Morris tribune., 1900-09-22

ADOPTED at SIOUX Fails, 5. D., May 10, 19U0
the following declaration:
We pledge anew the Peoples party nev.
er to cease the agitation until this financial
i conspiracy Is blotted from the statute book,
i the Lincoln greenback restored, the bonds
all paid and all corporation money forever
retired. We reaffirm the demand for the re-
opening Of the minis Of the United States
for the free and unlimited coinage Of silver
and gold at the present legal ratio Of 16 to
4 /, the immediate increase In the volume OF
silver coins and certificates thus created to
be substituted, dollar for dollar, for the
bank notes issued by private corporations
4 under special privilege, granted by law Of
/ March IA, 1900, and prior national banking
i laws"
Declare Their Hostility.
The platform Of the silver party adopted
at Kansas City, July 6, 1900, makes the fol-
| lowing announcement:
4 eve declare it to be our intention to lend
/ our efforts to the repeal of this currency
law, which not only repudiates the ancient
and time-honored principles Of the Ameri
can people before the Constitution was
adopted, but is violative of the principles Of
the Constitution itself; and we shall not
cease our efforts until there has been estab-
| lished in its place monetary system based
! upon the free and unlimited coinage Of silver
! and gold into money at the present legal
ratio of 16 to 1 by the Independent action Of
the United States, under which system all
paper money shall be issued by the govern
ment, and all such money coined or issued
shall be full legal tender in payment of
all debts, public and private, without excep-
tion.'
Combine Against Gold.
In all three platforms these parties an
nounce that their efforts shall be unceasing
until the gold act shall be blotted from the
statute books and the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver at Is to 1, shall take it's
place.
The relative Importance of the issues do
not stop to discuss. All Of them are i'm
portant. Whichever party is successful will
be bound in conscience to carry into admin
istration and legislation it's several declara-
lions and doctrines. One declaration will be
as obligatory as another, but all are not i'm
mediate.
1t Is not possible that these parties would
treat the doctrine of Is to /, the Immediate
realization of which is demanded by their
several platforms as void and imperative
in the event that they should be clothed
with power Otherwise their profession OF
faith is insincere. 1t is therefore the i'm
peratiye business Of those opposed to this
financial heresy to prevent the triumph of
the parties whose union is only assured by
adherence to the silver issue.
Facing Grave Peril.
Will the American people, through indif-
ference or fancied security, hazard the over
throw Of the wise financial legislation Of the
last year and revive the danger of the silver
standard, with all of the inevitable evils Of
shattered confidence and general disaster
which justly alarmed and aroused them in
1896?
The Chicago platform of 1896 is reafirmed
in its entirety by the Kansas City conven-
tion.. Nothing has been omitted or recalled;
SO that all the perils then threatened are
presented anew with the added force of
deliberate reafirmation. -Four years ago
the people refused to place the seal of their
approval upon these dangerous and revolu-
tionary policies, and this year they will not
fail to record again their earnest dissent.
Faithful to Pledges.
The Republican party remains faithful to
its principle Of tariff which supplies suf-
fcient revenues for the government and ade-
quate protection to our enterprises and pro-
ducers, and of reciprocity, which opens for
eign markets to the fruits Of American labor
and furnishes new channels through which
to market the surplus of American farms. |
The time-honored principles Of protection
and reciprocity were the first pledges Of Re
publican victory to be written into public |
law.
The present Congress has given to Alaska
a territorial government for which 1t had |
waited more than quarter of a century; |
has established a representative government /
in Hawaii; has enacted bills for the most
liberal eatment9of the pensioners and their /
widows; has revived the free homestead |
policy.
In it's great financial law it provided for
the establishment of banks of issue with a
capital of $4,000 for the benefit of villages
and rural communities bringing the oppor
tunity for profitable business in banking |
within the reach of moderate capital. Many
are already ayailing themselves of this priv i
ilege.
Some Convincing Figures.
during the past year more imam SIJUUU,UUU |
of United States bonds have been paid from |
the surplus revenues of the treasury, and in T
addition S25, 100000 of per cents matured, |
called by the government, are in process of |
payment. Pacific Railroad bonds issued by |
the government in aid of the roads in the !
sum of nearly $44,000,00Oi have been paid
since Dec. 81, 1897. The treasury balance is
in satisfactory condition, showing on Sept
$135, 600, in addition to the $3.50, 900, coo
gold reserve in the treasury. The govern
ment relations with the Pacific railroads
have been substantially closed, $124, ~, 900 /
being received from these roads, the greater
part in cash and the remainder with ample +
securities for payments deferred.
Instead of diminishing, as was predicted |
four years ago, the volume Of our currency |
is greater per capita than it has ever been.
1t was $21.10 in 1896. 1t had increased to |
$26.50 on July i, 1900, and $26.s5 on Sept. i,
1900 Our total money on July !, 1896, was
81, SOC, 434, 1856; on July 1, 1900, it was ST.
o62, 425. AGO. and s2,o9e, 6s3,o42 on Sept. /,
1900.
Prosperity in General.
Our industrial and agricultural conditions |
are more promising than they have been for
many years; probably more SO than they