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power OF money, or, 10 put the stAtameut III
another form. to decrease the value or prios
Of all commodities ny the lfsIslstiss rf ths
past twerty fesrs me fslue ot Honey, bonds
nofttage and all evidences OF debt has In
creased since 1873 until their face value nov
will purchase double the amount Ok all ytRpls
commodities that y wodla' tha''. Silver
when deo'orctikcd u denied free coinage, \,
bullion became commodity, aud like al
other commodities, its value has depended
upon the abundance or the scarcity of money
In circulation.
Abraham Lincoln said "1f a debt Is created
witha certain amount Of money ~ circulation
ard ther the goyertr'er. rontric.s NE A'cnrs
volume before the debt Is paid, It Is the most
heinous crime which government can com
nit against the people, And that Is jus'
precisely what this government has been do
ing ever since 1873. Congressional legisla
tlon and nothing else has reduced the price OF
silver bullion from 81 81 per ounce In 1873 to
20 cents in 1898. Legislation, for which the
two old parties are equally responsible has
reduced the price OF wheat from $l.4l per
bushel In 1873 to 65 cents In 1888, The same
legislation has reduced the prlc, of cotton
from ~ $40 cents Der pound In lsi3 10 SIC
cents per pound In 1905
Legislation met positive tut ntsatlsc, RI.
fuslng free coinage OF silver has Increased Tho
ratio of rs Value as bullion compared with
gold from ID to | to ~ to | ; 1t has di-
mnlshed the value of silver bullion, an Il ha.
portion the value OF wheat. corn, cotton and
NIL other staple product, and the wages OF la
Dor. And now It Is proposed by the false,
treacherous friends OF silver and the les OF
Wall street to adopt this new ratio OF % OF
"a to as the new basis OF the free coinage OF
silver. Such compromise will simply crys.
talizc all the wrongs and injuries which the
money pbser has i,ifietcd upon THE people
for the past twenty years. Ii will declare
these robberies condoned, and deprive our
selves of any redress or remedy In the future
Ii says 10 Wall street: You have n good
right and title 10 all the wealth and prosperi
pyou have thus far iilched from the people.
Now. take new start and see II in the next
twenty years you can't rob the people OF twice
as much as you have In the past twenty
years" And this is called eoEipronise
Why, II beats that celebrated compromise
which the devil proposed to Jesus Christ On
the mountain
4 word upon the international conference
The future historian will be amazed to read
that the two great political parties OF thi,
country in 1872 both agreed III their national
conyenticns upon the unpatriotc and un.
American policy to submit legislation upon
the finances of this country To the advice and
consent or 1ictltlon OF foreign governments
TO a conference put up in the interest OF
the money power. II is the most God-for-
saken and contemplate idea that ever en-
tered the brain OF an American citizen.
If II IS true that the United States Is unable
to carry out its cconou.lc and governmental
policy under our own constitution mud laws
without the dictation or consent OF foreign
powers. IL WE Gre only province ~ European
inonarehies, then we reed another revolution
another appeal to arms and to the god OF
hosts, and when We have Won that battle, a
We will If ar is forced upon u we will send
to Halifax a far greater army OF English
Tories" according tc our population, than
our fathers sent there after the revolutionary
war
A word upon another subject. Clcvclands
policy, rs outlined In his call for special
session of congress next August, Is against
silver as money, and threatens it, total de-
structton as coin, except for subsidiary par.
poses. Enforced, that policy Will shut NJ
the mines, destroy the mining towns and
cities, and drive the miners of all the Ro:ky
Mountain region bankrupts upon cold and
untccliug world The Denver daily press,
Will the exception Of the RJckJ .Hougtli,,
Ns1rs, has hot caught on 10 the situation al
alt. They have busted themselves proving
that, even with silver destroyed entirely, the
state would still be rich In great natural re
sources. They bnvc not even protested
against the threatened outrage, AMI have
covered in the dust at the fee, Of the Moloch
of Wall street, and with AL the meekncss of
whipped spanicls have kissed the hand that
smote them.
But a cry OF agony does arise from the
mountains and the valleys OF Colorado In
bitter protest against = policy. the most
ntrociou, since Louis XIV. revoke the ciict
of Nantes In liis5, and banishcd from France
900, 900 OF his people.
Who is Grover Cleveland and who il licnja
min HARRISON ard who are their supporters
IN Wall street or In Denver that III this nine
teenth century they dare assume TO drive into
poverty and exile half million Of American
frcamen,
Iil the late civil war there was no time after
81. Il
the south would not have gladly compr'-
missed upon a surrender of the right.
of the black man, bat there Is jas,
God who preslits over the 1cstiries Of ma
tion-. And now wheu Is Involved not the
freedom Of 1000, 0oJ black men only. but the
liberty of 64,OO0, 900 people, black and white
the same God Of mercy aud OF Justice vii
overrule evil for good, and no banker, no
broker, no usurer, AMI, least of all, no ped
ding politician has II In his power to com
promise the tremendous issue.
The war has begun: II is the same war
which must always he waged against opprcs-
sIor and tyranny 10 preserve the liberties Of
man-that eternal warfare of monarchy and
monopoly against the right OF the people TO
self government, 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 a fair
count" And II the money power shall at
tempt to sustain its iisurpation by "the
strong hand" we viii meet that issue when
1t + forced upon ils, fer ~ H. better, ,ntnttelT
better, thai blood should Aos 10 tho horses
brides rather than Our national liberties
should be destroyed.
The Governor, speech was heartily ap-
plaudcd.
S K. Pratt moved that the convention dc
express itself in accord with the letter and
spirit cf the remarks of Governor Waite. A
long discussion ensdcd III which aovd many
men participated. Some objections we're
raised TO the motion OF Mr. Pratt, but 1t car.
r!cd by a vote OF 32i to GO.
On motion of y. J. Rogers, three cheer,
were given for Governor Waita. After lis
teulng ~ srecchcs by j. II. ri j,tt and J. d.
Btlfotdi tho convention adjourned until 10
O'Clock the next morning.
AT the opening Of thc wednesday morning
session the question Of selecting delegate.
to the Chicago aud st. LouI. conventions wa,
taken iip rnd ii committee appointed TO select
the delegates. A COMMITTEES m iinanes wa.
also appointed On motion the chairman ap.
pointed A c. Fish, of Denver Senator
Wheeler, OF hsfef, Senator Drake of Pueblo
]. VI. S. Egan, of Cripple Creek, and sSnatbr
Gunnel, Of Lake, as an auxiliary 10 the com
mittee having In charge the programme foI
''silycr Day. at the Worlds F,dr.
Judge symmes was called upon aud re.
spcrdrd IL It roising speech in which lie
ridlctHtd the views saiarect the night brew.
Gus by President Andgcss. At The e9:e b.
his remarks r. NJ. Patterson advanced TO tho
platform with the report Of the committee on
resolutions, which was in the form Of an ad
dress, as follows;
To the people Of the United States; The
peopi. OF tto:adn, Standing III the gloom OF
impending disaster, rnd tcpresertirg ID con
dition and sentiment the people Of Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada South Dakota,
Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, With revcr-
cncc for the constitution md unswervlng 10y
atty To the general government, asn for y1ur
calm and candid consideration OF the follow
Ing facts before you give your approval TO the
destruction of silver as money, and To the fIpa