The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-03-03
THE s,.merALLlc LEAGUE,
Meeting Of Leading SILVER Men at wash
ington.

uRSVus
The Bl.Metallic League met at Washington
On the 22nd. "a.
General Warner, tho president, In his
opening address, stated the aim Of the
league to be tho SECURING Of legislatlon iof
the FREQ and unlimited c6ihhge OF silver
This question, he said, was the most impor
tant one now before the American people, OF
before the civilized world. 1t over-shadoweu
tho tariff question, which In his opinion was
but result Of the restricted coinage OF silver
and 1t was really ut tho bottom Of the irish
oucs,ion. It WINS also at tho bottom OF the
labor question and was Responsible Iol .ne
condition of the laboring men. lie urged .he
league 10 fight not only against the repeal Oh
the Sherman act, but to labor until silver was
put On i parity with gold. The two political
parties during the campaign denied that inc
silver question was an issue, bit rs soon as
the election was over II was the only issue
that the presdent-elect had given serious
consideration 10.
Al the evening session speeches were de-
liyered by Colonel A. Z. Shinn OF Kansas
Mardon Butler Of South Carolina, Represen.
tatives Bland and Hatch Of Missouri anu
Chief Justice Huston Of Idaho.
Mr.. A. G. Fisk Of Denver and Senator
Jones Of Nevada delivered the principal
speeches Of the convention Thursday. MI
Fish's address was = very able argument III
favor OF free coinage.
Senator Jones' speech was exceedingly able
and was conspicuously moderate IN zone
There was also notable absence OF that In
tense bitterness which characterized some OF
! the speeches both Thursday and Friday. The
! senator told Of the work Of the international
conference. Before the conference began he
was to degree opposed to 1t. lie believed
that this government should do It's own think
| Ing and should also regulate its own none
| .ary and other affairs, and in addition to TINS
| he was not at all sanguine as to the result.
! but iic was thoroughly convinced that the
conference had done great work for silver.
| When the session began there was the strong.
est opposition to the expressed purposes OF
the conference, especially on the part OF
Great Britain, but that determined opposition
had been 10 measure succeeded by feeling
much more favorable 10 silver.
Since the conference adjourned he had re-
ccIyed letters from Mr.. Balfour and other
prominent leaders In England which showed
1 =, - .,..... h.a en-, tho pattous IA
mat ,ne eo"'. IN. IT., ana IN, ,cc,,,r In
/ ,pinNus 'pVu ."s . -. ho.or,,n, NOR,
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4 OF Londoh was n',"s upon Ia -. Ifn,;s,
inc Ehgiisn commissioner, 80" 80 .s,,'r.,,o,
states delegates 10 Ss.ee !" ..n s a.. ,'o,,o
OF INC Vaiue Oh SILVER ""u 49, s,,,a,,
mat drought u'ou' '",' 40 IT,,
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more oohu'' he 'aiu, "s fs "a !,
IL mean. s'"p! 'nA' Wv a.. -
contro' inc e'reu'a'''s "''"'u' " '
, Try. .,a,uate Of the PonulI.t. fo
| .vierhor ~ Alabama I'm the recent election
| I'm a short address i,aorsea tho aim. NJ IN,
convention.
Henry Jones Of Atlanta Georgia. declare,
| that the prcsIdent.clec, had n larger follow
ING in this congress. than he would have 4,
tho nc.t
G.ncr,I Fic,J n, ccorc,, o,,a,5,,, To-
vice president on the Peoplc,. Marty ,jc,s,
smoke severely crl,ic,.inc tho ,rc.,Jcr, ..Icc
| for irving IN Jefe., tho ci.c,,or ~ .,n,,,.,.
b.for. tho y,r,ou, 8, ,,c ,co,.I,,uro. who r.r
resented the wi,be. Of Tho ncon,e nm Tho .,,vs,
I ou..,Ior
Rc.o,u,Jo,. rer. ,Jo,,.d a.n,ur,,,r A.,
1 at,c,,p, In rc,..i III. Law NJ tsoo .ns a.,
i.suo az new bond. and demanaIu, IN. frc,
! and unlimited coinage of .IIvrr
l Al the opepinu NJ FRIDAYS ses.Ion sn....h.,
were made by T. II. Tebbles of Nebra.t. And
Mr.. Dean of New York
Represcn,atiye Lsfc Pence NJ Colorado
made a spcech The s,,,c NJ Co,or,do h,
said wa. far free silver a, al, lime. I'm, 1, -
n mistake TO ,uppo.e that the mIplpu inter
est, of the state were more impor,an, ,h,r
the agricultural. The agricultural pros,c,,
Of Colorado were more in lso, ina, ho,h an,
YER md gold IL xn. therefor. s,,,,.n,
that Colorado had no selfish motive I'm n. "A
voeaev of free slIycr lie wouia .sr ,o,hIr,
Of Prcsiden,.elect Cleveland and .,nec,.,
nothing. hut wou,J oppos. and ,I.nouncc Mir
Whenever an onnor,n,i,v nres.,,.d ,..,,
Ola marty line. w.r. h.,,, r,niJiv ,,,,o, 80,
We dId moi forget In Inn. h, said xh,,
wa. tuuyh, n. I'm Nav. and NJ. carried 1, 4,
our memorIes until Soyember. when m. hal,
10, created n revolution in Americ, n no,,,Io.
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