Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-04
BIMETALLISTS.
The Pan-American Association
in Session.
FOR SILVER AND FOR COMMERCE,

Gathering of Bimetallists at St.Louis-Gov.
Tiiman Delivers n short but Turgid Ad
dress-President Fisk of the League,
Favors utilization ofwestern Interests
Internal improvements Demanded.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3.-The Pan. American
bi-metallic convention met at Armory hall.
On behalf of the city eX-Congressman
Nathan Frank spoke n welcome and urged
the delegates to consider whatever the
feelings or opinions of St. Louisans might
be upon economic questions, those of the
convention would be us freely heard and as
carefully considered as those of all the
world are ever considered here Governor
w. j. Stone, of Missouri, spoke for the
state aud accorded most hearty welcome
to the convention In his remarks he re
ferred to advantages possessed by st.
Louis, and asked what necessity there was
for going 500 miles farther to trade AS
to the charge that the convention was sec
tional in its idea of commerce, he held that
the advancement of sections advanced the
whole.
5. 5. King of Kansas, responded for
the convention. expressing thanks for the
welcome Turning 70 the question of sec
tionalism and silver he declared, first,
that this country was able to get along
without the economic aid of any foreign
nation; second, as regards silver, there
was no sec'ionalism other that that con-
ceived 10y those endeavoring to debate it,
citing. as he presented This, the solid vote
of the northeastern Atlantic Estates. AS
that the internal commerce ON the
Mississippi valley WAS greater than the
combined foreign commerce of all the
world. He touched upon the depreciation
of the money value of agricultural pro-
ducts by the use of the single gold stand
ard, and in closing called upon the Misss-
sippi valley, the great empire of the west,
to wake up and take its place in the
economics of the country.
Governor q. p. Tillman, of South Caro-
lima, was chosen temporary chairman. In
his address the governor took occasion to
charge that the reduction in the antici-
pated number of delegates was due to the
power of the press to smother the efforts
of the masses to rise to their proper place.
But with all that he dared to say that the
time was coming when the west and south
would Join hands and win their rights
"God forbid that we should array one sec
ton against another, but God forbid the
more that one section become the slave of
another" The south had felt the pressure
of sectionalism and had felt it until the
west, in its pitiful cowardly adhesion to
the east, had come to feel that it, too. had
felt the iron enter its soul No. No sec
tionalism; hut it was proposed to exercise
! the right to vote, TO govern their own
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| gress, to better voice the sentiments of
their constituents than some now there
| The usual committees on credentials,
| permanent organization etc, were then
| appointed. Governor Lewelling, of Kansas,
| was selected for permanent chairman.
| President Fi~ke, of the Bimetallic league,
| was Their introduced. His address was IN
| exhaustive argument in favor of the unfit
cation OF ives ern interests. He began by
! saying: I'VE have been called together
for patriotic purpose. Believing as we
! do, that existing conditions are more fav.
orable to some sections of the country than
to others, and believing that all sections
are entitled TO enjoy the fruits of their
labor, it should be 10 our purpose to in
augurate measures and 80 far as possible
carry them into execution, which shall
| tend to the upbuilding and prosperity of
| every section OF our common country"
He limited at government control of rail-
ways, etc, and closed with a strong plea
for internal improvements, claiming it to
be a matter that should be governed by
| patriotism rather than by politics. In.
quiry among ose representing the states
elicits little as to the probable action OF
the convention on silver taxation and
other economic TOPICS. All are bimetal
lists and some favor free coinage, though
restrictions on trade between states and
countries is prominent topic The Col
orado and Texas delegates have definite
plans as to silver legislation, while those
from the southern republics are more in
terested in lettering commercial relations
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