The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03
result of our deliberations the follow.

Resolved, That we regard it as a high
duty enjOined upon Congress by the
Constitution to provide for the I'M
limited coinage Of both the precious
metals, gold and silver, to the end that
the people of the several States may
be provided with a circulating medium.
We express Our surprise, regret and
Indignation that this duty has been so
long delayed and neglected, contrary,
as we believe, not only to the duty we
have mentioned, but to the best inter
est of the masses of people who
are suffering the pangs of poverty and
stagnatiOn of business caused by a
want of sufficient circulating medium.
We believe and charge that such de-
lay and neglect has been OccaSlOned by
an undue influence in our government
al politics by those whose interest 1t is
to contract the currency and SubSerVe
mOnOpOlieS and money lenders. We
therefore urge upon Congress the de-
mand Heretofore made by the Nation
al Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union of Congress, for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver upon the
same terms and conditions that gold Is
now coined. We express u earnest
condemnation of the exercise Of arbI-
trary power which prevented a tar
consideration of a free coinage bill at
the last session of Congress, n III this
connection we give expression to the
hope that the free coinage bill which
passed the Senate during the present
session, and is now being considered
in the committee on coinage, WelghtS
and measures of the House, shall not
be suppressed, but shall be speedily en-
acted into a law.
With proper respect and Difference
to our representatives on n commit
tee in the House, we say that any
efforts to unduly delay a report on
that bill so as to prevent action there
on by the House in the few remaining
DAYS of this Congress will merit and
will receive still further cOndem-
nation by the farmers and labOrers OF
the country. We have waited many
years for the simple justice of having
both the precious metals restored to
free coinage, and hereby declare u
determination to press the fight on
this line until this relief is accorded to
the laboring and producing masses of
our nation, and to hold responsible,
the men, irrespective of party, who
obstruct in any way the legislative
enactment of the just measure so
strongly demanded by the laboring
classes of all parties.
CSigned)
J. H. Mcdowell, Chairman; Frank
McGrath, T. S. Adams, Mann Page,
w. S. McAIister, U. S. Hall-Com-
mittee.
TherepOrt wasdiscussed and adopted.
Immediately after the adoption, Mr..
Mann Page moved that the Council go
in a body, headed by the Chairman, to
the room Of the Committee on Coin
age. Weights and Measures, III the
United States Capitol, and urge the
committee to fix a day for reporting
the Free Coinage Silver Bill to the pres
ent House of Representatives, that it
may have a full discussion in that
body. The motion was adopted, and
pursuant to its provisions the Council
rose and proceeded in q body to the
room of the House Committee on Coin
age, Weights and Measures in the
United States Capitol. The Council
was welcomed by the committee and
accorded a hearing, The Chairman of
the Council addressed the committee
briefly. His remarks were to the effect
that the members of the Council repre-
scented largely the farming element of
thirty five States of the American
Union; that they were before the com
mittee for the purpose Of urging some
action on the free coinage bill; that the
members of tie committee were being
appealed to not as Democrats or Repub-
licans, but as representatives of the
American people people; that the Coun-
Gil did not desire to present any argu-
ment on the merits or dement's of the
bill; that they were neither urging it's
adoption or rejection. but they were
asking and urging that the measure be
reported to the House of Representa-
tives in order that it might have a fair
and free and full discussion in that
body.