Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-17
RADICALS ON TOP.
Row in Prospect for the Com.
mercial Congress.
SERIOUS INDICATIONS OF A BOLT.

The Free Trade, Free silver. and Cur
rency Imitation 5Ien Control the { ath-
erinS aud the Resolutions Comm ttee
A Lively Time Looked for Oven the
Report-A. j. Warner. OF Ohio, and
Judge Widner, Of Los Angeles. Give
Their Views.
KANSAS CITY. Apri. lit Is svident
shat the attempt at the commercial con-
gress to discuss poiitica. matters without
going into politics : doomed 10 failure.
For some days the belief has been grow
ing among those who are here in attend
ance on the congress that the whole thing
was rapidly developing into poli icai
movement. The debate INDUCED in
Wednesday night between Congressman
Breckenridge. OF Arkansas, and Chauncey
!. Filley, OF St. Louis, showed the trend
OF thought, and showed that the rule OF
non-partisanship would be dropped on ali
occasions where the ideas advanced were
in conflict with the views of those who
took part n the proceedings.
\ Fight over the Resolutions.
Senator H B. Kelley, OF Kansas, who is
looked upon as the father OF the conven-
| ton. said last evening that It was time TO
break away from party fealty and, if
necessary, form new party which would
give the west and South that which they
could not otherwise obtain. He said that
what he wanted was free coinage and low
tariff, and this was what would be worked
for. The Conflict VIII begin when the
committee on resolutions presents its re-
E-,~
! day. when there was a long wrangla over
the vote that should be cast on all resolu-
tons and in which it was plainly shown
that such states as Indiana. Minnesota,
aud Illinois would not be allowed vote
| in the matter unless they agreed TO every
thing that Kansas. Oklahoma and Mis-.
souri, with the southern states. asked
for.
Free Trade and Free Coinage.
The resolutions will indorse free and
unlimited coinage Of silver, the issuance
of paper money by the government re
deemable in coin, tariff for revenue, and
the immediate foreclosure of the mort
cages on the Union Pacific railroad and
branches. There will be minority re-
port on all of these questions, as the vote
| in committee stood IL to S, and the minor
ity gave notice that they, too, would pre-
was hot, and it is openly asserted that if
| the radical portion of the congress per-
sists in carrying out its policy the men
| from the conservative states witt I'M
| doubtedly withdraw from the meeting
| and refuse to indorse the proceedings.
Matters Discussed Yesterday.
Yesterday James Peabody read a paper
| on railway pools and held that low rates
were not so necessary as stable ones. CIV.
| Blair began to discuss transportation. but
| soon got on the currency question and ad.
| vocated initiation. He wanted free trade
also, qualified, however, with reciprocity.
| He said that all the recent railway legis-
latIon was bad, including the inter.
| state commerce law. William f.
Schweppe, president of the ST. Louis
| Wholesale Grocers' association, said rail.
ways were not private property, but pub
| lie trusts. He added the seeming contra
diction that he did not want to restrict
the right of American citizens to build
| railways, but did not want them built by
| private citizens
Improving the Mississippi.
4 telegram was received from Charles
;. Smith, president OF the New York
Chamber OF Commerce, calling the atten.
| ton of the congress to the late action OF
this chamber regarding the Improvement
of the Mississippi river and particularly
the grave importance of protecting the
| adjacent section from the terrible raw
ages occasioned by periodical overflows OF
the river They beg to most respectfully
convey to you their conviction as eX
pressed in their reports and memorials to
congress that 1t is a matter of national
Importance, and to express the hope that
you may consider the subject worthy Of
| consideration"
What Warner and Widner.
4. J. Warner, of Ohio said that the
| business of the country was top heavy
with bank credits. He wanted the base
broadened by the addition of thousand
or even five thousand, millions in "rea
money, either gold or silver, and panics
would be impossible. Judge r. NJ. Wild
ner, of Los Angeles, Cal, wanted more
money, but had no use for any
of the current schemes to that end He
proposed that ali the gold and silver bt
used and supplemented by the issue OF
$50 TO SIS per capita in paper legal tender.
This money question was discussed al
the afternoon and at the night session IN
til adjourn ment at 9 O'Clock, but very
little that was new was developed.
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