The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-21
VOX POPULI:

VOX POPULI.
CoIorado's Miners, Merchants, and
Business Men of all Depart.
ments Firmly United.
TiiE DENVER SILVER CoNvESr1oN.
A Demand for the Rehabilitation OF Silver
that must DO Heard.
The great nisss sshvention OF Colorados
bntlneSo incn who believe In the FREQ coinage
OF silver met in Denver on the 18th, and It's
sessions continued on the 12th. Il was one
Of the largest conventions ever held In the
capital city, and the Coliseum, which holds
1900 people, was jammed. The intense Inter.
est was commensurtte Win Tie size OF the
stoSt. atd every part Of the proceedings
showed how close the subject under considera-
tion lay to the hearts Of those 10 attendance.
Sometime before the hour for opening, the
hall was full aud at 1910 Qeurge W. Mcr-
rick, president OF the State Silver League,
called the meeting to order and stated It's OBJ
jcct. The object, he said, called for the cool
est, calmcst deliberation without passion or
desire to ln1Ict punishment, but with stern
aud unyeldlng dignIty OF true American clti-
zenshlp to demand the right, remembering
that the fathers Of this Union held. that re-
sistancc 70 t5raHhs Is obedehce 70 God
The roll call showed that thirty.nine coun.
ties were represented. 1t was stated that every
man present who favored bimetaliism was en-
tilted TO vote. A committee on organization
Of one from each county was named. Con-
siderable discussion and confusion then EN-.
sued Ms II WAS uncertain what was the next
thing IN order.
til ii. Holden asked leave to {ss iss9uce a
resolution bearing on the fact That Is he
claimed there were gold bugs In the Arapa.
hoe delegation, but on request Of J. II. Plat
and 7. NJ. Patterson, he postponed It's intro
duction.
The courteous offer by the Grcystone Club
Of lis rooms for the use Of It's rooms FOR the
Use Of the committees brought forth the de.
cloration fsou f. {. kavanagh IL sal!da that
''rather than sit In the White Wings rooms
| Nphtu so W TINS putNisfSu 'uc uCCt7
lug, and cheers and laughter continued fol
| several ,aiEutcs.
| A recess was taken until 9 o'clock At thai
hour the committee on permanent organiza-
| tion reported, and Its report was adopted al
followsi
For rrcsiicnt=uhnries s. Thomas
For Secrctary-Joe Hutchinson.
Assistant secrctary-Frank W. Owens, and
T. +. Craig second assistant
Nsc- brSs.d.nts-J. Cook, Jr., o. Arapahoe,
| A. J. Shotwell Of Boulder, Senator Robert
Turner Of Clear Creek, T. J. Tatsuey Of Do
lorcs, n. J. Walters Of Gpnuison, +, q. Cars.
naugh Of Ghafree, setstss Il. G. Balsiugcr Of
ni!pia, George W. Curricr Of Weld, Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald Of San Miguel, J. C.
Funder burg OF Kiowa, Senator j. F. Drake Of
Pueblo, Lon c. Abbott OF Larin,er, Senator
Charles Newman cf L. Plata, Senator easI;
ihcfo Bafela IT LAS hniihas, =. II. Goody.
kooniz Of Monte1uma. Charles Y. Neison OF
Mineral, NJ. =. GIL Of Fl PasoiJudge J; John.
spp ~ pItk'h, h. H. ahcharl6s Of hiisdalc,
William n. Batchcldcr Of Morgan, Ebcn
Smith Of Lake, Judge Ballingcr OF Park, +.
A. wingate Of San Juan, J. II. Hodges Of ar.
field, T. W. Mcneil OF Montrose, Senator d.
A. Mills Of Eagle, William q. Smith Of JET.
fer.on, William Host Of RIO 6ranJe, 7. W.
tmetsSn HI ,dtas, thhties I. tludlilg Of
summit, Carl wulsten OF Custer, aud Bert
Sanford Of Costllla.
Mr.. Thomas, upon taking the chair, made
a speech Of some length. lie said
We are face 70 face with crisis which Is
srls 3D.. Hal. sk.l
nauntry-.with d crisis 80 broad aud 30 deem
that 1t really Involves the old question Of
Slavery over again, and this time slavery Of
not merely physical but Intellectual bondage,
which Affected all the people and their de-
scendants TO the third and fourth generation.
The decentralization OF silver and contraction
the ruin OF the mining industry In the inter-
est Of creditor class which ha loaned one
kind Of money and demands payment In an-
other. II 10 the culmination ri events which
have slowly, constantly, ccasclcssly, gently
marching for years until now thc, stand must
~ tapsh. Theft Il Ole couiniedltS fti whish
men arc striving aud that IL money. We
for more than protesting II possible against a
policy which brings so much suffering on our
people. For more than eighty years never
did the government Of this country attempt
TO Interfere with that self adjusting aysiem Of
eutrrncs established by ThouisA Jefferson
and Alexander Hamilton but Ia 1878 after a
vast rebellion had been crushed, after mil.
lions OF treasure had been lost, after great
debt had been contracted, payment OF which,
except the interest, was In legal tender, n
gold conspiracy, the most far reaching OF
which history gives M account, Was set on
foot against the liberty Of the American peo-
pie. That conspiracy. conceived In sin and
brought forth Ia iniqulty, IL shedding Its
balcful influence wherever trade and com
mercc exist.
But In this country, where tho right OF free
speech exItis, II 10 not too late 70 attempt ly
every lawful means TO arrcst the progress Of
this lnsidious enemy at the viials, not only Of
this state, but OF all the people Of the eoun-
try. No great measure ever was suggested
no valuable measure for the bcncii, OF the
many against \ powerful few, but the deepest
obloquy and lnfamy was heaped upon it, To-
day those men who are fighting for the money
OF the constitution, gold aud silver 81 10 to /,
are silgmatixcd IA lunatics, thieves, traitor.
| aud dishonest men. We are told that he who
seeks to pay debt In rcpudaicd or disercdi.
tied moneyis n disturbcr Of society. The
man who !. a di.iurber Of society Is not he
who IL willing To pay In money of bis eoun.
try. but he who demand. that he be paid
N.D for at. We have a dishonest dollar,
but II Ia not the dollar Of our fathers. II Il
the dollar which load. 10 per cent. more on
the producer and on the suffering people
the gold dollar OF Lombard and Wall streets.
Mr.. Thomas address WAS warmly ap.
plnudcd.
| The secretary read \ communities.
ton from the bankers and .meiters Of
Denver heartily fayoring the object Of
the meeting. The Denver clearing house alse
sen, check for $1,000 towards tho expense.
OF the delegates to The ST. l.oui. and chIcagt
conventions.
The committee on resolution, was appointed
hs foliowsi
Arapahoc, 7. ". Patterson; Boulder, W. c
Dyer; ChafYec, A. X. Kcnnrdyt Clear Creek
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