Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-01
SILVER men MEET.
rs,,rllon In Chicago Of tho AmsrI.
can BI-MetalllC League.
An EXPOSING GATHERING.
MAYOR Carter Harrison Welcomes the
Delegates to the Great City
Of the West.


.onton Of the Americ an Bi'Metallio
league met at 10 O'Clock this morning
+. the First Methodist church audi
,,,v. twas the largest assembly Of
me character In the history Of the
a.,pelal agitation. The features Of
~,ny soarioI veterans Of the imam.
,i,l agitation were visible. 1t
vu Heterogeneous assembly.
gsperaI A. J. WARNER Of Ohio, pre-
,Iisnt o; the Bl.metallic League;
c,ppresamau Bartino Of Nevada; Con
,raman W. J. Bryan, OF Nebraska
goyerpor Waite Of Colorado; Senator
stewart Of Nevada; Senators Mantle
ii Montana, 5houp Of Idaho, and II.
n Patterson OF Colorado; Governor
Kolb, the popullet leader Of Alabama
Edit5r Goodwin, Salt Luke; Herman
Taubeneck, Of the executive commit
lee Of the Peoples party; Senator Du-
bola Of Idaho were conspicuous among
these.
When Chairman Warner Of the
Rl.metalliO League, called the meeting
10 order many OF tho delegates were
obliged TO stand in the aisle on account
Of the smallness Of the hill. Chair
man Warner opened the proceedings
by introducing Mayor Carter IL. Har'
tlsln Of Chicago, who welcomed the
delegates to the city.
"i welcome you warmly said
Mayor Harrison, "because believe
yen have the good OF the country at
heart Some Of you may be rather
wild; II Ia said that you are silver
lnuatics. look down upon you and
AN rather glad 10 welcome such
.unAlics. IL Il the crazyY mon
that march the world forward
and make progress possibility. They
,ay that though you believe In BIZ
metallism you are crazy. IL the action
u ls73 should be- blolted from this
annAls OF American political Eotlon,
] believe that silver would be worth
lg9 cents an ounce. DO wlHo In your
delibemtions, but be fearless.
"Congress IL about IL meet. Give the
btseht OF your deliberations to Con.
gfuts aud tell Grover Cleveland what
the people Of the United States want"
Hoo. thomas Patterson, chairman
u the Colorado delegation, responded
u the mayer.
Chairman Warner, Of the BlmetAllic
lsigue, then delivered his opening
6ddfefa. "A most extraordinary
condition Of R1airu," he said,
"meets the assembling OF this
convention. The earth Il yielding
her fruits In unusual abundance anu
rich haryesta are being gathered under
IA Uhlna unA hfffUFas
In the history OF the country has there
been such widespread fear and distress,
never before such loss OF confidence
aud destruction 10 the credit; indus
ifica are everywhere breaking down,
anu laborers by tens OF Thousands are
thrown workless upon the streets with
want staring them In the face. Scores
" banks are driven TO suspension.
There has been a shrinkage OF hun.
dted millions IN the value OF stocks
aud other property. 70 attribute
all this condition for the silver pur.
chasing law IL absurd. Under this
law since 1890 100000, 900 have been
aided to sur CURRENCY. Does anybody
lollcve that the presence Of this $780,
VJlO0O makes money scarce anu
deao2 Tho real object lesson
of the situation IL very different from
that which the gold conspirators In.
tend. IL enables US 10 sec the shrink.
age In prices that must take place In
order to get on pure gold basis. The
trouble ~ In changing the money
standard. Tho value OF money may be
doubled either by doubling the
weights OF the standard coins or by
destroying half OF the metal out OF
which coins are made and tho estab-
llshment Of n aingle gold standard IL
equivalent TO putting "a value OF two
dollars into Que. IL Ia a double unit
log and putting property down one.
half. This 10 what 10 going on. To
DO this and still require the
tamo number OF dollars In
payment OF debts And taxes Ia the sane.
lion OF the spOilation Of one class by
another.
He characterized the silver act Of
1873 AZ u crime and said no wns will
ing TO have the acts OF 1880
repealed II the other Sherman
law Of 1873 eau DO repealed
~ tho same bill. Let both
We Sherman acts 10 together and
llace the country back upon the Con-
sAluti0n and the law as II stood before
A committee ON credentials was
Then appointed consisting OF one mem
uet irom each state and com.
mllIee consisting OF Mr.. Lyon
o Colorado, Chairman Reagan
o. Texas, stark, Of Ohio, washburne,
o. Massachusetts,, and Fullen Wider,
u Illinois, were appointed on perina.
heht organization; also o committee
consisting OF delegation from each
hhlu represented on the rules and
etdtr OF business. The convention
hen adjourned until $3.50.