, 1890-02-20
THE SILVER QUESTION
A Mass Meeting Held at
Cooper Union.
PROMINENT MEN PRESENT
Speeches by General Warner and
Ex- Congressma an Fitch--The
Presidents Position.


NEW YoRK, Feb. 1s.--A mass meeting
on the silver question was held tonight
at Cooper Union under tho auspices Of
the committee appointed by the National
Silver Convention at ~. Louis last fall.
General Edward Curtis, OF San Fran
cisco, had tho meeting In charge, and
with him were General Warner. OF Ohio.
chairman OF the National Silver Com
mittee, and ex-Congressman Thomas
Fitch, of Nevada.
General Curtis called the meeting TO
order. and ex- Postmaster General James
was elected chairman. Mr.. James made
a brief address, and said that he felt
honored IN being called to be president
of the meeting.
The following gentlemen were an
nounced vics presidents OF tho meeting;
Edward Pierrepoht, II. Grace, John
4. Thompson, II. Thurbcr. ex-senator
Warner Miiles james y. Colgate. John
b. Straiton, g.. r. Coz, Il, o. Boyd and
+. Burns. All ofthese were on the plat
form except Messrs. Pierrepont. Grace.
Niiler nd phorh,r
okSshAb WAkNkHs SPEECH
ucneral Narnef WAS tnc nrst SPEAKER.
He said that nothing would concefn the
rao,,I., ,,,,,,,, a., .I,u,,o,,.y ,o ,r,,sn,noJ
,.i,.'.-,.,si.,,',. t'e, ,,a =.
a" "ouiu uos"~eo as i'ot nov =" 70
disputed that tia present ratio oil staple
commodities On ithds world was as low
now as IN 1879 aud lslQ. or before the
gold disooyor,es In Caiifornia and Ana.
,saIia Teu1..,1 NJ ,orr,ar n,,s, .,v.
',uiia' iop'Ay s"v '".iiOt n'us' So
Three IntutllTe9 OF WHett gel a. fuu0n
gold as two measures would have ex-
changed for In 1873. "There are" he
ssid. 1.-THE suittc nuniber OF grains in a
aoId doilar ma in,tis7a. A obanye In
ot.' - -. a., I.,.,a..in,,
ihohoy my WIN " ""s
or deores,ihs HS 'aiuc' OF
by increasing or decreasing iu
weight. Take the period Of twsnty-one
vears proylous To 1873. when the mo-
I,,a,,sI,, -, III a,J .nyor ,,,. =, a.
uucuon u ", so'' ~" 49, ~ 100
hiBh'' Duin,s 'uas ps,'Vu e"s 49," "'s
lhcreaseu " hever uiu oelois.
was an o,si Nv, ~, " ,a" pnenV'hema ne"s ~
aSd ,hcv con,Inn.a 10 fali and became
los than Wien goid was disroyered.
From 1873 down to now, Germany,
Italy and the United States have not only
absorbed all the gold that has gone into
use during mat perlol, Dnt nave eohl-
Pe,isu rsuh.r,Tu.ou ,,'. III 81 so,b he - noUnis
t;on S'iiI be Greatly Increased. Where IA
the money 10 come from 10 meet the in-
creased demand3 but this is the pros
pect the gold nagihfes hold out 70 US
Are we 20 alamo thlsf AIo vac uen.s ~
s,e Np,iu ~ ~ Wy t.,s,s,',h ~ ~" c.,tn,,,
N ,o,,yr,s. wIllilbe called mon 10
right tho WRONG done Ia 1873
BY restoring the coinage OF silver.
Why, That ACT deponetl1lng
silyer "as no mote Jus.'liap@.e pc shAn i
rJhSy, ,n'' ,,'sa,,,re ~ % a afano,hcrS Why.
iii has been prouo,el 10 add another
metal 20 gold and silver to cheapen
money. the peor,le would cry out against
tho fraud is u any more jtistiiiablc to
change the measure In such way that
IL wolIld not he found out? IL was done,
NOT Tor the benefit of the world but for
a small mlnority.r
py-co,nnrss,t,s ,trcg.
49,. s.,,a,-.a osr.
Ex-Cpngyfgiil IAN i'cIi 'oho"eu Ne"
oral Wurner' N lle,said mat uheIe was
no longer any problem of honest finance,
but thnt ltN only rascality that seemed
~ on,ar'Js nv, tbt mpItIuiieatlon table.
40 en'a.,H'v y ~ a. ..,ha, ,Se vaIuo Of
~ Is rutn, ne sa'u' ''a. ,i,e 80 ~
all things should be measured by money
and money by its quantity. Whatever
might be said of proper money intia-
,ios,s no Instance could be recorded in all
,o'L It','' - ,i,a .i,,iti,aJ ,rorl,l vb.r
tine history oi .ne ei'iIN'N ~o
an INJURY !" INDUSTRIES was uonY ~
increased coinage OF gold ana silver
"In 1865, at the conclusion OF the eiVll
war, tho industries of the south were
prostratcd and tho industries OF the
North unsettled. From 1853 TO is's we
WERE busy knitting up the industries
that tho war had unrayeled ana erea,ihs
and erecting homes all over the country
There was no reason for interierence III
this work. There was no excuse 10. ne
demonelizaiio OF silver. Ine Ss.s .,Ss.
that gold monoine,a,,''H was
'h.S ..rhn me ,rawib r of his nation has been
,hennmensl but the Industries have
boon cantur,d bv the few a3 fast as they
bcen crrated by The many. ltis the toll
~ n.Lor alone that gtiards the nation
1y,r Doverty and WANT
some one in the audience at one por-
,,on az Mr. fitch's speech asked how
tbsa.i dert In rrison stood on the question. |
IL is;,ch In replylng, snid |
IL, Nr Harrison has disre- |
sM -. s,iver platform ON |
Shirh he was elected. fie might,
haweycr in time give the people justice. |
n wouId be- well, said Fitch. scr the