The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-06-03
EMPHATIC sILvERTIEs.
They Score and Prod Al the Party
Leaders.
Jumping on Wall Street with Both
Feet.---No Faith in Information
al Monetary Conference.

ference met in its second days session
with Chairman Warner presiding.
b. K Thomas, Of Pennsylvania,
farmer, made an interesting and origina
speech in which he said that rather thar
vote for Grover Cleveland (as il seemed
that he would be- the logical candidat,
Tor the Democratic party. with his Brit
ish free trade and single gold standard
ideas, he would vote for Queen Victoris
or some other old LADY, He paid his re.
spects TO the Republicans party by sayipr
fhat rather than Sxnte tn tioh- Sf Yi1Si
weak kueed, hypocrisI sIcai| |bSsty} Is s. wouId
vote for Cleveland; but, thank ood. he
added, he was not compelled to vote for
either.
Captain Nichols, of Boulder, Colorado,
made vigorous speech in favor of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver. He
said that since the action of the bandits
VINO passed the act of 1873, he had voted
against every man, from the Office of
President Of the United States down to
the dog -pelter, who was in favor of free
coinage and would continue to do so as
long as he lived. Restricted coinage was
the direct result of the enormous wealth
that is constantly being amassed by the
rulers OF Wall street at the expense of the
farmer and working classes who are be-
coming poorer.
F. d. Clark, of Ohio, assistant secre-
tary of the convention, said that the
movement on the part of an administra-
ton for an international monetary confer.
cncc was simply a subterfuge to deceive
and appease the silver people until
after the election, when it would openly
fight the unlimited coinage of silver. The
result Of any conference in which Eng
land was party could only be detrimen-
tai to the United States and silver, and
favorable to John Sherman and John
Knox and the other gold bugs.
Chairman Warner introduced Morton
Frewen, representative of the Bi-metallc
eague in England. Mr.. Frewen said
that we never should have had a silver
question in this world but for the dis
;ovcTy of America, aud but for the act OF
1873 there would be no silver question
% day.
Geo. Symes, of Denver, closed the
speech making and an adjournment was
AIKEN until evening.
Judge Joseph Sheldon, of Connecticut,
opened the evening session with an ad- |
lress on the effects of the demonetiza-
inn ia1 onlv @3 mode d helping f6e gold men
or four more years. B. Clark Williams,
# Colorado, presented the following re.
,ort from the committee on resolutions:
WHEREAS, With the single gold stand
I'd. relief from the evils of continued
alling prices is impossible; and whereas
he estoration of the bi. metallic standard |
vi II the coinage of both metals on equal
crms, lies at the foundation of oil econ
,mic reform; therefore
"REsoLvED, That the free and unlim
ted coinsgc of silver on equal terms
with that OF gold, anu on the ratio now
established by law, is the paramount is
sue before the American people to day.
and shall not be suppressed.
.'REsoLvED That we, in answer to the
demand for honest money, declare that
the debtor will have discharged his full
duty to his creditor 10y paying to him
such money as was full large tender at
time the debt was contrattsa.
RESOLVED, That we will not support
for a legislative or executive office any
candidate who is not thoroughly commit
ed by platform and declaration to the full
restoration of the monetary system vio-
lently disturbed by the legislation de-
silver in 1873.
"REsoLvED, That while we would hail
with Joy the cooperation of other nations
in the restoration of silver to its proper
monetary position, yet we demand that
the United States right the wrong it has
perpetrated upon the producing
and industrial classes without regard
to the action of other nations"
The report and resolutions were unani-
mously adopted.
w. II. slater, of Colorado, presented
the report of the committee on the Or
oanization of the Bimetallic League
The report recommends the formation of
such league, the object of which, it
SAYS, shall be to unitedly resist the
purpose to fasten forever Cd the
country the single gold standard and to
labor for the resolutior,-oe free bi-metal-
lie coinage to the ,yeople of the United
states The rcpart was adopted.