The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-08-02
YRB BINETALLETS.
Senator Reagan Wards OFF a
Partisan Controversy.
THURMAN OPPOSES FIAT MONEY.

The Chairman Insists on stable Cur.
renoy" In tho Shape Of Gold and Sill
ver-seuator stewards Harsh Criticism
of sooretary Carlisle.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-The attendance at
The national convention Of the American
Bimetallic league is larger than at any
previous assembly OF like character In
the history Of financial legislation. The
First Methodist church, where the open
ing sessions were held, proved much too
small to Accommodate the delegates and
today the convention met in Central
Music hall, where the future sessions will
be held.
After tho address of welcome by Mayor
Harrison Chairman Warner, Of the Bi-
metallic league. delivered his opening ad-
dress, in the course of which he said,
speaking Of the Sherman silver purchase
law;
"The members Of congress, the speaker
Of the house, who signed that bill, the
/ president who approved It, never knew
that it demonetized silver. There was but
one man in the United States senate who
l knew that the act of 1873 demonetized sill
yer, and yet be has never been hung or
shot for treason. That act win be known
in history as the crime Of 1873. Let the
memories of those who stand connected
with it rot in oblivion"
! At the afternoon session the committee
on permanent organization reported as
follows, Chairman, Allen w Thurman, of
| Ohio; secretary, Joseph Hutchinson, Of
Colorado: assistant secretaries. Lee Gran
| dell, OF Washington, and Amos Simpson,
| Of Illinois; sergeant-at-arm5, Champion S.
/ Chase, of Nebraska The slate went
| through with o Whoop
! While waiting for the report of the com
mittee on credentials Delegate J. ScEiu-
ing, the Wisconsin labor leader, proposed
! that Governor Waite be invited to speak
/ This was gree ed with cries of "yes" and
"no." about equally divided. The chair
suggested that it would be better to pro
/ ceed in proper order, but Schilling per
sisted and made a formal resolution that
| Waite be invited to take the platform. In
| the midst oil the confusion Governor Waite
| arose and i'm a good natured manner said
/ he WIS ready to speak for himself. and
| that IL he was wanted to talk he would be
! glad to do so in the proper time and when
| the machinery of the convention was in
proper order The delegates gave the gray
headed governor a round of applause.
/ Schilling subsidized and the episode ended.
The Illinois delegation had con siderable
trouble in selecting its member of the
] COullnlbLGt on OEAtI Oh DNblntSS, ana lluallN
! Hon. A J. Streator, the venerable ex-
| Greenbacker, and ex-presidential candi-
date, was selected. After this the roll was
called for members of the committee on
resolutions
| Just before the call Of the roll was be-
| gun, however, the convention came dan
| gerously near splitting upon rock, and
! for a while it looked as though an after
uoon's turmoil was in sight. The contro-
versy was precipitated by Delegate
| Thomas, of Colorado who, in behalf of the
delegation, moved that the committee on
resolutions be selected one from each po-
| litical party in each delegation. [Slight
applause. hisses and confusion, and cries
of 1--WE want no party lines"l Securing
permission to speak to the proposition, he
! said that the convention might be charged
| with belonging to or being under the dom
1 iaation of one of the three great political
PARTIES. and it was more than important
that no such impression should 20 out
/ from that hall They wanted an Ameri.
can party of free coinage, one having no
| suspicion of being under the control of
English gold or of the Rothsohilds.
Donald Fletcher, of Nebraska, declared
that thev wanted new party, under a
new name. and with a new flag. Re
neated Kissing and cries of ''noD were the
response. Paul Vandercook, of Nebraska.
ex-commandsr-in-chie of the Grand Army
of the Republic, denied that the delegates
were there to form q new party. They had
already a party-the Peoples party, the
only party that had plank in its declara-
tiop Of prinoiples for free coinage. This
marty was not going TO throw over all the
/ rest of it's principles for silver, it was not
going intoa a new party, and if that was the
object and purpose of this convention. any
attenpt to carry Il would result in a
sbevdnR of very many empty seats.
Hearty applause greeted this sentiment.
and then senator Reagan. of Texas. an
pearsd unou the platform In the role Of
4 Deacsrnaker He said that he had bean
5ssseo. without NJ any 5stessass 5 ss 2. any Ro