St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-21
WHEREAS, RESOLVED.
Sentiment of the Mining Congress
Plainly Expressed.

DENVER, Col. NOV. 20.-The time ap-
pointed for the opening of the mining
congress this morning was $50 O'clock.
but al lis there was but half of the
delegates present, aud little enthusiasm
was manifested at the opening. The
committee on resolutions were the first
to appear. Senator Tabor and Judge
Goodwin. J. w. Donaldson and J. II.
Knabel had carefully revised the report
of the committee and eliminated there
from all the typographical errors.
Senator Stewart announced that he
did not OWN a share of Comstock stock.
thus refuting an d allegation. Hon.
Martin Maginnis, of Montana. was
loudly called for. He was enthusiast
ticaily cheered and spoke eloquentiy for
fifteen minutes. He denounced Camp
bell. Of OHIO, in Scathing manner. for
his cOwardice In not advocating a plat
form upon which he was nominated .
Congressman q. A Cassidy. Of Nevada.
declared that every man. woman and
child in Nevada were united in favor of
free and unlimited coinage. Mr.. Cas-
sidy advocated the forcing Of the poIiti-
cal parties 10 make that question the
dominant issue in the next campaign.
The committee Oh resolutions aD-
pointed by the congress yesterday after
noon were in session until > O'Clock this
morning. when they agreed upon their
report. which received the endorsement
Of every member Of the congress, eX-
cept the one representing Wyoming.
The resolutions are as follows:
Whereas. The decentralization OF silver
worked a practical violation Of every con
tract then existing IL the United SAFES Ell
tailed Uncounled losses reduced prices more
than 30 per cent, ana It's effect is practically
10 make debts perpetual, as il takes from the
debtor The ability 10 pay: thai il causes con
traction IN the currency; that we believe the
certificates OF the government backed dollar
for dollar by gold or silver coin on deposit in
the treasury Of The United States IS 4 safe and
sound currency, ana has been approved by
the people:
Resolved. That the first national mining
congress Is unalterably III favor Of the yrinci-
and Hamilton. enacted into law by
congress in 1873 and accepted By the
country forall public and private business for
The first eighty years Of our oountry's his
tory: that we believe gold and siIxer-not
one TO the exclusion OF the other-are the
money metsls OF The constitution That we
are opposed 10 any law which treats silver
q commodity; thai We belieFe that gold and
silver shOuld have by law equal nights. nses
and monetary purposes, and TO that end we
demand OF The congress OF the Uniled States
the enactment OF laws by which silver shall
be coined Tree IN all the minis equally with
monetary power and that they be in the ratio
OF sixteen 10 one: and when the coinage Is
represented by treasury notes each dollar
shall represent 4i2ia grains of standard sill
yer. or =. : grains Of gold.
Whereas. b. SECTION 1893 Of The revised
statutes Of the United States the faith of the
United SlatSs ) pledged 10 the payment OF
is obligations IN coin or its equivalent And
Whereas By section 1894 il Is provided that
the coin paid for duties on imported goods
shall be set apart as special fund and shall
be applied rTst 10 the payment IN coin of
the interest on The 3 5n3s and notes Of the
Culted States: second. TO lhs purchase or
payment Of I Der cent Of The entire debt Of
the I Dited States 10 be made up IN each fiscal
wear which Is TO be set apart as q sinking
fund. and The interest OF which shall IN Ike
manner be applied t. the purchase or pay
menI Of the puolie debt as the secretary Of
the treasury shall from time 10 time direct;
third, the residue 10 be paid into the treas
ury: and
imported goods have been paid into the ma
ti01al treasury since the year A. D. 1873 IN
silver coin and silver certificates. not one
cent OF which has been by any secrefsTy Of
the treasury at any time deyosad 10 the frst
and second objects hereinbefore specified;
and
Whereas. Every secretary o. the treasury
since the passage Of the Bland bi'l has vio-
lated and disregarded said provisions.
Resolved, That or senator's and repre-
sentRfiTes IL congress assembled be re-
ouested 10 take. Without delay. such steps as
shall be necessary 10 ascertain why The
treasury department refuses TO obey The
statutory requirements, and 10 insure YigOr-
Gus enforcement in the future
Whereas, The supreme court Of the United
States al the October. 1899. term thereof.
while cOncedinE that no direct adjudication
thereof had been made. declared the legifi-
maze inIerences Of several OF its decisions 10
be That The exception OF The mineral lands
from grants IL the acts OF congress should be
considered u apply oOiy 10 such lands as
were al he tine Of The grant known 10 be so
valuable far their minerals as 10 justify e1-
penditure Tor their extraction; and
Whereas. This dictum OF the supreme court
II i should become law. would invest the
Pacific railway companies holding grants of
land from The government with vast num-
Der Of Inc best mines discovered within the
limits Of sid grants. by prospectors and
miners who have located thereon IN good
faith and developed and sold therein in
honest belief that the said grants were lin
tied 10 agricultural lands only. as declared in
the acts Of congress making Them
Resolved That the congress protests
] against any construction Of The statutes OF
! the United States which VIII result in such
! system of wholesale cOufscaliOn and the
/ consequent enrichment of the great ecnbiaa-
I tiens already enjoying the bounty of the gov
/ ernment and calls upon the representatives
/ OF Inc people IL congress assembled 10 take
I such prompt and immediate action Is may
! be within the constitutional prerOgaIYe 10
4 destroy The threatened oauge-.
/ Resolved That the alien act. Al least so far
| as Il operates TO exclude foreign capital from
! investment ID mining lands an the territories
I Is false IN principle and parnleiOus in effect
and thar therefore, the interests OF the min