Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-07-11
TnE sILYER %CONYENTIoN.

THE SILVER CONVENTION.
Although the attendance at th.
silver convention here last weel
was not as large rs was expected
there were more than 300 delegate.
in attendance from points outsid.
Of Silver City, and it may be con
hdently asserted that every one o
the 300 is an enthusiastic advoeat,
of the free and unlimited coinag,
of silver. Some of them may hav,
been ~wavering and ready to give
up the fight as a hopeless on,
after the action of the Indian coun.
Gil in closing the minis of Indit
to the free coinage of silver fol
private account, but after having
listened to the able arguments
which were advanced by the speak.
ers at the convention of last week,
they have taken renewed courage
and will go into the fight for silver
with renewed energy.
If nothing else had been accom-
plished by the convention it would
have been a success, and the time,
money and energy expended in
preparing for it would have been
well invested, but it did more than
this, it made converts to the silver
cause Strange as it may seem
there we're listeners to the speak
T at the convention who were
monometallists and they were won
W to the silver side of the ques-
ton. Not only will its influence
be felt here but in other parts of
the country. The reports of the
convention which have gone out
have served in n measure to keep
the silver question before the peo-
pie and this is the only thing nee
essary to win the fight for silver
in the end. When that time shall
come that the silver question is
thoroughly understood by the peo-
pie of this country there viii be
no difficulty in passing a bill pro-
viding for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
A large part Of the people Of
this country has been content to
allow others to do the thinking on
this question. Those who have
done the thinking with unbiased
minds have concluded that the
only way out of the present ex-
tremely undesirable condition Of
affairs is to adopt free coinage in
this country.
People will not think on a sub
ject so complicated as the silver
question unless they are obliged
to do so. The silver question has
been one of the most important
before the voters of the United
States for many years but the
masses of the people have thought
very little on the subject until the
recent action of the Indian coun-
ell. This caused such a sharp de-
cline in the price Of silver and
other products of the United
States that it has set the produc-
ers to thinking and they are earn
estly inquiring into the cause Of
the depreciation in price of their
products. They read with inter
est anything bearing on the sub
ject and tens of thousands of peo-
pie who would have taken no no
ice OF n report OF the proceedings
OF a silver convention a few weeks
ago find these reports very inter
esting reading now. The best
way TO get a man to form an hon
est opinion is to make an attack
on his pocket. This is just what
the monometallists have done.
They have touched the pockets
OF the producers all over the coun-
try and the producers are going to
do some very earnest thinking be-
tween this time and the meeting
OF congress next month.
The silver convention here has
contributed its mite toward keep
ing the question before tho public
and its promoters ought to be sat
isfed with the result.
Col RoBT. @. INGERsoLL, the
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