The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-31


ervation of the financial and commerclai
interests of the West. The effect OF the
crisis there is becoming apparent on tne
Eass and only the establishment OF Tree
coinage can save the entire Natien from
financial ruin worse than any lt has ever
experienced. The Sherman bill will not
be repealed without an adequate AND sat
isfactory substitute. The battle In Con
gress will not bs over the repeal OF the
Sherman law, but over the character OF
the su bstitute, and that seems to narrow
down to the ratio to be established be-
tween gold and silver.
Among those who arrived to-day were
ex .Represen tatlve III. L. Bartine and L. K.
Wren, Of Nevada. Our delegation will
not be very large" sald Mr.. BaKtine. Sen
ator Stewart will be here tonight and Sem
ator Jones will arrive tomorrow. we
shall demand free coinage on ratio OF to
16. It is absurd 70 say that SILVER can Do
produced at SO cents an ounoe. There are
occasions when rich IND may put the
cost of mining down to that figure. but the
average cost of mining silver is about u
an ounce. Everything has closed down q
Nevada, save q fe mines where the per-
centage of gold is extremely large. Only
ruin is IN store for the West. and event.
uaIiy the East. in the domonetizins Oh sill
ver."
COST OF MINING SILVER.
Congressman Sweet. Of Idaho. who is at
the Grand Pacific. expects the delegation
from that State 10 arrive In the morning.
headed by Senators George l.. Shoup and
Fred 7. Dubois.
Messrs. Peter Gallagher. John ID. Pope.
T. s. McConkey. and Hugh MCPHERSON, of
Montana. are at the Leland. The delcga-
tion from that State will number about
one hundred and fifty, and will report at
the Montana State building at the worlds
fair for organization tomorrow. The dele
CATION will be headed by Senators Powers
and Mantle. Governor T0ole ex-Governors
Hauser and Ricketts. Congressman Hart
well and ex.Congressman Dickson. Ev.
cry ounce of silver mined in Montana this
year has cost SL09" said MIR. Gallagher,
''and We insist upon the one to sixteen
ratio. The East Is already feeling the
about by the demand for the repeal of the
silver purchasing act. One firm In Butte
has been compelled to cancel Q million and
half dollars' worth of Eastern orders"
Among the observation-disclosures Colo
RADIO delegation, which will arrive to-mor-
row morning, will be State Senator Tbos.
M. Patterson, who made the fight in the
last Democratic national convention for q
free silver plank in the party's platform.
The headQusrters Of the delegation will be
men in the party arc Governor Waite. ex-
Governors John L. Routt. John Evans. ex-
Senator n. p. Hill. ex-senator II. A. w.
Tabor, Jacob A. Cooper. president of the
Chief Justice Joseph c. Helm. The Con-
tennial State delegates will wear blue
silver badge bearing the inscription.
Liberty and union" above replica OF @
silver dollar and the shield of the State.
Messrs. p. g. Clark. b. q. Kingsbury and
G. L. Hathaway, of the Washington dele
cation. are at the Wellington Hotel and ex-
poet q hundred or more delegates to arrive
tomorrow. The lowans, who will come In
on special train tomorrow. will be quar-
tered at the Great Western Hotel Senator
Stewart. of Nevada. Is the most mentioned
for permanent chairman by the Western
In favor of Generl Warner as permanent
chairman. fear being entertained that If
q Western man is msde chairman. On i'm.
preston will go abroad that the conven-
ton is being managed wholly In the inter-
est OF Western mlne-Owners and for this
reason many of the delegates favor General
Warner OF some other Eastern man.
PLANS OF THE PoPUIIsTs.
The national executive committee of the
Peoples party has established itself in the
Grand Pacific. Only Chairman III. q. Taube-
neck. Treasurer Rankin. of Terre Hsute,
and George j J.Washburn. of Massachusetts,,
chairman of the Eastern division of the
Peoples party, have so far put in an ap-
pearance and. although these were in con-
sultation for several hours this afternoon,
no formal caucus was held until the bulk
understood. however. that the Populists
in the convention will vigorously resist
any attempt to form new party. on the
ground that tho Omaha platform comedies
ties and that as q consequence the latter
could not de- better than come into the
PopulIst fold in body. The leading sill
verites already on tho ground, moreover,
are strongly opposed TO any intammatory
or demoQogic harangues under the cover OF
the convention. They want it. they say.
to be a sober. calm and deliberative body,
and If Governor Waite or any Others should
undertake to repeat their recent wild ut
serances they will be speedily called down
| and sent to the rear.
About two hundred leboring men gath.
cred on tho lake front this afternoon TO
| listen to q silver address by Carl Brown,
| one of the delegates from California. and
who styles himself ational recruItin g
| officer of the industrial legion of the
United States. He declared that the gold
bugs" got their shaokles on the country
| during the war and that they had kept
| them riveted ever since American white
men to-day were in worse condition under
| king gold than the slaves before the var
under king cotton. for the latter were as
| sured of plenty to eat and days holiday
| now and then. Senator Sherman had been
| considered q Statesman and patriot but If
| this was true then Benedict Arnold must be
| O saint in heaven. As for the old man down
at BuzZard's Bay. he was trying to do just
financial question. and yet the great bulk
| of his own party regarded him as O dyo Cd
| in-the-wOol Jacksonian Democrat. Con-
| gress, declared the speaker. who was fire.
| quently applauded. had degenerated into a
| great auction room in w hich the rights and
| privileges of the people were bartered and
| sold. NotwithstandIng TINS however. the
present silver trouble must be settled peace
ably. There was no necessity to allow
| mOuthinRs or talk of revolution. 1t was
the peoples fight and the people would set
! tie 1t in such a way as to demonstrate that
I the Republic was q bulwark and q rock be-
tween themselves and those who would de-
| prlve them of tb cir rights.
| The convention will be of special inter-
| est in the character of it's composition and
| addresses TO be delivered. It is not ex-
| pected, 80 far as the delegates here to-
I night are aware, that any recommendation
| will be made TO Congress for action. While
some of the Western and Eastern men talK
| freely as TO what ought TO be done il is
! asserted that a number of those expected
| TO be present and conspicuous In the pro-
| ceedings are disposed TO fight shy of the
affair until they ascertain what elements
| are in control. One delegate said that { be
| fact of all industrial organizations being
invited TO send representatives wonld re-
| quire q declaration from the convention. OF
at least from the committee on creden tiais
as to what constitutes a body authorized
TO send delegates. He gave an intimation
| that the gang" which broke mp the silver
| meeting in New York would pnt in IN D.
| pearance here. at least by con.
| genial spirits in sympathy with them
and that there might be 4 repeti.