The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-04
HALEY SILVER CLUB
Free Coinage is Placed Above
Party Politics.
THE BLAND BILL ENDORSED
Equal Rights for Gold and siIver"-No Candi-
date TO be Voted for Who is
Not for Silver.

BELLEVUE, Idaho, May Especial tele-
gram to THE HERALD A large assemblage
OF people met at the court house at HALEY
tonight to organize a silver club. Frank
Taylor was elected chairman and T. E.
Plcotte secretary. After considerable dis
cussion as to the manner of procedure q
motion prevailed asking the chair to ap-
point committee of seven to report resolu-
tions. The chair appointed on that com
mlttee N. M. Ruick, j. w. Burns, Harvey
Porter, Hon. Lyttleton Price, w. Fl. Watt,
James Gum and f. G. Mandell, who re-
tired to prepare their report. which was
submitted later during the meeting as fol.
lows, which was adopted unanimously:
NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION.
The name of this organization shall be
the HALEY Silver club. Our motto is equal
rights for gold and silver and free coinage
for both. Our object is to use every legiti-
mate means to secure the free coinage Of
silver.
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS We recognize the free coinage Of
silver as being by far the most important Ques-
ton now agltating the public mind; an issue
iraught with vast good or untold evil 10 mill
hons OF people, and an issue Of direct and vital
interest TO every citizen of our state; and,
WHEREAS. We note with the deepest regret
the fact that the leaders, and their blind fol-
lowers, In the two great political parties-with
which the most or US have been, and are still
anllated-1ns1se upon placing higher valua-
non upon party success and the accompanying
spolls OF ONCE than they do upon the public
veal; and.
WHEREAS, In view of this fact. we believe
the time has now come when every voter in the
hauon should rise to the dignity of an Ameri-
can citizen and make haste to assert his inde-
pendence OF any political party, unless that
party shall protect his rights from the merci-
less grasp OF the money power; and,
whereas, We recognize the fact that every
wealth producer in the Union be he employer
or wage Garner has direct and deep interest
IN the question Of the free coinage OF silver;
and.
Whereas, The deceit which has for years
been practiced. and the honeyed words which
Tor years have been used by the leaders of the
two great political parties, have exhausted both
our confidence and our patience;
therefore, Be 1t Resolved That in our opin-
ion the public welfare is OF vastly greater i'm
portance than party succ IS, Believing thus
BE 1t Resolved, That as individuals, Repub-
means or Democrats, we viii use our best en-
beavers to secure, on behalf of the friends of
silver. the control Of both the Minneapolis and
Chicago conventions; that cur efforts in that
direction shall begin at the primaries always
giving due notice that we viii not be bound by
the action of either of these conventions unless
they shall nominate undoubted free silver coin
age candidates on unequivocal free coinage
platforms.
Resolved That each individual member Of
this club unequivocally pledges himself that
until this question is settled he viii vote for no
candidate for any Office who does not heartily
favor the free and unlimited coinage OF silver.
Resolved, That we respectfully but earnestly
ask the enactment by the national Congress of
the pending measure known as the Bland bill
Resolved, That we thoroughly appreciate and
cordially lndOrse the splendid work that mas
been and is still being done in this behalf at the
national capital by these members of Congress
who favor the free and unlimited coinage Of
silver.
Resolved, That we cordially and earnestly
invite the active co-oDerat,on Of the friends OF
silver in every voting precinct in the union.
ORGANIZATION is the means of success.
Resolved. That the resolutions and the pro-
ambles shall be the constitution of this club.c
(Signed) n. NJ. RUICK.
Chairman.
Hon. P. NJ. Bruner. Hon. Lyttleton
Price. d. G. Dougherty, N. NJ. Ruick and
many others, addressed the assent lage and
| then about two hundred came forward and
signed the roll as members. A committee
of three was appointed TO report a per-
manent organization at the next regular
meeting. The club then adjourned.