The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-15

Hs also vss swsrs that The jury wore al.
ready against him, and he also laborcd
under another great disadvantage In never
having made but one speech for silver and
had not the gifts Of oratory Of the gentle.
man who proceeded him. Hs came TO HsI-
ena under the invitation Of tho last mining
congress addressed 10 the chamber
of OF 81. Paul. which WINS
composed Of over 800 business
mon Of the city. Ia representing that body
which would not naturally be accorded him
individually. Ho also thought no could
claim some attention for tho great state OF
Minnesota, and that the delegates would
probably BIO surprised to hear that II IL one
Of the great mining states, a. we'll az n
mining convention and found a silver con
v%sntion. After going among the delegntea
no found that there we're 4 good man free
silver men hero and some Of them looked
askHnce ut him M y asking what arc you
here for, n%nyhowT' Any question which
ness Of the country should ~entitle n
to a seat on the floor Of the mining CON.
gress. He had heard u great deal about
silver hero but very little about anything
elise. A good deal Of silver talk had come
W uI6 SNIH DuJ no kOlA uutks DlA tuoy loA-
get that The Oldest citizens of the state
came here TO dig gold, and that the dele
gates stood upon ground in Last Chance
guloh which had yielded more than $780,
100000 of gold? In these mountains we're
tho g~reatest gold mines of the world. The
Should the metal be met with scorn in it's
own state? Most Of the delegates did not
appear to take much interest in Mr.. Small
lsy's remarks up to this time when he said
he could not expect to get much applause
but he would thank them for their alton
ton. After this the delegates listened to him
with great attention. He said that he
would be very frank. The people Of the
silver producing states are not, he said, the
proper jury to decide this question. The
other people interested are ntruid OF the
movement. The congress was not a repub-
loan one nor n democratic one. II say TO
you gentlemen of the convention that the
resolution Of your mmitt as reported
on silver will meet the approval of every
member OF that party" A storm of up-
plause from the galleries and the floor
greeted this statement.
1t will 60 out the length and breadth Of
this land, he continued, and assist the work
of the party in this campaign. Some of
the gentlemen did not appear to understand
his minority resolutions. They we're
as plain as English could make them.
He said he liked the true silver men but
did not like tho other fellows, men like
Weaver md others who once advocated
irredeemable paper. Most OF them think
free coinage means a cheaper dollar. MI.
Smalley told about attending a convention
in South Dakota the other day where some
speaker was talking about the silver dollar.
After awhile the south Dakota man said.
I'VE would have dollars made out of alumi-
mum and that was THAT he was in favor of
because they would be lighter n he could
Garry more of them" This was the way.
Mr.. Smalley said. with the other fellows.
They don't believe at heart in either a gold
or silver currency.
Nov, gentlemen" said Mr.. Smalley. "if
you want to take to the woods, here is
your chance. Here is the guerilla plan of
campaign: Vote for electors as democrats
and republicans who will agree for ANYBODY
else rather than for Harrison or Cleveland"
Mr.. SmalIey mentioned the practice in the
electoral college which has prevailed 80
long of an elector casting his vote for his
patty nominee. The idea Of changing this
came from the little state of Nevada. where
the population ia as large as that of Lewis
and Clarke, and where they raise silver and
statesmen, one Il commercial product and
the other does not bring much in the mar
kets of the world. Laughter. Mr..
Smalley said he was a friend of Senator
Stewart, who had gone of on the irrigation
convention and who could now tell you
idea men were useful and the people had
much to thank them fot; they assisted in
educating the people. lie confessed that
he had formerly been a single standard
man. The whole commercial world. hao
been converted to tho single standard, but
many had come to the conclusion that we
must have two legs to stand on, a silver
one and o gold one.
Money was easv to obtain in New York
but when the railroad builders went te
Europe they could not get it. They were
told that we we're fooling with our currency
70 cents with a dollar. TheIe
was a great deal of radical assump-
ton in the majority resolution. If he
wanted to get practical views in farming he
vent to a farmer; if he wanted to get the
practical effects of a measure on currency
he would &c to a man who handled cur
yency and not to a man down in Kansas
raising corn. or to Il man digging silver out
Montana hills. Did the silvermen want te
drive all of tho gold out OF the country!
The people he represented, Mr.. Smalley
said. stood appalled, at this remarkable
theory that has sp! over the country.
In conclusion he said if they would join
with the men he spoke for I'VE will put
GOLD and silver dollars on a parity of value
so they will circulate all over the world
with equal purchasing power"
Mr.. Smalley was followed by H. II. Hart,
of California. and T. ]. O'Connell. of Cali
fornia, the latter making q rather humor
GUS speech.
III motion was put on the question tt
adopt the minority report and it was lost.
AT the request of Missouri the ia, i'll ref.
erence in the minority report was stricken
out.
A motion to adjourn was lost by a vote o
1876 to 1913.
Mr.. Patterson urged the adoption of thu
report before adjourning FOX the day, b.
cause many of the delegates wanted {,
leave for home. Mr.. Hunt, of California
then offered the foil owing amendment t,
the majority report:
Be it resolved that the senate and house
of representatives of the United States il
congress assembled be and are hereby re-
questsd to pass a law whereby there shal
be free and unlimited coinage of all silve
from mines in the United States at the rate
Of $1.29 per ounce, and that any person O.
co poration in the United States owning o
producing any silver produced within thu
United States shall have the right to de-
pOsit said silver in any United States min
and receive therefor $l.29 per ounce, eithe
in standard silver dollars of tho United
States, or in United states silver ce!titi.
oates, and that said silver certiicntes ISSUED
for bullion aforesaid to be 4 legal tender
for all debts public and private, excep
where otherwise provided by express con.
tract. md that said silver certificates b.
guaranteed by the full faith and credit OF
the general government.
And be it further resolved that the sale
congress of the United States be, md az
hereby reuuesteu. to enact Il law Which viii