Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-06-03
A Great Silver Speech.
Virginia Chronicle.1


Virginia Chronicle.1
In the National Silver Con vention
at Washington on Friday Mr.. New
lands delivered the great speech of
the day. Following is a synopsis of
his remarks:
Referring to tho relations of EGG
land and India, Nh. Newlands stated
that it was to the interest Of England
to develop the exports of the natural
products OF India, and to give in ex-
change English manufactured pro-
ducts; that it is cheap silver which
makes Indian products . possibility.
Without cheap silver there would be
no exports of wheat and cotton from
India, and India would have no money
with which to buy Englands manu-.
featured products.
Mr.. Newlands stated that the Man.
chester manufacturers claim that the
variation in the rate OF exchange be-
tween silver and gold disturbs al their
transactions with India. A prominent
English banker, however, has told him
that this Inconvenience is nothing in
comparison to the inconvenience
which would be occasioned to the
Manchester manufacturers BY depriv>
ing India entirely of it's chance Of ex-
porting anything, and that chance
would be taken away If the market
price Of silver were raised to ito old
parity with gold, for America would
then furnish England with wheat and
cotton instead Of India. Tho manu-.
facturers Of Manchester could not be
expected to prevail against the bank.
ing interests of Lombard street, in
London, which had always controlled
English financial legislation.
Mr.. Newlands strongly urged upon
the convention not to check the silver
movement in this country in view O!
the proposed international conference,
and he expressed . view that il 4
halt should be called in the agitation
here, and should that conference prove
. failure, the cause of bime,sllism
would be forever lost. He said that
the leaders of . great movement in.
tended for the ameliora,ion OF tho
OF man should never allow
such . movement TO lose its momen.
tum, but in order to be successful it
must increase in power, and it must
crush beneath it every man who At.
tempts to stay its progress. No great
idea ever reached triumph when its
leaders we're vacillating.
He explained why the South and
the West were against the East; how
the wishes OF the people on this ques.
ton had been stulti6ed by the action
OF both parties. and he made strong
appeal to the silver advocates Of every
section to stand united in behalf of
movement having for its object the
emancipation Of the entire human
race from . slavery far worse than the
slavery destroyed through tho instru-
mentality OF the Emancipation Act of
Abraham Lincoln.
He said that to tho people of tho
Western States and to the I'd vocates
OF the rights Of silver in al parts of
the country, this question had now
become ono Of paramount importance.
To all other issues it is, in fact. in
view Of the suhservient action of both
parties in the face of their pledges,
''silver first and party sf,erwards."
He urged the silver men who were
Democrats to demand recognition
from the Chicago convention, and the
Republicans to assert the mselves at
the Minneapolis convention. He
urged that in the event of tho dislov.
atty OF the two parties to this issue.
the silver advocates should press their
just claims through mutual action.
II they obtain in the Electoral Col.
ieRe even a few votes. and neither the
Democratic nor the Republican can.
d'date had not . majority, might not
they by treaty with ono of the two
secure their just rights without .
Congressional election? He said that
be was . Republican aud desired to