The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-08-05
THE SILVER CONVENTION
Ex-senator Hill, Of Colorado, Addresses III;
Convention at en- nth.


CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-There was little
delay in the calling to order of the sec
ond days session of the silver conyen
ton, and it was whispered among the
delegates that there had been troubl,
in securing funds for the continuation
of the convention.
AS soon as Chairman Thurman called
the body to order j. S Doughty,
! OF Texas, moved that thu
roll of the states be called for the ap.
pointment of committee to devise &
plan and consider ways and means for
| impresslng upon congress the rum and
peril now threatening ali our materia'
interests by the demonstration OF
silver. Several objections were made
on technical grounds and General
Warner announced that the,committce
on resolutions would cover the subject.
! Then dispatch of greeting from the
knights of Labor of ST. Louis was read.
stating that assembly No. had adopted
resolutions for the free and unlimited
of Is to 1. This was received with
applause.
The committee on resolutions not be.
AA9 ASoSAS w AOHSA CA-toCudLOl 1llll, Vi
| Colorado, addressed the convention and
spoke at length. He referred the de.
| preston that had appeared in agricul
| tnral and labor circles with short in.
| tervals since 1873. All profits he
held had been wiped out by
the existing business depression.
These profits We're IL natural stimulus
| to business and how could it other.
wise happen than that an absence OF
| profits with n fall in prices should re.
suit in stagnntion and unparalleled de,
preston? The gold standard countries
We're in an abyss of industrial misery
never experienced in century as re.
suit OF the present condition of prices,
| while the silver standard countries
were comparatively prosperous. The
amount of money now locked up and
hidden away was more than double al,
| the gold in the country. The silver
men with all cheerfnlness would
acquiesce in any international arrange.
ment that promised to restore
ybimetallic conditions to what they
were before 1879.
Ex-senator Hill concluded amid loud
cheers and immedia elJ Delegate
Pearse, of Colorado Springs, was on his
feet with resolution setting forth
that "the delegates to the convention
do not sit here to approve of any agree.
aents affecting the free coinage OF sill.
yer at to 16." There was something
more to the resolution, but Mr.. Peatso
was ruled out. The commit
tee on resolutions being still
out the talking was re.
sumed and Congressman Francis New
lands, OF Nevada, was presented Rep,
resentative Newland asked his auditors
to consider the condition in which this
country would be placed in the event of
war with Russia or China, OF say with
England herself [great checrs], Amer.
ica's great rival. Imagine her power
over this country if she should sell our
securities and demand our gold. Eng.
land had the gold of the world and she
knew what to do with It, America had
the silver of the world but did not
know how to use it or how to protect
its interests. Might they not hope
that the startling events of the past
two months and the present panic
would lead people to think and to act
md might they not hope that in the
next two months they would reach the
goal they were striving for, bimetall.
ism. Great cheering and cries of sGod
| grant u followed the speakers retire
ment from the platform.
Senator Allen, of Denver, followed
with rousing speech. He said thai
the tariff had gone to rest and it would
not wake up until the next presidential
election. Six months ago the populists
had been called calamity howlers'
Was the designation accurate? Grea,
cheering.l The bankers and brol1
ers, he contended, had control
Of this country, and this ele
ment could only breathe through
the nostrils of England. The time had
come when they were compelled tc
stand for American homes. Against
| British homes, and they welcomed the
issue. He would assure them that the
populists members of the senate would
be found on guard.
c. S. Thomas, of Denver, also ad
| dressed the convention.