The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-21
FOB FREE COINAGE.
Alne-owners' Congress at Dem
yer Almost Unanimous.
MINERAL ON LAND GRANTS.
Afrominsnt silver Boomer Admit. That
sns Next House VIII Not Be in
Favor Of Free Coinage.

DksvxR, Nov. 2o-At the mining congress-
sis morning r. C. Powers, of Arizona. an
sasocate of free coinage, occupied an
osr "A discussing the use Of silver from the
-. aAys OF the worlds history TO the pres
sa s.ne. Z. T. Brown, of Aspen, said America
500. oeeiare the parity OF metals. At this
Juncture Senator Stewart arose and an
nounced that he did not own share
~ - eomstock stock, thus refuting an
w anegafion. Judge Harley Morse,
.olofadc. spoke for twenty minutes In favor
% iree coinage. Martin Maginnis, of Montana
uenounced Campbell in a scathIng manner for
SynaFulcc In not advocating the platform upon
mnien ne was nominated. Congressman G. A.
Sassldy. OF Nevada, declared that ell the men,
women and children in Nevada united in favor
ol rec and unlimited coinage Cassidy adyo-
ca'eo the forcing OF political parties TO make
tnat question the dominant issue in the next
campaign
Inc committee on resolutions submitted their
report declaring that the certificate OF the gov
erumens, backed dollar for dollar by gold or sill
ser coin on deposit in the treasury of the United
otatess 10 safe and sound currency and has
Deen approved by the people; that the first ma
uonai mining congress 10 unaltsrably in favor OF
the principles OF bi-metalism; that gold
ana silver, not one to the exclusion OF
sne other. are the money metals Of
tne constitution: that gold and silver
should have by law equal rights, uses and
monetary purposes, and to that end is demanded
OF she congress OF the United States the enact
ment OF laws by which silver shall be coined
Tree In all minis equally with gold, and to
have with II full and unrestricted monetary
power, and that they be In the ratio of l6 TO l.
and when the coinage is represented by treas
ury notes each dollar shall represent 4I2l5 grains
Of standard silver, or 25s grains of gold. The
following are included in the resolutions:
WHEREAs, The supreme court of the United
States has decided shat the exception OF min
erai lands from grants In acts OF congress
should be considered to apply only to such
lands as were at the time of the grant known to
be 30 valuable for their minerals as TO justify
the expenditure for their extraction and
WHEREAS, This dictum of the supreme court.
y II should become law. would invest the
Pacific railway companies holding grants of
lands from the government with vast number
OF the best mines discovered within the limits
OF said grants by prospectors and miners, who
have located there in good faith and developed
and sold their Chains in the honest belief that
said grants limited to agricultural lands
only, as declared in the acts OF congress making
them; therefore, no it
Resolved, That this congress protests against
any construction of the statutes of the United
States which will result in such system of
wholesale confiscaton and consequent enrich
uent OF great combinations already enjoying
the bounty OF the government, and calls on rep
yesentatiyes OF the people, In congress
sembled, TO take such prompt and Immediate
action may be within the constitutional pre-
sogative 70 destroy the threatened danger.
Rcsotued, That the alien act so far IL oper-
efes to exclude foreign capital from investment
In mining lands in the territories, Is false in
principle and pernicious in effect, and We de-
mand It's immediate repeal
The report was adopted.
In the afternoon, T. G. Powell, OF California,
made q speech placing his state on record as in
favor of the free and unlimited coinage OF sill
yer. General Doniphsn, of Missouri, and Dem
MS 6heedy, of Colorado, also spoke eloquently
n favor of free coinage.
Judge Goodwin, of Utah, made an address, in
The course of which he said he did not believe
The lower house of congress would pass a free
ooinaxs ball this winter unless with the hope of
xthe president vetoing it He thought they
EMouid come to their senses, however, in
EEns He then moved that o
nSion for free coinage OF silver
- passed by reclamation. Albert Little, of
Aine, made brief speech. saying he had be-
zine convinced from what he had heard in this
pagress that the free and unlimited coinage of
1fvof was right
x1hs Connecticut delegates objected to the
EEssge Of the resolution by reclamation, and
NJ roll OF the states was called with the follow
y results: For the free and unlimited coin
- a. silver, 4s1; against, 8. When Connecticut
~ feached great enthusiasm was man
16tsd BY the delegation from that
nte announcing their vote in favor of the
poluiion and when the vote OF Canada and
Enssis was announced in favor Of the resolu-
lon there was another scene of confusion.
No. the total vote was declared the delegates
5teut Wild and IL was some time before order
- rsstored.
Seselution was passed asking congress to
= VI law protecting sgrieulturists, encourag-
Hydraulic mining and preventing the dam
E1 K Of navigable streams; also to protect the
Its Of mountains and encourage the cultiva-
s. @Aox trees. II was decided that the next con-
7tenffon be held in Helena, and the congress
Adjourned.