The herald., 1893-02-24
CRIME OF The CENTURY.
American Bimetallists Pass
Resolutions.
The Demonstration of SILVER
Denounced.
Free, Unlimited Coinage of the White
Metal Demanded.
Senator John p. Jones Explains the
Brussels Confsrence-Congre
Proceedings and Other Do
ings at Washington.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated fress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-At today's ses-
sion of the American Bimetallic league
the committee on resolutions made the
following report:
Whereas, The great moral and finan-
cial crime of the nineteenth century was
the demonetizing of silver ir 1873 by the
congress of The United States, acting
under the influence of British per-
suasion and British interests; and
Whereas, Said act is destructive of
the interests of the American people
and in disregard Of the financial policy
inaugurated at the beginning of the
government under the wise guidance OF
such statesmen as Washington, Hamil-
ton and Jefferson. and formulated in
the act founding the mint of the United
States in 1892, and which established a
just ratio between gold and silver as
mint metals:
Therefore, in behalf of the wronged
people and suffering industries of the
land,
We demand free and unlimited coin
age OF silver at the present ratio of 16
to 1.
We denounce as unconstitutional and
revolutionary all legislation which in
any way discriminates between silver
and gold as money metals.
We denounce it as inconsistent with
sound public policy to confer or advise,
directly or indirectly, with any foreign
nation as to what the money or currency
OF the United States should be.
We denounce the recent attempt to
repeal the act OF 1890, authorizing the
treasury department to make monthly
purchases of silver, as o menace to the
prosperity of the country and an at
tempt to repeal an emergency compro-
mise forced upon us then, and we will
resist its repeal by all legitimate meas
ures at our hands, unless there be sub
stitute in lieu thereof free and unlimited
free coinage OF silver.
We also denounce the measure now
pending before congress to authorize an
additional issue of government bonds as
vicious and wholly unwarranted by the
present financial condition of the coun-
try, and as an attempt to extend and
perpetuate industrial servitude.
We declare it TO be our purpose to
continue our struggle until justice is
secured, and to this end we will make
an uQr6mlILluR ellurb W 6OuChbo duu
arouse public sentiment. We will i'm
mediately open contest in the middle
and eastern states, and we call upon all
fair-minded people of all sections of the
union to aid US in the struggle for indus
trial emancipation.
The report gave rise to considerable
discussion, but was finally adopted
unanimously.
R. f. Kolb, candidate of the Populists
for governor of Alabama, Endorsed the
aims OF the convention.
Senator Jones of Nevada explained
the Brussels conference. He said 16 per
cent of the population of London were
living upon charity and yet the English
commissioners asked the United States
delegates to agree in their estimation OF
the value of silver and adopt the policy
that brought about this wretched con-
dition. The proposition now before con-
gress to issue more bonds, he said, was
a deceptive trick. 1t means simply that
the banks want to control the circulat-
ing medium of the country.
General Field, candidate for vice-pres-
ident on the Peoples party ticket,
spoke, severely criticising the presi-
dent.elect for trying to defeat the cleo
ton of candidates before the various
legislatures, who represented the wishes
of the people on the silver question.