The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-09-23
OFFICE OF II PAN-AMER1cAN b.

ARTICULATION, 0UZ Dos |
TON BLOCK, DENVER, Aug. Is, '93.
A convention is hereby called Of rep
resentatives from Old Mexico and all the
States thereof, of all the countries of
South and Central America, and OF the
States of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia,
Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Loulsi-
ana, Missouri, Minnesota, Mississippi, |
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Or
egon, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia,
Virginia, Washington and Wyoming. to
meet in st. Louis, Mo-, on Tuesday, Oc-
tober 8, 1893.
This association was organized at Ell
Paso, Texas, at the Southwest Silver
Convention held in that city on Dscem-
Der s, 6, 7 and 8, 1892, and at which
many Of the leading and wealthiest cit
izens Of the States OF Old Mexico and
the countries Of South and Central
America were in attendance. It was
there ordered that a convention, repre-
senting all the States, Territories and
countries belonging to the association,
be held in Denver In October, 1893.
The extraordinary condition of the
business and industries Of the United
States, the danger which threatens the
money OF Mexico and the countries Of
South and Central America, as we'll as
that OF the United States, the necessity
for broader remedies than those which
the association can apply under q literal
construction OF its constitution, have in
duced the executive committee to
change the place Of meeting and to sug-
nAnt 1khna 1ph.o1- g. ---l----
than that alone of bimetallism.
1t is very evident that the center OF
the conspiracy in this country to utterly
demonetize silver and thrust the United
States upon q eingle metallic standard,
that OF gold, for its currency, is in New
York, Boston. Philadelphia and Balti-
more. The press Of these cities has
become thoroughly subservient to the
end OF the conspirators and has 80 i'm.
bued the minds of the people Of the
States in which these cities are and the
surrounding States that they have all
become hostile to the welfare and ad-
vancement Of the West and South,
whose interests are inseparably blended
with q fair and full volume Of money,
which cannot be secured and maintained
unless silver hrs restored its function Of
primary money, upon which in company
with gold, the credit money of the dun
tries may rest. In the name of "honest
money" these States are parties to the
spoliation of III sections, and the cities
named are the prime i~nstigstors of the
crime.
It has seemed to US that We. should
not fatten and strengthen such cities
with the vast trade and commerce Of
our sections. Not only does self respect
and self-preservation require that We
should deal with friends, but the geo.
graphical position of the States, the "a
cilitles for ports on the gulf and it's trib-
u~taries, and upon the Pacific Coast, the
proximity Of Mexico and Central and
South America to the gulf and Callfor-
MIA lines Of the United States, the
shorter distances from them to many
European and Asistic ports, and the
better railroad and inter-waterway "a
ter of the West and South, all combine
BILE the building up Of the ports along
Pacific Coast line, through which the
great bulk Of our grain, ore, eats, raw
material and manufactured goods may
ACaSh N4CAlSSS South odo
lea, European and Aeiatic ports, and the
wares and products of other chimes be
returned to us with reciprocal profits.
We therefore urge upon the govern
ments Of Mexico, South and Central
America, and upon the American States
| interested in the work, and upon the
commercial and manufacturing bodies
within them, to send delegates to the
| convention opI uo f,,rtbop roo,ock oil
railroad and steamship lines of this and
the South American continent and OF
Europe and Asia interested in establish
ton upon the lines suggested to send
representatives for consultation and
suggestions.
liberation, but firmness. It is q great
and patriotic task, as we'll as one of mu.
tual profit and advantage.
BASIS OF REPRESENT TIoN.
Twenty from each State, to be ap-
pointed by the Governor. Twenty from
each State grange. One from every
commercial organization, including
chambers of commerce, boards of trade,
mining exchanges, produce exchanges,
real estate exchanges, stock exchanges
and other commercial bodies, and one
additional for every 10000 inhabitants
in the city where such organization is
located. One from each city and one
additional for every 10000 inhabitants,
to be appointed by the mayor. One
from each county, to be appointed by
the board Of county commissioners or
county judge. Five from each railway
and steamship line. Each central labor
body, twenty.
The PAN AMERICAN BI-MErALLIC As
ISOLATION, A. G. FISK, President.
MI. Olney Newell. secretary Of the
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