The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-23
s,MErAlllc LEAGUE PLANS.
FrssaAs.s ws-.sr Tell. Of the ksssiss o
the ConfsPsnce.

Rresiasat Wnrssr Tells Of the Rssaits oi
The Conference.
A. ]. Warner. president Of the conferences
of the Bimesallio League, which was In See
sIon 1t washingtou last week for scvera
days, gave An explanatory statement OF tho
action Of the conference. The meetings oi
tho conference have been we'll attended, =
number Of public men In Congrcss lending II
their aid BY being present.
The following Is President Warmers state.
ueut Itwn unanimously Agreed to In the
conference:
First-That the money question Is aud will
continue to be the paramount issue till 1t Is
settled On sound principles, and that 1t can be
1isplAced by NO other.
Second-That the hrst battle Is for the
neIt Congress.
Third-ThAt to achieve results, the silver
men must no. only stay silver men after they
reach Congress. but they must there unite
and, putting silver above party, work iuces
sanity to accomplish the object for whici
they were elected.
number OF delegates were in favor OF or.
1 yanlzing a new party out and out, with the
declaration as made on the money question a,
the sole issue, and leaving tho way open foi
i
but of the 5000, 900 who refused to vote at al
at the late elections, but the conference was
not called for such purpose and ajority
Of the delegates present believed the course
finally agreed upon to bo the better policy In
the coming congressional canvass.
The conference recommended that the B
| metallic League suggest to friends of silver,
everywhere aud IN all parties that they sup
port for tho Fifty-fourth Congress only such
, candidates As will pledge themselves In nomi-
mating conventions aud openly and publicly
In their canvass for election, TO the following
action In case Of election:
"They will enter into no party caucus that
will bind or restrain them from acting and
voting In the Fifty-fourth Congress, otherwise
as given in their pledges to the people before
their election; but that they Will unite With
Others who are In favor Of the restoration OF
the blmetallic standard OF money by the free
and unrestricted coinage OF both gold and
silver, at the ratio of 10 to l as before the act
OF 1873, and the issue by the general govern
ment OF the paper currency without the In
terventlon OF banks, and against the Issue OF
bonds to buy gold. and that they will vote
and act on all matters during ihelr term a
members of the Ffty-fourth Congress to Sc
cure this end, and especially in the election
OF speaker and IN the Organization of the
House, and In the vote for President OF tho
United States, in the event OF an election OF
the President falling to the House OF Repre-
sentatives.
"sccond-That to this end the conference
recommends that silver leagues be everywhere
organized and the work Of education be car
ried on everywhere throughout the country,
and that in addition to this work. thorough
organization be effected in states and district.
where such work will be most effective In the
election OF members OF Congress and OF state
legi-latures"
The following was also adopted:
That thi. conference recommend that
there be held during the present winter two
conferences, one somewhere in the South and
one at Des Moiucs."
On motion Of General King OF Louisiana,
that q committee OF three on the Union Re-
publics of America and other silver standard
nations of the world. with the president OF
the Bmeta,lic League, be appointed. General
King, f, d. Stark of Ohio and Judge Joseph
E. Sheldon OF Connecticut were named as the
committee.