, 1889-11-28
ALL FOR SILVER
A Unit For the Coinage
Wanted.
SENATOR BLAND MAKES ASPEECH
Res olutions Passed to Place the
Matter Before Congress.
THE CONVENTION HAS TWO SESSIONS
Papers Read and Speeches Made
--Demonetization the Princi-
pal Bug-Bear.
SENATOR BLAND MAKES ASPEECH
THE CONVENTION HAS TWO SESSIONS


yer convention met this morning with
$50 delegates in their seats and large
number of spectators.
James Campbell called the convention
to order and introduced l.. 4. Rumsey
of ST. Louis as the temporary chairman,
and Albert Singer, temporary secretary,
Rumsey said:
'"You are not lawmaking body 1t Is
true but as all laws are the result OF
popular will, and as you have been
sent to represent the people OF the
United States, as members OF congress
are sent to voice the will of the people In
Washington. IL follows that the con-
gress of the United States may find
through your deliberations and conclu-
sions that you are the latest representa-
tives from the people upon the question
OF silver coinage laws, and
that they must obey the will Of the peo-
pie of the United States and enact laws
which our body can not enact, which
will give the people of the United States
the privilege of coming their silver as
freely as they coin their gold.
ain so large an assembly it would be
strange il there we're not those who have
some pet hobby, no doubt very excellent
and desirable in some other convention,
but the time for discussion of the none
tary question is so brief that 1t Is hoped
hat no extraneous subjects will be at
tempted to be pushed upon the attention
of this convention"
At the conclusion of his address va
rious committees on credentials, perma-
nent organizations and resolutions were
appointed and the convention took a re-
cess till 3 Z. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention rcassembled promptly
at 3 clock and the entire afternoon was
spent In discussion of how the conven-
tion should vote, some contending that
each delegate present should be entitled
to one vote, and others that the delega-
ton should vote its full strength by
proxy, no matter how many delegates
were in convention. The matter was
finally settled by the adoption OF u res
olution offered by Senator Stewart Of
Nevada that each delegation should be-
enth led TO twenty votes and al over that
number in any delegation should be al
lowed one vote each.
The committee on permanent organi-
zation reported the following permanent
ofiicers Chairman, A. J. Warner of
of Colorado; secretary, Albert Singer OF
Missouri; assistant secretaries, +. l..
Dana of Colorado, T. J. Palmer OF Kan
sas and j. A. Grecr of Pennsylvania.
Chairman Warner, upon being intro
duced to the convention by Senator
Stewart, thanked that Dody for the un.
expected honor. He said that no sub
To- ,,,t taA hin, mo 4 IA thp al a. y
question. Since Germany in 1872, fol-
lowed by the other European powers
and partly by the United States, by
decentralization limited silver as money,
the question had been q vital issue, and
in the discussion the bimetalists had
won the victory. An attempt to change
the money standard from gold and silver
TO gold alone was worse than a mistake-
1t was almost a crime, and its revocation
is now the important question of the
worlds. People had suffered more from
bad monetary legislation than from any
other cause.
The first duty was stability of finances.
What was asked was the restoration OF
the money standard which had existed
for ages, and that silver be placed on an
equality with gold at the ratio which has
existed. IL was the duty OF the country to
restore what should never have been dis.
turbed, and this convention had assem-
bled here TO decide upon the best meth
DDS to he pursued in reaching the de-
sired end.
IL. b. Chamberlain, president Of the
Denver chamber of commerce, on behalf
of that body then presented solid silver
gavel to Chairman Warner. A number
of resolutions to be referred to the com
mittee on resolutions were read and re-
corded. The committee is considered u
very strong one, and 10 Is expected II
will embody the wishes of the convcn-
tion so briefly and so clearly that they
will be easily understood. After the an
nouncement that there would be recep-
night the convention adjourned.
The committee on resolutions Is com
posed as follows: Arkansas, B. d.
Williams; Arizona, }. G. Loss; Ala
bama, A, Irwin; Colorado, T. b. Bu.
chanon; California, Hon. J. Pix
ley;. Idaho, William Hindman
Indiana, Peter p. Kennedy; ILLINOIS
Hon. z. Il. Waite; Kansas, A. Fl. Nc
Manans; Ms%nSn; E@sntg'ay w. g. aysiess4y iHssnTy ysa Mas0R
7. Bland; Nebraska, William Wallace
New Mexico. }; A. Manzsnsris
Nevada, Francis Y. Newbaks
Pennsyivania, W. J. Chayney; Texas
Charles Longuemard; Utah, =. G. Good
win; District of Columbia, l. G. Mich
els; Michigan. Hon. Ben Calvin; Wy
ominy, William Grant; Tennessee, A.
j. Kellar; Virginia, John Porter.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 27.-At the silver con-
yention this morning Delegate Morse o.
Colorado introduced tho following:
Resolved, That senators and repre-
sentatives In congress are hereby re
qucsted to establish unit for the coin
age OF silver with the South American
states that shall make silver coin pas.
current on a par with gold In all the
Americas of the Western hemisphere
That they also he requested 10 openn nego
tiations with the congress OF ALL -Ameri
cas- now In session for the building Of Q
railroad from the United States anc
through the states of South America.
After lively discussion 1t was re
ferred to the committee on resolutions
A number of resolutions were offered ir
rapid succession and were all referred Il
/ the committee on resolutions A papel
from John Thompson, vice president o
Il the Chase National bank in New York
was then read. II was the judgnien
of Thompson that the movement for
more liberal use Of silver in our currency
supply should be gradual.
First secure the coinage OF . maxi
mum of "A, 600, 900 per month and see tn,
results produced under that augmented
coinage. In his deliberate judgmen
this augmented coinage would pave III,
way for the adoption Of full coinage b!
acclama alton. With tho denonetisatioi
of silver began the era of contrac
ton, which was not perhaps showl
bv the a9RreRate figures of tn