The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-29
DENVER CONGRESS-

rHe DENVER CONGRESS.
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80
Dxxyxn. Col. May sa-In the Tuans-
-nioksippi coaGrcxs Sesasoe Taboo OF
iemd rcsolution~ demanding . lower
rsss Of transpugtasion fcr freight ssd
mssraeen between the Missouri river
nd the east
Then came Ne report Of the commit
re on permanent organization Mr..
PDtsou. Of Texas spoke for the major
ity. Recommending for presiding officer
Gov. Anthony. OF KsnsAA His name
Nns received with chcerA The minor
ity stated that the choice Of thu COM
mitt~c for presiding officer Was the
point Ga which they could not agree.
The hitch was silver. They must hare
declared. by his own confession. In be
opposed IN free coinage. The report
recommended A. =. Ferry. Of Utah. for
presiding officer. His name MAS
cheercd- This WAS by Idaho New
Mexico. Wyoming. Colorado. Utah and
Nevads. six Of the fourteen states On
the committee
report. but New Mexico wanted TO act
on the minority report and moved its
adoption. while Nebraska wanted tn
hear some of the majority report read
again. in that part wherein each state
should be allowed thirty votes in choos-
ing q president II was granted
The Texas motion To adopt the ma
carried by q viva voce vote
A reconsideration was demanded by
Colorado and Judge Kerr got the floor
and made n plea for silver. He did not
believe. apparently, in much of any
thing the majority report rrcom
mendcd
After more heated debate the motion
Ferry elected chairman.
DENVER Col, May sa-At yesterday
mornings session Of the Transmissis-
sippi congress resolutions were offered
indorSing the Nicaragua and Hennepin
canals and the Torrcy bankruptcy bill;
favoring the free coinage of silver. and
favoring the defense for the deep water
harbors aud pavigable rivers
After an address advocating free sill
yer n the money of the people, and
river and harbor improvements by cx-
Congressman Bedford, Of Colorado. the
congress toox q recess
After recess the question OF n place
for the next meeting was again taken
up. On the first ballot the vote stood:
Omaha ia. New Orleans i03. and
Omaha was declared the choice 81 tho
congress-
The silver question was then dis.
eusscd ut great length by Judge
Symmes, Of Denver. and Chairman
Ferry. of Utah, for. and ex-tiov. An
thony, Of Kansas, against free and UNI
limited coinage of silver.
Mr.. Symmcs spoke upon silver coin
age. The east. he said. was mislcd 10y
pamphlets circulated by eastern bank
err. lie asserted that there could be
no n In the adoption of free coin
g as Japan, Spain. Austria and Great
Britain had been running tn their full
| capacity 20 meet the demand of the
world. IL these monometalists were
earnest In their arguments why did
they not export their silver To India.
where Il could be coined ut O per cent.
advance on America. Free coinage.
| the speaker declared. would break ny
three-fourths II the English commerce
on the seas lie closed by urging reso-
lutions In favor Of free coinage.
Ex-tiov. George T. Anthony, OF
Kansas said that gold snd sn'-r haa
always been regarded N measures oil
value, and. n congress was empowered
TO establish . uniform system OF
weights and measures il had the right
tc declare the value Of silver. The sill.
vcr industry. he Aaid. had been prose.
cutcd by men who built up palaces,
which could he seen on every side in
Denver, and allowed their profits
To overflow and nc invested in
magnificent bust css blocks and
colossal hotels Yet they pleaded
poverty and upbraided the eas,
for unjust legislation. The speaker
referred to the development Of Chicago
and its marvellous growth. which could
M be equalcd by any city in the east
Where was the dis ~rimiuation. he
asked, i'm face Of such unparalleled i'm
provemcntA His principal point vas
that the value Of silver and gold was
regulated by the Law OF supply and de-
mand the same as that Of the commonrr
metals; that the cry that silver was de
preciated by limited coinage was u de-
fusion.
T. p. Ferry, Of Utah, relipquished
the chair in favor of Gov. Prince. oi
New Mexico. in order % reply tn Mr..
Anthony. He declared himself q man
of liveliness who came not bringing 10
the rostrum the e~logucnee and wit Of
his predecessor. lie said that figures
did not lie. but men who falsely APP
piled them were frequently convicted
Of untrutbfulness- The law established
by Hamilton in l!g. and approved by
George Washington. provided for the
free coinage o.! silver in which IL was
expressly stipulated that holders Of gold
and silver had the right TO come for
ward with their bullion and demand i,s
coinage. The law had never been re-
pcaled They did not AJAX for friendly
legislation. bat the ~unfriendly legisia-
ton should cease.
Al the evening session the committee
on resolutions made two reports on the
silver resolution
The majority report favors the free
coinage of silver, bat limits il Ia the
American production. while tn. minor
ity report fsvors free and unlimited
coinage. The report went over
4 ssn snap
wAsHrseToS. May 2a-Henry W.
Blair. United States minister ~ China
that WAS 20 have been. IL still IN wash
ingtonL He expects TO leave for his