The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16

Cleveland, presided at the meeting OF
the lawyers. and among the signers OF
the call for the meeting were Messrs.
Charles G. Beaman, William A. Duer,
Ex-Governor George Hoadly OF Ohio,
George L. Rives, Francis L. Stetson,
James M. Varnum, Edmund Wetmore,
ex-Congressman Franklin Bartlett and
many other distinguished names. The
call included the statement that we
believe that sound money is again the
vital issue at the coming election"
and this phrase gives what may be
called the text of the campaign or Its
keynote. From this time on the Demo
Gratis will be compelled to confront
this vital issue. They have tried to
eyade 1t from the first and to conceal
their purpose of degrading the money
standard and the commercial honor OF
this country. but they must now race
the music"
A Set OF Ringing Resolutions.
The resolutions passed by the Law
yers' club cover the ground so well
that they might serve as model for
all the similar organizations that VIII
now be formed in the different states.
They are as follows:
Whereas, The convention assembled at Kansas
City on July 4. 1900, having nominated William
J. Bryan and Adlai e. Stevenson respectively for
the offices Of president and vice president OF the
United States upon platform advocating the free
and unlimited coinage OF silver and gold at the
ratio Of is to l. and reaffrming the Chicago plat
form Of 1896, and which attacked the independence
of the supreme court of the United States; and,
Whereas, We unreservedly condemn such revo-
lutionary doctrines, involving, they do, the
honor, prosperity and welfare Of our country;
therefore. be 1t
Resolved That we renew our allegiance TO the
prime pie of the gold standard and declare our
steadfast opposition to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver;
Further resolved That the integrity, honor and
purity of the judiciary should be maintained and
that the supreme court should be continued with
power to interpret the constitution and laws OF
the United States free from political fear favor
and should remain coordinate branch OF our
government beyond the power of political In
triguers to influence coerce;
Further resolved That we believe in the in
volatility of contracts, both public and private,
and that the government and individual citizens
should meet their Just debts and obligations In
the best money Of the world;
Further resolved, That we believe in the power
and duty of the president to see that the laws OF
the United States are enforced;
Further resolved, That, in our opinion, the de-
feat Of Messrs Bryan and Stevenson is essential
to the permanent and efficient maintenance Of the
gold standard Of value in this country.
Several other honest money organiza-
tions have been lately formed in New
York and other cities, and others are
soon to be formed. This Is regarded
by the Republican managers as among
the most promising features and most
potent influences for good in the cam
paign. These clubs are entirely indie
pendent Of party utilization and disci-
pline and have no political character
or complexion whatever. Some of them
are composed entirely of Republicans,
some entirely of Democrats and some
of both, but all of them are voluntary
organizations, self supporting, having
no eye on Offices or other rewards and
actuated solely by conscientious and
disinterested regard for the public well
fare
Democratic Honest Money League
One Of the most important Of these
organizations Is the Democratic Hon
est Money league, the headquarters Of
which is at New York. 1t has branches
in various cities of the country. Its
membership consists mainly of bust
ness men, all Democrats, but all, in the
language of It's president, Mr.. John
Byrne, Sin favor Of the existing gold
standard ana the election of the candi-
dates pledged to it's maintenance"
The league has issued an address to
the Gold Democrats of the United
States, calling upon them to unite in
''this final effort to eradicate Organism
and secure repose and safety to the
nation" The address Is in part as fol-
lows:
"In 1895, In an emergency growing
out Of the capture at Chicago of our
party by the Populists and its prosti-
tuition to undemocratic and ignoble
purposes which we regarded as sub
versive Of the honor, the dignity and
safety of our country, which we valued
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 banner
against which for lifetime we had
fought.
eff 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 time when values
Of commodities and the price of labor
were at the lowest, when CONFUSION
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 COM
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.. Bryan's inauguration; his
election would precipitate them before
sunset Of the following day. Therefore
our duty is to take up the contest
where we laid 1t down and fight 1t to a
finish in good conscience, In good faith,
In common decency, in fulfllment 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 coiors
and go over to the enemy.
I'VE repeat, no man who opposed
| Bryanism In 1895 can In good con-