Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-02
THE SILVER CONVENTION.
Excitement Caused by Fiery Speeches
At Chicago.

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Excitement Caused by Fiery Speeches
1t Chicago.
After The Stars telegraphic report of
| the silver convention at Chicago closed
| yesterday. the committee on permanent or
ganization reported In favor of the follow
| ing organization:
secretary, Joseph Hutchinson Of Colorado;
assistant secretaries, Lee Cranda1l Of
! Washington. and Amos Simpson Of Hi
nois. and sergeant-at-arms, Champion s.
Chase of Nebraska The slate went through
| with a whoop.
Just before the call of the roll for men,
bers of the committee on resolutions was
begun. the convention came dangerously
near splitting upon a rock.
The controversy was precipitated by
| Delegate Thomas of Colorado, who, in be-
half of that delegation, moved that the
| committee on resolutions be selected one
| from each political party in each delega-
| ton.
Slight applause, Kisses and confusion,
and cries OF I'VE want no party lines"
| followed
Securing permission to speak for the
proposition, he said that the convention
might be charged with belonging to or
being under the Domination ton of one OF the
more than important that no such impress
sion should go out from that hall.
I
| " declared that they wanted new party
| under a new name and with a new flag.
Repeated kissing and cries of mo" was
Paul Vandercook of Nebraska, ex-com-
Misunderstanding of the Grand Army. de-
MED that the delegates We're there to form
| q new party. They had already a party
the peoples party, the only party that
had a plank in its declaration of prin-
ciples for free coinage.
Peace Restored.
Ex-senator Reagan of Texas appeared
upon the platform in the role of peace
maker. He said that he had been called
here. as had been the rest of his colleagues.
without any reference to any political party,
but simply as citizens of the United States,
for the purpose of arresting the course Of
the bondholders and gold men and restoring
the money of the people to its proper posi-
ton. The moment they introduced politics
of strife and confusion. He appealed TO
them to let politics alone, to carry out what
they had come for and nothing else and
would.
Judge Reagan's little talk had its effect,
and Delegate Thomas withdrew his resolu-
Among the weil-known men named as vice
presidents and whose names were applauded
were Capt. Jack Crawford: the frontier
scout OF New Mexico; I. V. Powderiy, gen.
eral master workman of the Knights of
Labor; Martin McGinnis of Montana ex-
Senator J. H. Dooiittle of Wisconsin and
CONGRESSMAN Bryan Of Nebraska.
From the committee on credentials came
report that SO delegates Were entitled to
vote, and that they came from forty-two
states and territories.
Chairman Thurman's Speech.
Chairman Thurman was enthusiastically
greeted. He declared that he was opposed
to an irredeemable currency He said:
But there is no need of fiat money, for
while It Is true that there is not a sufficient
amount of gold yet there Is enough real
which
currency can safely rest
In conclusion he begged leave to submit
the following:
First. Let Our adversaries agree to the
free coinage of silver at either the ratio Of
= IL to ! or 10 to l. L prefer the former.
II they do We will agree to the uncondi-
tional repeal of the Sherman law.
Next amend the national banking law
its notes up to the face value of a hundred
per cent upon the deposits of ninety per
cent with the United States gold or silver
coin other than subsidiary silver
Further. amend the repeating tax on
national bank circulation.
General Master Workman Powderly of
the knights of Labor said that every man
in the order was in favor of free and un-
limited coinage of silver at the rate of 16
to l.
Donnelly's Fiery Speech.
Ignatius Donnelly excited considerable
enthusiasm by his denunciation of Senator
Sherman.
He went on: II believe in God and do
not believe he intends that this republic
shall perish; or that the Constitution shall
either be blotted out or become a weapon
In the hands of the European Rothschilds
l am afraid to talk as feel II 1 did 1
might talk blood and brides. This con-
spiracy Is more cruel and more iniQutous
than was ever conceived in the minds of
men Was there anything wrong in Gov
ernor Waite's reference to blood and bri-
dleS?'
Il say that II those members of other
continents are determined, with their iron
down a he
banner of liberty-then / saw that before
that banner Of liberty is crushed to tatters.
let IL be drowned in the blood of the whole
people" prolonged applause)
Mr.. Donnelly concluded with a DECLARE
ton That there must be no compromise and
1t was now 6 o'clock and a recess was
taken until 8.
Evening Session.
When the convention came together in
the evening 1t was mass meeting and the
big nall was packed from floor to upper
gallery with an audience we'll dressed and
of a high order of intelligence
Senator Stewart of Nevada, was the prin-
cipal speaker. we owe" said he, prob
ably three thousand millions. We have un-
limited resources to pay 1t of, but should
the American people be allowed to mine
and coin their own money, or should they
be compelled to borrow OF Great Britain?
England had tried to enslave South Amer
lea, but could not do 1t without war with
US She had impoverished her colonies
<tuStrdlld WAS prOStrated-but the
United States was the fat goose they An
ally proposed to pluck. They began with
bringing about a bankers panic in the
l nited States. Their next step was to
bring about the appointment Of a COM
mission on silver decentralization in India
and on the allegation that the Sherman
act was to be repealed in this country
silver was demonetized. Finally on the
heels of this the President issues call for
special session OF Congress to repeal
the Sherman act. Did not all this seem TO
be part and parcel of a conspiracy
Referring to Secretary Carlisle's refusal
to purchase silver. he said. for the first
time in this American republic a crime for
which Charles 1 had his head cut off
the suspension of laws had taken place in
America Often laws are not carried into
full effect. but never until now had any
high official said to the American people
II will not Should the crime for which
that king died be transported to America
and used to trample upon our liberties?
Cries of No" and '"Impeach''
Congressman Bryan of Nebraska. follow
ed Senator Stewart. He believed that a
remedy for present ills could be found in
the ballot. After the close of Mr.. Bryan's
rerparkS the meeting adjourned