The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-19
THE FARCE PLAYED OUT!
The International Agreement Fraud
at an End.-Perfldy of the
Gold Clique Laid
Bare.
TONNES RINGING WORDS.

The Duty of Silver Republicans Is
Made Plain.-Ihe Administrations
Plans Laid Bare.
Chairman Charles A. Towne of the
national committee of the silver repub
lican party has issued the following
address.
ITO the silver republicans of the
United States: The crisis long expect
ed is at hand. The policy we denounced
when we proclaimed that a conspiracy
had been formed to capture the repub-
lican party in the interests of the gold
standard IS near its consummation.
The Wolcott commission has confess
edly failed in its negotiations for an
international agreement for the estab-
lish of blmetallism. The failure, fore |
seen by those who drafted the cunning
financial plank of the St. Louis platform
and forced its adoption is now used as,
be used, the preliminary to the definite
establishment of the gold standard in
the United States. They knew perfect
ly we'll that plain and honest pro-
nouncement for the gold standard in
that platform would mean its disastrous
defeat at the polls. They inserted a
weak and inconsistent promise to
promote an international agreement
for the purpose OF holding the allegi-
ance of millions of republican voters
who we're fOr bimetallism, while at the
same time it was sought to bind them
permanently to the gold standard,
through firm and unambiguous decla
ration that, if the agreement could
not be secured, that standard must be
preserved
1.-The wretched farce has been played
through the humiliating appeal to the
gold powers of Europe that we gracious
ly be permitted to be relieved by them
from a monetary servitude that is
wreckiug our producers and destroying
our national independence. We have
been spurned before the eyes of the
world. The alternative so artfully
provided is now invoked. The support
ers of the British money system now
claimed warrant for their whole nefar-
ious program in the alleged endorse
ment OF that declaration by the repub-
lican voters of 1896. Steps are there
fore being rapidly taken to put the
plan in operation. The president by
special message to congress endorses
the scheme of the Indianapolis conven-
ton of.'sOund money advocates which
was declared by them to rest upon
three fundamental and essential fea-
lures:
|. The permanent establishment OF
the gold standard.
2. The retirement of the greenbacks
and all other government notes.
3. The institution Of huge banking
system with power to Issue and contro
the paper money of the country.
The gold standard press has taker
the cue and from one boundary of th'
nation to the other is proclaiming tn,
the consequent necessity Of a compre
hensive readjustment of our currenc,
system upon the gold basis. Finally
the national sound money league it it.
semi-annual meeting in New York re
Gently, puts the stamp of in fallabilit
upon the same conclusion in the follow
ing languages: 'The situation demand
definite. clean and unequivocal dc
claration that international bimetal
lism is a dream of the past. The Unite
States must proclaim their acceptanc
of the world fact, and plant themselye
finally upon the single gold standard
Silver republicans of the country
the crisis demands you: most energeti
and consecrated efforts. In the glor
Gus campaign of 1896 and again in tn
recent elections, you nobly proved you
patriotism and vindicated your title
the grateful remembrance of succeed
ing generations. In this suprem
juncture your duties are heavier an
opportunities greater than those
any other citizens of the republic.
is yours to hold together in commc
fidelity the cooperating elements
reform 1t is yours especially to pc
suade deceived and betrayed repu
licans that revolt against their betra