The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1892-07-22
THE MINING CONGRESS.
u Declares for Independent Political
Actien for the Purpose Of
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Action for the Purpose Of
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The National Mining Congress- opened ID
Helena, Montana, on the 18th with Champion
@. Chase Of Nebraska In the chair. Governor
Toole Of Montana made an address Of vel.
conio.
There were sos delegates in the convict
ton, the states represented being Arizona,
Colorado, New Mexico, Michigan, Indiana,
Callfornia, Idaho, Kansas, Illinois, Minnesota,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Orc
gon, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, U.ah,
Washington and Wyoming.
Reports from the committee on credentials
land rulss and order d. business were made
and adopted without debate.
Francis. 8. Newlands Of Nevada was elected
permanent chairman, with B. Brown and G.
D, Greenfield Of Montana as secretaries.
On taking his seat Mr.. Newland made =
strong silver speech, urging the mining states
to put the interest Of silver before the party
interests. He advocated an agreement 10
tween political parties providing that The
electoral vote Of the mining states should be
cast for no person as President who would
not agree 70 permit any silver act passed by
tongrcss u become law His view was that
all three Of the National parties III the mining
states should instruct their electors to aot In.
depcndently In the electoral college in the ia-
lerest Of the silver cause ratAss-tnSn In tho
interests Of any candidate. In this way their
entire electoral vote could be aggregated In
the electoral college aud would probably hold
the balance Of power.
L The subjects outlined for discussion are the
silver question, miners rights On lands grant
cd to railroads, townsite on mining lands,
smelling, milling and reduction Of ores, trans.
portation, restoration and preservation Of our
forests, mining and mining lands.
The majority report of the platform com.
mittee reported. They declare the demonet.
tion Of silver to have been great national
calamity aud urge the passage by Congress Of
free silver coinage law. The resolutions
reviewed the silver question at length, de-
nouncing the temporislng policy of the old
parties. The platform touches on number
Of subjects, but the most important was the
following:
"Resotted, That wisdom and patriotism both
require that the people OF the silver states and
the state conventions Of all parties therein
shall 50 shape their action rs to secure the
balance of power, II that be possible, In the
electoral college, 10 the end that the electors
selected by the people of such states may SO
act independently In the electoral college q,
to defeat the election Of any man rs president
who will not agree that the will Of The people,
as expressed in any future act Of Congress In
relation TO silver, shall stand Without e1ecu-
tive Interference or veto, that In order to nee,
the contingency Of a possible election Of a
president By the present Houae of Represen
tativss, the constituents Of all members Of the
present House be appealed to to demand Of
all Of the members Of the present House who
arc candidates for reelection their promise
that they will support no man for president
who will not permit the will Of the people ~
expressed In the future aots Of Congress upon
the silver question to stand Without executive
veto
At the session on Friday the platform al
reported the day before was adopted.
A message wa sent to congress concerning
the free collage Of silver. The message
closes as follows:
We declare the free bi-metallc co,nage Of
gold and silver at the existing ratio to be the
most important public questio. now unsettled
In the United statcs, as long a. there Is |
lack OF sound metal money upon which 70 d
the business of the country, and upon which
TO base full and fair volume Of governmental
paper money. We yrgc tAst In every ,eeyeb
Of the country, North as wsll "a South, ~
true friends Of bi.mstallio coinage sball mSSs
the unauestionins frikuds6lp Of evsiy eiAdk
date for once having any tslAiiou whaASfl
to lsgis'ation upon the subject Is one Of ths
chief tests Of the Worthless to receive thSli
'ufffsges. That II is only BY clearly dis
counting the right and acting independent,
and snainchinGly to undo the great wrong Of
silver decentralization that the conspiracy q
force the United States to use the gold stand
ard Of money can DO thwarted.