The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-03

!. '. fOWueri.. GENERAL Master W ork
man. knights of Labor. addressed the
convention briefly.
To-D,IS SESSION
The silver convention resumed its s4.s
sion this morning. Owing Ia the made
Juacy Of the rooms used Yesterday il
was decided to meet in Central Hall. but
the agent stood at the door this morn
ing and refused t. open il until ex Sena
tor Hill. exCongress,nan Symes and 5
{. Thomas. of Colorado. guaranteed 500
per day for the rental. This done. tn"
delegates tiocked IN.
President Thurman called the con
scntion to order. \ resolution by j. :.
Dougherty. of Texas. for th. appoint
nient of Il committee of one from each
state to devise plan for impressing
upon Congress and the people of the
United States the impending peril
threatening Il ruin of material interests
Of which We have only had forecast.
wa- referred to the committee on reso-
lutions after discussion.
Then ex Senator Hill. Of Colorado.
addressed the convention on the silver
question.
At the conclusion Of Hills address.
Hon. J. X. Dnlittle. of Wisconsin. pre-
scented d resolution declaring ii the duty
Of Congress to coin both gold and silver
in such n ratio Of weigh. that the bull
ion in the silver dollar shall equal in
value the bullion IN the gold dollar 1t
lutions.
The committee on resolutions this
, afternoon submitted long report. The
preamble cites that bi bi-netallism is as
ancient as human history: for certainly
, more than 1850 Years gold and silver
came down through the ages hand in
hand. their relations having varied but "a
few points IN all that time. and then al
most invariably through legislation:
that both metals were named together
and indissnluhl. united in the constitu-
iion Of the United States as the money
| basis Of this country: that in 1873 with
out previous demand from any political
| party ar any part of the people. and
| without public discussion. silver was
stricken from the place it had occupied
since the days Of Abraham and Pharoah
under circumstances of such secrecy
that \. q. Thurman. W. NJ. Stewart. ID.
W. Voorhees,. j. q. Blaine, then speaker
of the Hodse, J. \. Garfield and other
members Of Congress. voting for the bill
subsequently declared that they did not
know until long afterwards that such a
great change had been made in the
financial system.
We stand in the midst of unparalleled
distress: in the shadow Of an impending
calamity beyond estimate. The ruling
industry Of the people who inhabit one
third Of the area Of this republic has
been stricken down. property values
have been destroyed andsworkmen com,
PEELED to fly as from pestilence. Every
where toilers numbering hundreds of
thousands have been thrown out of EN-,
plOyment to eat the bread OF charity or
starve. The products Of industries
from the workshop have deprecated in
price until production ceases to be profit
able. The money Of the country is in
adequate for the business OF the land
1t was gravitated to the banks. while
the people, distrusting the banks. de.
manded their deposits to hoard or hide
Mercantile houses are going to the wall
by the thousands because the masses
have not the means to buy even the
necessaries Of life.
The resolutions then say: There
must be no compromise Of this question.
All Legislation demonetizing silver and
restricting the coinage thereof must be
Immediately and completely repealed by
an act restoring the coinage Of the
country to the conditions established by
the founders of the nation, which con
tinued over eighty years without com