Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-13
WAS MERELY WIND
Talk Of Revolution at the Den
yer Convention.
THE MILD DECLARATION ADOPTED.

An Appeal to the People to stand by the
Dollar OF the Dads and Two Standards
of Value - Bland Writes IA Letter in
Which lie Declares That for silver 1t Is
Now or Never-Too Much Delay Al
lowed Already.
DENVER, July 13-In marked contrast
with the fiery utterances In the silver con
vention was the address adopted. The re-
port from the committee on resolutions
was IN the form of an appeal TO the people
of the United States asking their calm and
candid consideration Of the facts relating
to silver mining and the attempt 10 de-
monetize silver. The address contains
about 400 words. The history of the sill
yer legislation of the past twenty years was
reviewed from silver standpoint. and the
address continues. -The enemies of hi
metaliism-and they now fairly number
all those who oppose free coinage for silver
alike with gold, as it was before the de-
monetization of silver in lS73-openly de-
clare that they will be content with moth
ing less than the unconditional repeal OF
the silver purchasing clause of the Sher-
man law 1t is for that they struggle; it
was TO secure it that the panic was created
and free coinage in India suspended
The Charge of Conspiracy.
Unconditional repeal That means
striking from the laws the last remnant Of
legislation that secures coinage for silver
1t fixes the United States firmly in the
ranks of the single standard nations 1t
is the contamination of the conspiracy or
gained at the close of the Franco-Prus-
sian war to destroy as money on ultimate
redemption one-half OF the coined money
of the world. leaving the other one-half 70
bear alone the vast mountain of credit
upon which the worlds business is con-
Quoted, inviting more frequent panics and
rendering them more destructive and en-
during.
Remarks on the sherman Law.
"The sherman law i not the work of
the silver producing states II was forced
upon the country against their will.
Their constant demand has been that Of
the agricultural states OF the west and
south and Of the working masses of the
whole country. They have not sought to
impose upon the country some new ffnan-
cial nostrum, but have asked simply for
the restoration Of the coinage laws as they
were from the first year of the federal CON
stitutiOn until the furtive repeal of 1873
The Sherman law was the trick BIZ which
that restoration was defeated. 1t was
accepted by bimetallists as a pledge that
the old laws should at some future time
be restored. and they now demand, not
that the Sherman law be retained. but
that the hostage shall be redeemed by the
re-enactment in its stead of the coinage
laws under which the country grew and
prospered for more than three-quarters OF
a century
Close of the Address.
The charge that the bimetallists de-
mand that 60 cents shall be made a dollar
is denounced as a lie. Regarding the
statement that Colorado would repudiate
her debts the address says I'VE of Colo
RADIO pride ourselves upon onr commercial
and financial integrity. No calamity can
induce US to repudiate one dollar of an
honest debt. All our assets are at the will
of our creditors for their reimbursement"
In closing the address says: Hopeful of
speedy delivery from the crushing burden
of financial system begotten of the greed
of Great Britain's remorseless money
power, and the prosperity nseparable from
an American system which includes the
free coinage of gold and silver at the
American ratio Of sixteen TO one. we sub
TO the people of the United States this
statement of our cause"
Delegates were chosen to the st. Louis
and Chicago conventions.