The morning call., 1893-08-24
THE WHITE METAL.
To-Night's Big Meeting
i'm It's Interest.
THOUSANDS OF PETITIONERS.
The Demonstration at Metropolitan
Temple in Favor of the Free
Coinage of Silver.

The demonstration in favor of free silver
which is to be held at METROPOLITAN Hall
tonight promises to be the greatest mass
meeting which has been held in this city
for many a day. Through the untirng
efforts of the committee the attention of
every class of people has been attracted,
and they are not slow TO manifest their IN
terest in the all important question.
The meeting is to be held under the
auspices of the joint executive committee
representing San Francisco and Alameda
counties. as selected at the meeting held
at the Palace Hotel on the 18th inst, and
the resolutions which were reported at
that meeting and which evoked so much
en- thusiasm will be presented for adoption.
The men who are at the head OF this
movement, and who are giving their time
and their best efforts for its success, feel
confident thatt the work which is now being
done in California will not be barren of
results. The people of the whole State are
being aroused TO the importance OF the
issue, and the members of Congress will
not be left in doubt as to the position OF
their constituents on the coinage question;
III the citizens of this State ever showed
their faith in the right OF petition they
are doing 1t now" said one Of the members
II the committee yesterday. Out of the
| thousands OF people whose sign atures have
been solicited at the street stands / have
heard of only three who have refused.
But the free coinage of silver is ques-
ton that interests every one, because all
feel that they are directly affected by it. 1t
doesn't take much argument to convince
the laborlng and mercantile classes that
what benefits the capitalists is not an ad-
vantage 20 themselves. If we could only
reach them and the advantage of bimetal-
| lisID were explained | believe that it is no
eXaggeration to say that three-fOurths of
the people in this country would say to
| open the mint for silver at once"
The subcommittee having to-nights
demonstration in charge held IS final
meeting at headquarters, 401 California
street, yesterday afternoon, and an
uounced that all the details were complete,
and that nothing had been omitted which
could add to the success of the meeting
or advance the objects for which it is called.
The speakers who had been invited, and
who will address both the audience in
METROPOLITAN Temple ana those at the
overflow meetings which have been pro-
vided for, are among the most able silver
advocates in the West. The following are
some of the persons invited to speak {:
| VI. w. Belshsw, Barclay Henley, a. G.
! Ellis, Il. g. Phelps. Robert Ash, NJ. NJ.
EStee. Peter Roberts aud Frank j. Can
non Of Utah.
Owing 10 the intense interest which has
u. Il
! ers have been invited, but the length of the
! addresses will be limited, and in this way
the subject may be forcibly presented in
| all It's phases.
7 his mass-meeting is expected to act as
! a climax for the thousands of petitions
which are to be forwarded TO Washin gtOn,
! and the members OF Congress from this
| State will hA reminded IN no uncertain
| tone Of their duty to the State and the
country at large.
! The committee having the petitions in
! charge report that the only difficulty has
been to get enough blanks for the people
| that wish to sign them. Two additional
stands we're placed on the streets yester-
/ day, and all day long were surrounded by
crowds of people. anxious to subscribe
their names. The demand from the coun-
| try for blanks has continued until il be-
came necessary to have an additional 5000
printed. and it is confidently expected that
10000 names will be on the petitions sent
| to Washington and no less than 10000 in
dividual card petitions, which are being
| supplied by the committee, will be signed
and forwarded to members of Congress.
| While the silver demonstration is being
| held here in San Francisco tonight a
similar meeting with the same purpose
! will assemble in Cooper Institute, in New
York City. A grand mass-meeting has
| been called there. and so from both sides
| of the country, aud from audiences repre-
us
cheers for the white metal will resound,
and arguments will be advanced which
will create sentiment that will make it.
self felt. and it is to be hoped may materi-
ally affect the future legislation on the
silver question.
In order to more fully express the true
feeling existing among the cltzens as a
whole on the Pacific Coast, and to further
urge upon Congress the desired action on
The silver question, THE CALL publishes
the following blank, which may be signed,
cut out and sent by mail Immediately to
the slgner's representative in Congress,
and also TO one of the California Senators.