The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-17

To Meet Again In December-Speech by
Lobbyist Newlands.


Lobbyist Newlands.
HELENA, July 16-At the silver congress yes
terday the executive committee decided upon
Salt Lake US the place of holding the next ma
tonal mining congress Instead of waiting till
next year, 1T was decided to hold a session at
Salt Lake December 2. before the meeting of the
electoral college.
Before adjournment, Francis G. Newlands, of
Nevada, president OF the congress, addressed
the convention on the subject OF independence
OF presidential electors. He said that he was a
Republican, but that his loyalty was due, not to
the Republican party of New York, but
to the Republican party of Nevada.
The latter party had never yet hesi-
tated to instruct its representatives to act in
dependent of party If necessary in the interest
OF silver, upon which, an industry, the pros
perity of the state depended silver was on the
decline, and would continue TO decline if full
monetary use was not restored, which could
only be done by free coinage. The Republican
party had a bimetallic plank in its platform in
tended to have one meaning in the East and
another in the West. In the East it IN
tended to mean free coinage OF gold and limited
coinage Of silver; in the West free coinage for
both. Ali the West demanded was that in case,
after twenty years of agitation and discussion,
a free coinage bill should hereafter be passed
the popular will should not be defeated by
presidential veto. The platform OF both parties
was equivocal on this subject, and before
the West casts its vote for any presidential can
didatc it has right to require from him an ex
plicit avowal on the subject By the system of
nominating in all the national parties in the
Western states independent electors, especially
charged to act for the silver rather than to
vote Tor any individual, the party organizations
could be maintained intact. II before the next
election the question could be settled by or in
national conference or otherwise, the successful
electors from these states would cast their votes
,o;r but 9TH,
casting such vote, they could inquire of
their candidate his views of the ques-
ton of presidential veto. An an
swer to such question would not be
unfair to the selfrespecs or dignity of the presi
dental candidate IL, as was claimed by some
Democrats in the mining states, Cleveland
would not oppose the popular will by a veto,
and ii, as claimed by the Republican adherents
OF Harrison, he would not also, why were not
the electors of the mining states entitled to a
direct positive statement from the candidates
before discharging their trust by the deposition
ofvotes? Were the silver men content to win
every redoubt and then abandon the attempt to
secure the last redoubt, but the one without
which victory was impossible? The situation
was serious one. II the mining states were
not careful the~ stood in danger by their essen
tial votes of putting in power a man whose
power would be equal TO two-thlrds of these
states and the House. 1t would be difficult to
houses of congress. That fight must be
taken up and renewed with dauut!ess courage
But how? Ii presidential veto were to be in
terposed, four years more of falling to pieces
and ruin OF its money metal would place the
country irreeaimably under the slavery of the
gold trust He said the measure he advocated
did not involve the support OF a third party
Ii made third party unnecessary in the min
ing states, as both the existing parties could
nominate party electors and bind them to exer-
else their trust in the interest OF these states in
definitely, If necessary, unless the requisite as
surance was given by the candidates. His view
was that all the parties in the mining states
Democrats, Republicans or Peoples party
should act with harmony on this subject, and
thus prevent the election OF any candidate as
president who would. after long an agita-
ton. attempt to overpower aud dominate the
popular will.
The executive committee decided upon Sal;
Lake as the place OF holding the next national
mining congress. Instead of waiting till next
year ii was decided to hold session at Salt
Lake December 2, before the meeting OF the
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