The herald., 1893-08-01
Hostilities Against the Money
Power Begun.
The Friends of Free Coinage in
Battle Array.
A Great Moral Crusade on the Eve
of Inauguration.
The Silver Convention in Chicago Prom
ises to BE Prolific of Results-A
Grand Revival of tho
Spirit of 10.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 3l.-There will be q
declaration OF war tomorrow, and the
signal for hostilitiea will be given by the
combined convention of Populists, free
eilver men end Greenbackers the foe to
be outlawed will be "the money power"
and this generalization is so broad that
it is designed to include the capitalists
of Europe as we'll as the money barons
OF Wall street.
The scenes following the imposition OF
the stamp and other taxes 80 hotly con-
tested and Indignantly denounced by
the colonial fathers OF 1776 would have
been fitting parallel to that furnished
in the otellobbies today by the popular
arraignment of the attempt which, it is
asserted, is now being made by Great
Britain and the mono-metallic monarch
les of Europe to coerce the American
continent into financial depency upon
the fats Of the old world. The laws
of supply and demand and
the results of over-production
found no place in their argu-
ments, for every sugges tion of this kind
was repulsed by startling array OF sta
tistics and figures tending 70 show that
the closing of the mints of India, was a
deathblow to free coinage in Europe,
and the demand of Wall street for the
repeal Of the Sherman bill, but part of
the great conspiracy against the silver
republics of the western hemisphere.
1t is the opinion, too, of the delegates
now assembling, that the conspiracy
should be firmly met and the enemy
promptly routed and some of them
grow hot enough at times to intimate
that if legislation is inefficient, re-
course to arms might present q remedy.
The Populist, Greenbacker and free
silver man seem to be united on one
programme, that the repeal of the Sher-
man purchasing act must be resisted to
the last, unless there be coupled with it
an act for the free coinage OF silver or a
greater volume OF currency. The
| Greenbacker and Populist, who believe
| the fiat OF the government is as
| potent to make dollar out
of strip of green paper as to make
dollar of 20 cents worth of silver, are of
course not particular whether the legis-
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shall be free coinage or government
greenbacks. but for the sake of showing
a solid front against the common enemy,
the mono-metallists, they will unite
with the free coinage men in concerted
resistance to the Cleveland policy, un-
less greater volume of currency is az.
sured to meet the stringency of the
financial situation. In this programme
are found united Republican Congress-
man Bartine of Nevada, Democrat silver
Warner OF Ohio, Populist Kolb of Ala
bsma and all their respective followers,
and their name is legion.
1t is apparent, even now, that the
work of the convention is not to end
with sine die adjournment Wednesday.
Aggressive committees are to be ap-
pointed to carry the fight to Washington,
and state committees to work up public
sentiment in the various states. Then
a campaign committee ia to be, named
and to this committee is likely to he
entrusted what is really the most i'm
portant work of the free silver crusade.
Mass meetings nightly for weeks to
come during the financial crisis are to
be held by the unemployed and poverty
stricken in every city of the land, and
resolutions presented and adopted call
ing upon congress to pass free coinage
bill. The proselyting of the leaders
| of labor organizations is to follow next.
| 1t ia to be great moral crusade, sn
awakening of the masses, until the
popular demand becomes 30 strong that
the voice of the people will be stronger
than the voice Of gold; as the Populists
put it tonight.
The men who are assembled here are
terribly in earnest, and their numbers
| and the marked personality and intelli-
gence of most OF their leaders give great
significance to the gathering. 1t is
| thought ex-senator Reagan OF Texas
will be permanent chairman of the con-
vention.
The indications are that the conven-
tion will be the most largely attended in
the history OF financial agitation. The
leaders are proceeding cautiously and
decline to express an opinion as to what
will be the outcome. 70 begin with,
the former adherents of all parties will
be asked to forget their former alle-
glance and unite upon line OF action
in the struggle for free silver. 1t is GER
tain that the resolutions and delegation
sent to Washington will oppose the re-
peal of the Sherman law, unless provis-
ion is made for a greater volume Of cir
culating medium. An appeal will be
made to the unemployed everywhers to
call mass meetings and demand of con-
eress legislation fer increasing the vol
ums OF money to relieve the stringency
of the financial situation.
Late tonight it is announced that q
conference OF leaders decided upon Allen
n pburma,, :, NJ Ohio for chairman