The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-07-05
THU BINETALLIC LEAGUE.
A Call for a National Conven
tion Is Issued.
IT WILL MEET ON AUGUST 1.
Chicago Has Been Fixed Upon as the
Place.
The Members of the League Are Urged
to Be Present and All Others Who are
Opposed to the Establishment
of Single Gold Standard.

WASHINGTON, July 4.-The call for the
national convention of the American
Bimetallic League was issued from the
national headquarters of the league here
today. 1t says: 1.-THE recent culmina-
ton OF events of the greatest moment to
people of this country call for wise coun-
sci and determined action on the part OF
all patriotic citizens. a concerted pur-
pose is manifest to seize upon the present
opportunity TO destroy silver as money
and establish finally and forever single
gold standard and at one stroke change
all debts TO gold debts with never end
ing rise of gold and fall in prices.
Financial disturbances are largely
artificial and are needlessly created.
The object lesson is falsely at
tributed to the present silver law, in
order out OF it to create a manifestation
of public sentiment under cover
of which the greater crime of overthrow
ing the money OF the constitution and
establishing a single gold standard may
be consummated. AS part of the same
great conspiracy, the minis of India have
been closed, and the shock is felt around
the world.
CONGRESS is called to meet in extra
session on August Z. If at this session
the money standard of the constitution is
overthrown and a single standard of gold
finally established, to be extended over
the world, an economic revolution Will be
inaugurated more disastrous to the well
fare OF mankind, and especially to the
producing and laboriDg classes, than any
In the history of the world.
SIN view therefore of the threatening
condition that has arisen and in answer
10 numerous appeals for action the exec
of ma ~
metallic league has deemed it proper to
call a national convention to be held at
Chicago on August 1st.
All members of the league are urged to
attend and all who are in favor of main
tanning the money of the constitution
and opposed to the establishment of sim
gle gold standard IN the United States
without regard to party, are invited to at
tend and participate in the deliberations
OF the convention.
"An commercial associations and all
industrial organizations are requested to
send delegates to the convention. A spe-
cial invitation is extended to members Of
Congress and state legislatures. Cover
nors of states are requested to appoint as
many delegates as they deem proper.
Signed A. J. Warner, president.
w. M. Darlington, secretary, said
1.-THE idea of the silver people is to meet
at Chicago and then adjourn to Washing
ton. There the convention will re-assem-
bic ct about the time when Congress
convenes, and will probably continue in
session until after the organization OF
that body
General Warner made the following
statement this evening: Thorough pol
of the silver forces establishes the fac
that the Sherman law cannot be repealed
without a substitute which will be salts.
factory to the silverites. This state.
ment reflects the sentiment of the ire,
silver men here. and there can be nc
doubt that within the asst twenty-foul
hours they have gained renewed conf
dence in the belief that the Sherman
act cannot be repealed without giving
silverites something equally good or bet
ter. Their hope is in the Senate, and the
reasons for their faith they express a.
follows:
.'In body of men who represent the
very life or death of white metal are mel
who are able and earnest and they bold,
announce that they will never give Vi
the Sherman law unless they can b.
conciliated with measure more friendly
TO silver With the determination o
such silver men it must be plain that t.
repeal the present law Will be q Difficult
matter.
One methodlmight prevail, the adop
ton OF cloture in the upper chamber
The gold men have already thrown GU
this threat. out Ine SllNerlueS Will NEE
it boldly. Over such a proposition
there could be nothing less than a mos
determined struggle. In this connection
in the former fight when an effort wa
made to introduce a cloture in the Senat
at the time the force bill was trying to b
forced through by the Republicans, it be
comes of the greatest importance. With
out the cloture it would appear that an,
effort to repeal the Sherman law withon
an ACCOMMODATING substitute for the meas
ure will be as hard a task as the plan O
talking proposed legislation to dealt
which has been successfully accom-
plished.