The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-28
THE SILVER AEN.
The National Mining Congress at
Denver, Col.
Rssciutions Passed in Favor Of BImetaiism
"A Demand as to How the Treasury
Department Shall Pay Out
Customs Receipts.

Customs Receipts.
DENVER, Col, Nov. 21.-The committee on
resolutions sent the following report to the
mining congress
wHShEAs, The demonstration of silver
worked a practical Violation OF every cons
tract then existing In the United STATED. en=
tailed uncounted losses. reduced prices more
than 80 per cent, and Its effect is practically
TO make debts perpetual, as It takes from
the debtor TIE ability to pay; that IL causes
contraction in the currefcs; thet We believe
the certificates OF the government bttkea
dollar for dollar by gold or silver coin on
deposit in the treasury OF the United States
Is safe and sound currency, and has been
approved by the people
Resefrsd, That She first national mining
sohgress is inaltefabiy In favor Of the prin.
son and HaHiltoni eriacted into law by con
gress in 1893. and accepted by she country
for all public and private business for the
nrst eighty years Of our country's history ;
thar we believe gold and silver. not one
to the exclusion of the other, are the
money metals OF the constitution; that
We are OPPOSED to any Law which treats
silver as a commodity; that We believe that
gold and silver should have by law eQuai
hioHctAIy purposes, anu 10 tHht
end We demand of the congress of tn 9
United States the enactment of a law by
which silver shall be coined free In all the
mints equally with gold. and to have
with it full and unrestricted mouetafy
power. and that tho coinage be In the ratio
OF sixteen to one, and W hen the coinage ID
represented by treasury notes each doilaf
shall represent tl2l. grains of standard sill
yer or 25.s grains of gold.
WHEREAS, By section 1868 Of the Revised
Statutes OF the tnl,ed States the faith of the
United States is pledged to the Payment o!
ITS obligations In coin or Its equivalent; and
WHEREAS, By section 36s4 1t Is provided
that the coin paid for duties on Imported
goods shall be set apart as special fund and
shall be applied-f1rst. to the payment In
coin OF the interest on the bonds and notes
ofthe United states, second, to the purchase
or payment OF per centhm Of the entire
debt of the United States, to be maIe up In
each fiscal year, which is to be set apart as d
sinking fund. and the interest Of which shall
In like manner be applied to the purchase or
payment of the public debt. as the secretary
Of the treasury shall from time to time di.
rect; third, the residue to be paid into the
treasury; and
WHEREAS, Millions OF doll Irs OF duties on
Imported goods have been paid into the ma :
tional treasury since the year A. d: 1878. In
silver coin and silver certificates, not one
cent OF which has been by any secretary OF
the treasury at any time devoted to the first
and second objects hereinbefore specified
and,
WHEREAS, Every secretary Of the treasury
elnce tile passage OF the Bland bill has vio.
lated and disregarded said provision.
Resotred, That our senators and representa-
tives in congress assent led be requested to
take, without delay, such step as shall be
necessary to ascertain why the treasury de-
partment refuses to obey the statutory re.
quirements and to insure theft vigorous en'
fOrcement In the future.
WHEREAS, The supreme court of the
United StItes, at the October term, 1880
thereof, while conceding that no direct ad
tudication thereof had been made, declared
the legitimate differences of several of its
decisions to be that the exception of min.
eral lands from grants in the acts of con-
gress should be considered to apply only to
such lands as were at the TIME of the grant
known to be so valuable for their minerals
as to justify expenditure for their eItrac.
tlon;" and
WHEREAS. This dictum OF the supreme
court, if 1t should become law, would invest
the Pacific railway companies holding
grants OF land from the government with a
vast number Of the best mines discovered
within the limits Of said grants by prospect
ors and miners who have located thereon in
the honest belief that said grants were linn
tied to agricultural lands only. as declared
In the acts of congress making them.
Resoired, That the congress protests
against any construction of the statutes oi
the United States which will result in such q
system of wholesale condscation and the
consequent enrichment of the great com
binations already enjoy ing the bounty OF
the goterhment, and calls dpoh tile repre-:
sentatives OF the people in congress rs.
sembled to take such prompt and immedI.
ate action as may be within the constitu.
tional prerogative to destroy this threatened
danger.
Resoired That the alien act, at least so far
as ii operates to exclude foreign capital
from investment in mining lands In the ter
ritories, Is false in principle and pernicious
in effect, and that, therefore. the interests
OF the mining territories demand at the
hands OF congress an Immediate repeal.
Quite number of speeches followed the
Introduction OF the resolutions.
The Connecticut delegates objected to the
Passage of the resolutions by acclamation.
The roll of states was thea called, With the
following result: For the free and unlimited
coinage of silver Isi votes, against votes.
When the state of Connecticut was reached
great enthusiasm was manifested by a dele
gate from that state arising and saying that
thev had come to learn. When he an.
nounced the entire vote in favor of the res.
olution the most intense enthusiasm was
manifested. The delegates arose, and fof
fully three minutes pandemopinm reigned.
When the vote Of Canada aud Russia was
announced In favor of the resolution there
was another scene Of confusion. When the
total vote was declared there was u scene oi
indescribable excitement Delegates arose
in their seats threw their hats In the n ir n N a