Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-07-22
AN ANGRY CROWD.


At this point some Of the extremists
attempted to introduce resolution
This created an uproar which came
near terminating in Ii riot.
Ex Congressman Belford finally Sc
cured the floor and said:
Gentlemen the world is watchi. G
Co.orodo at this moment. We must be
dignified ard earne t., no passion
should prevail. Remember resistance
to tyranny is obedience to God beg
OF you to adjourn
This seemed to bring the angry
crowd to their senses and the recess
| was taken.
On re-asssem5ling it could be easily
seen that the spirit which controlled
| tie delegates at the morning session
was lot under control, but only await
| ing an opportunity to break out again.
After order had in a measure been
restored. the committee appointed in
the morning made their report, except
| the resolution committee, which will
report at tomorow'S session.
Hon. Chas. S. Thomas, democratic
| national committeeman from Colorado,
was made permanent chairman and
Joe II. Hutchson secretary.
A long list of vice presidents Of the
various counties was also reported and
adopted. In assuming the chairman
ship he said:
ITO preside over a convention like
this, which knows no party and alleges
no creed save the welfare of the peo-
pie, is an honor of which any man may
be justly proud, for to my mind the
Importance Of this gathering and the
work it shall accomplish is beyond the
horizon of any human judgment. 1t is
| to record the protest of free people
against the tendencies OF the times,
which recognizes the claims of the few
against the prosperity and freedom of
the many.
I'VE are face to face with a crisis
which has had but few parallels in the
history of this country, so deep, SO
broad and so far reaching that it does
not involve exaggeration 10 predict
that 1t means another phase of the old
approach on the silver question ofslavery
over again. 1t is a stagnation of busl-
ness, paralysis of commerce"
The stagnato0, Mr.. Thomas went on
to show, was from the failure to re5t)r
silver to its legitimate ration of sixteen
to one. ''It may be that the T. ad OF free
coinage is long and weary" said Mr..
Thomas; it may be beset with many
difficulties and disadvantages but it is
the mournful pleasure of the stalwart
people of the west and the south that
they who have attempted to involve
this country in ruin must, like Samp-
son, go down themselves beneath the
ruins of the times There is not an
| argument that can be advaDc ICED against
| the RECOMMENDATION of silver that is
worth the reflection of any patriotic
citizen and not advanced against il
| that is not tinctured by some individual
class and aimed at the masses of this
country"
| THOUSAND LUNGS.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Thomas
remarks. some delegate called for Gov
ernor Waite The echo of this one
voice was taken up in mighty shout
| from one thousand lungs, which was
! carried to the galleries, where as many
! more joined in the demonstration. As
the old gray-haired governor started
down the aisle to the platform the
scene presented is beyond the pens
description. Men whose future de-
pended upon the result of The course
for which they were fighting, stood in
their seats and yelled until exhausted
The executive in his remarks, con-
fined himself TO the question of silver
and its demonetization and to those in
the east and Europe who would not
only ruin the west, but the entire
country by forcing such policy upon
us, concluded by saying;
"If the money power shall attempt
to sustain its usurpation by the strong
hand we will meet that issue when it il
forced upon us, for it is better infinite
! ly that blood should flow to the horses
brides rather than our national llber-
ties be destroyed. If it is true that
the United States is unable to carry
out its governmental policy without the
dictation of foreign powers, il We are 9
province of European monarchies, then
We need another revolution, another ap-
peal to arms and we have won that bat