The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-02-24
THU METALLIC LEAGUE.
Resolutions Adopted Against a
Repeal of the Sherman Law.
SERIES OF DEMANDS MADE.
The Indian Appropriation Bill AntagO-
nized by Hatch.
He Tries to Get the Anticipation Bill
Called Up But Is Again Knocked
Out-An Ovation to
Herbert

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-At the session
of the American Bi-metallic league the
committee ON resolutions made the fol-
lowing report:
Whereas, The great moral and fnan-
cial crime of the Nineteenth century was
the demonetizing of silver in 1873 by Con-
gress, the United States acting under the
inhence OF British persuasion and British
interests; and
Whereas, said act is destructive to the
interests of the American people and in
disregard of the financial policy 1naugu-
rated at the beginning of the government
under the wise guidance of such states
men as Washington, Hamilton and JEFF
ferson, and terminated in the act found
ing the mint of the United States in 1882,
and which established a just ratio be-
tween gold and silver as mint metals;
Therefore, in behalf of a wronged peo-
pie and the suffering industries of the
land we demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the present rate is of
10 to L. We denounce as unconstitutional
and revolutionary all legislation which in
any way discriminates between silver and
gold as money metals. We denounce it
as inconsistent with sound public policy
to confer or advise directly or indirectly
with any foreign nation as to what our
money or currency shall be.
'We denounce the recent attempt to
repeal the act of 1890, requiring the treas
ury department to make monthly pur-
chases of silver, as a means to the pros
perlty of the country and an attempt to
repeal by all legitimate measures at our
hands unless it be to substitute, in lieu
there of, the free and unlimited coinage
of silver.
s'We also denounce the measure now
pending before Congress to authorize the
vicious and wholly unWarranted by the
present financial condition of the country
and as an attempt to extend and perpetu-
ate Industrial serVitude. We declare it to
be our purpose to continue our struggle
until justice is secured and to this end we
will make unremitting effort, educate
and arouse public sentiment. We will i'm
mediately open the contest in the middle
and eastern states. and we call upon all
fair minded people in all sections of the
Union to aid us in our struggle for indus
trial emancipation.
The report gave rise to considerable dis
cussion, but was finally adopted unani-
mously.
R. F. Knob, candidate of the Populists
for governor of Alabama, endorsed the
aims of the convention.
Senator Jones OF Nevada, explained the
Brussels conference. He said Is per cent.
of the population of London was living
upon charity, and yet the English COM
missioners asked the United States dele
gates to agree in their estimation of the
value of silver and adopt policy that
brought about this wretched condition.
The proposition now before Congress to
issue more bonds, he said, was a decept-
i've trick. 1t means simply that the banks
wanted to control the circulating medium
of the country.
General Field, candidate for vice presi-
dent on the Peoples party ticket, spoke,
severely criticising the president-elect for
trying to defeat the election of candidates
before the various legistures. who rep
resented the wishes OF the people on the
silver question.