The Globe-republican., 1891-05-27
THE DENVER CONGRESS-

THE DENVER CONGRESS-
EI-Gov. Anthony, Of Kansas, Oe1eoee4 -
Chairnaa-RFes SILVER tie 1saAnG Quee'
tfon-Omaha Chosen For the Next meet
ing.
DENVER, Col, May ea.-In the Trans
mississippi congress Senator Tabor of
fered resolutions demanding q lower
rate of transportation for freight and
passengers between the Missouri river
and the east
Then came the report Of the commit-
tee on permanent organization Mr..
Patton, Of Texas, spoke for the major
ity, recommending for presiding officer
Gov. Anthony. of KansaA His name
was received with cheers The minor
ity stated that the choice of the COM
mittee for presiding officer was the
point on which they could not agree.
The hitch was silver. They must have
free coinage man Gov. Anthony was
declared, by his own confession, to be
opposed to free coinage The report
recommended A. p. Ferry, of Utah, for
presiding officer. His name was
cheered This was by Idaho. New
Mexico. Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and
Nevada. six of the fourteen states on
the committee.
Texas moved to accept the majority
report, but New Mexico wanted to act
on the minority report and moved its
adoption, while Neheaska wanted to
hear some of the majority report read
again, in that part wherein each state
- ~ Ill IN nh
ing president 1t was granted
The Texas motion to adopt the ma
jority report was then taken up and
carried by a viva voce vote.
A reconsideration was demanded by
Colorado and Judge Kerr got the floor
and made plea for silver. He did not
believe, apparently, in much Of any
thing the majority report recon-
| mended
After more heated debate the motion
to reconsider was carried and Judge
Ferry elected chairman
DENVER, Col, May 22-At yesterday
mornings session of the Transmissis-
sippi congress resolutions were offered
indorsing the Nicaragua and Hennepin
canals and the Torrey bankruptcy bill:
favoring the free coinage of silver, and
favoring the defense for the deep water
harbors and navigable rivers
After an address advocating free sill
yer as the money of the people, and
river and harbor improvements by ex-
| Congressman Belford, Of Colorado. the
| congress TOOK a recess
After recess the question of a place
for the next meeting was again taken
up. On the first ballot the vote stood:
Omaha IA, New Orleans los, and
Omaha was declared the choice of the
congress
The silver question was then dis
| cussed at great length by Judge
Symmes, of Denver, and Chairman
Ferry, of Utah, for, and ex-Gov. An
thony, of Kansas. against free and un-
limited coinage of silver.
Mr.. Symmes spoke upon silver coin
age. The east, he said. was misled by
pamphlets circulated by eastern bank
ers- He asserted that there could be
no menace in the adoption of free coin
age as Japan, Spain, Austria and Great
Britain had been running to their full
capacity to meet the demand of the
world II these molometalists were
earnest in their arguments why did
they not export their silver TO India,
where it could be coined at per cent
! advance on America Free coinage,
the speaker declared, would break ur
three-fourths of the English commerce
on the seas He closed by urging reso-
lutions in favor Of free coinage.
Ex-Gov. George 7. Anthony, of
Kansas, said that gold and silver had
always been regarded as measures Of
value, and, as congress was empowered
to establish q uniform system Of
weights and measures, it had the right
to declare the value of silver. The sill
yer industry. he said. had been prose-
cuted by men who built up palaces,
which could be seen on every side in
Denver, and allowed their profits
to overflow and oe invested in
magnificent busi5ess blocks and
colossal hotels Yet they pleaded
poverty and upbraided the east
for unjust legislation The speaker
referred to the development Of Chicago
and its marvellous growth, which could
not be equaled BY any city in the east
Where was the discrimination. he
asked, in face Of such unparalleled inn
provementS His principal point was
that the value of silver and gold was
regulated by the law Of supply and de-
mand the same as that Of the commoner
metals; that the cry that silver was de-
preciated by limited coinage was de-
fusion
E P. Ferry. Of Utah, relinquished
the chair in favor of Gov. Prince, Of
New Mexico. in order to reply to Mr..
Anthony. He declared himself man
of liveliness who came not bringing to
the rostrum the eloquence and wit Of
his predecessor. He said that figures
did not lie, but men who falsely ap-
piled them were frequently convicted
Of untruth fulness. The law esta blished
by Hamilton in 1872 and approved by
George Washington. provided for the
free coinage Of silver in which it was
expressly stipulated that holders Of gold
and silver had the right TO come for