Show I SILVER PLATFORM Declaration of Principles by White V Metal Advocates We the Slyer Republican party In national assembly declare these as our principles and Invite the cooperation of all who agree therewith We recognize that the principles set forth in the declaration of American Independence are fundamental and everlastingly true in their application V behave to governments among men We have the patriotic words of Washing V tons farewell address to be the words V of soberness and wisdom inspired by the spirit of right and truth Ve trcas uio the words of Jefferson as priceless gems of American statesmanship We hold in sacred remembrance the broad philanthrophy and patriotism of Lincoln Lin-coln who wasthe great Interpreter of American history and the great apostle V of human lights and of Industrial freedom V free-dom and we declare as was declared by the convention that nominated the great emancipator that the maintenance V mainten-ance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution thqt all men are created equal that they arc endowed by their Creator with V certain inalienable rights that among these are those of life liberty and the V V pursuit of happiness that to secure these rights governments are Instituted V among men deriving their just rights V from the consent of the governed is escntial to the preservation of our republican re-publican institutions V STAND FIRM FOR BIMETALISM V We declare our adherence to the princIple prin-cIple of blmetallsm as the right basis of a monetary system under our nation na-tion Constitution A principle that V found place repeatedly in Republican V platforms from the demonetization ofV V silver in 1S73 to the St Louis Republican Republi-can convention of 1S9C Since that convention a Republican Congress and Republican President at the dictates of the ti usta and money power has passed and approved a currency cur-rency bill which in itself is a repudiation V repudi-ation of the doctrine of bltnictalism advocated ad-vocated theretofore by the President and every great leader of his party V WHAT LAW DOES V This currency law destroys the full V money power of the sllvei dollar provides pro-vides for the payment of all Govern ment obligations and the redemption of al forms of papei money In gold alone retires the time honored and patriotic V V greenbacks constituting onesixth of the money In circulation and surrenders surren-ders to banking corporations a sovereign sover-eign function of issuing J all paper money mon-ey thus enabling these corporations to control the prices of labor and property by Increasing or diminishing the volume of money in circulation thus VV giving the banks power to create panics pan-ics and bring disaster upon business enterprises V en-terprises CHANGES THE CONTRACT The provisions of this currency lawmaking law-making the bonded debt of the Republic Repub-lic payable in J gold alone changes the contract between the Government and the bondholders to the advantage of the later and is In direct opposition to the declaration of the Matthews resolution passed by Congress In 1S7S for which I resolution the present Republican President Pres-ident then a member of Congress voted aH did also all the loading Republicans Re-publicans both in the House and In the Senate t SenateWILL WILL WORK FOR REPEAL V We declare It to be our intention to I I lend our efforts to thrs repeal of this I currency law WhiCh not dnly repudiates the ancient and timehonored principles A of the American people before the Con |