The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-04
THEY Do NOT FAVOR
SECTIONALISN.
God Forbid We Should Arra5
One Against Another"
THE BIMETALLIC LEAGUE.
Morgan's New Amendment to the Re-
peal Bill.
The Question of Compromise is Still :
Knotty One, and Views Are Varied
and yarious-SpriDger's
Latest Ideas.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3.-The Pan-American
Bimetallic league assembled here this
morning. About a hundred delegates
sTere present. President A G. Fiske, of
Denver, called the convention to order.
The delegates were welcomed in behalf of
the city by ex-Congressman Nathan
Frank, and in behalf of the state by ex-
Governor Stone.
Hon. s. S. King, of Kansas, responded
touching the question of sectionalism and
silver. He declared, first, that this
country was able to get along without
the economic aid Of any foreign nation,
and second, as regards silver, there is no
sectionalism other THAI that conceived by
those endeavoring to debase it. Citing
the solid votes OF the northeastern At
lantic states, as to commerce, he quoted
statistics showing the internal commerce
from the Mississippi valley is greater than
the combined foreign commerce of all the
world. He touched upon the depreciation
of the money value of agricultural pro-
ducts by the use of the gold standard,
and, closing, called upon the Mississippi
valley, that great empire of the west, to
wake up and take its place in the eco
Monies of the country.
As the speaking progressed, new dele
gates began to come in and by the time
King had ceased and the call of the con-
vention formally read, the convention had
considerably increased.
/ Governor G. P. Tillmany, of South
Carolina, was chosen temporary chair
man. In an address the governor took
occasion to charge the reduction in the
anticipated numbers of delegates was due
to the power of the press to smother the
efforts of the masses to their proper place.
But with all that, he dared to say the
time was coming when the west and
south would join hands and win their
rights, If not by agitation then by bal
lots. "God forbid we should array one
section against another, but God forbid
more that than one section become the
slave of another He of the south had
felt the pressure of sectionalism, and had
felt it until the west in its pitiful, cow
ardly adhesion to the east had come to
feel it too, and had felt the iron enter its
soul. No, not sectionalism. but it was
proposed to exercise the right to vote, to
govern their own states and send repre-
sentatives to Congress to better voice the
sentiments of their constituents than
some now there.
The committees on credentials and
permanent organization were ordered ap-
pointed and recess taken.
Upon reassembling the credential COM
mittee reported 166 delegates represent
ing Colorado, Iowa, Texas, Indiana,
Montana, Kansas, South Carolina, New
Mexico, Old Mexico, Arkansas and
delegation should cast twenty votes,
while the other delegates would have an
individual one.
h. G. Walters, of Washington, a dele
gate from state whose governor refused
to appoint, was given power to cast the
states entire vote of twenty, as was also
j. K. Weatherford, of Oregon, for his
state.
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton reported the following names for
officers of the convention: President,
Governor Lewelling, Kansas; vice. presi
dent, NJ. E. Benton. Missouri; secretary,
Olnev Newell, Colorado; assistant secre-
taries, Samuel B. Cook, Missouri, and w.
H. Cup, Arkansas.
President Lewelling briefly thanked
the convention, urging that the delibera-
tions of the assemblage be carried on
with care and caution that the results de-
sired might be accomplished without
alternating those who would be friends.
He presented Mrs. Mary E. Lease, of
Kansas. Mrs. Lease opened with the
declaration that there was a crisis now
even more dangerous than that which
confronted the American people in 1776.
She proceeded to argue for the union of
the west and south against the bondhold-
ers OF the east.
The committee on resolutions was ap-
pointed as follows: Iowa, James Weaver;
Old Mexico, M. Taylor; Colorado, D. II.
Waite; Kansas, J. W. Brandenthal; Mis-
souri,, r. NJ. King; Montana, j. w.
Powers; South Carolina, Governor Till
man; Oregon, j. K. Weatherford; Texas,
Otto F. Heckelman; Washington, IL. G..
Walters.
American Bimetalic association, made an
address in behalf OF bimetallism,
Nicaragua canal, and the use of the Mis-
sissippi and other rivers leading to the
Gulf, thereby severing relations with
the east to the benefit of the west, to the
extent of at least SS3, 900, 900 Of freights to
Europe of -four, wheat and corn, and
much more on other products.
General J. B. Weaver briefly addressed
the convention in favor of bimetallism
and then the convention adjourned until
tomorrow.