Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-11-22
THE TRUTH ABOUT IT.
A BRIEF BUT CONCISE HISTORY
OF MONETARY CRUSADE.

The Succeeding Steps from the Demonstration
of Silver Up to the Enthronement Of Cold
The final Fetter is to Be Forged in Secret
the Same as Each Successive Link. Until thu
Finances Of the Nation will Be Controlled b,
Grand Central Bank in the Empire City.
Register Democrat.
The goldbug money power, with
headquarters in this country in New
York City, is still clamoring for addi.
tional special privileges which will en-
able the schemers to the moro secure
ly dictate terms to the wealth pro.
ducers of the nation. First they
smuggled bill through Congress to
demOnetize silver. Then they spent
twenty years fighting all legislation
proposed for undoing their criminal
work, resulting finally in a compro.
mise measure. providing for the pur-
chase of silver bullion on the part of
the government. But no sooner was
this measure passed than they set to
work to make the law odious and con
spired for its repeal. The Secretary Of
the Treasury in every instance joined
hands with these public conspira,ors
and enemies of the nation-the gold.
bug Shylocks of Wall street. He
even violated his oath of office and
failed to cause to be coined the speci-
fled amount of silver provided in the
act for the redemption OF treasury
notes issued for the purchase of said
silver bullion. The repeal of the sill
yer purchase law was finally sccomp-
lished, but the means which were en-
ployed to secure it on the part OF
Grover Cleveland and the gold-bug
pirates will ever be remembered as
one OF the blacklist crimes ever re-
corded in the official history of the
nation. The specific pledge was made
to the advocates of silver money that
Immediately upon repeal of the silver
purchase law the supporters OF gold
bugism in Congress would join the
silver men in the enactment of law
favorable to silver and satisfactory to
the country. They lied. All sugges-
tions for legislation along the lines
promised we're spurned by these truck
ling slaves OF the money power. Even
the little sop of coinage of the seign-
forage was passed with the under
standing that the stuffed prophet Of
Buzzard's Bay would veto it. Moth
ing was too coarse or raw for this un-
couth and brutal dictator. He cared
nothing for public opinion or the
rights of the people. Then the gold
bug money power took up the crusade
for further Strengthening its position
and weakening the power of the peo-
pie. They insisted upon the passage
of direct gold standard law in open
violation of all former professions of
the Congressmen whom they called to
their assistance. They were success
full. Further on they demanded the
passage of q law permitting national
bankers the special privilege Of issuing
their fat rag money notes in volume
up to the full amount Of their bonds,
which latter of course still continue to
draw interest from the government.
They were successful as usual, and at
the last session of Congress they act
ually had introduced bill compelling
the Secretary Of the Treasury to re-
deem silver money on demand in gold
coin. This measure was 90 openly
raw and atrocious that, like Hanna's
ship subsidy theft, it was deemed ad-
visable to await later date to force
the bill through. The next step in
their path Of crime is the passage OF q
bill providing for the retirement OF
the greenbacks and all government
paper issues and comforting upon ma.
tional banks this most important
function of government, the issue and
regulation of the volume of paper
money. Furthermore these bold pi-
rates of the financial world propose
that there shall be established in New
York City q STRONG CENTRAL BANK, to
be operated by these successful con-
spirators and which shall control the
conduct Of every one of the smaller
banks throughout the country. This
is the final link which they propose to
weld in the gold standard chain
which shall bind to the wheels OF
Greed and Avarice every industrial en-
terprise in America. So thoroughly
do these financial wreckers control
Congress and the present administra-
tion that they openly declare their
purpose through the columns OF their
official organs, such as the publication
called Money. = monthly magazine
published in New York in the interest
of these financial bandits and conspir-
ators. The aforementioned facts de-
serve the attention of every patriotic
citizen who loves liberty and prizes
the sacred institutions bequeathed US
by the fathers of the country. The
recital Of financial history ss above
set forth is Gods truth, every word OF
it, and the goldbug plutocrat or his
cringing hireling and slave does not
live who can successfully deny it.
The citizen who imagines that the