The morning call., 1893-10-06
WEST AND SOUTH.
They Can Control the
Country.
HAVE COMMON INTERESTS.
What the Governor of Kansas Said
to the Governor of South
Carolina.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 5.-The last day Of the
Pan American Bimetallic Convention
opened an hour late. but with the purpose
of completing the work without further
delay.
The committee on resolutions presented
supplemental report. unfavorably pass
ing upon the proposition Of Thomas Tar
pen to take action looking to the indorse-
ment of the removal of the national capi-
tai farther west, also favoring the print
ing and circulation of the address of
Yesterday by Walter N. Allen of Kansas
upon the exception clause" OF the silver
law. The. report was adopted without
dissent.
The question came then upon the adop-
ton of the report of the resolutions COM
mittee. Delegate Waterbury Of Kansas
moved an amendment to the report by the
adoption of the proposition presented bv
ii. M. Taylor of Mexico favoring an in
crease OF The volume of the currency by
the issue of legal tender notes secured by
land values.
Delegate Cochrane Of Missouri opposed
all efforts to say or do anything In conven-
tion upon the money question other than
to fully and entirely indorse the free coin
age OF silver.
b. NJ. Taylor of Mexico replied in de-
fsnse Of his proposition. urging that money
based upon such security was as safe as
money based upon the honor Of our'Gov-
ernment, as are S345, ,000, 900 of green backs.
Delegate Waterbury of Kansas. upon
the text of S57l per capita, public and pri-
vate debt. pleaded for an increase of the
volume of the currency. with which to
meet it by the means proposed in the
minority report.
Governor Tillman of South Carolina.
for the majority of the committee Oh reso-
lutions, spoke briefly, declaring it was the
desire of his committee to concentrate the
efforts of the convention upon the central
purpose of bimetallism, and for that reason
it seemed to them unwise to seek more
now. no matter how alluring the pro pect
Governor Waite of Colorado begged that
the convention would not be diverted from
the one great issue. Until the success Of
bimetallism showed Wall street to have
lost its grip upon legislation. it was i'm
possible 10 secure any other form Of fnan-
cial legislation. AS to the West and South
try, If it became necessary. He declared
his belief that there were millions Of
money now In Washington to buy Con-
gress. and with such condition the South
and West must unite.
Delegate Manning of Alabama declared
that the South was for union with the
West in the battle for the free coinage of
silver. but pleaded for the prevention of
additional extraneous matter to the plat
form, as it was diversion of the purpose
of the convention.
Delegate Skaggs OF Alabama spoke in
similar strain; also denOuncing President
Cleveland as an enemy and betrayer of the
people.
Delegates Taylor. Waterbury and Waite
withdrew the minority report. and then,
with a motion to adopt the majority re-
port pending. the convention adjourned TO
P.M
at the afternoon session S. S. King of
Kansas City presented report of the do
ings of the recent gulf transportation con-
ference at Chicago. and pleaded for new
route to the Old World-relief from tho
commercial tyranny of New York ald
Chicago. as he said.
Governor Tillman of South Carolina
then took the hnor. He declared that the
financial question presented but another
form of slavery-white slavery. AS to
sectionalism, every section had interests
and would vote as its interests demanded.
He declared himself Hamburg rioter,
and said that negro domination had made
him so.
He had no apologies to make for the at
tempts to secure honest government by
honest men, unawed by the bayonsts of
Grants soldiers. He cited statistics TO
show that the West and South should
cor troll.
President and of the majority OF the Sem
ate, and within nine members a major
ity of the House could be picked up. East
Of the Mississippi would the West not
tight the South?
Governor Lewelling answered: "What
would the Governor of South Carolina
ask? Had not Kansas sent ex-Confeder-
ates to Congress? Was not this an olive
branch of peace? Was it not sufficient
pledge that the old issue was dead. the
bloody chasm crossed and the West pre-
pared to do her part"
As Governor Lewelling closed Governor
Tillman rose, and the two Governors
grasped hands on the common platform
amid cheers which subsided only when
the convention had exhausted Itself.
With the cessation of the cheers the
question was put on the majority report of
the committee on resolutions and 1t was
adopted unanimously In the form tele-
graphed last night.
The resolution providing for the call Of
q national silver convention in January
was withdrawn. and after the transaction
of some money business the convention
adjourned sine Gle, having first provided
for the calling of another convention If
deemed necessary by the president and
secretary of the Pan-American Bimetallic
League.