St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-16
SILVER LEADERS CONFER
PLANNING TO CARRY THE NEXT con-
GRESSi0VAL ELECTIONS.
A NEW PARTY is PROPOSED.
Under Its Banner Will Be the
PopuIists, the National Grange,
knights of Labor, Farmers
Alliance and Other Organiza.
Unconstitutional Silver Ticket
to Be in the Field.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-The confer
ence of the leading silver men of the
country, to devise ways and means to
continue the fight for free silver coin
age. opened today at the headquarters
OF the ,bimetallic league. Most of the
,miliar faces of the silver leaders were
there, intending Gen. Weaver and Gen.
Field. of Iowa; Senator Stewart, of Ne
yada: Capt. Kolb, the Alabama leader;
Mortimer Whitehead, lecturer for the
national grange; Moreton Frewen, the
British authority on bimetalism; Col.
Beverly, of Virginia; Judge Sheldon, of
Connecticut, and many others. Mail
for Master Workman Sovereign, of the
Knights of Labor, has been received, so
that Mr.. Sovereign himself is expected
later. In all, the conferees numbers
about fifty, representing the bone and
sinew of the free silver movement.
The conference is proceeding behind
closed doors. General Warner, presi-
dent of the
BTMETALLIC LEAGUE,
said that the meeting would probably
last for several days, as 1t was intended
to tho roughly canvass the sentiment OF
the bimetalists and reach some conclu-
sion among them as to the course to be
pursued.
The possibilities OF a new politica
party. with free silver coinage as the
sole plank of its platform, was among
| the developments of the days secret
session of the silver leaders. The day
was devoted TO expressions of opinion
by the representatives of tile different
states. These were uniformly to the
effect that the working people and the
farmers were dissatisfied with the
course of congress in repeating the pur-
! chasing clause of the Sherman act.
| Senators Jones and Stewart. of Nevada.
| Master Workman Sovereign, OF the
! Knights of Labor, and National Lecturer
Whitehead. of the Grange. were among
the speakers eff the afternoon,
During the address OF Senator Jones
an interesting cOllOquy occurred be-
tween him and Master Workman Sow
ereign. The latter suggested that when
the labor ranks had assisted toward
securing tree silver, there should be
reciprocity by which the
SILVER LEADERS
would assist in securing labor reforms.
Senator Jones contended that~all labor
questions were merged in the money
question. and that its solution would
settle them all. MI. Sovereign and the
senator at last met on common ground
i'll agreeing that the silver question
! should be made the paramount issue OF
all labor and Industrial organizations
| The speeches have now ended. and the
conference will turn its attention to-
morrow TO a programme of political
work. Frequent references were made
during the speeches today to the
necessity of organizing a silver
party, made up Of the elements
heretofore gathered under the stand
ards of the Populists, the Nationa
Grange, the Knights of Labor, thu
Farmers Alliance, etc. The tendency
hOf5the conference is towards this new
organization. The probability is thai
the first effort of the united forces vii
be eXerted to carry the congressional
elections next fall. 1t is undecided a:
yet as to whether this Will be done by
nominating independent silver candi-
dates of the old parties who nave shown
by their records that they favor silver
| ItiS the belief of those attending the
Ireonfereuce that q national silver tickle
Twill be put in the field as a result of thu
present meeting and of the victories i
hopes to achieve III the congressional
election. Senator Jones said, at tht
close of the days conference, that thi
! strong probabilities of the meeting.