Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-07-12
SlLVER-MAD.
TEE GOVERNOR OF COLORADO MAKES WILD
AND FOOLISH THREATS.
An Uproarious Meeting of Silver Men Held in
Denver Ysssrisy-Threa.s Of Reputation
and Rebellion Indorssd-0oolness and dudg-
msnt Unknown Quantities

DENVER. Col, July 1.-THE mass NEST
ing called by President Merrick, OF the
State Silver League and Joint comm J It,
from the ChamOe OF Commerce, r sSai
Extate and Stock Exchanges met at the
Coliseum Hall at noon to-day; -.
me building was crowded with
thousand delegates from every section OF
the state who had come to see whai
could be done towards crystallzing senIl,
ment in Colorado on the establishment VI
a free and unlimited coinage OF SILVER.
Among the delegates were Ihese ieaulne
men of the State: Senator WolcotI; Con
gressmen Bell and Pence, Governor W 80 SiUe,
navid n nofatt, President OF the flrSt
EstjonaI Rank. with other bankers and
members of the Colorado General Assem-
NV There appeared TO be but one Ieellhs
| in All the gathering and that was Tree coin
age or nothing. 1.oo,o.;c
Hon. Charles ST. Thomas, Democratic
National Committeeman from CoiorauOi
was made permanent Chairman.
DELEGATES called for Governor Walte.
| The echo was taken up IN mighty suou'
! from one thousand tongues
AS the old gray-haired Governor started
down the aisle TO the platform the sCene
presented is beyond the pens description
| The executive, who comes irom Asnen,
one of the leading silver mlRlhg cam
in the State, confined his remarAs W tue
question of silver and Its demohetIza. ..Ch
- tn those in the East and Europe, VINO
y,ape NOT only the ruin Of the west ou'
tba entire country by forcing such poiley
Ne concluded by saying: III the money
mower shall attempt TO sustain It's uSurpa'
Iion by the strong hand, we Will meet tual
issne when it is forced upon US, Tor III IL
inhnitaly better that blood should now le
The horses brides than our national nOer'
ties should be destroyed. ,o.
"IF il is true that the United States Is
unable TO carry out its governmental policy
without the diCtatiOn or consent Oh IorelgI
| powers; if we are province OF EuroPe,~l
monarchy, then we need anoIner FeFOlu
ton, another appeal 10 arms. III, u.a ;,
,sIf war is forced upon US we will SEND "a
UaIifax a far greater army or BRUSH 10
ries according to our population, than our
forefathe15 sent there after the ReNoIu'
tionary War.
,sThe war has begun. 1t is the same
war which must always be waged agalnSI
oppression and tyranny to preserve the
| liberties Of man"
The address created q se9kation, and
scene of great confusion followed, the ap'
plause being deafening'
JudCe Kerr, of Pueblo, got the floor and
smoke in the same infammatory VEIN DE
! endorsed the recent Revolutionary telegram
sent by Edward r. Holden to the East
in which the latter declared that II
the war upon silver continued IL would re
suit in the West repudiating all her ooll'
cations; that 10000 men would De pau
1ers and that 100000 people upon the verge
of starvation and revolution be the ma
result.
with difficulty got the floor. his hrst sen
tence created furOre, and the convention
seemed disposed TO boot him down. he
said:
1--WE are liable to do things we may re
greet tomorrow.
we are doing. mo, no, cried the audi
ence.) Let US be reasonable and act Ike
men. We are going East as men 10 edu
cate men in the East. If we fail then is
the time 10 act. There Is time enough x
talk as you feel now"
Then the convention went wild again
and cried eve know what we are dolng;'
| ''vou are a gold bug Mr.. Cook conclud-
ed his remarks with heroic effort to Sc.
sure moderation but it was apparent be
| made no impression upon the audience.
l. was then moved that the convent on
inderse the remarks of Gov. Waite. The
motion was carried. A communication
was then presented from fifteen of the
most prominent bankers Of Denver in
dorsiug the sentiments of the meeting, and
accompanied their communication with q
check of $1,000 toward the expenses Of
| del egates 70 st. Louis, Washington and
other places.