The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
EMPHATIC sILvERTIEs.
They Score and Prod All the Party
Leaders.
Jumping on Wall Street With Both
Feet. mo Faith in Information
al Monetary Conference.

ference met in its second days session,
with Chairman Warner presiding.
b. X. Thomas, of Pennsylvania,
farmer, made an interesting and original
speech in which he said that rather than
vote for Grover Cleveland (as it seemed
that he would be- the logical candidate
for the Democratic party. with his Brit
ish free trade and single gold standard
ideas, he would vote for Queen Victoria
or some other old lady, He paid his re.
spects to the Republican. party by, saying
that rather than tyate nlc ,tieS9 pf mat
weak kuecd, hyp pocffti icail party he would
vote for Cleveland; but, thank God, he
added, he was not compelled to vote for
either.
Captain Nichols, of Boulder, Colorado,
made vigorous speech in favor of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver. He
said that since the action of the bandits
who passed the act of 1873 he had voted
against every man, from the Office of
President of the United States down to
the dog-pelter, who was in favor of free
coinage and would continue to do so as
long as he lived. Restricted coinage was
the direct result of the enormous wealth
that is constantly being amassed by the
rulers of Wall street at the expense of the
farmer and working classes who are be-
coming poorer.
F. d. Clark, of Ohio, assistant secre-
tary of the convention, said that the
movement on the part of an administra-
tion for an international monetary confer.
ence was simply subterfuge to deceive
and appease the silver people until
after the election, when it would openly
fight the unlimited coinage of silver, The
result of any conference In which Eng
land was party could only be detrimen-
tai to the United States aud silver, and
favorable to John Sherman aud John
Knox and the other gold bugs.
Chairman Warner introduced Morton
Frewen, representative of the Bi-metallic
League in England. Mr.. Frewen said
that we never should have had silver
question in this world but for the dis
covery of America, aud but for the act Of
1878 there would be no silver question
to day.
Geo. Symes, of Denver, closed the
speech making and an adjournment was
taken until evening.
Judge Joseph Sheldon, of Connecticut,
opened the evening session with an ad-
dress on the effects of the demonetiza-
ton a,v Of slyaf ymafodse era 81 hehfpsng f6s gold
for four more years. b. Ciafk w Wniiams'
of Colorado, presented the foiiowing re,
port from the committee on resoiutions
WHEREAS, With the single goio stanu,
AID. relief from the evils OF continueo
falling prices is impossible; ana whe.eas
the restoration of the bi.metaiiic stanoale
viii the coinage of both metals on equa
terms, lies at the foundation OF III ec0n
| omic reform; therefore
| "ItEsoLvED, That the free ana unhm
tied coinagc of silver on equal term
with that of gold, and on the ratio nov
established by law, is the paramount
sue before the American people To-Day
and shall not b. suppressed.
..REsoLvEp That we, in answer 10 tn
demand for honest money, declare tne
the debtor will have discharged MS iu
duty to his creditor 10y paying 10 nj
such money as was full large tenoer
time the debt was .contraetsa
RESOLVED, That we viii NOT s1PPo
for a Legislative or executive once az
candidate who is not thoroughly comm
ed by platform and declaration to the I!
restoration of the monetary system VI
lently disturbed by the legisiation
d monetizing silver in 1878
"REsoLvED, That while we wouio
with Joy the CO. operation OF other natlc @
3 in the restoration of silver to its pro-
y monetary position, yet we demand u ,
" the United States right the wrong II !
IN nerpetrated upon the produci
-. and industrial classes withouC reg
~ to the action of other nations"
pc pc The report and resolutions were una
w H. Slater, of Colorado, presen
e" e, the report of the committee on the
IL IMITATION of the Bimetallic Leae
lea lea fhe report recommends the formasio1 matte 81
,nt such a league, the object of whicf
tee % ssvs shall be to unitedly resist
'eE sa, purpose to fasten forever Cd
al csmptry the single gold standard and
DC labor for the resolutiorzot Tree Dime
.,o De lie coinage to the seopie OF the on