The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-16
SILVER LEADERS SPEAK
APPEALS TO THE PEOPLE BY THE
THREE BRYAN CHAIRTYEN

Unity Of Action I'm the Coming Cam
paign the Theme of the Addresses
--Tone of All Alike and the Sub
Ject Matter the Same-The Demo-
cratic Plea.
WASHINGTON, Feb 15.-The ad-
dresses on behalf of the Democratic,
POpuliSt and Silver Republican par
ties, which are the result of the con-
ferences which have been in progress
among the leaders of these parties at
the capitol for the past few weeks,
were issued today. They seek to unite
the members Of three parties in future
elections upon the financial issue, as
the question Of paramount Importance,
and are separate appeals to each of
the parties to consolidate all along
the line for this purpose.
The address to Democrats is signed
by Senator James K. Jones, OF Ar
kansas, chairman OF the Democratic
national committee, and is Endorsed by
the Democratic congressional commit
tee; that to the Populists by Senator
Marion Butler, chairman of the Popu-
list national committee, and the TWEEN
ty-five other Populist members of the
senate and house; and that to the
Silver Republicans by Chairman
Charles A. Towne and the Silver Re
Iublicans in the senate and house, and
also by ex-senator Dubois.
The Democratic address is as fol-
lows:
Democratic Address.
The surrender of the Republican party
to the advocates OF the gold standard and
monopoly is at last complete. The press
ent administration called to order upon
the solemn pledge of the Republican ma
tional convention at st. Louis. to promo
bimetallism, has formulated and sent 10
congress a bill, the leading PURPOSE CT
which, as the honorable secretary OF the
treasury avows, is TO commit the country
more thoroughly to the god stlnfa d.
The country has already. for twenty
four years, been thoroughly committed
to this standard. partly by law and partly
by the usurI att ms Of the executive branch
of the government that its effects are
seen and felt on every hand; wages are
reduced; work is harder TO get; the weight
CT debt is doubled; the value Of land and
ether property is reduced one half, or
mere, until the lives of the people are
made bitter with hard bondage" 1t is
certainly not in the interest of humanity
to have this condi ion Of things more thor
oughly established.
The continued rise in the value of gold.
or which is the same thing. the continued
fall of prices. must inevitably TRANSFER the
property of all those engaged in active
business. the actual creators Of wealth,
whether 10y hand, brain or capital. to these
who. avoiding the risk and effort CT active
business, only draw interest.
The increase of 145 per cent in the value
of money, caused by its increasing scare
ity, from 1909 to 1S49, as adm tied by lead
ing advocates of the gold standard. found
expression at that time in extremely low
prices and conditions of unparalleled dis
tress. The discovery OF geld and silver in
extraordinary quantities, and the eat in
crease in the volume of metallic money
resulting therefrom relieved this distr SIS,
and brought in its stead wonderful p os-
perity. Prices rose, business fiourished
producers prospered, all we're happy.
Volume of Money.
Substantially this condition would have
continued if both the precious metals had
been allowed to remain In use as money,
because they were being found in nearly
sufficient quaint tics TO increase the volume
of money in proportion to the develop
ments of business.
wicked conspiracy, however, deprived
of them of the Money function. This
was done with the deliberate purposes of
raising the value OF the other by rendering
the SUPPLY CT metallic money relatively
scarcer, as compared with the demand.
From the hour CT the corsummaticn OF
this crime mankind has suffered com
merciai disaster and social distress in al
most constantly increasing measure Just
in proportion to the growth of arts and
civilization and the expansion of COM
merce, business and industry, the made
quacy CT the volume of gold is felt its
scarcity is emphasized. its value in
creased.
The depression of l.fe and happiness.
which is inseparable from lOrg curse of
declining prices, has now checked develop
ment and if continued will ultimately
stif1e civilization. An eminent American,
President Andrews. of Brown university
some years ago. said:
Our national debt on Sept. /. 1865
was two and three-ouarter billions; it
could then have been paid off with e gnteen
million bales Of cotton, or twenty-five NIL
lion tons of bar iron When it had been
reduced to billion and a quarter thirty
million bales of cotton, or thirty-two mil
lien tons of iron would have been required
to pay 1t. In ether words. while nomi-
nal shrinkage of about So per cent had
taken place in the debt, it had as meas
ured in either Of these two word staples
actually been enlarged by some 80 per
cent.
Paying the Debt.
Although more than half the principal
of this enormous debt, and every cent OF
accumulated interest, had been paid by the
labor Of the United States the holders of
the bonds still held claim for mere of
the labor of the people than they held be-
fore these enormous payments had been
even begun. This cruel confscation o. tie
lives and liberty of the laboring m liiCns
of this country Is the most stupendous
crime that has been committed in the an
nails of civilization.
Unless a government "of the people by
the people and for the people," has per-
1shed from the earth, surely the present
boldly avowed scheme net only to con-
tinue but to increase these evils, will not
be permitted.
In addition to this purpose of more thor
oGghiy establishing the gold STANDARD the
plan of the administration is to retire the
paper money of the government, to issue