The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-01-22
GoIdbug Congress.

That was shrewd movement OF
the gold bank party i'll calling the
Indianapolis convention under the
guise of business mems meeting.
The fable of the ass in the lions
skin was fairly eXemplitied when
the conventions voice was heard.
1t was the same voice heard at the
many bankers associations and
Chambers of Commerce meetings
that have assembled and poured
out on the ear of a suffering public
their financial wisdom. This trick
of calling this last gatherings meet,
ing of the business men Of the
country is too thin to deceive any
but suckers and noodles. Over 500
delegates representing almost every
important city in the country and
every state composed the conven-
ton. That the members were all
bank constituents, sent with instrnc-
tions, was evident from start to
finish. The speeches were rehash
of the pettifogging and goldbue
barren assertion, the public had
tired of reading and the newspapers
tired Of printing as fulminations OF
Association of Bankers. and Cham
bers of Commerce financial wisdom
In order to get the ear of the public
they changed the name in this last
grand movement. The indianapolis
affair might properly be termed a
Bankers National Congress- The
organization was made permanent
with an executive committee en-
powered to call the congress to meet
at any time and place the committee
shall designate. A series of rather
blind resolutions was passed which
they called a platform, which could
only beinterperted by those initiated
into the mysteries of goldbugism.
A constitution and bylaws were
adopted for the guidance of the
congress and its committees. The
revenues of the concern were to be
such voluntary contributions as
might be handed in. This blind
will fool nobody except, perhaps
those whom nature has ordained as
such. Between the lines could be
read a permanent lobby is to be
established and Doodle fund, and
congress is to be worked to put
through a bill which this Indiana
polls Bankers Congress, through
its committee will prepare. The
program as far as it cropped out in
the speeches of the leaders, is to be
gold standard financial system as
outlined by Cleveland whose name
was cheered above all others by the
members of the congress. Every
thing in the semblance of. paper
except bonds, issued by congress is
to be destroyed, including silver
certificates, and the entire tinancia
system turned over to the bankers
who will issue the currency, loar
the credit and attend to all fnancia
matters, nothing being left to the
government but to refine and stamp
gold, stand behind the bank notes
and guarantee them to be good tC
circulate.
This formidable, carefully planned
national bankers movement viii
bring every means in their power
to bear on congress to achieve theil
devilish purpose which they have
been planning for years. No dirty
stone will be left unturned and any
amount of money expended to push
their scheme through the incoming
congress, for they have a wei
grounded fear of the next. Me
Kinley is an easy, pliable man
utterly powerless in the hands Of
desperate, bold, bad men.
A proposition was made to the
indianapolis gathering to redeem
the silver dollars by paying 60 pei
cent. in gold. These English and
American sharks are preparing tC
make the supreme effort of theil
lives to capture everything the
American people have left from
their former ravages, during Me
Kinley's administration. Let the
people beware and vigilant. The
burglars of the gold trust with
dark lantern are at their door.