The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-05
CALL TO SILvERITES
Bi-Netallic League Convention
to Meet at Washington.
THEIR HOPE BASED ON SENATE
shernsa Lev Repeal Measure Nay Ne
TalkoA - Death There-ProE Al.
Asevs white Metal scheme.

WAsHrxarcx CIrY. July 4.-The call for
. national convention Of the American BIZ
Metallic League was issued from the ma
tionai headquarters Of tue league here %
day. Itsays:
The recent elimination O! events OF the
grestsst moment to the people OF this country
calls for wise counsel aud determined ection on
the part Of oil patriotic ctizeaa concerted
purpose il manifest to seize upon the present
opportunity to destroy silver ~ . money and
establish dnally aud forever the single
gold standard and at one stroke change all
debts to gold debit. with never ending rise In
gold and fall In prices The financial dis
turbance 10 largely artificial and wss neediess.y
created The "otj.ct iesson' 10 falsely
attributed 10 the present silver Law In order out
OF IL TO create . manifestation OF public
sentiment under cover OF which the greater
crime Of overshrowing the money OF the cOnst;-
tuition and establishing :ae sing . gold standard
may b contaminated As . part Of the same
great conspiracy, the mints OF India have
been closed Ana shock felt around the
world Congress has bccu called 20 meet
In extra session on August and IL 1t this ses-
sion the money standard OF the constitution Is
overthrown and the single standard OF gold
finally established. 70 be extended over the
world. m economic revolutions will Do in
aukurased more disastr GUS to the welfare Of
mankind and especially to shs producing and
iab0ring CLASSES shan any In the history Of tho
world. In view. there ore. Of the threatening
conditions that have arisen. and in answer to
numerous appeals for action, the executive COM
mittee Of the American Bi-Metallic League
deemed Il proper to cali Z national convention
1t Chicago on August Ali the members OF the
league are ureet to attend. and all who are in
favor OF maintaining the money ef the constitu-
ton and opposed to the establishment OF the
single gold standard In the United States.
without regard to party, are invited 70
attend and participate in the delioesa-
tionS Of the convention. AL the econ
omic associations and all the industrial
Organisations are requested to send delegates to
the conventon. A special invitation 10 extended
70 members OF congress aud state legislator, aud
governors OF states arc requested to appoint -
many delegates - they deem proper.
A. J. WAENER, President
WILLIAM BAREINGroS. Secretary.
The idea Of the silver people 10 to meet
at Chicago and adjours5 to Washington
City. Here the convention will reassem-
BILE at about the time when congress con-
venes and will probably continue in session
until after the organisation Of that body.
Gen. Warner made the following state
ment this evening:
A thorough poli OF the oliver forces has e.
tablished the fact that the sherman Law can not
b repeated without substitute which will b
satisfactory to the siivsrisex
This statement reflects the sentiments of
the free silver men here, and there can be
no doubt that within the past twenty-four
hours they have gained renewed conf
dence in the belief that the Sherman act
can not be repealed without giving tine
silyerites something equally good or bet
ter. Their hope is in the senate, and the
reasons for the faith they express are as
follows:
In that body are men who represent the very
life or death OF the white metal, men
who are able and earnest, and they boldly
announce that they will never give up
the sherman law. unless thoy can be
conciiiated with a measure more friendly to ell.
yer. With the determination OF such men IL
must be plain that to repeal the present law will
b d. nieut matter.
One method might prevail, the adoption
Of cloture in the upper chamber. The
gold men have already thrown out this
threat, but the silveritcs meet it boldly.
Over such = proposition there could
be nothing less than , most determined
struggle. In this connection the former
fight. when an effort was made 70
introduce cloture in the senate at
the time the force bill was to
be forced through by the Republicans.
becomes Of the greatest importance.
Without cloture il would appear that any
effort to repeal the Sherman law without
an accompanying substitute measure will
be hard task as the plan OF talking the
proposed legislation to death may be sue
cesysllilv ACCOMPLISHED.