Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-07-30

How il il Proposed TO Pledge Every
body for Free Coinage.

Silver Convention have been pub
lished in the Reno Journal, and we
make some quotations, but are I'M
able to give the entire proceedings
for want of space. The effort of the
Congress was to unite action of the
mining States, so that the electoral
vote could be given independently
in the Electoral College in the inter
ests of silver. If the votes of Neva-
da, Montana, Colorado and Idaho
were united they would aggregate
l3, and with Wyoming and North
Dakota added equal 10.
1t seems that it was necessary to
adopt rather an elastic plan in order
to meet varying requirements of
the different States. Nevada had
Silver Leagues which had organized
a Silver party which had nominated
three Presidential Electors. In Col
orado the Silver Leagues had large
inenb rship but had not yet met in
State Convention. In Idaho there
We're a few Silver Leagues. In
Montana there were none, and the
leaders and the press of both the
Democratic and Republican parties
had there concluded to fight on
straight party lines. There was a
disposition on the part of many to
ignore politics altogether in the Con
gress.
In his opening remarks as Chair
man Mr.. Newlands addressed him
self to the political situation as fol-
lows:
You are familiar with the history
of the conventions which have re-
Gently met, both of which have been
obliged to yield to the prevailing
sentiment of the country, and to ex-
press their will in favor of bi-1netall-
ic coinage, a thing which has not been
explicitly done in any convention for
years, and yet which studiously
I avoided to declare themselves in fav-
or of free coinage, though free coin
age is not inconsistent with the
| declaration in either platform. You
know that as matters how stand,
! Judging by the past and by expert
ence, that if either Mr.. Harrison or
Mr.. Gle veland is elected, and free
coinage bill is passed,
PRESIDENTIAL VITO
Will be interposed. You know that
partially as result Of this action
upon the part of the two National
Conventions, third party's conven
ton has been colled, known as the
Peoples Party Convention, which
has declared itself in unlnistakable
terms for silver, but which has pre-
scented to the country candidate
who has been presented in races be
fore and beaten, and whose name does
not carry with it the prestige of vic
tory.
N0xxr +hir - g, or, Ia 49,, ce.i ', m M ii
ton for the friends of silver. We
know the sentiment of this section.
We know the sentiment of the coun.
try. We know that we can carry
Congress against the powers and the
we feel that the one candidate who is
unequivocally pledged to silver can,
not be elected, and we fear that If
either of the other two is elected a
Presidential vote will be interposed
Mr.. Newlands then reviewed the
theory of its constitution, claiming
that 1t contemplated the action OF
men of independent Judgment, and
that it was the duty OF the mining
States to revive the original theory.
He then spoke of its practical oper
alton as follows:
in a measure restore the delibcrative
character of that organization. How
does ii meet, and how does it work!
Under the present condition of things
the National parties meet together
in convention and select a candidate
but the people do not vote for that
candidate personally. The people OF
the various states, by States, vote
/ oil nj
particular candidate of one of the
National parties. In November il
will be known whether any one OF
the National Presidential candidates
has a majority of the electoral votes
determine the result.
TIE VOTE IN JANUARY
Followlng-the vote of the electors
meeting in the electoral college vii
determine the result. That electoral
college Is not, as the Constitution
doubtless intended 1t should be, q
National assembly in which they
should all meet and determine Their
Presidential choice, but the electoral
college consists of assemblies in the
various States of elector, who meet
together at the capital of the State
/ bSSlilG AAlSll SIlOlSt, anu Sc1lu II OF,
to the House of Representative al
Washington, where the result is an
nounced. So that we have a period
of at least two months between the
election in November, and the cleo
toral college in january, in which tc
ascertain results, and to determine
on mode of action.
My judgment il that we should
attempt, in these mining States al
least and the adjoining States-i1,
the States of Colorado, Wyoming
Montana, Idaho, Nevada and Wash
ington, States aggregating ninteer
votes at least, to preserve in a meas
ure the Independence of Judgment
of the electoral college. Applause
How can we do itP In November
next it will be determined whether
Mr.. Cleveland, Mr., Harrison or MI
Weaver has majority of the elect
oral votes of the United States
Now, assuming that no one of these
men has u majority, unless the nine
teen votes of the six mining States
or thirteen votes of four mining
| To h., L..