The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-09

episcopal church inadequate to its needs,
and it was imperative that larger hail
be secured, the proprietor of the Central
Music hall exacted a rental of $500 Tor
the use of the hall for two days. There
were a great many protests against this
charge, but the committee was in
quandary and time pressing, and the
terms were reluctantly agreed to.
Ex-U. s. Senator n. p. Hill of Colo
RADIO addressed the convention on the
silver question for nearly an hour. His
arguments were based merely on statis-
tics tending to show that the adoption
of a gold or single standard in any coun-
/ try had invariably been followed by
dread of poverty and depression.
Senator Aliens Speech.
U. S. Senator Allen of Nebraska pro-
voked much enthusiasm in a brief but
stirring speech, in which he pledged the
peoples party to the cause of silver. Il
do not come here to talk politics" he
said, but I want to say that so far as
the populist party is represented in the
U. S. senate it will not be found want
ing. Npplause) We may not under
stand the parliamentary maneuvering as
well as some, but tell you we will be
in sight of the fox all the time. Great
laughter) Our party is pledged now and
all the time for free coinage of silver at
a ratio Of IL to 1. (Cheers)
The Hon. G. 5. Thomas, the prominent
Colorado attorney, followed in a twenty
minutes address. After Mr.. Thomas
| speech the convention took a recess IN
til o'clock.
The first speaker Of the afternoon ses-
sion was John B. Lemon of New York
| representing the executive council of the
American federation Of labor. He read
| a telegram which authorized him to
attend the convention and express the
sentiments Of the trades unionists Of the
American federation of labor upon the
silver question. The federation people,
he said, are silver men, because they are
union men. The same sentiment for free
coinage does not prevail among morgan
| lied labor. Half million of federation
men are advocates of the free and I'M
! limited coinage Of silver (ApDlause)
| ChicagO's prosperity depends upon the
great West and if the silver regions are
stricken and the streets of the western
cities deserted, Chicago will be the first
| metropolitan city to feel the blow. Gap
plause).
Ovation to Governor Waite.
There was tremendous applause when
Governor Waite of Colorado was intro
duced as the next speaker. A number
of enthusiastic delegates had been howl
ing for two days for Waite and when
the chief executive of the Centennial
state mounted the platform, their cup
Of joy was OVERLOOKING. Cheer after
cheer was given by delegates, who stood
up and waved their hats wildly and the
ovation terminated with "three cheers
for Governor Waite"
Governor Waite's Speech.
Gen. Waite spoke at great length He
asserted that since 1873 no congress had
convened but that a majority in both
houses were in favor of restoring the free
coinage of silver.
Congress never had been able to enact
such a law because the president whether
republican or democrat has always been
dominated by Wall-st., and stood ready to
interpose his veto, equal to two-thirds in
both houses of congress. The effect of the
gold bug conspiracy which has denied the
free coinage of silver since 1873. has been to
increase the purchasing power Of money or,
TO nut the statement in another FORM to
decrease the vaule Of all commodities.
Abraham Lincoln said if a debt is created
| with certain amount of money in Circu-
lation and then the government contracts
the money volume before the debt is paid,
it is the most hienous crime which the gov
And that, said Governor Waite is exactly
what this government has been doing since
1873. Congressional legislation and moth
= bullion from S1.S2 per ounce in 1873 to 20
cents in 1893, and the legislation for which
| the two old parties are equally responsible
has reduced the price of wheat in the
cents The same legislation has reduced
thes price of cotton from 19 3-lO cents to
Z / 4
of vaule OF silver as bullion compared with
! the gold dollar has been increased from
10 TO TO ~ or n 10 1. II mas not only
diminished the value of silver, but also dl-
minished in almost the same proportion the
: value of wheat, corn, pork, beef, beef cot
| ton and the wages Of labor. We hear
much about over production, law Of sup
| ply and demand, etc, but with the single
| standard the gold men of Europe will
have the rens in their own hands. There
| is not the same necessity to lie about and
: ( no such dishonest attempt to dodge the
| Issue quoted
l | of BalfOur at Manchester, in which he IS
: quoted as saying: The gold monetary
. gone up no less than 30 to 80 per cent. and
as to its further rise in vaule no man can
Not long ago, said Waite. Gladstone was
told by Mr. Thompson in the British par
! Lament that the gold standard was cIusn-
. | ing out the agricultural and the CONNER
cial industries of England by compelling
l | business upon falling markets; the debtor
class being reduced to Industrial slavery,
and the taxes on India, while nominally
the same, force from India double the
} | amount OF her. products when rev
years ago paid tax. Gladstone unblushing-
| ly declared that England, as a creditor
citation in the value of credits, and added
that the governments were not concerned
about pnllantnropy. ConslderI Il Ine coIi COLI
India, Waite said this was the most bru-
tai remark since Cain, with the blood on
| ground, insolenuy asks the Almighty,
! Am my. brothers. KEEPER Waite. de-
I
| local question, and said he could prove
| from official statistics that the loss to the
: | agricultural states from the scarcity OF
! | money is in good part occasioned by the
l | refusal of free coinage in each state in
5 | the great Mississippi valley Is from ten TO
| twenty times the loss sustained by Colo
| rado. The proposal by false friends of
silver and their allies in Wall-st to adopt
| the present price of bullion silver, as COM
e | pared with gold, as a new money ratio,
e | would simply crystalline all the wrongs
= | and in juries the money power has infiict-
I | ed upon the people for the past twenty
: | years. This, as a compromise, heats the
| one the devil proposed to Jesus Christ on
the mountain. Governor Waite said that
e the international conference for the pur-
. | pose of settling our money affairs by the
| most contemplate and God-forsaken idea
= that ever entered the brain of an Ameri-
I can citizen. If we have become under the
s rule of the two old parties, only prov
= ince of European monarchy then we need
n another revolution; another appeal TO arms
: and to the God Of hosts This evoked
|! great applause. In closing, the governor
d said:
e ''Who is Grover Cleveland and who is
[ BENJAMIN Harrison, and who are their
9 supporters in Wall-st. and Chicago, that
! they dare assume to drive into poverty
: and exile half million Of American free
men? There is no use crying peace when
there IS no peace. Most dangerous tyranny
e is that enforced under the forms of law.
o Our weapons are arguments and ballots;
: q free ballot and a fair count. If the
n money power shall attempt to sustain. its
" usurpation of our rights by strong hands,
as in other lands we will meet that issue
: that is, If it IS forced upon us. For it is
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