Bridgeton pioneer., 1900-10-11
General Uprising to Prevent a Ma
tiOnal Disgrace.
MEN OF BOTH PARTIES UNITE
Formation OF Many Gold Democratic Campaign
Clubs-A Final Effort to Crush the Free
Silver Heresy and Scandal

more than party associations, we re-
tired from the party and, taking with
us the colors representing true Democ-
racy, organized this league. Under its
influence nearly a million good, true
Democrats rebuked the theft and sup
ported the great Democratic principle
of honest money under a banner
against which for a lifetime we had
fought.
IF in 1896 the sacrifice we made was
justified, it certainly is doubly so now.
In 1896 by defeating Bryan we saved
the country from a financial and in
dustrial revolution which would have
involved dishonor, disgrace and con-
tinued distress at a time when values
of commodities and the price of labor
were at the lowest, when convulsion
could but emphasize the injury and
distress which free silver agitation had
already wrought. The result of our
work brought the country to hope and
activity, until now prosperity obtains,
values are up and the price of labor the
highest in the history of this country,
considering the purchasing power of
money.
"a thousand times better would it
have been to let free silver win in
1896, when depression and ruin ruled.
than let it win now, when prosperity
rules. The revolution in values that
would ensue upon the election of Bry-
an would pull down our financial and
commercial structure, involving CON-
plete Industrial disaster. The fall
would be so great that the wreck would
be beyond repair for this business gen.
GRAFTON, and these conditions would not
wait for Mr. Bryans Inauguration; his
election would precipitate them before
sunset of the following day. Therefore
our duty Is to take up the contest
where we laid it down and fight 1t to a
finish in good conscience, in good faith.
In common decency, in fulfillment of
our duty as good citizens. We cannot
do less.
Sufficient for US is the fact that the
gold standard is in danger Free silver
is the real issue again before the coun-
try. Our duty calls US to the same ac-
ton we TOOK in 1896, and no true friend
of honest money, national honor, safe
ty and prosperity can desert our colors
and go over to the enemy.
1--WE repeat, no man who opposed
Bryanism in 1896 can in good con
science and true principle support it in
1900. Its champion is the same Popu-
listic Bryan, advocating the same prin-
ciples and purposes.
"Our simple duty is to bury Bryan
ism beyond resurrection and establish
for all time beyond successful assault
the gold standard.
I'VE urge all Democrats who believe
as we do to cast their votes where they
will count for most, Mckinley and
Roosevelt"
The Baltimore League.
One of the largest and strongest
branches of the National Democratic
Honest Money league is the one at Bal
timore. This was the first organization
of the kind in the field in 1885, and it
made a great record for itself. The
old committee of 20 which managed its
affairs in 1896 recently met and decid-
ed to reorganize for the present cam
paign. deeming it quite as important
to act now as then. Only two of the
committee of 20 have changed their
views and come out for Bryan. The
work of the Baltimore league is now
going on as vigorously as four years
ago, and the prospects are that the re-
suits of the work will be similar to the
previous results. At the first meeting
the sentiment of the members was ex-
pressed in the declaration that the
league again entered the campaign be-
cause Bryanism and free silver were
the real issues and because, as the
Gold Democrats of Maryland believe it
was their vote that carried Maryland
for Mckinley in 1896, they believe it to
be their duty to support and vote for a
continuance of the administration
which has assured honest money and
good times. At least $1,000 Gold Demo-
Gratis in Maryland voted for Mckinley
in 1896, and the leaders of the league
believe that the bulk of these will vote
the same way this November.