Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-12-21
FRIENDS OF SILVER.
They Formulate Plans for the
Coming Campaign. 4
A Movement Looking Toward the se-
curing of Control In the Next Com
gress-Result of Their Re.
cent Conference.
THEY HOPE TO WIN.

THEY HOPE TO WIN.
WASHINGTON Dec. al9. "A. j. Warner,
the president of the conference Of the
timetable league, which has been in
session here for several days, has given
out an explanatory statement of the &C
ton of the conference. The meetings
have been well attended. number of
public men in congress lending in their
aid by being present These include Sem
ators Stewart and Jones New. PETER,
/ Kan.), Power MONTY, Allen (Neb.
and Hansbrough IN. d., aud Represen-
tatives Pence and Bell (Col.), and Simp.
son (Kan.) and Sibley (Pa.). The fol-
lowing is President Warmers statement:
1T was unan ,mously agreed in the confer
ence:
Il That the money question is and will con-
tinue to be the paramount issue till 1t IS set.
tied, and settled rightly and on sound prtuci.
pies, and that it can be displaced by no other.
~. That the first battle is for the next con-
gress. ~
"3 That to achieve results the silver men
must not only stay silver men after they reach
congress, but they must there unite. and put
tiny silver above PARTY, work tncesantly to &C
co,lpliSh the object for which they were
ele.;led''@
4 number of delegates were in favor
of organizing a new party out and out,
with the declaration made on the
money question as the sole issue, and
leaving the way open for the attilia-
ton of not only the peoples party, but
of the 100000 VINO refused to vote at
all at the late elections, but the con-
ference was not called for such apur-
pose. and majority of the delegates
present believed the course finally
agreed upon to be the better policy in
the coming congressional elections
The conference recommended that
the bimetallic league urgently suggest
to friends of silver everywhere, in all
parties, that they support for the Fifty
fourth congress only such candidates
as will pledge themselves in nominat-
ing conventions and openly and pub
licly in their canvass for election to the
following action in case of their cleo
ton:
81. That they will enter:sinto no party caucus
that will bind or restrain them from voting and
acting in the Fifty Fourth congress otherwise
than given in their pledges TO the rocple be.
fore their election, but that they will .ite with
others who are in favor OF the restoration OF
tuC OAL1CGoA1S oloAAoAo VI AAOLAOy W VIC ACCO
and unres tricted coi4.4ge of both gold and
silver. on the ratio of l6 to l. as before
the act OF 1873, and the issue by the gen
eral government OF the paper currency without
the Intervention OF banks and against the issue
of bonds to buy gold. and that they will act and
vote on all matters during their term as MEM
Gers OF the F'ifty-fourth congress to secure this
end, and especially in the election of speaker
and in the organiza tion Of the house aud in the
vote for president Of The United States In the
event an election of q president falls to the
house Of representatives
"2. That to this end the conference recom-
mends that silver leagues be everywhere or
ganiZed and the work of education be carried
on throughout the country, and that In addition
to this work thorough organization be effected
In states and districts where such work will be
most effective in the election Of members OF
congress and OF state legislatures"
The following motion was also
adopted:
"That this conference recommend that there
be held during the present winter two conven.
tons. one somewhere In the south and one at
D. Moines, la
On motion OF Gen King, of Louisiana. that
committee OF three On the union Of the re.
publiCs OF America and other silver standard
nations OF the world, with the president OF the
bimetalic league chairman le appointed
Gen. King. OF Louisiana; Mr.. E. D. Stark. OF
Ohio, and Judge E. ShelnOn. Of Connect!cut.
we're named as the committee. E