St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-18

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WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. IA. j.
Warner. the president of the conference
OF the Bimetallic league, which has
been in session here for several days.
today gave out an explanatory state
ment OF the action of the conference.
The meetings of the conference have
been well attended, number of public
men IN congress lending it their aid By
being present. These include Senators
Stewart and Jones, of Nevada; PETER,
of Kansas; Power, of Montana; Allen,
Of Nebraska. and Hansbrough. of North
Dakota, aud Representatives Pence and
Bell, of Colorado; Simpson, of Kansas,
and Sibley, of Pennsylvania. The fol-
lowing is President Warmers statement:
1t was unanimously agreed in the con-
ference:
First-That the money question is,
and will continue to be the paramount
issue till il is settled, andsettled rightly,
and on sound principles; and that it can
be displaced by no other.
Second-That the first battle is for the
next congress.
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silver men must not only stay silver
men after they reach congre SIS. but they
must there unite, put silver above party,
and work incessantly to accomplish the
object for which they were elected.
A number of delegates were in favor
of organizing new party, out and out.
with the declaration as made on the
money question as the sole issue, and
leaving the way open for the afhliation
of not only the Peoples party. but Of
the 5000, 900 who refused to vote at all at
the late elections, but the conference
was not called for such purpose. and a
majority Of the delegates present be-
lieyed the course finally agreed upon TO
be the better policy in the coming con-
gressional elections. The conference
recommended that the bimetallic league
urgently suggest to friends of silver
everywhere, in all parties, that they
support for the Fifty-fourth congress
only such candidates as will pledge
themselves in nominating conventions,
and openly and publicly in their can
Yass for elections, to the following
action in case of their election:
First-They will enter into no party
caucus that will bind or restrain them
from voting and acting in the Fifty
fourth congress otherwise than given in
their pledges to the people before their
election: but that they will unite with
others who are IN favor of the restOTa-
ton of the bimetallic standard of money
by the free and unrestricted coinage of
both gold and silver on the ratio Of 10
to 1, as before the act of 1873, and the
issue by the general government Of the
paper currency, without the interven-
ton Of banks, and against the issue of
bonds TO buy gold. and that they will
act ana vote on all matters during their
term as members of the Fifty-fourth
congress to secure this end, and espe-
cially IN the election of speaker and the
organization of the house. and in the
vote for president of the United States
in the event that the election of presi-
dent falls to the house of representa-
tives.
Second-That to this eud the confer
ence recommends that silver leagues be
everywhere organized and the work of
education be carried on throughout the
country, and that, in addition to this
work. thorough organization be effected
in states and districts where such work
will be most effective in the election of
members of congress and of state legis-
latuTeS.
The following motion was also
adopted:
That this conference recommend that
there be held during the present winter
two conventions. one somewhere in the
South and one at Des Moines, 10.
On motion of Gen. King,of Louisiana,
that committee of three on the union
of the republics of America and other
silver standard nations of the world.
with the president of the bimetallic
league as chairman, be appointed,
Gen. King. of Louisiana: E. D. Stark,
of Ohio. and Judge Joseph E. Sheldon,
Of Connecticut, were named as the COM
mlttee.
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