St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-04

ing at the Close or an AL
dress in Which She Declared
That Crisis Was at Hand
Greater Than the One of 1876
Organization Completed.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 3.-The Pan
American bImettallic convention met at
Armory hall at IL o'clock today. On
behalf of the city eX-Congressman
Nathan Frank spoke, and, in brief re-
marks, urged the delegates 10 consider
themselves at home. incidentally he
impressed those before him that what
ever the feelings or opinions of st.
LouisanS upon economic questions,
those of the convention would be as
freely heard and as carefully con-
sdered as those Of all the world are ever
considered here.
Gov. w. j. Stone, of Missouri, next
spoke for the state, and was accorded
most hearty welcome to the convention.
In his remarks he referred to ad
vantages possessed by st. Louis, and
asked what necessity there was for 60
ing 1,500 miles farthe: to trade. AS to
the charge that the convention was sec
tiOnal in its ideas of commerce, he held
that the advancement of sections ad-
vanced the whole. Indeed. than the
states from which the delegates came,
there were no more patriotic people in
the whole country, none more desIr0uS
of stable sound currency.
For the convention, Hon. S. S. King,
of Kansas responded, expressing thanks
for the welcome. Turning to the Ques
ton of sectionalism and silver, he de-
clared, first. that this country was able
10 get along without the economic aid
of any foreign nation; second, that as
regards silver there was no sectionalism
other than that conceived by those en-
deavOring to debase it; citing, as he
presented this the solid votes of the
Northeastern Atlantic states. AS to
commerce, he quoted statistics showing
that the internal commerce of the Mis-
siSSippi valley was greater than the
commerce of all the world. He referred
TO the depreciation of the money value
of agricultural products by the use of a
single gold standard, and in closing
called upon the Mississippi valley. the
great empire of the West, to wake up
and take its place in the economics of
the country.
AS the speaking progressed, new dele
gates began to come in, and by the time
Mr.. King ceased and the call for the
convention was formally read. the con-
Vention was considerably increased.
I
man, of South Carolina, was chosen
temporary chairman. In his address,
the governor took occasion to charge
that the reduction in the anticipated
number of delegates was due to the
power of the press to smother the efforts
of the masses to rise to their proper
place, but all that, he dared say. was
that the time was coming when the
West and South would join hands and
win their rights, if not by agitation,
then by their ballots.
God forbid that we should array one
SC ION against another; but God forbid
the more that one section become the
slave of another" He, of the South,
had felt the pressure of sectionaIism,
anu HoN 1SlG 1t uulll lllG w CSl Ill us
pitiful, cowardly adhesion to the East
had come to feel that it, too, had felt
the iron enter its soul. No sectionaism,
but il was proposed to exercise the right
TO vote, to govern their own states and
TO send representatives TO congress to
better voice the sentiments of their con-
stituenGS than some now there.
As he closed, H. NJ. Taylor, delegate
from Old Mexico, nominated OIneY
Newell, of Denver, for secretary, and
he was unanimously chosen.
Committees on credentials and perma-
nent organizations were ordered ap-
pointed and recess taken for dinner.
The convention was slow in getting
together again, and it was $50 p. NJ.
before Gov. Tillman raped for order
The credentials committee reported ar
authorized convention list of 166, repre-
senting the states of Colorado, Iowa,
Texas, Indiana. Montana. Kansas, South
Carolina, New Mexico, Old Mexico,
Arkansas and Missouri. The reading
of the report precipitated swhat prom
ised to be all almOStinterminable debate
upon the voting powers of the various
delegations and delegates. Sugges-
ton after suggestion was made