National Republican., 1883-02-08
FINANCIAL REFORM.
A General Assembly Of the GreenbaCk Party To
Consider Grave Questions.
An Effort to Harmonize All Elements by
Distributing Offices.
No Political Action on the Part Of The Conereph 10
be Entertained.
A Letter from Ex-Trcasurcr Spinner OPP
posing Further Coinage OF silver.

posing Further Coinage OF silver.
Thirty or forty gentlemen and four ladi es
who are satisfied that the world is out of joint
in several places arc in session in the National
hotel. They have met to confer together and
devise the most effective means for securing
immediate public consideration Of the follow
| ing propositions, which are included in the
| formal call:
l. Prompt payment Of the public debt
?, The general government TO issue all money,
make II n legal tender In paymentof private debts
and public dues and keep lts volume uniform " form
3. Railways and telegraphs to be regarded as
public institutions, aud their charges regulated by
national and state laws based on fair return on
| the amount actually paid by stock and bond hold
ers for the construction and equipment OF such
property.
| enactment of laws compelling all properly to bear
| its Just proportion of public burdens.
8. All public lands TO be held for actual settlers
9. Economy in public expenditures, honesty In
administering public affairs, and an elective civil
| service system.
| franchisemcnt TO imprisonment for all who sell
their votes, coerce voters, or render false returns
| OF votes cast.
They ore greatly oppressed because incor-
porated and affiliated wealth threatens the
! liberty of the people. 1t has divided Ameri-
can citizens into classes of rich and poor
those who live ON fixed incomes, yet produce
nothing, and those whose labor pays all the
taxes and supports all classes. II controls the
| principal avenues of commerce and travel,
| and the transmission of intelligence. 1t
wields an undue influence over the public
press. 1t corrupts legislative, judicial and
executive officers and, above all it manipulates
the volume Of currency, which enables it to
create panics, destroy property values,
paral we business, throw labor out of employ
ment, and stop the demand for its produc-
| tions."
There was a.
AN INFORMAL MEETING
of delegates in the afternoon, about twenty
| of them being in attendance. In the evening
| the gentlemen and ladies who are endeavor-
| ing to insinuate the wedge end of the lever
| that is to move tho world rcassembled, with
! Il. j. Whitehead of New Jersey, in the chair
temporarily, and Il. p. Ryndor, of Altoona,
Pa, acting in the capacity of secretary. The
following list of delegates had been prepared,
and 1t Is supposed that q majority Of those
enumerated were present.
Alabama-Col A. H. Brtton.
| ConnectCut-W. NJ. Buckley.
1owa-Judge ]. q. Cook, Congressman. elect
| Weller, and Mr. DaWley.
MaIne-,lTon. G. W. Ladd and 4. NJ. Springer.
Observation-Disclosures Z. Williams.
| Michigan-Paul Bowen.
acknowledgements l. $. Hazeltinc, j. II.
| Burrows, Il. NJ. Rice, and n. Ford.
New Jerey-Davd A. Hopkins, L. J. Whitehead,
New York-Wallace P. Groom and Hon. G. o.
| Jones.
Pennsylvana-T. f. Nlanhan, r.. 7. Daniels, Col.
| A. X. owen, L. NJ. Davis, T. y. Ryduor, John NJ.
Davis, James David, W, c. Crooks, and Congress.
man q. N. Brunim.
Texas-Congressman @. w. Jones.
| West Virginia-COl. Joe A. Thomson.
Rhode Isand-lIon. Benjamin Chace.
Washington, ID. C.-Col. Lee Crandgll, Judge
Warwick Martin, Rufus II. Darby, DR.. W. W. Jack.
son. j. u, Wolf, G. c. Jackson, and II. q. Trador.
SPEECHES
wero made by Representatives Ladd, of
Maine; Brumm, of Pennsylvania, and Hazel
tine, of Missouri. The speakers, one and all,
modestly gave to the greenback party the
credit of having lifted Abc country by the
tail out of the slough 81 financial ruin in
which it was houndering n few years ago.
| They tell of the marvellous progress made by
the party since II came into existence of the
wonderful success which had attended its
movements, and Of the hopes of its leaders
for the future. They aSsailed the money
power, grinding monopoles and the like, and
insisted that the only way to insure q long
seasop of uninterrupted prosperity was in the
issuing of legal tender currency equal to the
demands Of business, Independent of the
metallic aCcumulations in the vaults of the
treasury. There is nothing, said Mr.. Hazel.
tine, that will stimulate business like money
and the more money we have the more bust
ness and the greater prosperity.
The chairman explained how he came tc
call this financial reform conference III,
closed by asking the meeting to proceed al
once to
PERMANENTLY ORGANIZE.
The secretary thereupon moved that Hon
T.. NJ. Davis, of Philadelphia be made nor
mancnt chairman. He said that Mr.. Davis
was known from the Pacific to the Atlanti,
and from the lakes to the gulf, as a sur,
enough rcformer and advanced politica
thinker. Furthermore, he was the son-in
law Of that truy great woman, Lucretia Mott
Judge Cook, of Iowa, was also put in nom
{ inati0n as western man. Two or three del
cgates wanted Judge Cook elected to concil
late the western element, which they under
) stood was disposed to fly Off at tangent
Judge Cook mOdestly expressed a desire /,
, draw out but his advocates would not lister
to him.
Mr., Dawley, Of Iowa, protested in heavy
, tragic accents against the Introduction of th
sectional question.
1 Mr., j. b, Wolf, of this city, n bony, singet
, cat, old gentleman, with ragged fringe o
nilr, WnlCn hthIlS OuJ JusU aDONe tne COLA
and quits there, and II voice as sharp and pre-
cisc MS the bark of seyen-shooter, spoke IL
: the same strain.
Again Judge Cook withdrew from the con
test, and the relative by marriage of the dis
: tinguished Lucrctia Mott was made presi
! dent of the meeting.
, HON. GEORGE o. JONES,
> of New York, offered preamble and resolu
D tion to confne the discussions Mt the confer
= once to the questions and topics named in tn
0 call, and providing that no resolution look
{ ing TO any political action on the part of thi
D conference be entertained by this meeting
Mr.. Jones wanted TO impress his auditor
Q with the fact that this meeting was merely
I conference, and that II had no right whateve
to attempt to form new political party, o
Y formulate political declarations which as
a sumes TO guide or to control existing politica
Q parties.
=, The meeting got into iangle, and prett
{ much everybody took part in the business O
, hair splitting Eventually the Jones resolu
4 ton, slightly modified, was adopted over tn
5 protest of several enthusiastic member of til
z national party, who said they supposed tn
: meeting had been called to unite tho scatter
/ ing opposition to the old parties on q common
platform 1t was with grief that they say
the meeting deliberately divest itself Of pc
litical power, or the assumption of sucl
power, and consent to let whatever action
A might take go out as the action of a confer
q enco of gentlemen interested in various gov
ernmental reforms.
The following gentlemen were appointed
committee on address and resolutions: w.