovered in time to permit the people
to understand that a deliberate attempt
has been made to misIead and deceive
them by this forgery. Voters will
scarcely place much reliance upon elite
rature" OF this character, or that which
emanates from such source. The silver
cause must be getting desperate.