Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-05-04

Minneapolis aud Chicago to insist
upon FREQ coinage candidates; and il
they failed to secure them to withdraw
from the convention and return here
and proceed to organize . free coin.
ago party.
Mr. Bruner insisted upon his motion
being put to the meeting. He wanted
to organize > silver club, no matter
what the resolutions were.
No action.
Mr. Williams was asked to address
tho meeting; but he said he had done
30 much talking already that he feared
tho meeting would get tired of listen.
ing to him. He would say, however,
that the silver question was the only
vital one before the people of the
west.
The committee having returned Mr.
Ruick read the following Is its report:
The name of this organization shall
be the HALEY SILVER CLUB.
Our motto, "Equal rights for gold
and silver, ami FREQ coinage for both. !"
Our object, to use every legitimate
means to secure the free coinaoa of
silver.
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, We recognize tho free
coinage of silver as being by far the
most important question now sgitat-
ing the public mind; an issue fraught
with vast good, or untold evil, to mil
lions of people; and an issue Of direct
and vital interest to every citizen Of
our State; and,
WHEREAS, We note, with the
deepest regret, tho fact that the lead.
ers, aud their blind followers in tho
two great political parties with which
the most Of US, for years, have been
and are still afiliAted) insist on plac.
ing . higher valuation upon party
success, and the accompanying spoils
Of office, than they do upon tie public
veal; and,
WHEREAS, In view of this fact, We
believe that the time has now come
when every voter in the nation should
rise to the dignity OF Al American
citizen and make haste to assert his
Of any political party,
unless that party shall protect his
rights from the merciless grasp of the
money power; aud,
WHEREAS, We recognize the fact
that every wealth-producer in the
Union, be he employer or wage-earner,
has = direct and deep interest in the
question of the free coinage of silver;
and.
WHEREAS, The deceit which ha.
tor years been Practiced. and the hon.
eyed words which have for years been
used by the leaders OF the two great
political parties, have exhausted both
our confidence and our patience;
be it
Resolved, That in our opinion the
public welfare is OF vastly greater i'm
portance than party SUCCESS. Believ.
ing thus, be it
Resolved, That as individuals, Re-
publicans or Democrats, we will use
our best endeavors to secure, on be.
halt of the friends of silver, the con>
troll of both tho Minneapolis and
Chicago conventions; that our efforts
in that direction shall begin at the
primaries, always giving due notice
that we will not be bound by the
action Of either of those conventions
unless they shall nominate undoubted
free silver coinage candidates on une-
quivocal free coinage platforms.
RESOLVED, That each individual
member of this club uneqnivocally
pledges himself that, until this ques.
ton is settled, he will 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
tho National Congress of the pending
measure known as the Bland bill.
RESOLVED. That we thoroughly ap.
prec,ate aud cordially indorse the
splendid work that has been and is
still being done in this behalf at the
national capital by those members OF
Congress who favor the FREQ and un-
limited coinage of silver.
RESOLVED, That we cordially and
earnestly invite the cooperation of
tho friends of silver in every voting