The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-28
SILVER CONVENTION
1t Meets Again in Washington
Yesterday.
4 Number of Addresses Are Made on the
Question of silver and the Coming
Monetary Conference.

WASHINGTON, May 27.-The silver con-
vention met again this morning Ad-
dresses were made by Shinn of Kansas
and P. X. Thomas of Pennsylvania. The
latter said that ten years ago his farm was
worth Sl0,00G, and by Ii, labor of himself
and family he had been able to save $500 q
year since, but the farm continually de-
preciated in value and was now worth
only $1,000. This shrinkage. he said, was
due entirely to the pernicious financial
system operated in the interest of money
lenders, corporations and monopolies. He
denounced both political parties and said
rather than vote for Cleveland with his
free trade ideas, he would vote for Queen
Victoria for president, and rather than
vote for that hypocritical, weakened Re-
publican party he would vote for Cleve-
land.
Merrlck of Colorado explained the con-
stitutional point recently decided by the
supreme court of the District of Columbia
against an application for mandamus to
compel the secretary of the treasury to re-
ceive coin silver brick when rendered him.
A recess wae then taken.
After recess d. D. Stcrk of Ohio read a
long paper upon the general subject of sill
YER, In which he expressed himself as hay
ing no confidence in the proposed inter
national conference.
Morton Frewen, the we'll known coinage
writer of England, spoke. Personally he
said he would prefer TO see the free coinage
of silver brought about by an international
agreement, yet he had no doubt America
could restore silver to its old place without
( the least danger of sending gold to prem
ium, and in that event he didn't believe
any silver of consequence would come from
Europe 10 be exchanged for gold. Frawen
hoped this government would insist upon
the proposed conference being held in
| London. During the last twenty years bi.
metallism has been gaining friends in Eng
land, until now it is one of the greatest
issues and has among its earnest friends al
least one hundred members of parliament
and great proportion of the members OF
the London exchange. The silver wave il
sweeping over England and the general
cause will be greatly advanced by holding
in her pital this international conferen ce
Brief remarks were made by Newlands
Of Nevada, Teller of Colorado and Symes
of Colorado.
At the evening session Of the convention
the committee on resolutions reported the
following preamble and resolutions. which
were unanimously adopted:
| Whereas. With single gold standard, relic
from the evils OF continued falling prices wa:
impossible; and
Whereas The restoration of a bi-metallit
standard with the coinage of both metals or
equal terms lies at the foundation of all eco
nomic reforms; therefore, be it
| Resolved, That the free and unlimited coinage
of silver on equal terms with that of gold ap(
on ratio now established by law is the para.
mount issue before the American people TODAY
and shall not be suppressed
Resolved, That we. IN answer to the demand
for hor est money, declare that a debtor viii
have discharged his full duty to n creditor b,
paying TO him such money as was full lega
tender at the time such debt WAS contracted
Resolved, That we will not support for lepis
lative or executive office any candidate who /:
not thoroughly committed by platform an(
declaration to the full restoration of the none
tary system violently disturbed by Legislation
demonetiZing silver in 1873.
Resolved, That we would hail with iov tn,
cooperation OF other nations in the restoration
of silver to its proper monetary position, as w,
demand that the United States right the wrongs
it has perpetrated upon the producing and in
dustrial classes without regard to the action O
other nations.
A number of addresses were made and the,
the report of the committee on organiza
ton was read. IT commenGs the formation
of the national bi-metallic league Those
objects will be to resist the purpose (,
fasten on this country gold standard ant
labor for the restoration of a free bi
metallic coinage.
The league will hold it's first anuua
meeting in Washington on the 22nd o
February and there will be such othe
meetings as the executive committee ina,
call. The committee is authorized Z
organize subordinate leagues in every vot
ing precinct in the country. The conveu
ton elected officers for the ensuing wear
and adjourned till tomorrow.