The state herald., 1891-11-27

mendous applause. IA man who thr>ws
down his srms at the hrst glimpse he
catches Of the enemy deserves 10 be de-
feated."
He was followed by Congressman Cas-
sidy Of Nevada whose eloquent tribute TO
silver was well received.
Several other speakers from different
states followed, among them Judge Good
win Of Salt Lake who explained why some
silver men had changed their position rcla-
tive to the American product
s'Congross, for the past ten years, has
gone into session and promised to do some.
thing for the cause. Last spring 1t camo
|uut and did nothing. The argument was
made that ii the FREQ and unlimited bill
passed the country would be overwhelmed
with silver. A man from New York told
Us II we passed the limited coinage law wo
would succeed and We believed him. That
was why the resolution was passed. As
for myself would - leave havo the coin
age Of the American product, but we are
apt to be misunderstood. Every mothers
son Of them In Washington say: 'Ah, hal
You want to increase the payment on your
own silver Every paper published In
the East that have seen said there was
no necessity for compromise, and we
now say the same thing. We will say
that Q silver dollar represents silver
dollars worth Of work, aud We dcmand
that 1t shall DO placed on an equality with
gold. don't believe Congress will pass q
bill for this purpose unless 1t thinks 1t can
get the President In hole. don't be-
lieve tho Senate will pass 1t unless It Is
pretty sure thnt the President will veto It.
When Wall Street takos snuff tho Senate
sneezes."
The silver resolution with various pro-
ambles Is Is follows:
Rcsolued, That the First National Min.
ing Congress is unalterably In favor Of
the principles Of bimettalism, as approved
BY JeffersonlandH Hamilton, enacted into law
by Congress in l7p and accepted by tho
country for all public and private business
for the first eighty years Of ithe country's
history; that VIC bcliovo gold and silver,
not one 10 the exclusion Of the other, arc
the money ! metals Of tho constitu.
tion; that we are opposed to any law which
treats silver as commodity; that we bo.
love that gold and silver should have by
law equal rights, uses and monetary pow
ers, and 10 that end We domand Of the
Congress Of tho United States the enact.
meat OF law by which silver shall DO
coined FREQ in all the mints equally with
gold, md TO have with 1t full and uure-
stricted monetary power. and that tho
coinage bo In tho ratio of sixteen 10 one,
and when the coinage is represented In
treasury notes each dollar shall represent
4l2H grains Of standard silver or IS. 8
grains Of gold.
The vote on 1t was taken by states with
tho following result: For. 457; against, 5.
Twenty eight states and territories voted
A resolution asking Congress to encour
age hydraulic mining was carried.
Other resolutions adopted were: Con.
demning tho Supreme Court for its do
cision In reference to mineral lands; to an.
courage the projection OF forests; express.
ing satisfaction with the arrangements for
great display Of minerals at tho Worlds
Fair.
A resolution declaring that delegates
would not support either party which do
clincd TO endorse free coinage was rejected.
Tho place Of holding tho next meeting
will be decided by committee.
Adjourned sine die.
THE DRILLING CONTEST.
Miners all over the state had taken
great interest In the drilling contest, md
twenty-five teams had been sent to Denver
70 contest for the championship In tho
double drilling contest, and nearly -
many single handed contestants appeared.
Tho rock used was Gunnison gray gran
Ito, which 10 being used In tho capitol
building, and II counted tho hardcs. OBJ.
tainable In tho state. A solid platform
was built In the center OF the hall, and upon
this two hugo blocks Of stone were placed,
ono At each corner. The single handed
drillcrs had rocks on lower platform.
Tho judges were John NJ. S. Egan, H., II.
Gillespie, NJ. Z. Smith, w. A. Dun md W.
H. Nicholson. MIR. Gillespie also olliciated
a. timekecpor.
An admission fec Of fifty cents was
charged and Coliseum Hall was crowded 70
its utmost capacity on the two nights Of
tho contest The only unpleasant feature
was tho great amount of betting induigod
10 by tho friends Of the contestants.
Butte City's (Aiontana) crack team, Page
and Reagan, and McNulty and Murphy
from Aspen. were the first teams called.
Joseph Laplsnt Of Ouray drilled single
handed. The Butte boys were received
with hearty cheers whom they mounted thu
platform and got ready for tho fray. They
did not look like husky fellows, but when
tho gong sounded fer the start they proved
their abilities as hammers men. Their
work In changing elected wild shouts OF
admiration and approval from tho thous.
ands OF miners prcscut. Each handled the
hammer for minute and then changed 10
turning tho drill md only lost two strokes
during tho entire fifteen minutes. They
put down hole twenty .nino mud fifteen.
sixteenth inches In the allotted time aud
tho audience went Wild when tho result
was announced.
McNulty aud Murphy only scored 2iil
inchss.
The score OF tho Montaua men was not
approached during tho first evening, and
although the Lesdviilo team on the second
night came very close TO 1t thoy could not
surpass it Following is tho score for
double drilling:
Inches.
Page and Reagan. Butte City,? 1910
Kennedy and liinkcr, Lcudvillo. 30 1919
Lindgroist und Fanner, San Juan rs 1910
Mullis and Oatss, 0ilpin..........sS 2-i6
Harrington aud Mum, Aspen -. =. 20 40
O'kscfe and Dwyer. Lcndvlllo. 81 $40
Short and Manuel, Giipln. ........26
Ahearn and Lyons, Leadvllle. =. "a i5-i0
Mccarthy and oConnoil, Hinsdalc
county. ....................@ 1910
Yates and Yates, Boulder. ........al
Grimm aud Grimm, Cloar Crock
,,s,, county ;y......;..:.. :..;:.::......... $40