Tombstone epitaph., 1893-07-23
AbLAzE! CochiSe County to the Front in Defense Of
 the White Metal. Tombstone Crowded With Earnest Advocates Of Free
 Coinage Of Silver. Ringing Resolutions Adopted Without
 a Dissenting Voice. Speeches by Mark Smith and Col. Wm. Herring Applaud.
 ed to the Echo. One of the Greatest Meetings
One of the Greatest Meetings
 in the History of Arizona.

IL did not take much advertising or many bombs and sky rockets to gather the people together last night at Schieffelin Hall to protest against the unho'v action of the single standard advocates in tlscing the great west in condition bordering on ruin.
 Schieifelin Hall was crowded 10 its utmost capacity. The entire popula- ton of the surrounding country had turned out en masse. It was an earnest, stubborn, stolid congregation ef men and women, whose anxious faces depIcted the trying times through which we are passing.s
 Alter soul stirring air by the band c. $. Clark called the meeting to order. He stated the object of the meeting 10 be the selection of dele gates to the Chicago silver conven- ton, and adoption of resolutions em- bodying our views upon the great issue before the people.
 G. w. Cheyney was chosen secre- tary and the following named gentle men comprised the committee on ad- dress: Messrs. Cheyney, Staunton, Barrow, Seaverns, Coffman and Bagg. While the committee was engaged, Marcus A. Smith, our delegate 10 congress, was called for, and respond ed He was greeted by an ovation of applause. He said that the people were facing the greatest crisis tha. the new world had witnessed since the thirteen states seeded from our mother country. He spoke of the great odds against us, mentioning the fact that all the great daily papers of the east were subsidized to oppose silver. Influences were thrown around them that they could not overlook. It was not alone Wall street that was | fighting us, but the combined wealth of the east, He would not discuss free coinage before an Arizona aud fence; they needed no education on ! that subject. He would continue to use his best efforts in congress and elsewhere when opportunity offered to educate the people upon that ques- tion. The term "gold standard" was not understood. l. has no fixed value It huctuates more than whea. or corn. Silver was just as much a standard in 1873, when 1t was struck down. His idea was that to again bring silver in to use as money was to retire the one, two and five dollar bills and issue siI- yer in their stead. He spoke of the Sherman act and said that under it silver was just as much of commod- ity as wheat or barley. Bad as it is, however, the west is patriotic enough to say that it shall not be repealed unless the free and unlimited coinage of silver takes its place. He would be in Chicago on August 1st. We want to show the world at that meet ing that we of the west, who are the mainstsy of the country, are not afraid to meet the issue. Mir. Smith was loudly applauded throughout, and although suffering from severe headache. spoke in his usual 'forcible and polished manner.
 Col. Vim. Herring was tine next speaker. He said that his audience did not need instruciing; they were Instructors. We cannot make silver 4 success unless we pcpularize its use.
 It was popular before the war. IL went 10 a premium because i; was popular. It is different now. East of the Rocky mountains people are shy of it. Gold and silver went out ol circulation during the war. Paper imoney became popular and has re.