The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-28
Mine-Owners Are Neither Re-
publicans Nor Democrats.
THEY HAVE BULLION FOR SALE,
The Free Coinage Bill to Come Up In
the Senate Tuesday,
Sherman Preparing . Speech The
House Passes the sundry Civil Bill
and Takes Up the Postoffice Appro-
priatiOn.

WASHINGTON CRY, May 27.-The silver
convention met again this morning. Ad-
dresses were made by Shinn of Kansas
and Z. II. Thomas of Pennsylvania. The
latter said that ten years ago his farm was
worth $4,000. BY the labor of himself
and family he had been able to save $500 a
year since, but the farm had continually
deprecated in value, until now it was
worth only 5000 This shrinkage, he said.
was due entirely to the pernicious financial
system, operated in the interest of money
lenders, corporations and monopolies.
lie denounced both political parties and
said that rather than vote for Cleveland,
with his free trade ideas. he would vote
Tor Queen Victoria for president, and
rather than vote for the hypocriticaI
weak-kneed Republican party he would
vote for Cleveland. Merrick of Colorado
explained the constitutional points in the
case recently decided by the supreme
court Of the District of Columbia against
the application for a writ of mandamus to
compel the secretary of the treasury to re-
ceive and coin a silver brick rendered
him. +. d. Stark, of Ohio, read long
paper upon the general subject of silver.
IN which he expressed himself as having
no confidence in the proposed interna-
tional conference
Moreton Frewen, the well-known coin
age writer of England, spoke Personally,
he said, he would prefer to see the coinage
OF silver brought about by international
agreement, yet he had no doubt America
could restore silver to its old place without
the least danger Of sending gold to pre-
MUM, and III that event be did not believe
any Silver of consequence would come
from Europe to be exchanged for
gold. Frewen hoped this government
would insist upon the proposed conference
being held in London. During the last
twenty years bimetallism had been gain
ing friends in England, until it is now one
of the greatest living issues, and has
among its earnest friends at least 100
members of parliament ard great pro-
portion of the members'of the London ex-
change. A silver wave is sweeping over
England, and the general cause would be
greatly advanced bv holding in her capi-
tai the international conference. Brief re-
marks were made by Newlands of Ne
vada, Teller of Colorado and Symes of
Colorado.
At the evening session the committee on
resolutions reported the following pream-
bic and resolutions, which were unanl-
mousIy adopted:
WHEREAS, With a single gold standard, relief
from the evils of continued falling prices is i'm.
possible: and
WHEREAS Restoration OF the bi-metallic
standard, with coinage of both metals on equal
terms, lies at the foundation of all economic re-
forms: therefore,
Resolred, That the free and unlimited coinage
of silver on equal terms with that of gold aud
on the ratio now established by law is the para
mount issue before the American people today
and shall not be surrendered.
Res0lred That We, in answer to the demand
for honest money declare that the DEBTOR will
have discharged hfs full duty to his creditors by
paying to him such money as was full legal teu-
der at the time the debt was contracted.
Resoired That we will not support for legisla-
tive or executive office any candidate who is not
thoroughly committed, by platform and declar-
alton, to the full restoration of the monetary
system violently disturbed by the legislation
demonetizing silver in 1873
Resolred, That while we would hail with
JOY the action of other nations in the restora.
ton of silver to its proper monetary position,
yet we demand that the United States right the
wrongs it has perpetrsted upon the producing
and industrial classes without regard to the
action OF other nations.
The report is signed by B. Clark Wheeler.
Colorado, chairman; James Mccarthy, Illinois;
Walter Campbell, Ohio: William w. Dixon,
Montana A. c. Shinnat, Kansas; A. J. Wedder-
burn, Virginia; L. d. Boeter Iowa
A number of addresses were made, and
then the report of the committee on Or
ganization was read. 1t commends the
formation of national bi-metallic
league. whose object it shall be to
resist the purpose to fasten on this
country a gold standard and to
labor for the restoration of free BIZ
metallic coinage. The league holds its
first annual meeting In Washington City
the pa Of February, and there shall be
such other meetings as the executive COM
mittee may call. The committee is au-
thorized TO organize subordinate leagues
in every voting precinct in the country.
The convention elected the following Of
ficers for the ensuing year: A. J. War
ner, Ohio, president; Lee Crandall, Wash
ington City, secretary; ]. i. Klingle,
Washington City, treasurer. They,
with the following, will constr
tute the executive committee: f.
{. Newlands. Nevada; James +.
Grant, Colorado; Richard Lacy, New
York; 5. NJ. Rumsey. Missouri: y. ]. II.
Regan. Texas; Congressman Watson,
Georgia; Henry Carey Baird, Pennsyl-
vania, and Senator Daniel, of Virginia.
Vice presidents were selected for a num-
ber of states, among them the following:
Herman F. Taubeneck, Illinois: G. G. sy1nes,
Iowa; senator stewart. Nevada; Representative
Bland. Missouri: Miles Searles, California; Will
lam - John, New York; eX- senator Van Wyck,
Nebraska: NJ. Durham, Washington; Senator
Morgan Alabama; ex-senator ingalls,, Kansas:
senator Mitchell, oregon. Senator Sanders,
Montana; J. v. Huston, Idaho: l. Y. Powderly,
Pennsylvania; l. l.. Polk, North Carolina; sena-