Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-10-14
TWOGOVERNORS
Tillman and Lewel1iug Join
Hands on Silver.
The Convention Wild Over the Epi.
sode. NoQuestion but Free
Coinage.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. THE last day of the
Pan-American Bi-metalicl convention
opened an hour late, but with the pur-
pose to complete its work without
futher delay.
The committee on revolutions pre-
sented supplement report, unfavora-
bly, passing upon a proposition by
Thomas w. Heron to take action look
ing to the endorsement OF the removal
of the national capital farther west,
also favoring the printing and circula-
ton of the address delivered yesterday
by Walter n. Allen of Kansas upon the
exception clause of the silver law. The
report was adopted without dissent.
The question then came upon the
adoption of the report of the resolutions
committee.
Delegate Waterbury of Kansas NOV
ed the amendment of the report by the
addition of proposition presented by
H. NJ. Taylor of Mexico fsvoring an
increase in the volume of currency by
the issue of legal tender notes, secured
by land values.
Upon this motion Delegate Cochran
of Missouri took the floor in opposition
to any and all efforts to say or do any
thing IN this convention upon the
money question other than to fully and
entirely endorse the free coinage of
silver.
Mr.. Taylor replied IN defense of his
proposition, urging that money based
upon such security was as fe as the
money based upon the honor of our
gUvernn9nt-a5 are the S3iG,G00,000
.greenbacks.
Delegate waterbury, upon a text OF
S571 per capita of public and private
debt, pleaded for an increase of the
volume Of currency with which to meet
it, by the means proposed in the mi
norIty report.
For a majority of of the commi tee on
resolutions Governor Tillman OF South
Carolina spoke briefly, declaring it was
the desire of his committee to concen-
traits the efforts of the convention
upon its Genital purpose-bi-metal-
lism-and for that reason it seemed
unwise for them to seek more now, no
matter how alluring the prospects.
Governor Waite of Colorado begged
the convention not to be diverted from
the one great issue. Until the success
of bi-metslllsm showed Wall street to
was impossible to secure any other
fnrpo nf Hoonosa1 loC,i~I.t.O1 A., o.
the west and south they could control
the-pOlitics of the country, if 1t became
necessary. He declared his belief that
there was millions OF money now in
Washington with which to buy con-
gress. And with such condition the
south and west must unite.
Delegates Taylor. Waterbury and
Waite withdrew their minority report.
Then with a motion to adopt the ma
jority report pending, the convention
adjourned to- p. m.
The afternoon session, pending ac-
tion upon the report of the resolution
committee, a resolution was offered
providing, in the event of the failure of
congress to provide adequately for the
use OF silver as money, for the calling
of national convention in January,
1891, under the auspices of the gov
ernors of Missouri, South Carolina,
Arkansas and Colorado, including
delegates from every state and terri
tory, labor and agricultural organiza-
tior, TO take action looking to a thor
ough agitation of the question before
another election.
Pending action upon this the regu-
lar order was called for and s. =. King,
of Kansas City, speaking TO the sixth
clause of the res buttons, presented
the report OF the doings of the recent
gulf transportation conference at Chi
cago, and pleded for new route to
the old world, as relief from the COM
merci8l tyranny of New York and Chi
cago, as ne said.
Governor Tillman, of South Caro-
lima, then took the floor to close the
debate on the resolution reports. He de-
clared the finance question presented
but another form of slavery
slavery. As to ssctionallSm, every
section had and would vote rs its in
terests demanded. AS to this he was
not uneasy, but he was to the adhesion
to party, making SD many men forget
that others have rights. Touching
again upon sectIOnalIsm and re-
construction he declared himself
Hamburg rioter and asked what made
him so. 1t was negro domination
The end justified the means. He had
no apologies 20 make for the attempts
to secure hooest government by honest
men, unswed by the bayonets of Grants
soldiers. Coming once more to the
present he took up statistics to show
that the west and south could control
the presidency aud senate and within
nine of a majority Of the house and
these men could be picked up east of
the Mississippi. Would the west meet
the south?