Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-02
Tho Friends or silver Meet in I'm.
mense Numbers.
ALLEN W. rHuRMANs SPEECH
In Taking the Chnir-Reagan of Tex
as Pleads for Patriotism and Re-
ceIves Storm OF Applause-Pow-
derby Cheered to the Echo.


that Of any previous assembly Of a ike
character in the history Of financial asi,a.
ti,, erha ,-,,v ~ aoi.,.,,a. ,ssa,ni,l.. "A
o'ercrowdei the FIRST Methodist chircn
an hour before the meeting was called
Ia ori.r and ~ was .,rlv onnorent that
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i".ser haH "Vu'u nave " pe s'usn'
Tor future sessions.
Among the features OF many Of the
b,,,tsA ss,,-,, -..,,.,..,,,g 80 ,ir,,,i,t a,;+o
tlon visible IA the heterogeneous assem-
5lage Of today were General A. Warner
of Ohio. president Of Timetable leagues;
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o'HEFessuah barIlhe Vi NeDIasA"' Nou-
gresham A. j. Bryan of Nebraska, a
man Of opposite political faith 10 Mr..
par,i,,, h.. e,-.,,.. a, a., ,o.,,,.,,,,,
".'' io'e'N''' l' 'he eo,,'i'oi
battle Tor Tree coinage; Governor waite
Of Colorado. POpnlist; Senator Stewart Of
N..hr,.l, port,,iicar. Sa,o,,-s Nts,tIa
= - G.. I,s, ~ \,
% 'iohIahh anu HhouP OF iuaho' l. VI
Patterson, Colorado, lender Of the free
coinage Democrats In the last national
convention. C,,,toir Kan, p,,,,iis, lo,,Ier
wv" ."'''"' -',I'"'" iN''o' 'FN'''
IN Alnhama; Her ou I0uhenerk OF the
executive committee of the Peoples
nasty: Senator Duters of Idaho. who al
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though Republican will observe no caucus
that opposes free coinage OF silver
IN d few opening words Chairman A.
J. Warner of the Bimetallic league intro
duced Mayor Carter Harrison vi Chicago,
who welcomed the Delegates tU the CRY.
Hon IhUs. W. Patterson responded.
Hon Allen w. Thurman will be elected
chairman of the convention.
Mayor Harrison Of Chicago, who well
coined the delegates, in conclusion, said:
They say those who believe In BIZ
metnllism are crazy. II the act Of 1873
| Is hlotte1 from the annals Of American
! political action / believe silver will be
| worth 80 cents an ounce. Be wise
| lu your deliberations, but fearless. Con-
| gress is about To meet aud you should
| give the benefit Of your deliberations
! 10 congress and tell Grover Cleveland
what the people want" Great applausel
Hon, Thos VI. Patterson responding
! 10 Mayor HurrisOns address, reviewed
| the present financial situation ana said
| In conclusion. We ask the free coin
age that Hamilton and jefferson and
| Monroe gave 10 the country. which was
| ratified 10y congress and the people, when
| Andrew Jackson was president ZAP
| piausel' We stand by the law Of 1892
placed upon the statute books when the
constitution was iirst adopted aud when
thirteen free and Independent colonies
became, united rs free and Independent
states.
i, CHAIRMAN A :. Warner, Of the Bimet-
| anne league, delivered the opening adj
| dr.ss.
me most cNtrlordiary. condition of
| huaiIS' Nald Ne meets The assembling
OF ms convention almost perfect pace
| prevails over the world The earth is
| ye, Nlrlulhg her fruits IN abundance and
| ilch nuiNest are being gathered under IA
| NoFihg rkle'' lhcre enough aud to spare.
I before al
lhe country mas there been such wide
spread fear and distress; never bea1re
sucil los' OF confidence and destruction Of
| circuit Ihdustile, every where are break
| ing down ana ldbor"rs are thrown work
| less on the streets with wHnt staring
tlfin IN tue face. Scores Of banks, most
| OF them prudcntly nanngcl and showing
assets which under ordinary clrcun-
stances would place them above suspic-
ION: or" driven Ia suspension.
There has been Il shrinkage Of hun
dreds of millions In value Ot stocks and
Is due to the silver purchasing law Is
| absurd. Under this law since 1890,
| Sl5O,W0OpO has been added TO our cur
rcncy. Does anybody believe the pres
ence of this Sl5OOOO,OOu makes money
scarce and We would be better off II we
were without III
"Thc object lesson Of the situation is
very different from that which the gold
conspiritors intended II enables us to
See the beginning Of the shriukagr IN
prices that must take place In order 10
reach gold basis This Is the trouble
Ia a change Of the money standard. The
value of money may be doubled either los
doubling the weight of the standard
cnins or destroying Lnlf Of tLe metal mn
az which coins are made. one Is as eli.
fectiye rs the other
"'The rstnllishment of a single gold
,t,.,I,,.1 H. IL, .-,,,,, "a MURINE, lilo voiu,
~ ~ mtn III it il dnnblim, tbe unii
ma nnttiny nr,nertv lawn one-hnlf Thr
,eit ~ smc,, n lombard a. boncst NANCY
anJ snrh n Motley "a sound finance, /.
ranl ANA hvnncriti,ni" AIndjuv 10 M
nct AZ iSin Chair,non Warner soid
,,Thn n,en,hers az congress mo sneolr,
az Tho house. who si,,ned thr Iil III,
nresilcnt who apuroyr.i il never knew 4
inn""ntiyeJ siiyrr ,ri,cra was hnt an,
man In the senate who knew IL. and MI
,hnwrh be bns ncvrr Noon hunT Nv ia,
for treason. that act has been known h
bIstor,. rs no crimc az 1879 H., ia,
memories of Ihose who stand conaecte, ed
with il rot In Oblivion, Let hoth In,
sherman laws 20 together and plncc iii,
country back on constitution and Inv n,
il stood before iST3."
In conclusion, the speaker denounced
the melropol.tan uewspnpers of IN,
country. and charncterized their eli
torials as being but the Inspiration and
bidding of the gold.hurs instond ~ Nh,
conscientious expressions Of the writers
The people 10 win must win ngafnsl
the Aggregation and influence NJ rnni