The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-08-05
CALDWELL'S SILVER RALLY,
In Enthusiastic Gathering Of Canyon
County Men.
A Representative Delegation Selected
to Attend the State Convention to BE
Held at Ketchum.

Caldwell, July 29.-The mass
silver convention held here today |
was attended and participated in
by all parties and was harmoni-
GUS and enthusiastic gathering.
DR.. T. H. Galloway was chosen
chairman and A. E. Gipson secre-
tary. After the meeting was or
ganized earnest remarks were made
by the chairman, DR.. J. B. Wright,
L. L. Feltham, T. D. Babbitt, M.
r. Jenkins, A. E. Galloway. A
committee on resolutions was Sc
lected consisting Of F. G. Mock, L.
L. Feltham, J. B. Wright, G. J. F.
Peterson, T. D. Rabbit, VIM. Kin
kaid, A. E. Galloway and the chair
man of the meeting. During the
session of the committee on resolu-
tons Judge M. R. jenkins was
called to the chair and Captain
James Gum was introduced and
made a stirring address, in which
he reviewed the financial legisla-
ton Of the country and showed the
great conspiracy that led up to and
eliminated in demonstration of
silver. He said our mines had
been closed by an act of congress
and the people are literally starv-
ing. They have been legislated
out of work. Captain Gum
showed the utter fallacy of the
claim that free and unlimited coin
age of silver would food the copn-
try with money. He said silver
mines were rapidly exhausted;
lodg before we had too much silver
there would be none at all. He
would lay it down as q positive
fact that there would never enough
silver. The demands of trade and
commerce are increasing and the
silver and gold producing regions
are limited. The freedom of hu.
mainly is what is needed. Give US
plenty of good money and men will
be free. The speaker took strong
ground in favor of the government
regulating its own financial sys'
tenn without interference. This ma
ton is in position to dictate its owl
terms. Europe could scarcely gel
along a week without our country
The reverse is true of American
she could live and even prosper
without the aid ofany other nation
The captain closed with an elo
quent and earnest appeal to al
citizens to come to the support Q
the white metal.
He was followed by DR.. Gala
way in a forcible speech in behal
of the cause.
The following resolutions wer
adopted:
WHEREAS, Congress has been calle
to convene August eth in special SCI
sion for the purpose of considering tt
financial crisis now existing, and,
WHEREAS, It having been shown b
statistics that the value of all product
falls in the same proportion as silve
while debts remain unchanged, theret
requiring more of any products to ga
isfy debts, and,
WHEREAS, The decline of silver dat
from its demonstration in 1871, III
was unquestionably caused by that az
while the recent action Of the Englii
government in India caused q furth
decline, showing us that 1t is questi,
of world wide import and that En-
land is doing all in her power to total
destroy the silver money Of the W0rl
and,
WHEREAS, The present policy of o
government in keeping all money pt
sible out of circulation in wOrki
great disaster among our people a
causing widespread distress; thefefc
belt 80
Resolued, That we demand the diff
emit departments of the government
once nay out all money that can be Ia
fully paid out and that existing Ia
providing for the purchase ana q
bursement of silver be enforced.
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