Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-08-04

free silver men and greenbackers. The
foe to be outlawed will be the ''mone!
power" and this generalization is so
capitalists Of Europe as well as the
money barons Of Wall street.
The scenes following the imposition
stamp and other taxes so holly contested
and indignantly denounced by the Co
lonial fathers Of 177G, would have been
a fitting parallel to that furnished in
the hotel lobbies today, by popular
arraignment of the attempt, which it
is asserted is now being made by Great
Britain and the mono-metallic mon
arches Of Europe, to coerce the Amer
lean continent into financial dependency
upon the flats of the mints of the old
world.
Laws of supply and demand, results
Of over production, found no place III
their arguments, for every suggestion
Of this kind was repulsed by a startling
array Of statistics and figures tending
to show that the closing of the mints
Of India, the death blow to frcecOin-
age in Europe and the demand i'll Wan
street for the repeal of the Sherman
bill were but parts Of q great conspir-
ack against the silver republicans of
the western hemisphere.
1t is the opinion, too, Of the dele
gates now assembling, that the con
spracy should be firmly met and the
enemy promptly routed and some of
them have grown hot enough 1T times
,lhfI iS, in
efficient recourse to arms might pre-
sent a remedy.
populiStS, grccnbacherS and free sill
yer men seem to have united on one
program: That the repeal of the Sher-
man purchasing act must be resisted to
the last unless there be coupled with
it an act for the free coinage Of silver
or Il greater volume Of currency.
The greenbackcrS and populiStS, who
believed the fiat of the government is
SO potent as to make Il dollar out of 4
strip of green paper, or to make dol
lar out of seventy cents worth of sill
yer, are, of course, not particular Wheth-
or the legislation submitted for the
Sherman act shall be free coinage or
governmentbackS, but for the sake of
showing Il solid frort against the com
mon enemy, the mofio-metalliStS, they
will unite with the free coinage men
in concerted resistance TO Cleveland'S
policy, J unless Il greater volume of
currency is insured to meet the strin-
gcncy OF the financial situation.
In this program are found united
congressman Bartine, republican,, o.
Nevada, Silver Dollar Warner, (demo-
crat, Of Ohio, I<olb, Wopulist, of Al
ALBANIA, and til their respective follow
crs and their name is legion.
II is apparent even now that the
work of the convention is not to end
with Il sine die adjournment Wcdnes
day Aggressive committees are to be
appointed to carry the fight to Wash
ington and to work up public sentiment
in various states. Then Il campaign
committee is to be named, aud TO this
committee is likely to be entrusted
whit is treally the most important,
work Of the free coinage silver crusade.
Mass meetings nightly for all weeks
to come during the financial crisis are
t. he held by the unemployed and pov-
ery-Stricken i'll every town and city
and resolution presented and adopt
ed by each calling calling upon con
grcSs to pass a Zee coinage bill Pros
elyting of labor leaders, of labor organ
izationS, is TO follow next, and silver
men who well know how SubServient-
ly the average political demagogue
bends his lIncec to the demands of
I,INa
law makers who passed the alien IL
Dor law and the Chinese exclusion
bill to hoarken to the voice of labor
and increase the volume of the clrcu-
lating medium until the wants of the
country are relieved. 1t is tc be Il great
moral crusade, awakening the masses,
until the popular demand becomes SO
strong that the voice of the people will
be stronger than 1.-THE voice of gold.
The men who are assembled here are
terribly III earnest and the membership
and marked personality and the intel
ligcncc Of most of their leaders give
great significance to the gathering. 1t
is thought that ex-senator Reagan, of
Texas. will be permanent chairman of
the convention.
The great silver convention is 10 meet
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The
meetings will be held at the Methodist
church, Clark and Washington streets
with a supplemental session at central
music hall Friday evening and one or
the lake front Wednesday evening.
The participants are arriving and
number nearly five hundred. The con
vention will be a conglomerate affair
and most likely a noisy one, for al
the best known leather-lunged silver
shouters will be present
No credentials are necessary to Sc
cure recognition as a delegate. Any
man who believes that 81 cents worth
of silver should be made to pass cur
rent for dollar will be entitled TO I
seat.
The objects of the convention so fan
as can be learned, are to arrange d
program of action at the forthcoming
special session of congress and to or
ganize a silver party. Upon this latter
is expected TO come a tug of war, as
some of the delegates win insist upor
remaining with the old parties, claim
ing that silver is not political ques
tional question.
The bone of contention in the conven
ton will be the attempt to form s
new party. 1t is claimed the farmers
alliance men will oppose this as viii
probably the labor element in the con
vonti0n n tha silver men will Sya1