The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-06
AN APPEAL FOR SILVER.
.Omcial Address OF the Executive Com
mittee OF the State silver
Association.


Committee Colorado Silver Assn.
Room 13, Opera House Block,
DENVER, Colorado, Feb. q, 1886.
To the Citizens of Colorado.
Your interests are in d niger. The
United States congress may, if assisted
and supported by state and territorial
Organizations, pass at its present session
an act for the free aud unlimited coinage
of silver, which, if not vetoed by the
president, would give stimulus to all
branches of business unparallele lin the
history of the country. But your enc
mics will use every means at their COM
mand, aided by unlimited expen iture
of money, to elect congress next fall
that will suspend the coinage of silver.
A number of United States senators
will be elected next winter, and money
will doubtless be used liberallv to elrct
Legislators that will send men to the SEN
ate who are opposed to silver coinage in
any form. Outside of the silver-produc.
ing regions the people look to the states
and territories that produce silver to
take the lead in this agitation,
To counteract the opposition to silver
coinage, money must be raised to ray for
printing and distributing silver litera-
ture in other states, and to put speakers
in the field to advocate the cause. The
only effective way to do this is through
organized effort, and we urgently appeal
to the citizens of every county il Colo
RADIO, to call county conventions without
delay and form silver associations by
electing executive committees, with aux
iliary members of active men who will
push the work in each precinct or camp.
The chairmen of the. county executive
committees should also be constituted
members of the general committee of the
state assocl etion. We further recon-
mend that the counties will hold their
meetings Saturday, March IS, for the
purpose of oforganizing, and that the men,
bers OF the general committee appointed
by the state convention will issue calls
for the meetings in their respective coun-
ties, and in counties where no members
have been appointed upon the general
committee, the friends of silver will issue
calls for that purpose. The vacancies on
the general state committee should be
filled by the election of one member
from each county, and their addresses
furnished the secretary of this committee.
Prompt action by the people of Colo
RADIO will inspire the citizens of other
states and territories with zeal, and that
cooperation so essential for eventually
obtaining the free and unlimited coinage
of silver will be secured. All money COL
lected for the use of this association
should be forwarded to the secretary, D.
B. harris, Room Is, Opera House block,
Denver, as directed by the convention
held in this city on the seventeenth list.
H.A. W. TABOR, of Arapahoe county.
H.B. GILLESPIE, of Pitkin county.
GEORGE R. WILLIAMSON, of Boulder
county.
TINGLEY s. WOOD, of Lake county.
FRANK HALL, of Arapahoe county.
D. B. HARRIS, of Arapahoe county,
Executive Committee of the Colorado
Silver Association.
COUNTY ORGANIZATION
There will be meeting of the Arapa-
hoe county friends of silver, in the police
court room this Saturday. evening, for
the purpose of perfecting' county Or
ganization. A county executive commit
tee of five gentlemen will be chosen. 1t
is rumored that the bank element will
again try to capture Arapahoe county, by
controlling this meeting; therefore it is
necessary that there should be full at
tendance of those who are friendly to
the people, as against the bankers. THE
ENQUIRER hopes that the workingmen OF
the city will be represented in large