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Show SILVER THE ISSUE. Democrats of the House Issue a Ringing Manifesto. FROM SAN FRANCISCO. Comes a Plea For a Pacific Republio-The East is Iynorant of the Wesf Needs and Has no Right to Legislate for tbe West. Washington, March 1. The following follow-ing is the democratic silver manifpRfn prepared by democrats in ;the house of representatives, and which will be signed by a big majority of them. "To the democrats of the United States: 'We, the undersigned democrats, present for your consideration, the following fol-lowing statement: "We believe that the establishment of gold as the enly monetary standard and the elimination of bllver as a full legal. tender money will increase the purchasing power of each dollar, add to the burden of all debts, decrease the market value of all other forms of property, continue and intensify business busi-ness depression and finally reduce the majority of the people to financial bondage. "We belieye no party can hope for enduring success in the United Sates so long as it advocates a single gold standard, and that the advocacy of such a financial policy would be especially es-pecially dangerous to a party, which , like the democratic party, derives iis voting strength from those who mav, without renroach. be called t.h mm- mon people, and we point to the overwhelming over-whelming defeat of the party in 1894, the opposition aroused by the veto ot the seigniorage bill and to the still more unanimous protest against the issue of gold bonds as proof that the democratic party cannot be brought to the support of the gold standard ool- icy. - "We believe that th3 money question will be the paramount issue in 1896, and -.vill so remain until it is settled by the intelligence and patriotism of the American yoters. "We believe a large majority of the democrats of the United States favor bimetallism and realize it can only be secured by the restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the present ratio, and we assert as-sert that the majority has, and should exert the right to control the policy of the party and retain the party name. "We believe it is the duty of the majority and within their power to take charge of the party organization and make the democratic party an effective ef-fective instrument in the accomplishment accomplish-ment of needed reforms. "It is not necessary that democrats should surrender their convictions on other questions in order to take an active part in the eettlemeit of the question, which at this time surpasses all others in importance. "We belieye that the rank and flie of the party should at once assert themselves in the democratic party and place it on record in favor of the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the present legal ratio at 16 to 1, as such coinage existed prior to 1873. without waiting for the aid or con-Bent con-Bent of anv other nation, such gold ! and silver coin to be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private. " We urge ail democrats who favor the financial policy above set forth, to associate themselves together and impress im-press their views upon the party organization; or-ganization; we urge all newspapers in Harmony with the above financial policy pol-icy to plaCa it at the head of the editorial edi-torial column and rssist in the immediate imme-diate restoration of bimetallism." A PLEA FKOM SAN FRANCISCO. San 1 KANtisco, Cal., March 1. David 15. J dines has posted the following follow-ing proclamation in front of his shop on Market street, tbe placard having a conspicuous red letter heading: "CITIZENS UEAD THIS." "Eastern manufacturers are starving our industrial clashes and bankrupting our business men. The crisis cannot be kept up much longer. Our only relief re-lief is a l'acitic repubiic. We tax" certain cer-tain foreign goods, why not protect ourselves against the east? "David B. James,'' Mr. James says he loves his country, coun-try, but he believes in the peaceful secession of the west and ttie establishing establish-ing of a republic with its own cabinet and president. lie is a California pioneer. He said: " We have no chance here without we establish a separate republic and tax the east. It can be done without the firing of a gun and it will mean prosperity pros-perity to the masses. We can produce everything we need right here, and j the states west of the Rocky moun-' moun-' tains ought to be centered m one yast empire. "We do not want the east to interfere inter-fere with us or legislate for us, because our interests are widely different. They do not understand our Chinese and Japanese problems, nor do they understand under-stand many other questions peculiar to us. "We take out, fifteen millions of bullion bul-lion annually; we produce everything needed in the entire range of human consumption, and if we can only escape from the eastern importation, which are favored by the railroads, we will have prosperous times and work for all our people, as well as for those unborn. un-born. Our only connection with -.tbe east need be in case of war. He would have offensive and defensive treaties and there would never be any trouble between the two sections. It would Btlil be America and freedom." i |