, 1877-12-09
nrond Mass-Meeting Of the Cih-
= zens Of Chicago VIII Soon
Be Held.
,,.u~,xsions Of Opinion Regarding the
Repeal Of the Resumption
Act.
r.4,r from Judge Booth in Reply to
'''' President Hayes Views Ro"
earding Silver.

Alt |
silver oo', 1..ar.c r Lawrence presided. AMI
Aouse poa,,, ar.eu as Secretary. Among those
'uuse were Judge Van II. Higgins, Il. (.
P'essus ,.-on John Hi5c, John Fovsyt'ic, William
pe'NE y r. Goodell, 5. II. kcrfnot, s $. Hayes
bfo''' ,,.,orx Potter Palmer. and others.
'nose o,.r,nte said that they had met to
Jca&. ..s hr what means they couli best make
.,+a,res ielt at Washington III regard TO 1hls
",:t important question
+,- hcs1 thing to do was to ar
'.r., 'snsc for public meeting in Tue 4aoefnac'e
- elsewhere. He thought that 4 large nnn'-
~ of spcskers should he ootalheu Ill otue' "
t.rs short speeches. It "oul1 pcfnap> Ut W..
~ .n,ont committee TO arrange lot soeA '
~.ot;nr. What they waited was Tue feooac-
.:...,on Of the silver dollar anu II necessary :
.e,a1,+;on should be sent to "asnlnstoa ~
:enfcr vita tue President, Secretary ehet"la'''
~ rnembe7s Of Congress. aud to o1'n. oe'o'e
.ha,n thc wishes Of tue people OF thc Sofhn-
~, IN rerarl to this matter. lie mo'eo t'e ap'
"a;,+mrnt ol i committee OF nsc Oh o1Sa'li"a-
ton. .,.+ - roe ahont
.,,a for the people Of this country 10 or@a.a'.c
=. aatcnse of their most vital 1nte1esIs' 4"'s
+hon1d be done without respect to party OF I'o,
,...1, .i;,iatious aud the Committees should
49,. ~, he discharged until they had prepared reso-
,,,ons setting forth the platform OF the pcop!e
- .ha Northwest. He did not believe i'll s1''1'i:.
IN the fgnt even if they were de1ea'ea 1T N''
outset. ..o o,,,1orncnt of gentle
49, 80 ~ et;r m the people, and was wiling u 70
r tarth himself aud tell the story OF no" 1hcy hao
been defrauded.
Wa Mr. KERFoOT
said be had visited Number ol Sefy p1ond 'r;..d
F. H. enthusiasm with which he WAS fecei'eo::
- htS o1niou, there WAS uo danger Whatever "
f.it1re. although OF course II W:tS tnen up ~.
mari AGAINST it. Unfortunately scsern -.
thrse gentlemen had been pfetludsu on w.. clt
n social engagements from astenolnS lug n!ee
80 Withnrf rcspcct to party, all the persons
ss;ta 3,e,l declared their willingness to lndorse
W. action OF the meeting, oniy two eacep''on'
being met with ,,~ro,,c, and
.,at a mr. currency Greenbacks we're Toou
ha.srsa @s secured by Government bonds, anu ills
.~oer;encr was that when Government or HI
Individual rcpudiated its or ms own p',i'sa pupe.
sucn action had . tendency to "eaken pa4a,1 putaa1
eSnf3denre. But, il the Government accepieu
;t"nTrr n.ner in naymcnt of debts due to It, tfat
r.rr action had the effect OF keeping tue paper
fhe Chair, iu putting the motion ol ~, NJ
Bross, asked the meeting "hetne. tmes IF I've ~
sidered it we'll to couple tue quesL'olo ~ 'A~
reconciliation Of silver and the
REPEAL or THE RESUMPTION ACT
torethpr. Congress had given very uec'uea
msiority on tue first, and that majority nau
dwindled greatly when the scconu e.u.e ~ .
Tr. Rross said that be bad not contchp!at.o
,hs rrneal Of the Resum ption act as ont OF tue
questions to be considered. n.,o,., whom
hc had consulted Lad generally expressed
themselves in 1ayor OF 1he repeal; G.ne - 10. re.
becn content with asking that the uats ot H. r.,
su1nnttnn be postponed. He Aopeu tnat ,ne
latter clousr ri least would be carried, anu tta!
+hc rcrnonetization Of the silver dollar shou4o
follow. -
-o,.ad eo,,e+h;nc mure than the 1emonctlzo
4ion of silver. and moved, therefore, thai tne
mect;nr should be called to also consioe1 ~
distressed financial condi1lon OF the eount'1 u,
He lad no idea that the reulonel.za11on ~ ~
yer would restore the country to the conunlol
Desired There was parallel between ths cx
ist;nu conditions aud those which preVa1ieu l1ol'
1ST 10 1872. Then the attempt 10 letuiu ~
snecie-payment broke up the country 80.
plugged its citizens into universal ~ trrsi
dent Hayes and Secretary Sherman eou!t
sec that there WAS no sYmpa'ny y,,ss :.
either OF them for the debtor t'1is W.:
The sneaker continued to declare AGAINST w
,o1icy Of contraction, and gavc history
hsnEine opcrations since the War. According
nis views, the only flourishin ~ Se
.n,sss he Bankruptcy Court. HI did not pei'cy :
that the people in Washington wcre hotest' J. J.
1863 Mr. john Sherman assured MN .!ias ~
Tns1ay be declares that they are payable IN @9i' ~
~ the sneakers opinion the course o. ~
Sherman was dictated by the fart that nc i'' u;
grown wealthy, and had gotten lnto sSlnpa.l . IT.,
with the creditor class. Nore paper au'
needed in order to float the ship o1 eoillllets
W1ile willing to approach the subject bf graun
annroaches or parallels, he was mot "llllns w..
tRe meefing should DC conducd to dlsGussit !
1he restoration Of the silver dola1. nut :
wanted tbs Demonstration 91 9h1ougI Consres
nd mix s;eued by President Grant unacr
1n;s+ sSc To-day, with such a urodnctlua
Was never known in any ciEin1eu eou1.,. ~ a,;c.
proportipu to population. Will pea1' ~. ~,
fi,;nr~ tn eat. drink. and wear, there "ele ~
third Of the American people out ol ct''o1o
nent- :,,;,o ~ ccce,t I!
amendment n,,,
I'LL mt mini; II necessary to canvass Tue c't!
snhscritrrs to the platform. The people "e
only waiting for Chicago to speak, ana ~ Mou w..
sneak With such 4 voice that ffts'uea: :. ~
md Nr. John Sherman would quasc III .n
boots On twenty-iour hours mo'',S ,s;tio't I
nre1i,ninary trouble OF sending lists aFou
The resolution Of Gov. Bross WAS then
Beuted as follows:
Rfto{red, That committee OF hsc oe appu'u. F'.,.
In make preliminary arrangements Ivy =
meeting OF citizens to take into Cunr'oSt A.'o -,
subject OF the reconciliation u the e'!sea . 49,
and the repeal OF the Resumption ac1' ~ 49, -
1ion with the depressed financial cono1tlon VI
country.
JUDGE Duulery moved to strike OUT c'e
thing after the words Resumption acs:
Mr. $ca,a1nou moved to strike Out lAe e!.''
relating to the repeal OF the kcsunap1:o" 7e'
THE CHAIR
believed that in the interest OF concl!la1iou u,
would be best to contne tho cal! 10 1ne ~ ~.
question. By calling meeting ~ coi;i -
10th that and the Resumption e4ause, !. -
would defeat their own Object. lot H14ns
favored rcuonctization who did nut 20 ~ l'1t
to ursirc the repeal Of TIC <csuI'olio:1 ;:
ANY difference Oh this point Woalu .
the Eastern papers CHANGE to say '.'at
meeting was not unanimous. 1hey eoa.a
tack the intamy by wi,icl, silver was I. ue'''"
tized, and on that point they we're q u''tt. VI u
Judge Booth thought that even Il IL "el1 .+
included iu the call, the question O. fesl'ni,t
would cert ainly be sprung upon ttiG tllse''
Hewas no more afraid OF GolAS ns!ote
public on that than upot. the silver 3D., ~
The amendment offered by Nf. osslsi1" aai
prevailed. and the motion as So ainel'1eo
unani1nously adopted. The Chair nolnlna
Is tile Committee Messrs: William 'ross,
II. DERBY, ". c. Goudy, T. H. WINSTON, an>
h. kcrfoot- Judges LlWrentc r
Booth, Mr. +. s. Pike, and 1:,,,;t Mr. =
Forsythe we're added to the Soua'ai. l.a:t
which was given full power to act ~ opta.. ':.,