Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-07-13
FOR FREE COINAGE.
The Silver Conference Results in the Forma-
ton of the Montana Free Coinage
Association.

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Association.
There was "A large attendance at the sill
yer convention held ia Helena on July 9th.
Fully three hundred men. representing the
various business interests of the state re-
spouded to the call. Hon. Martin Magin-
mis- called the meeting tO order and stated
its object. After temporary organization
was effected. with Thomas C. Marshall of
Missoula in the chair. committees on per.
maneut organization and resolutions were
appointed aud "a recess taken to hear their
reports.
The officers of the association which is
called the Montana Free Coinage associa-
ton. are as follows: President, Marcus
Daily of Anaconda; first vice president,
Carl Hand Of Butte; second vice president,
T.. d.. Bannister OF Helena; secretary, Bar
uard Brown of Helena; treasurer, VIM. f..
Hall OF Butte: executive committee, 5. T.
Hauser of Helena, W. w. Aldersonof Boze-
man, John Il. Toole of Anaconda, B.. F.
White OF Dillon, c.. ii. Leigh of Butte, Thos.
e. Marshall of Missoula, J. III. McAssey OF
Neihart. Thomas W. Mart of Missoula
John Caplice Of Butte, Henry Williams OF
Butte, Charles Nelson Of Elkhorn, A. j.
Selisman of Helena. Phillip Foster and
Henry Filing of Virginia City. A. Il. Ham
mond OF MissouIa, DR.. A. III. Mitchell OF
Deer Lodge, Albert Kleinsrhmidt of Helena
+. G. Maclay of Great Falls and Jhon vii.
liams OF Butte.
TIN committee on resolutions was called
on for a report and its chairman. Lieut..
Gov. Botkin. read the following, which
were received with cheers and unanimously
adopted:
RESOLVED, That when the fathers of the
republic ordaiued in the first article of tht
constitution of the United States that "nc
state shall make anything but gold and
silver coin IA tender in payment of debts,
they declared by an Implication that stu
pidity cannot fail to see. or greed deny
that both metals. in the ratio that ther
existed, should forever be the coinage ant
money metals of the republic.
That representing n silver producin;
state, having full knowledgeo Of the premises
we declare il to he our deliberate convic
ton that in view of the unrequitted labor
Of prospectors, the work expended uToI
the development of Improbable mines, tn,
losses on unproductivc plants and all tn,
factors that enter into the ultimate cos
of the silver product of the west, ever.
ounce OF silver taken from the earth ant
prepared for the mint represents it's ful
coinage value, aud n ratio to gold of sixteel
to one.
} That the of the world calls 10
the use Of silver and gold as money, no
only for the purpose of afiording the neces
sary volume oil currency, hut equally tina
each may correct the occasional aberra
tions in value of the other, and 50 affor,
the best possible approximation to stab
2 ity in the standard 10y which values ar
, measured and debts are contracted an
:, paid.
! That the consideration in support OF tn
1 free coinage Of silver. and it's iull use as
money metal are not sectional but univeI
sal, reaching to every corner OF the civilize
: world and To every class "f the hrothe
hood OF man.
That we submit t. the judgment of TIL
j world the demonstration of n compreheI
: sive induction OF facts and figures that til
nonuse of silver as Il money metal cheaper
| the value in the market IF every produ,
; Of human lHbnr.
That We denounCe aS a wrong that stoI
I little short of robbery the contraction b
@ legislation in the interest of creditors
| the volume of money OF ultimate paymen
That as the history of the deprpriatio
[ Of silver il "a history of adverse legislation
without which its parity to gold woul
have been maintained without doubt 4
difficulty, We demand that congress Sha
he the first 70 retrace its steps and rrpei
the measures il has enacted to the detr
ment of that metal a. an act Of Justice I
one of our most important products. an
U in recognition of transcending industrii
and economic considerations.
4 That we appeal to the tailoring class
nf the Union, without regard To- section. {
rive their support to the policy nf free col
e age. in the profound belief that II sing
gold standard implies "a loss of ~employmeI
to hundreds of thousands and n rcductio
81 wages to all.
That we declare il tn he our sincere hell
e that the enactment 10y congress Of 81 mea
ure providing for the free coinage of silv
would Of it's own efficacy restore that met
TO it's full coinagn value, do Justice betwet
debtor and creditor. relieve the stringent
q that depressns all CLASSES of business, wild
the avenues OF employment to NJ
usher i'm an unexampled era ri prosperit
. content and happiness
= Stirring speeches by Lee Mantle, Co
gresham Hartman, Martin Maginnis al
a others followed the adoption OF the res
l~utions.
Delegates from every county in the sta
we're selected to attend the national C q
v~ention OF the Bi-metallic League wifi
a meets in Chicrgo on August LIST, also to
present in Washington during the ext
session. The delegates from Fergus count
, are as follows: j. II. Moe, A.. w. Bnwe
Fred Pool, s. 5. Hobson and Charles
e Bayliss.