The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1893-07-13
COLORADO AROUSED.
Speeches Which Savor of Revolution
Made at the Silver Convention.


DENVER, July 12.-Colorado has
gone mad on the silver question.
The most incendiary speeches are
made, from the chief executive down.
Ed. Holden's statement that Colo
RADIO would repudiate its obligations
and found a Western empire finds
more supporters than conservative
men would like to admit. If vote
were submitted to the people today
it would result in majority for
secession.
When the report was current on
the streets few days ago that Cleve-
land was dead the usual comment
was, "Too good to be true" Two
big silver mass meetings were held
in Denver today, one at the Broad
way theater and the other in the
Coliseum. At the Broadway theater
the Rev. Myron w. Reed, pastor of
the First Congregational church and
the most popular preacher in Denver,
said that the Western representative
who in the special session of congress
votes against the free and unlimited
coinage of silver ought not to be shot
on his return from Washington, but
should be dipped in Standard oil and
burned. He declared that the New
York militia was the enemy OF the
workingmen, and told how easily the
big armory could be blown up with
dynamite.
The convention called by President
Merrick of the state silver league met
at Coliseum hall. The building was
crowded with thousands of delegates
from every section OF the state, who
had come to see what could be done
towards crystallizing the sentiment
in Colorado for the establishment of
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer. There appeared to be but one
feeling in the gathering and that was
free coinage or nothing"
In his address, calling the meeting
to order, President Merrick said .
1--WE ask for justice, for our rights.
We will accept nothing less. The
crime of 1873 has gone on all these
years unpunished. We are here to
demand the early and speedy settle
ment of the silver question"
Following these remarks a com
mittee on organization was appointed
and motion was made to take a
recess. At this point some ex-
tremists attempted to introduce
resolution. This created an uproar
which came near terminating in a
riot. Quiet was finally restored and
a recess taken.
On reassembling it could be seen
that the spirit which controlled the
delegates at the morning session was
not under control, but was only
awaiting an opportunity to break out
again.
Hon. Charles S. Thomas, Demo-
cratic national committeeman from
Colorado, was made permanent
chairman. In assuming the chair
mansl,ip he said eve are face to
face with crisis which has had but
few parallels in the history of this
country. So deep, SO broad, SO far
reaching is it that it does not involve
an exaggeration that is to say it
means phase of the old question of
slavery over again. 1t is stagnation
of business and paralysis of COM
merce."
This stagnation, Thomas went on
to show, was from the failure to re-
store silver to its legitimate ratio of
l6 to l.
At the conclusion of Thomas re-
marks there was call for Governor
Waite. The echo was taken up from
1000 lungs, which was carried to the
galleries, where as many more joined
in the demonstration AS the old
gray-haired governor started down
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