The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-23
The Free Silver Clause Adopted Amid
Great Enthusiasm Yes
terday.
Several Amendments Discussed and
Rejected-MOntana
in Line.
The Next sessiOn of the Mining Con-
greSs to be Held in Salt
Lake City.


HELENA, July 15.-lSpecial to the
rRIBuNE.l-The congress was called to
order this morning by Chairman New
lands. An amendment to the silver
clause in the resolutions presented by
the committee yesterday was offered by
Hart of California. 1t recommends free
coinage of American silver with a duty
on foreign bullion sufficient to cover the
disparity of values and cost of coinage.
Arguments followed by Patterson of
Colorado, Hart of California, Weed and
Hauser of Montana, Chase of Nebraska,
and Thompson of Colorado. a vote was
then taken by states and the amend
ment was defeated.
Weed introduced an amendment to
the report striking out the reference to
the silver question as more vital than
the tariff issue and the substitution of
non-committal language. Arguments
followed by Patterson, Hart, Weed,
Hauser. and others. The session adj
journed without reaching a vote.
The congress reconvened at . o'clock.
Chase of Nebraska. Landers of Indiana.
Brown of Montana. Newland. and others
spoke in favor of the majority report of
the committee on the silver plank of the
resolutions, which was put to IA vote at
3 o'clock and carried.
Chairman Newlands, after the pas
sage of the clause, made a speech of an
hour and fifteen minutes, giving the
congress much enlightenment and en-
pounding his broad views on this all
vital and important question. i vote
was then taken by a call of states upon
the adoption of the silver plank as a part
of the resolution. and as presented by
the committee without any amendment.
The Montana delegation was divided
and the roll call of delegates taken when
Gov. Toole voted aye Loud and CON
tinuous cheers, throwing up of hats and
newspapers by the delegation followed.
Montanas vote was 30 to II in favor of
the resolution. When Michigan was
reached Mrs. p. w. Meadow of Montana
who holds a proxy of the chairman of
the Michigan delegation, presented the
following address:
Mr.. President, You are aware that |
represent that large body of d~isfranchiscd
and therefore have no politics.
also, as many of you know, | belong to
that small minority of, not gold bugs
but of actual gold producers. Neverthe-
less ! believe the silver question is more
connected with America than
any other country of the world. It is
one of our chief productions. Thousands
and thousands OF our laboring men are
employed in this industry. Our past
invariably shows that the price
of wheat and cotton follows closely the
rise and fall of silver. The simple fact
England is now purchasing our
silver at 50 cents an ounce and coming
it into rupees at Sl.33 is sufficient to
make Michigan vote for free and
unlimited coinage of the white metal"
A vote was then taken to adopt the sill
YER clause of the resolutions as a whole
and IS introduced by the committee
without making any changes from the
same as originally introduced and car
RED, 264 for, ~ against. The rest of
the resolutions were then read and
adopted as a whole as presented by the
committee on resolutions, to be the plat
'orm of the second national mining con-
yress.
Seligman introduced a resolution to be
to the senate Of the United States
that body to defeat house bill No.
)6l, carried. The executive committee
was authorized to select a place and
time for holding the next congress. A
of thanks to the officers of the
congress, to the officers of the retiring
Executive committee. S. Il. Hauser, G..
v. Irwin and Bernard Brown, and to
he citizens of Helena for hospitality
md reception rendered the guests, was
Adjourned dine die.
The next congness will be held at Salt
AXE, December %, before the meeting
f the electoral COLLEGE.