The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-10
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DiasA 1sIls - siiveesses xAss Oaly
vessless Members Are WaateA.
wAsnIseroz CIry. Aue a-The nall Of
the houss was closed shortly before -
o'clock and the friends q ire silvDr began
. caucus. The attsndanee Was small up
70 12:3n. not more thar nlly nemhers hav-
Ing made An sppsaraneA The doorkesp-
ers were instructed 70 notify each Who
applied for admission that The meeting
was confined 20 free eetnaeo msmbsss.
Before the caucus met Diand sotd tho pur.
pose for which e had osa ealiod waa 70
orGaniss the silver forces, appofnt COM
mittsss and prepare esnesally for the
struggle before themA 70 tho euegestion
that some efsths silver men uol1ld not at.
tend the caucus for ~ Bseooa they did
not want 70 seem 10 separate themnelvee
from their respective parties, Bland ~
spondsd:
1T was mot expected shet much aid OF
comfort uas 10 b 41gilef - these. Who
hAd not the courage q 41t9 GuGvio&1oun.
There viii b manya scalp taken BY the
people before this light Is over, and there
are here Representatives Of free silver con.
ready % yield 70 The clamor aeainst sil-
yer. The people sse not 90 affotd. They
will look mp the matter dispassiouAtely
when it b ended, and ask their roproGen.
tativss what ailed thsm. The people do
not consider the attack upon the Sherman
law - sincere, for IL 10 70 them question
Of the first importance. They look upon
metailists, and they would mot - wiliina
TO sss the present fawa relating % colnaSS
unconditionally repealed. What they want
first Of all 10 the free coinage Of silver.
That II the main question"
A discussions developed the fact that
soma Of those present we're not tied 10 Is
70 ratio. A motion was made looking to
the preparation Of . bill BY which the
Sherman Law will b repealed and the free
coinage Of silver, at ratio with gold TO b
agreed upon. provided for. Discussion de-
vslopsd that ratio Of % to would b 90.
ceptable 70 those who felt that the old
ratio should b changed. Rssoiutions
were adopted - follows:
"Resoired. That We will support bill re-
pealing the purchasing clause Of the Sher.
man oct, and concurrsntly providing for
untrammeied coinage, With iull legal ten
der quality, Of sceh ratio % will provide
and maintain parity between gold and sil-
yer; and, be it further.
''Resolred, That . committee Of seven b
oppOtUt00 Oy t0O C0811m0u Oh t0t0 cON-
ference 70 draft and 70 introduce such bill
and take proper steps 70 secure the free
and full discussion and confederation
thereof and the vote Of the house upon the
bill and all proper amendments"
The committee provided for In the fore.
going resolution was compossd - foliows:
Messrs. Bland, Sibisy. Boatner, Lane,
Bankhsad. Bryan and Bailey. By vote
of the caucus Judge Culbefson, chairman
Of the caucus. Was sddsd to the commit
tee. The only Republican present was
Representative Bowers. of California The
Popullsts were rsprssentsd by Jerry 0imp-
SON and KEN. Of Nebraska. speeches were
made BY Msssra. Culbsson. Of Tsxas;
Bland, Hatch and Heard. Of Missouri:
Grain and Bailey. Of Texas: Jerry simp-
con, Of Kansas; Oatss and Bankhsad
OF Alabama, Bryan Of NebraAka, Sibiey
Of Pennsylvania. Boatnsr and blanchard
Of Louisiana and others. all in support Of
the obisct for which the caucus had beeu
called. Besides the setion reported, .
motion By Bland was adopted authorisins
the appointment Of . committee Of
whips" one from each state, whose duty
IL shall b % canvass the house, discover
each members standing upon the pro-
posed bill and ses that every friend of the
measure 70 IN his ssas and ready % vote
when the time comes. Bland stated aftss
the caucus that it had bssn Ia every ~
spect satisfactory 70 the friends of free sil-
yer coinag&
II eAe senate.