The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-22
THE SILvERITES.
The Conference Adopts an In.
tcresting Report.
Ii IL Declared That the Money
Question is the Only Issue.

n - OCci0TcU lu8t the WO0e.
Question Is the Only Issue.
WAsHrNGroN. December II. -Th,
conference Of prominent silver mel
which has been In seseion here, II
Gen. A. j. Warmers offices the head
quarters Of the bi.metsllic league -fol
the past few days. adopted late las
night, before final adjournment, thil
report:
The money question is the Hrst aud
most important issue Ia this country
and 10 60 related TO everything else
that no other question can be perma.
nently determined until this is settled.
1.-The conference recommends that
the bi-metslIic league urgently recon.
mend to friends Of silver everyw here,
IN all parties. that they support for the
Finy.fourth congress only such candi.
dates ~ will pledge themselves in
nominating conventions, and openly
and publicly in their canvass for elec
ton, to the following action in case of
their election:
"First-Thst they will enter into no
party caucus that will bind or restrain
them from voting aud acting in the
Flfty-fourth congress other wise than
ss given In their pledges to the peopleI
before their election: but that thew
Will unite with Others who are in favor
OF the restoration OF the bi-metsllic|
Of money BY the free and un
restricted coinage Of both gold and
silver on the ration OF l6 10 as before
the act OF 1873, and the Issue by the
general government OF the paper cur.
rencS without the Intervention oil
banks, and against the Issue Of bonds
10 borrow god and that they will act
lud vote on oil matters during their
Terms IS mem bers OF the Fifty.fourth
congress 10 secure this end, especially
n the election Of . speaker and in the
organization Of the house and In the
,otc for the president Of the United q
states, in the event that the election
" president falls to the house OF req. L
IL
Second That to this end the con. Z
erence recommends that silver leagues q
70 everywhere organized and the u
york OF education be carried ON
throughout the country, and that IN e
'ddition TO this work, thorough or.
|anizstion be effected 10 states aud die. Z
ricts whore such work will be mostIc
nective 10 the election Of members ofld
congress and Of state legislatures" z
A committee consisting Of Gen. A. 3
I. Warner, Gen. Floyd King, Of Louis. p
INA =. D. Spark, Of Ohio, and JOS. q
ph e. Shell Ion, of Connecticut. wa p
ppointed to promote the union OF the q
epublics OF America with other silver .
tsndard nations OF the worli q
The conference aIso recommended I
nat there be held during the present Z
inter two conventions, one some L
there in the south and one in Des
loines Ia. and that A. J. Warner as
resident OF the Bi.metsllic league
30 authorized to sppoint 90 exec. /.
i've committee In carrying out the = J.
olicy adopted BY the con nfere nee, and >
committee on ways and means and
Dpoint Q secretary to assisi IN per. 4,
'rmiog the increasing duties OF the =
ague. 4,
General Warner made the following :,
FpIanstory statement OF the action Of
10 conference: n
rTst-Ihst the money question, Ia, u
ID will continue to be the paramount n
sue till It 10 settled. and settled right. y
T, and on sound principles and that q,
can be displaced by no other. Il,
Second That the first battle il for Q
9 next congress. r,
Third That TO achieve results all In
Z men must not only stay men after is
ey reach congress-, but they mustl M
ere unite. and, putting silver above q,
rty. work necessarily to accomplish y
objects for which they were 90
,cted. ~
a number OF delegates were In favor A
organizing . new Earty out and out ur
IN the declaration as made on the IN
'ney question, % the sole isaue, and NJ
wing the way open for the affiliatiou 4,
not only the populists' party. but 81
the 5000. 900 who refused 10 vote Of
all at the last election but the con. by
ence was not called for such q pur. se,
20. end . majority Of the delegates "a
'sent believed the course finally ie,
'eed upon to be the better policy In III
coming congressional election. ixs
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