The Lamar register., 1892-07-30
GENERAL WEAVER AT DENVER.
The Candidate of the Peoples Party
Speaks on the I<sues of the
Campaign.

General James B. Weaver, the Peoples
| party candidate for the presidency, visited
| Denver last week on the occasion of the state
| convention of his party and delivered an ad-
| dress at the Coliseum The building was
| packed, and an overflow meeting WAS held
| which was addressed by Mrs. Mary E Lease
| of Kansas.
General Weaver in his address dwell
| chiefly on the money problem and spoke eio-
| quently in support Of silver
He commenced by saying that the eonstltu-
ton had given to Congress the power to resu-
late inter state commerce, and the instru-
| ments of commerce are money, transportation
| and the means of commandments post
| office and telegraph. To-day are In the
midst of great upheayal, because Congress
has not exercised It's power concerning money
in the interest Of the people.
.sThey have farmed 1t out and rented 1t out
to spectators and Isurers and they have
clothed a class of gentlemen in this country
with far too much power ! am not fighting
them This great movement Is too big TO
| fight man or an individual The gun is too
| large to shoot at a tomtit. We art hshtlng
| vicious system. Congress has farmed out
| this power that wa imposed on It 20 indiYid-
uals and has given TO such individuals the
| power to issue money and to say when II shall
be retired and how much shall be placed In
| circulation
| General Weaver called attention tn the fact
that at the close OF the war there we're ssl,OoO,-
900 people In this country and 5000, 10000
| or $50 per capita. beside SIS, eco 600 In state
| bank notes In existence al that time. The
population now Is "a .O0O, 600, and the currency
| 81. SIS. .OoO. 900. THAT Is 500 10000 less
money and 100000 more people, and yet
you tell me to come ous TO Colorado and tell
you what Is the matter God bless yon, put
your hands in your pockets and you can feel
| what Is the matter The boy whose panta-
/ looms fitted him at i2 Is nov feet 9, and they
] viii no longer ii him, but Mr.. Poster Insists
/ on sitting by the cradle and going on With
his knitting aud singing: Hush. ms infant
| lie still and slum ber.i Is It any wonder that
the rolIicking infaat says 4 won't lie still;
| 1 belong to the Knights Of Labor and Farmers
Alliance and I want new pair Of pants
The Alliance has been debating and lnycs-
tigaiing these matters and in the assembly
the Knights have becn discussing It and they
have come to the conclusion that as the pop
ulation OF this country Increases the circul9t-
| ing medium ought 10 increase also, because
they have learned the maxim which | hope
we will all remember forcyer-that the dc
mand for money is equal to the sum Of the
demand for all other things.
''silver was first denonetiEed in England
in 1916, then in Germany in ISIS, and In
America in 1874. The motive was the sim
| plest thing on earth. By temoneflzlug silver
they doubled the value Of gold. They made
a gold dollar have a greater purchasing power,
and England the chief creditor nation Of the
word. Congress, without the consent Of the
people, struck down the silver, stealtLIly 10
the dark, at the behcst Of the governor and
directors Of the bank Of England, and for
valuable consideration.
ssTho English capitalists say that II We arc
10 have the free and unlimited coinage Of
silver at the rate of 10 to |. and that Ia what
VIC are going to have in this country, e will
simply be giving the bullion owner and the
miner the difference Of thirty cents on every
dollar
'swho made 1t worth 10 cents oa the doIlArl
1t was per cent. premium when it was de-
monetiEed, worth per cent more than gold.
and the tables show that the decline IN the
price OF silver Il co-exlsieut with the legLsla-
ton which desrSIed il. They lowered It 70
20 cents on the dollar, and nov have the I'm
pudence TO turn round TO the men they rob
bed and say You arr roiHg TO make some
thing II the crime Is undone. Suppose, now
the bullion owners or The mine oEners should
make 80 cents on the dollar Who Is en-
titled 70 make profit on the silyeTi The
men who came here and subdued this hostile
wilderness, and made It bud and blossom a.
the rose or the men who sit back, the gam
bier and promoter OF class legislation, who
has degraded your silver aud reduced Il in
pricei Who has any title to consideration
in this matter, the miner who takes his life
In his hand and goes into the mines and digs
this silver and brings it out to bless the world
or the man who stt back IN Wall street and
Lombard street and TbFeAdneedle street, aud
Is too cowardly to fght for his country and
too mean TO pay taxes Ike an honest mani
''wages will advance With the free coinage
Of silver, and also the value Of products
Some one says Europe will dump all her sIl-
yer over into America When I heard this
prayed, 'oh, Lord, let them dump They
will dump 1t In exchange for our eommodl-
test Oh, no: for our gold. But my hear
ers, do you own the goldl Let Us Imagine
the gold IS all gone and We have nothing but
silver, who IS hurt,''
In speaking Of the sub-treasury scheme the
speaker sought 10 make II appear that the
government could with as much propricty let
the farmers have money upon the security Of
their farms and crops as Il eould let the ma
tional banks issue national bank notes upon
the security of government bonds.
At the close Of his speech General Weaver
was presented with a silver pen and holder by
B. Clark Wheeler on behalf Of the Aspen
Silver Club. 1t was accompanied by the
hope that when the recipient had reached the
White House he would sign free coinage
bill He agreed to this.