Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-08-06
TIE SILVER CONVENTION.

The Chicago Silver Convention
mot ut 10 O'Clock Tuesday morning
q tho auditory Of tho First Metho.
list Church. When Chairman War.
ier chilled the Convention 10 order
iany otthe delegates were obliged 10
iand in the aisies on account OF tie
mallness OF tho hull. Tho Chairman
'truduced Mayor Carter II. Harriscn
no welcomed the delegates to the
ity. He spoke ms follows:
welcome you warmly, because I
elievo you hive the good of tho coun-
rya A. henrt. Some of you may be rn.
her wild; it is said that you are sill
or lunutics. ] look down upon you
nd nm rather glad to welcome such
%lu"ntics. Its crazy men that march
tho world forward and make progress
n possibility. They say that though
you believe in bi.metaIlism, you are
crazy. II The aciien Of 1873 be blot
erh from the annals OF American 70
lit'cai action, l believe that silver
would DO worth 81 20 an ounce. Ro
wlso in your deliberations, brit b. {: ar
less. Congress is about to meet.
Give tho benefit Of your deliberations
To Congress and tell Grover Cleveland
what the people OF the United States
want.
Hon. Thomas NJ. Patterson, chuir-
man OF the Colorado delegation, re-
sponded to the Mayor.
Cbuirman Warner OF tho Bi.Metal-
lie League then deliveaed his opt ping
address, ms follows: "rhe most extra
ordinary condition OF affairs meeis
the assembling OF this convention
Tho earth is Yielding her fruits in un
usnl abundance and rich harvests nro
being gathered under favoring skies,
and yet mover before in the history OF
the country has there been such wide
spread fears and distress; never before
was there such lnss OF confidence md
destruction. Industries are every
where breaking down and laborers by
tens OF thousands are thrown workIcts
oh the streets, with want staring item
in the face. Scores o. banks arc driv-
IN tn suspension. There Inns been a
shrinkHge OF hundreds of millions in
tie "alue OF stocks and other proper
ty. To attribute NIL this condition
10 the silver purchasing law is ali.
Furd. Under this law since 1890,
sl5o,o0O,c0o Inns been added to u
currency. Does anyone believe TINT
tho presence of this Sl5O,GoO,OCO
makes money ccarce and dear? The
real object lesson OF tho situation IL
very different from thaL which gold
cousriraior5 intend. II enables us 20
see The beginning OF tho strinkage in
n-icPs that must take place in order
togo to n purely gold basis. Tho
trouble is in tn, change in the mon
ey standard. Tho value OF money
mny be doubled, either by uoubling
The weight o. standard coins or by de-
atr6ying hall of the metal out O
which coins ere made. Tho estnb.
i'shment OF n single gold standard is
equivalent 10 putting the value OF two
dollars into ono; it ia doubling the
unit and putting property down half.
This is what is coirg on. To do this
and still require the sane number Of
dollars in payment Of debts and taxes
is TO sanction tho snoliation OF ono
c!nss by the other. I characterize
the eilvor net OF '73 as n c-imo and am
willing to have tho net OF 30 rnpral.
ed il the other Sherman net OF '73 can
DO repealed ny tho famo bill. Let
both Sherman laws 90 together md
place tho country back upon tho con.
stitui'on AID tho law, es it stood be-
fore 1873"
~ Committee on Credentials was
then appointed, consisting OF ono
member from each State, and n com.
mittec consisting Of Lyon Of Colo
RADIO, Chairman. Reagan OF Texas,
Stark Of Ohio, Washburn Of Massa-
c husetts and Fullenwider OF Illinois.
was APT ointod on Permanent Organi-
zation. A lnrge committee consisting
Of delegates from each State was mp
pointed on Rulcs md Order OF Bust.
ness. The convention then adjourn
oil till $50.