The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-24
FREE SILVER WRATH
Colorado Democrats Can't Vote
for Grover Cleveland.
HE'S WORSE THAN HARRISON.
Mine-Owner Patterson Describes I'll.
Fight in Committee and Tells
How He Was Orerruled.

CHICAGO, June 23.-Tonight after the ad-
jogrnment Of the national convention the
following significant document vas framed
and wired 10 the West:
To TIE Democratic Voters Of Col5ra99. The no~,.
nation o. Grover Cleveland ard the rslpablv
svas.ve dec srstion noon the silver question by
the national Democratic convention con.
font the Democratic party o. Col.
orado with seri0us problem. II TIA
convention had declared free bs-neta'l.e coin
age vas O tenet OF the parsy, AMI had Cleveland
accepted the nomination upon sEcn platform
We might have rested upon his reputation IA,
honesty AMI believed be would. in response n
the obligations thereby imposed, signed freq
coinage 0iil sho1ld congress pass Il, bat with
a platform intended 10 b quoted in TIA
East a. not binding the party In suy
degree Of free coinage aud In The Wes, ss heir,
favorable 20 10 and with candidate for ths
presidency whose past utteranees and Official
acts show him TO be unalterably opposed 70 fres
coinage. it is plain that with Mr.. Cleveland A
president free coinage cannot be reached during
this administration
Between Cleveland ard Harrison there cs. n.
no choice TO free coinage men. Their record.
show them 20 b. enemies % the cause 30 dear IA
Sblorado hearts, AMI galess free coinage can Ia
cast aside ss OF secondary Importance 20 ths
counirys affairs the pis'n question "a presented
70 both Democratic and REPUBLICAN votersis can
they honestly, with iuu kaowie1gs Of insir oh-
legation to self, home, state and party, aid
either OF them for the presidency.
The call recommends that the propsr
authority shall call the party together in q
delegate convention 20 pass upon the mat
tiers involved. Il Is signed by COlorados
delegates 10 the national convention.
The story from the inside of struggle
in the platform committee on silver vas
told tonight by Thomas NJ. Patterson. Of
Denver. He said that for long time
argument was waged upon the question
whether or not 70 use the obnoxious word
''free." Mcpherson, Villas and Bayari a..
serted that it added nothing to the force
of the resolution, which they main.
tanned did declare for free bi-metallic coin.
age. The free coinage men asked WHY.
II such was the case, they objected
TO the use OF this word. To
this it vas replied that .free" was
a catchword which, as applied TO coinage
was offenSiye 10 thousands in the Eastern
and Northwestern states, and that i.
would lose the party votes without
bringing sufficient TO accomplish
the result desired. When this
point was made, it was proposed TO
strike ont the obnoxious word and use the
words ''for the holders in its stead IN.
der both and gold and silver" but
this was opposed with equal deter
mination. The controversy made ii
clear" said Patterson, "that our OBJ
ponents would concede almost anything
but clear declaration for free
coinage or the use of Language
that necessarily meant the same thing.
We pointed out to them that England
had bi-metalism in that it had both
gold and silver as money; that We
have bi-metallism in use today be-
cause we have gold and silver
dollars coined by the government, bu.
there was free coinage of gold and not Of
silver. That was where the sub
committee was stalled. Three Ihours
were devoted TO the fight over
that little word Gree but our opponents
defeated Us. The controversy in
the full committee consisted of
pathetic appeals for harmony in the
party by keeping out the obnoxious form,
and equally earnest appeals on our part
for clear recognition of the principle Of
free coinage, but we were beaten by Is
to IS