The morning call., 1893-07-23
bell. committee on resolutions, appointed at
the preliminary meeting.

bell, committee on resolutions, appointed at
the preliminary meeting.
Next came ali address as follows:
Address to the citizens OF the United States,
bv the people Of the Stale OF California, favor
ing free coinage OF silver.
A failure TO appreciate the financial situation
is leading to miscODception aud serious COIN
picaions.
As we view that situation. Its difficulties re-
suit from lack Of enough money.
Of material wealth there is an abundance;
human energy and capacity are in no seus.
lacking; limitlesS resOurc sare available; and
yet poverty stalks throughout the land; bank
ruplcy is becoming the rule rather than tile ex-
ception; crops spoil in the fields; fruit rots
paralyzed: the hosts OF The unemployed are
being multiplied; aud the blight of failure Is
spreading over tie Pacific Coast.
For this condition there Is no cause but in
sufficiFncy OF money; no cure Dut increase OF
the amount of money in use.
Contraction of the volume OF money by de-
mouetiZation Of silver has produced its natural
fesults-brOught about existing ''nard tfmes.''
The threatened entire discoD'inuance of the
use OF silver as money. and one basis for na-
tl0nal currency, can result in nothing but absO-
lutte 1nancia. ruin TO all persons except the
very few WHO are directly interested in gold
and ihe enhancement of that me al in value.
This class in America Is small. The real,
ultimate owners of all the gold are mostly
Eui opeans. To our people. the stock on hand
and available Is bnt loaned. and may be ie-
called when foreign capitalists choose The
white metal is our own; II rests IN our vaults
and mountains subject 10 our disp0sal-at hand
for our use. Should not Congress legslato in
the interests of Americans rather than Tor tho
good OF foreigners?
From lime immemorial the TWO precious
metals" have been used as money. There
never was reason for dlScontinuance OF such
use of both Of them. There Is good cause for
resumption of the use of silver; from such use
there Will result an expansion OF the money in
circulation sufficient to bring relief 10 the
strained. critical financial condition which now
exists, and the worse one which threatens US.
The total discontnuance OF the money use OF
silver viii diminish The volume OF currency
about so per cent, will destroy all business In
America. break Its banks and make our country
a financial subject of the gold sovereigns OF
EnglaDd.
Escape from this fate may be had by return to
the old time -honortd and well-tiied system OF
bmetallism, departure from which led to the
present false conditions.
Fleet Strother moved that the solutions
should be adopted as the sentiment of the
meeting. The motion prevailed.
A motion was made by NJ. F. Campbell
that the address should also be adopted.
Mr. Strothrr spoke against the motion.
saving he did not think it represented the
true condition Of the Pacific Coast at this
time. The motion was adopted. there
being only few noes, and cheers were
given.
The following delegates 10 the Eastern
conference were appointed by Chairman n
Beshaw: Dan NJ. Burns, Senator j. B..
Mahoney. II. T. Graves, Isaac Trumbo.
Martin Jones, a. W. Thomson, NJ. F.
Campbell. w. II. V. Grouse, G. K. Fitch.
George K. Porter. j. p. Cameron. San
Francisco; ". P. Miller, Alameda; Mark
Mcdonald, Santa Rosa; }. j. Crawford.
Pacerville; Cragie Sharp Jr.. Fresno; H.
Z Osborne. Los Angeles; r. Glrd, Chin ;
Z. NJ. Belshaw, Antioch; j. l.. Lyon.
Oakland; Judge E. NJ. Gibson, Oakland +;
c. A. Fuller, San Jose; p. Y. Baker,
Tulare County.
The following committee on permanent
organization was appointed: NJ. w. Bel
shaw. T. E. Jewell, Martin Jones, c. A.
Wetmore. }. A. Johnson, j, L. Lyon.
Thomas Eagar. H. K. Mitchell. &. G..
Baker, }. Ii. Mahoney. D. NJ Burns. j. c.
Green, C.. Sharp. NJ. F. Campbell. F.
Adams