The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1893-10-06
PIN AMERICAN CONGRESS
Third Days Proceedings of the
Convention.
FREE COINAGE RESOLUTIONS.
The Convention Declares that Silver is
the Great Issue and the South and
West Must Stand Together to Secure
Remonetization-T Great Storm.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 5.-The last day of
the Pan American Bimetallic conven-
ton opened an hour late. but with
the purpose to complete it's work
without further delay.
The committee on resolutions pre-
sented a supplemental report unfav
orably passing upon the proposition
Of Thomas Warren to take action
looking to the Endorsement of the re-
moyal of the national capital further
west; also favoring the printing and
circulation of the address of yesterday
by Walter n. Allen of Kansas upon
the exception clause" of the silver
law. The report was at once adopted
without dissent.
The question came then upon the
adoption of the report of resolutions
committee. Delegate Waterbury of
Kansas moved an amendment to the
report by the addition of the propo-
sition presented by III. NJ. Taylor of
Mexico, favoring the increase of the
volume of currency by the issue OF
legal tender notes secured by land
values.
Delegate Cochrane Of Missouri OPP
posed all efforts to say or do anything
in the conventian upon the money
question other than to fully and en-
tirely indorse the free coinage of
silver.
II. NJ. Taylor of Mexico replied in
defense of his proposition urging that
money based upon such security was
as safe as money based upon the
honor of our government, as are
$346, 6,000,0 900 of greenbacks.
Delegate Waterbury of Kansas,
upon the text of SIS II per capita for
the public and private debt, pleaded
for an increase of the volume of cur
rency with which to meet it by the
means proposed in the minority re-
port.
For the majority of the committee
on resolutions Governor Tillman of
South Carolina spoke, declaring that
it was the desire of his committee to
concentrate the efforts of the conven-
tion upon the central purpose of BIZ
metallism, and for that reason it
seemed to them unwise to seek more
now, no matter how alluring the
prospect.
Governor Waite of Colorado begged
that the convention be not now di-
verted from the great issue. Until
the success OF bimetallism had showed
Wall street to have lost its grip upon
legislation, it was impossible to Sc
cure any other form of financial leg
islation. As to the West and South,
they could control the politics of the
country if it became necessary. He
declared that it was his belief that
there were millions of money now in
Washington to buy congress, and
with such condition the South and
West must unite.
Delegate Manning Of Alabama de-
clared that the South was for union
with the West in the battle for the
free coinage of silver, but pleaded for
the prevention of the addition of ex-
traneous matter to the platform as a
diversion of the purpose of the con-
vention.
Delegate Skaggs of Alabama spoke
in similar strain, also denouncing
President Cleveland as an enemy and
betrayer OF the people.
Delegates Taylor, Waterbury and
White then withrew the minority re-
port. Then, with a motion to adopt
the majority report pending, the con-
! vention adjourned to 2 o'clock.