The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-16
ANAPPEAL TO THE PEOPLE
United Silver Forces Issue Three
ManifeStOeS.
The First Gun of 1S9S-An Those
who Are Opposed to Plutocracy
Invited to Cooperate.

The National Democratic party. the
Silver Republicans and the Populists is
sued addresses last night to the people
of America defining the principals to be
fought for in the next Presidential cam
paign, and urging the people to prepare
for the coming struggle. The address
presented by the National Democratic
party is, in brief, as follows:
To the People: The surrender of the
Republican party to the advocates OF
the gold standard and monopoly Is at
last complete. The present Admins
tration, called TO power upon the SOL
emn pledge of the Republican HaIiona!
convention at st. Louis to promote BIZ
metallism, has formulated and sent to
Congress a bill, the leading purpose of
which, the honorab BILE Secretary of the
Treasury aVows. is Ito commit the
country more thoroughly to the gold
standard" The country has already,
for twenty-four years, been so thor
oughly committed to this standard,
partly by law and partly by the usurp-
atoms of the executive branch OF the
Government, that its effects are seen
and felt on every hand; wages are re-
duced; work is harder to get; the
weight of debt is doubled; the value OF
land and other property is reduced one
half or more, until the lives of the peo-
pie are made bitter with hard bond
age" 1t is certainly not In the inter-
est of humanity to have this condl-
lion Of things more thoroughly estab-
lished.
The repression of life and happiness.
which is inseparable from a long
course of declining prices, has now
checked development. and if continued.
will ultimately stifle civilization.
The retirement of the Government
paper money must reduce the volume
of circulation, and while the Secretary
of the Treasury admits that the
contraction of the currency would
be more ruinous in two years
than interest on like amount or
bonds for forty years would be, he
calmly informs US that the national
banks will probably issue a sufficient
amount of money to prevent this enor-
nous suffering.
Tho national banks are not To be re-
auired to redeem their notes in gold.
but il is arranged that the United
States Government shall do so on de-
mand, and after having done SO the
Government must be content To have
the national banks reimburse II in any
kind of legal tender money, at the OPP
ton of the banks" We are frankly
told that lawful money will he made
relatively scarcer than II is now, ana
that it is intended that under the op-
Grafton Of the bin il will be easier 10
get gold than lawful money Prac-
tically all the money in the hands OF
the people now. as the Secretary dis
tinctly admits, is silver. chiefly in the
form Of silver certificates. The aNowed
purpose of the bill is to make II mere
after more difficult To get these than
gold.
I'm view OF the great principles in
YolVed. and of the danger 50 close AT
hand. we urge the people everywhere
10 arouse themselves, and at once 10
take steps To save themselves and their
children from the letters now being
openly forged to bind them. In recent
wears there have been a number OF IN
stances of Congressional districts
where the advocates of gold ana mon
opoly were largely outnumbered by
their opponents. and where, neNerthe-
less, by a failure to unite and act to-
gether. friends of the gold standard
have been successful Thus, as the re
suit of a personal or partisan wrangle.
the cause of truth and justice has been
oVershadowed the interest of human
/ ity ignored, and the greatest good 10
the Government subordinated To an ig-
noble strife. We appeal TO you. let
this not be the case again, Our only
danger is i'm division. If we are in
earnest we must have harmony
amongst ourselves. If there should be
those who would divide US. let then.
be summarily and emphatically rebuk-
ed by the people. who have none but
high and patriotic motives.
After the bold declaration of the Adj
ministration in favor OF the gold stan
IL
again. by his vote or influence. giVd
aid or encouragement to the Republic
| can party.
JAMES X. JONES.
Chairman Dem. Maj. Com.
The address Of the National Silver Re
| publican party follows in brief:
/ The cunning plans of the beneficiar-
/ les of the gold standard and the advo-
/ Gates of monopoly are fast nearing
completion.
They need but to win one more VIC
tory TO become supreme, and To be able
| To defy the sovereignty of the people
| for generations. The policy of the r.
publican administration is plain con
! fession that the secret authors of tt.
! 81. Louis platform of 1896 are in abb
| solute control of that party. Power
! thus secured by false pretenses is e
/ be ruthlessly used to carry out the
Interior designs OF the culSlplIaloTS
! The slow processes Of twenty-five years
( are rapidly advancing 10 their goal
! the near approach To which now seems
/ to warrant dispensing with the caution
! and deceit that have hitherto beer
| necessary preliminarieS of success.
| But this openness of purpose is the
| opportunity Of patriotism, Honest mer
! should hesitate no longer if opposed tC
! the establishment of the gold stan
dard in all it's vigor If opposed to tho
retirement of Government currency, II
opposed to the erection of a great as
ISOLATION of banks of issue as the all
dominating power in the nation; if OPP
posed to every kind of trust and mon.
! opoly the offspring and adjunct Of the
/ money power.
Charles A. Towne Chairman Ma
tional Committee of the Silver Re.
publican Party, H NJ. Teller
Frank J. Cannon r. F. Pettigrew
| Lee Mantle, John p. Jones, Charles
S. Hartman. John f. Shaforth, w
e. Jones, and Fred T. Dubois.
The Populists' appeal, in brief, is a:
! follows:
The conspiracy of gold and monopoly
| is nearing its elimination. Every ad
| vance il has made during the las
! twenty-five years has been by adroi