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

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There was considerable, applause whom
the reading was concluded, and then . re-
cess vac taken till two p. m.
THE SILVER QUESTION VI.
The Resolutions Before the Congress and
the Discussion Very'Interesting.
Immediately on tho converting of the
congress- at two p. m. Chairman Newlands
called Delegate franklin Landers, Of In
diana, to the chair. Mr.. Landers 10 a tall,
oray-halred and robust appearing westensr.
who announced on taking the chair that he
came from q great farming state, but his
people were as deeply interested in the
question of silver coinage a. any other sec.
ton of the United States. He then called
for the report of the committee OF rssolu-
tions. w. A. Clark, Of Montana, chairman
of the committee, in presenting tho report
said the one he had was that Of the ma
jority; then there was another, that of the
minority, which would be presented by T..
v. Smalley. OF Minnesota. A. J.. Holden,
clerk Of the committee. then took the plat
form, M read the report of the committee
as follows:
The National Mining congress, now in
session at Helena, Mont, oomprised of
d ole gates from nineteen states and two ter
~ritoriss. having in mind the interests of tho
cotton planters of the south and the grain
growers of the west, of labor and property
in all its forms, as we'll as the interests Of
the miners in the mountain states and ter
%ritories. denounce the act of 1879, by which
silver was demonetized, as a great national
calamity. and We hold it to be the impera-
tive duty of the representatives of the peo-
pie now in congress assembled to pass with
ont delay the bill for the demonstration of
silver that has already passed the senate.
We denounce as maliciously and design
eddy false the charge that the silver mon of
the country are in favor of q seventy cont
dollar, or of any dollar that ia of less in
trinslc value than any other dollar coined
and circulated in the United States. We
also declare that the responsibility for the
bullion in the silver dollars now coined
being of less intrinsic value than tho bull
lion in the gold dollars rests solely with
those who demonetized silver and forced
the people to accept the laws of 1873 and
1890, by which free coinage for silver has
been denied and the purchase of bullion
by the government in the lowest markets of
the world substituted in its stead. And we
further declare our unalterable conviction
to be based on sound economic prin-
ciples and the actual experience OF the
world between 1860 and 1860. when the rel
ative increase in the production of gold in
the United States and the rest of the world
far exceeded the relative increase of silver
over gold during the last d~ecade-that the
demonstration of silve: by the United
States at the existing ratio will speedily re-
sto' Q the intrinsic value Of the silver dollar
to that of the gold dollar.
While we demand that the intrinsic value
of the gold and silver dollar shall DO equal,
We protest against the test OF value az to
silver being made while silver money ia de-
based and the government is engaged under
existing laws in depressing the value of
the bullion BY purchasing it in the lowest
M a rknfcs hrt Uuo chnl1 ohnnrfnhu voI11~,n
the test and accept any change that OK leri-
ence shall make necessary after the full
use of silver as money has been restored for
. reasonable time through tho act now be-
fore congress-, or any similar law.
We declare free bi-metallio coinage for
gold n silver at the existing ratio to be
the most important public question now
unsettled in the United States. That 40
d0ng as there ia a lack of sound metal
money upon which to do the business of
the country, n upon which to base a full
and fair volume of governmental pape
the country, and while there are powerful
and preponderating Influences in the two
old parties seeking ultimately to bring this
country to a single gold standard-iu tho
meantime deceiving the people with declara-
tions in party platforms about bi-metal-
ism which are deceptive and are intended
IN no manner to bind presidents elected
upon them to approve q free coinage law
the question as to whether some articles of
foreign product shall como in free of duty,
and whether tariff duties on others shall
be reduced 10 or 20 per cent sink into utter
insiRniticance as compared with that of
having money with which to buv goods and
pay for labor, at any price.
And We urge that in every section of the
country. north as we'll as south. that the
true friends of free bi-metallic coinage
shall make the unqusstioning friendship of
every candidate for any office, bearing any
relation whatever to legislation upon that
subject, US one of the chief tests of WORTH
ness to receive their suffrages. That it is
only by clearly discerning the right and
acting independently and un1linchinRly to
UNDO the great wrong Of silver ~demonetiza-
tion. that the conspiracy to force the
United States to the single gold standard
of money can be thwarted.
Resolved. That the profound thanks Of
the congress be extended to the senators
and representatives in congress who lately
voted for the Stewart free coinage measure,
and they deserve and should receive the
hearty support of their constituencies as
Whereas. The theory of the constitution
that electors for president shall be men of
the highest dignity and integrity. fit tn DO
entrusted with the grnvest concerns of the
nation, and that they shall, when elected,
be free to cast their ballots for such person
~ . no - oCbV AAlbuNC II NhISIy,
honor and prosperity of the country; md
Whereas, 1t has been the endeavor Of the
opponents of free bi-metallio coinage to
secure the selection of candidates. for the
presidency by tho national republican and
democratic parties. VINO will, II elected. op-
pose the will of the people by the executive
veto whenever congress shall express it in u
free coinage bill; and
Whereas, To vote for electors pledged in
advance to select either one or tho other Of
them for president, without conditions,
will be m endorsement in advance of the
purpose to defeat the popular will; and
whereas, In the silver suites there Ia but
one sentiment in nll tho three national
pnrties in regard to the full lemonetizntion
OF silver. therefore be il
Resolved, That wisdom and patriotism
both require that tho people Of the silver
states and the state conventions Of all
parties therein shall 80 shape their action
rs to secure the balance of W if that be
possible, in tho electoral. college, to the end
thnt the electors 6eieoted by the people Of
snoh states may 90 act Independently in the
slecto' nj college as &c defeat the election Of
ANY man ~ Prcri.?.. w..a Will not agree