The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-18
PLANS OF SILVERITES
They Have Decided to Postpone
Creation of New Party,
And for the Present Will Make Strong
Fight for the Election of Free
Coinage Congressman.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-General Warm
er, the president Of the conference OF thu
Bimetallic League. which has been in session
for several days, to-day gave out an e5-
planatory statement of the action OF the
conference. The meetings of the conference
have been we'll attended, a number of pub
lie men in Congress lending it their aid
by being present. These include Senators
Stewart and Jones, of Nevada, PETER, Pow
er, Allen and Hansbrough and Representa-
tives Pence, Bell, Simpson, and Sibley. Fol-
lowing is President Warmers statement:
1T was unanimously agreed in the con-
ference:
'First-That the money question is and
will continue to be the paramount issue
till it is settled, and settled rightly,
sound principles, and that IL can be dis
placed by no other.
"Second-That the first battle is for the
"ThirdSYhat to achieve results, the sill
yer men must not only stay silver men
after they reach Congress, but they must
there unite and, putting silver above party,
work necessarily to accomplish the object
for which they were elected"
A number of the delegates were IN favor
of organizing a new party out and out. with
the declaration as made on the money Ques-s
open for the utilization OF not only the
Peoples party. but of the six million who
refused to vote at all at the late elections;
but the conference was not called for such
a purpose, and a majority Of the delegates
present believed the course finally agreed
upon to be the better policy in the coming
congressional elections.
The conference recommended that the BIZ
metallic League urgently suggest to friends
they support for the FiftX-fourth Congress
only such candidates will pledge them
selves in nominating conventions and openly
to the following action in case of their cleo
ton: That they will enter into no party
caucus that will bind or restrain them from
acting ElttV-fOurth
gresS otherwise than as given in their
pledges TO the people before their election.
but that they will unite with others who
In favor of the restoration of the bimetal-
lie standard of money by the free and un.
on the ratio of 16 to l, as before the act
Of 1873, and the issue by the general gov
eminent of the paper currency without the
intervention of banks, and against the issue
of bonds to buy gold, and that they will
act and vote on all matters during their
term as members of the F'ifty-fourth Con-
gress to secure this end, and especially in
the election Of Speaker, and In the organiza-
ton OF the House, and in the vote for Pres
an election Of a President falls TO the House
of Representatives. Second, that to this
leagues be everywhere organized, and that
the work Of education be carried on
throughout the country. and that, in adj
dition to this work, thorough organization
be effected in States and districts whore
such work will be most effective in tie
election OF members OF Congress, ana or
The following motion also adopted:
That this conference recommend that there
be held during the present winter two con-
ventions, one somewhere in the South, and
one at Des Moines, Ia
On motion of General King. OF louisiana,
that q committee of three the union OF
the repablics of America and other silver
standard nations of the world with the
president of the Bimetallic League as chair
man, be appointed, General King, of LOU
isiana, Mr.. z. ID. Stark, OF Ohio, and Judge
Joseph E. Sheldon, of Connecticut, were
named as the committee.