Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-10-17
SOUTHWEST SILVER CONVEE-
TON,
THE CALL.

To the prospectors, miners. mine ano
claim owners of New Mexico, Arizona
and Western Texas:
The depression that exists throughout
the southwest is due to the unnatural
depreciation of silver and to the evil
effects caused by that portion of the
alien act that prohibits tbs investment
of foreign capital in mining property
in the territories. The object of the
southwest silver convention that is to
convene ON the 18th day of December,
1891, in Ell Paso. Texas, is to discuss and
take steps to remedy those evils. No
other subject but the silver question
and the modification of the alien act
will be entertained by the convention,
and all attempts to pervert the object
of this mass meeting of miners by the
introduction of questions foreign to the
principles for which it was called will
be suppressed. The restoration of silver
to its normal value or parity with gold,
S1.2929r and the obliteration Of an unjust
discrimination against the miners OPP
Grating in the territories, will engage
the entire energy and time of the as
sembled miners of the southwest.
CHAs. LoNGUENARE,
President Executive Committee.
+. W. EDLEsTEN,
Secretary Executive Committee.
at 9 a. N. on the 18th of December, 1891,
at the opera house in the city of El
Paso, Texas, temporary organization
and the usual committees ap-
pointed. Afterwards a permanent or
ganization will follow.
The convention of miners in Ell Paso
will be a mass convention, each camp
sending as many delegates as they wish.
All prospectors, miners, mine and claim
owners in New Mexico, Arizona and
western Texas will be qualified for
in the convention.
Miners should meet in each camp dis
trict, town and city Of New Mexico and
Arizona at some suitable date, hold a
meeting tor the purpose of securing as
full representation as possible to the
Silver convention, that will
in Ell Paso on the 18th day of
December next.
All newspapers in Arizona, New Mex
leo and Western Texas are requested to
keep the call of the convention standing
in their columns and to give the coming
their support and influence.
Apropos of the foregoing call the Sill
yer City Enterprise says that the con
zen ton Of miners to be held at III Paso
q December will be one OF the most i'm
Dortant gatherings ever held in the
southwest. Matters of vital interest
will be discussed which will benefit not
,he miner alone, but every person hav-
ng property interests in this great and |
growing section IF country. Every por
ion will be we'll and ably represented,
md New MEXICO will be heard in thun-
Ter tones advocating the appeal Of the |
obnoxious ''alien act" and clamoring for |
he free and unlimited coinage of silver. |
No politics will be discussed directly, |
IS the subject matter will be of equal
interest to both parties, and republican
md democrat alike will work earnestly |
oward the accomplishment of desira-
DE end.
The interests at stake are of the great
st moment, and the meeting when call
ID together Will be one of the most en-
husiastic imaginable.
FL Paso will do the handsome thing,
nd considerable AMOUNT of money has
'een raised already which will be spent
D entertaining delegates to the conven-
ion. They will neet with royal recep-
ion, one commensurate with the i'm
'ortance OF the interests which they will
epresent.
The time for the meeting is drawing
ear. and too much publicity cannot be
iven TO the matter. The press. ever
oremcst in the advocacy OF beneficial
measures, has done much toward at
racting attention to the movement, but
nay yet accomplish much more by agi-
alton. Let the Faber pushers of the
outh and west turn themselves loose,
nd we'll guarantee that results will as
orish the natives. 1t is a consumma
ion devoutly to be wished.
An Important Decision.
The supreme court of Rhode Island
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