The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-07-22

Governor Waite WAS applauded he came
forward in response to loud calls. He said;
shall speak very briefly and only to
few points The decentralization of silver In
1873 was secret and fraudulent, but the pres
ent movement Is open and aggressive. Not
withstanding that since 1873 no congress
has convened but that majority of both
houses were In favor of silver, yet they have
never been able to enact a law for the free
coinage of silver. because the president,
whether q Republican or Democrat, has
been dominated by Wall street, and has al
ways been ready to interpose his veto, equal
to a two-thirds vote in both houses OF Con-
gress.
The effect of the goldbus conspiracy since
1873 has been to increase the purchasing
power of money, or, to put the statement Ia
another form, TO decrease the value or price
of all commodities. b the legislation of the
past twenty years the value Of money, bonds,
mortgages aud all evidences of debt has In
creased since 1873 until their face value now
Will purchase double the amount of all staple
commodities that 1t would then. Silver,
when demonetlzcd or denied free coinage, a.
bullion became a commodity, and like all
other commodities, It, value has depended
upon the abundance or the scarcity of money
In circulation.
Abraham Lincoln said III Il debt Is created
with certain amount Of money in circulation
aud then the government contracts the money
volume before the debt is paid, II Is the most
neluOus crime Nnlch u government can cOh-
NIT against the people" And that II Just
precisely what this government has been do
ing ever since 1873 Congressional legisln-
ton and nothing else hls reduced the price of
silver bullion from e 81 per ounce in 1873 10
20 cents in 1898, ss.slation for which the
two old parties are equally responsible, has
reduced the price uf wheat from Sl.il per
bushel in 1873 TO 60 cents Ia 1898. The same
legislation has reduced the pric, OF cotton
from - BIO cents per pound in 1873 to $40
cent? per pound In 1888.
Legislation not positive, but negative, re-
fuslng free coinage of silver has increased the
ratio of its value bullion compared with
gold from IL To ! In 225i 10 | It has d.
minishcd the value of silver bullion, and has
also diminished 10 almost the same exact pro
portion the value Of wheat, corn, cotton and
all other staple products and the wages of la
Dor. And now IL Is proposed by the false,
trcacherous friends of silver and the al les Of
Wall street 10 adopt this new ratio OF % 3. or
~ to l a. the new basis OF the free coinage OF
silver. such u compromise viii simply erys-
tallze all the wrong, and injuries which the
money power has inflicted upon the people
for the past twenty years. IL viii declare
these robbcries condoned, and deprive our
selves of any redress or remedy la The future.
II says to Wall street: You have a good
right and title to all the wealth aud prosperl-
tyyou have thus far hlched from the people
Now, take a new start and If Ia the next
twenty year, you can't rob the people OF twice
a luNtu a. You nave IN the past tNthAF
years And this is called compromise
Why, IL beats that celebrated compromise
which The dcSll proposed 10 Jesus Christ on
the mountain
\ word upon the international conference.
The future historian will bc amazed to read
that the two great political parties OF this
country Ia is93 both agreed In their national
conventions upon the unpatfiotic aud uu-
American policy 10 submit legislation upon
the finances of this country to the advice and
a of ant
to a conference put up" In the Interest of
the money power. II j. the most God-for-
saken and contemplate idea that ever en-
tercj.the brain Of an American citizen.
II 1t Is true that the United States is unable
to carry out It, economic and governmental
policy upd"r-rr own constitution and laws
" -Out the dctation or consent OF foreign
poNer=; II We are only province OF European
monarchics, then We need another revolution
another appeal to arms aud 10 the god OF
hosts, aud when We have won that battle, a
we will If war Is forced upon VI, We will send
TO Halifax far greater army OF "Engilsh
Tories,n according &c our population, than
our fathers sent there after the revolutionary
war.
A word upon another subject. Clcveland's
policy, as outlined in his call for special
session OF congress next August, Is against
:iTnciion a. cola: escep. Tor su6sdiaf'Js df:
poses. Enforced, that policy will shut up
the mines, destroy the mining towns and
cities, and drive the miners OF all the Rocky
Mountain region bankrupts upon cold and
untoeIlng world. The Denver daily press,
with the exception of the Rocky .Ho,n,tdiH
Ne,rs has not caught on to the situation at
all. They have busted themselves proving
that even with silver destroyed entirely, the
state would still be rich In great natural re
sources. They have not even protested
against the threatened outrage, and have
covered In the dust al the feet of the Moloch
Of Wall street. and with all the meekness of
whipped .pan.cls have kissed the hand that
smotc them.
But a cry OF agony does arise from the
mountains and the valleys Of Colorado Ia
bitter protest against q policy, the most
atrocious since Louis NV. revoked the edict
OF Nantes In loso, aud bAnlshed from France
500, 900 of his people.
Who is Grover Cleveland and who is BenJa
min Harrison and who are their supporters
In Wall street or Ia Denver that in this nine
teenth century they dare assume to drive into
poverty and exile a half million OF American
freemcni
Ia the late civil war there was no time after
the war commenced that both the North and
the South would not have gladly compro-
missed upon surrender of the right-
OF the black man, but there is just
God who presdes over the destlnies of ma
tons And now when is Involved not the
freedom of 4, 900, 900 black men only, but the
liberty of 81 900, 900 people, black and white,
the same God of mercy and of Justice Will
Oyerrulc evil Tor .OOl, aul no phlhtFs hp
broker, no usurcr. and, east of all, no ped
ding politician has 1t ia his power to com
promise the tremendous issue.
The war has begun; it is the same war
which must always be waged against oppres-
sion and tyranny to preserve the liberties OF
man-that eternal warfare of monarchy and
monopoly against the r ght of the people 10
self-goyernment, and which, during the last
century, has so conquered the masses as To
| reduce to pauperism the common people, of
almost every nation under heaven except the
| United States. Our weapons are argument
and the ballot''-''A free ballot and fair
count" And II the money power shall at
| tempt to sustain its usurpatiou by "the
| strong hand,n we will meet that issue when
1t is forced upon u.s. for 1t is better, Infinitely
better, that blood should flow TO the horses
brides rather than our national liberties
should be destroyed.
| The Governors speech was heartily APP
plauded.
| S. r. Pratt moved that the convention do
express itself in accord with the letter and
spirit of the remarks of Governor Waite. \
long discussion ensued in which a good many
men participated. Some objections were
raised to the motion OF Mr.. Pratt, but it car
| ried by vote of 32i to 63.
| On motion of A. j. Rogers three cheers
were given for Governor Waite. After lis
tening to speeches by j. ii. Plitt and j. -.
Belford. the convention adjourned until 10
o'clock the next morning.
| At the opening OF the Wednesday morning
| session the question of eelcctlng Delegates