Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-27
SILVER CONVENTION.
Organization Effected at St.
Louis.
A. j. WARNER IN THE CHAIR.
The Chairman's Opening Remarks
Importance Of Restoring
Bi-Metalism.
A. J. WARNER IN THE CHAIR.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HKnALp.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
ST. LOUIS, November 26.-The Ma
tional Silver Convention met this morn
ing, with $50 delegates in the seats ant
a large number OF spectators. jaime,
Campbell called the convention to ordel
and introduced L. M. Rumsey, of St
Louis, as temporary Chairman, and AL
bert Singer temporary Secretary. Rum
sey said: "You are not law-makina
body, it is true; but as all laws are the
results of popular will, and as you have
been almost as popularly cent to repre-.
sent the people of these United States as
are members of Congress sent to voice
the will of the people in Washington, it
follows that the Congress of the United
States may find through your deliber-
ations and conclusions that you are the
latest representatives from the people
upon the question OF silver coinage laws ;
that they must obey the will OF the
people of the United States and enact
laws which your body cannot enact. and
which will give to the people of the
United States the privilege of coming
their silver as freely as they coin their
gold.
"In 30 large aa assemblage it would
be strange II there were not those who
have some pet hobby, no doubt very ex-
cellent and desirable in some other con-
vention, but the time for the discussion
of this monetary question is so brief that
IN u hnroH gn vtrar ont,, otc
be attempted to be pushed upon the at
tention of this convention"
At the conclusion of his address, the
various committees on credentials, per-
manent organization and resolutions
were appointed, and the convention took
a recess till s p. m.
The convention reaesemblad promptly
at o'clock. The entire afternoon was
spent in the discussion of how the con.
vention should vote, some contend
ing that each delegate present should
be entitled to one vote, others that
each delegation should vote its full
strength by proxy, no matter how many
delegates were in the convention. The
matter was finally settled by the adop-
ton Of resolution offered by Senator
Stewart, of Nevada, that each delegation
should be entitled to twenty votes, and
all over that number in any delegation
should be allowed one vote each.
The Committee on Permanent Organ.
ization reported the following permanent
officers: Chairman, A. Warner, Ohio !;
Vice.C Chairman, 8. M. McMichael, Colo
rado; Secretary, Albert Singer, Missouri !;
Assistant Secretaries, +. l.. Dana, Colo
RADIO; T. ]. Palmer, Kansas; J. A. Greer,
Pennsylvania.
Chairman Warner upon being intro
duced to the convention by Senator Stew
art, thanked that body for the unexpected
honor. He said that no subject inter-
ested the world more than the silver
question. Since Germany, in '72, fol-
lowed by other European powers and
partly by the United States, demonetized
silver the question has been vital issue,
and in the discussion the bi-metallists
had won the victory. The attempt to
change the money standard from gold
and silver to gold alone was
worse than a mistake. 1t was al
most crime. The demonetizasion
Of silver had made the gold standard
different than before that act. The de-
monetization of silver was in fact great
crime, and its revocation was now the
important question of the world. The
people had suffered more from bad mon
etary legislation than from any other
cause. The first duty was the stability
of the finances. What was asked was
the restoration of the money standard
which existed for ages-that silver be
placed on an equality with gold at
the ratio which has existed. It
was the duty of the country to restore
what should never have been disturbed, !,
and this convention had assembled here
to decide upon the best methods to be
pursued in reaching the desired end
II. B. Chamberlain, President of the
Denver Chamber of Commerce, in behalf
of that body, then presented solid
silver gavel to Chairman Warner.
A number Of resolutions to be referred
to the Committee on Resolutions were
read and recorded. The committee is
considered very strong one, and it is
expected it will embody the wishes oil
the convention briefly and so clearly
that they will be easily understood.
After the announcement that there
would be a reception at the Merchants
Exchange tonight, the convention ad-
journed.