The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23
THE PEOPLE MUST UNITE.
The Ohairmen Of the Three National Silver
Parties Advise Union Of Forces.


The national chairmen of the POpulist
Democrat and Silver Republican parties
have issued separate addresses to the
people. The Democrat address arraigns
the Republican party for ignoring the
solemn platform pledge to promote BIZ
metallism, pictures the distressing effect
of the gold standard, condemns the pro-
posed retirement Of greenbacks and sub
stitution of bank notes; the avOwed pur-
pose to get rid of silver and silver GER
tlhcates is severely denounced and all
opponents OF the gold standard are urged
to unite and effect a harmonious combi-
nation.
The Silver Republican address points
out that the gold standard and monopoly
adherents are rapidly completing their
plans, that they are in absolute and open
control of the Republican party, that the
nation Is in peril and that all men Of all
parties who are patriotic should unite
and oppose the party which is controlled
by these enemies Of the people.
Chairman Buffers address, which Is
signed by twenty-five Senator's and Con-
gressmen, is as follows:
The conspiracy Of gold and Of mo-
Lopoly is nearing its elimination. Ev-
cry advance 1t has made during the last
twenty-five years has been by adrOit
and steady processes. These would have
been impossible If it had not had its
agents and confederates holding posi-
tiOns of public trust in the legislative,
executive and pudicial branches Of the
government. Neither the beneiclaries
nor the tools of this conspiracy have any
particular politics. In name the last ad-
ministration was Democratic. The pres
ent administration is called Republican
but it has ingloriously practiced and de-
Tended the perfdious policies Of its pre-
decessor.
At length the selfish and brutal In
terests behind this conspiracy deem
themselves strong enough to dispense
with the caution and duplicity hitherto
necessary to their success. The admin
istratiOn boldly avows it's endorsement oi
their scheme against the liberty and
prosperity of the people. Within few
weeks it has formulated and sent to Con-
gress a bill, the leading purpose Of which
is, in the words of the Secretary Of the
| Treasury:
ITO commit the country more thor
oughly to the gold standard"
In the pursuit Of this purpose Of com
mittng the country more thoroughly tC
the gold standard, the plan Of this ad
ministration, as Of the last, is to retire
the greenbacks and other nOn-interes
bearing paper money Of the government
to issue interest bearing gold bonds anC
to increase the powers, privileges anC
profits of national banks. This achieve
ment would turn over the duty of sup
plying the peoples money, the very lift
blood Of business, to a selfish, heartles'
and irresponsible foreign gold syndicate
and it's American agents and allies.
The divine right of kings is to be sue
ceeded by the divine right Of million
aires, who propose to run everything
not only the instruments Of commerCI
and our industrial system, but also, al
far as possible, ,fas as possible, the pei
of the editor and the voice IL not the in
tellect Of the university professor.
In every campaign the gold syndicat
and all the allied trusts and monopOlie
combine. They select the convention
they desire to control, they elect tn
candidates that they have selected. o
course they control them after they ar
elected. Therefore, those who are no
their agents and who would not submit
to their tyrannOus spOliation shOult
strenuously oppose the allied cOmblna
tion OF gold and monopoly.
The only hope OF the enemy is to dl
vide us. Therefore let us be more unite,
and harmonious than ever. And further
let us organize without delay vigOrou
campaign in every State and Congress
siOnal district, county and precinct.
There are but two sides to this might
and portentous conflict. All Of those @
whatever party who favor the conspirac
of gold and monopoly, who favor indi
vidual slavery, widespread poverty, an
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