The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-01
Gossip About the Probable Action of the
Big Convention That Meets To-Day.
Allen W. Thurman. Of Ohio to Be Chairman
of the Mes.ing-Absolute Free Coinage the
War Cry-July Purchases Of Silver.
PLANS OF THE sILvERITEs.

laration Of war tomorrow. and the signal
of hostilItIes will be given by the combined
convention of Populists, free-silver men
and Greenbackers. The foe to be outlswed
will be the "money power" and this gen.
eralization is so broad that it is designed
to include the capitalists of Europe as
well as the money barons of Wall street.
In the present depreciation of silver. the
delegates who will assemble in national
convention tomorrow only sec great
conspiracy on the part of the gold lenders
of England and Germany. aided and abet-
ted by the lesser capitalists. their vassals
of Wall street. to mako gold the only
recognized international coin metal of the
world. and to subjugate the United States
to the financial control of the country
from whom she wrested her political au.
tonomy o hundred years ago-Great
Britain.
The scenes following the imposition of
the tax on tea that was so hotly contested
and Indignantly denounced by the colonial
fathers of 1776 would have been fitting
parallel to that furnished In tho hotel lob
bies to-day by the popular arraignment or
the attempt now being made by Great
of Europa to coerce the American conti-
nent into financial dependency upon the
mInts of the old world. The laws Of supply
and demand. the results OF overproductIon.
found no place in their arguments. for every
suggestion ef this kind was repulsed by y
startling array of Atatistics and figures
tending to show that the closing of the
mints Of India, the death blow of frse
~ sv, nd ha do nd af Wall
street for the repeal of the Sherman bill.
were but parts of O great conspiracy"
against The silver republics OF the Western
hemisphere. 1t IL the opinion. too, of the
delegates now assem- mblinG that this con-
spiracy should be firmly met and the en-
envy promptly routed. and some of them
grow hot enough at times to intimate that
If legislation should be inefficient re-
course to arms might prove salutary rem.
edy.
DELEGATES UNITED.
Those who have expected that the CON-
vention to be assembled at 10 O'Clock to-
morrow morning would 60 to pieces on the
shoals Of partisanship. have underestimate.
cd the deep feelings that actuate most of
the delegates who are to discuss the fin an
oisl Issue in this assembly. Populists.
Green hackers and the free.silver men seem
to be united on one programme-that tho
repeal of the Sherman purchasing act must
be resisted to the last, unless there be
coupled with it an act for the free coinage
OF silver OF for q greater volume of cur.
renoy. The Green hackers and Populists.
who believe that the nat of the gov.
ernment 10 as potent to make o dollar
out of q "trip of green paper as to make
dollar out of 20 oents of silver. are. of
course. not particular whether the legisla-
tion to be su bsttuted for the Sherman act
should be free coinage or government
greenbacks but for the sake of showing q
solid front against the common enemy-the
mOnOmetallist-they will unite with the
free o-coinsge men in concerted resistance to
the Cleveland policy. unless greater vol
ume of currency be insured to meet the
stringency of the financial situation. In
this programme are found united the Re-
publican CONGRESSMAN. Bartine. of Nevada;
the Democratic silver dollar Warner. of
Ohio; the Populist Kolb. of Alabama. and
ell their respective followers; and their
name is legion.
1t is apparent even now that the work
of the convention is not to end with the
sine die agreed adjournment on Wednes-
day. Aggressive committees are to be ap-
pointed to carry the tight to Washington,
and State committees will be named to
WORK up public sentiment in the various
States. Then campaign committee ls to
be named. and to this committee is likely
to be intrusted what Is really the most im-
portant work of the free silver crnsades.
Its work will be secret ana il is said it
will labor to enlist the assistance of the
unemployed every here. Mass meetings
nightly for all the weeks to come during
the financial crisis are to be held by the
unemployed and poverty stricken IN
every city of the land, and resoIu-
tions are to be there presented and
pass q free-coinage bill This is to be fol-
lowed by another lm portant move. The
prosely ting of labor leaders. of labor or
ganizatI0ns. is to follow next, and the sill
yer men. who well know how subservient-
lv tho average political demagogue bends
the knee to the demands of the labor or
CARNATIONS, expect the same lawmakers
who passed the alien labor law and the
Chinese exclusion bill to hearken to the
voice of labor and increase the volume OF
the circulating medium until the wants of
the country are relieved. 1t is to be great
moral crusade. ar awakening OF the
masses until the popular demand becomes
so strong that "tbe voice Of the people Will
be stronger than tie voice of gold," Gs the
Populists put it tonight.
TERRIBLY IN EARNEST.
The men who are assembled here ore ter
ribly In earnest. and their numbers and
the marked personality and lntslli gence of
oance to the gathering than that attend
ing any similar convention in the past.
Over one thousand delegates will assem BILE
IOr uciiUoThtlOn bO-mOrrOW. anu the gamer
ing will be indeed national convention.
Headquarters of the various delegations
have been opened at the Great Northern.
Palmer. Grand Pacific and Auditorium,
and they are rapidly filling up. Colorado's
blg delegation arrived at the Palmer to-
day and Goodly number from Iowa. Ne
vada. Montana. Alabama. indiana
and Idaho are at the Great North
ern. Some OF the most promi-
nent now in the city are ex-senator
Thomas NJ Patterson. General Warner.
Senator Lee MantelL of Montana; Senator
George L. Shonp. of Nevada; Representa-
tive Willis Sweet, of Idaho; Senator VIII
liam NJ. Stewart, of Nevada: Represents.
tive Marion Cannon. of California; Col.
Sumter Lee, OF Alabama; Senator Fred II.
Dubois, of Nevada; Representative w. w.
Bowers. of California; Capt. r. +. Cobb.
Col z. j. Bowman. Warren Reese. A. L.
Goodwin and Zell CASTOR. of Alabama;
Herman Taubeneck. of Illinois. chairman
of the PEOPLES party national executive
committee: George +. Washburn. of Massa-
ohusetts: Representative Bartine, of Ne
vada: Governor Toole. of Montana. and ex-
Governor Rontt. of Colorado.
Hon. A. j. Warner will call the conven-
tion to order and Mayor Carter III. Harri-
son. of Chicago. will deliver an address of
welcome.
Senator Reagan. of Texas. said to-day: