The record-union., 1893-10-06
Special to the REcoRD-uxIoN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 5.-The last day of the
Pan-American Bimetallic Convention
opened an hour late, but with the pur-
pose Of completing the work without fur
ther delay.
The Committee on Resolutions pre-
sented a supplemental report, unfavora-
bly, passing upon the proposition OF
Thomas Tarpen to take action looking
to the Endorsement of the removal
of the National Capital farther
West; also, favoring the printing and
circulation of the address of yesterday by
Walter \. Allen of Kansas upon the lex
ception clause'' of the silver law.
The report was adopted without dis
sent
The question came then upon the adop-
ton of the report of the Resolutions Com
mittee.
Delegate Waterbury of Kansas moved
an amendment to the report by the adOp-
ton of the proposition presented by Ii.
NJ Taylor of Mexico, tavOring an in
crease of the volume of the currency by
the issue of legal tender notes secured by
land values.
DGl6SdI6 VI N11oSOuAA OPPOoSo
all efforts to say or do anything in con-
vention upon the money question, other
than to fully and entirely indorse the
free coinage of silver.
H. NJ. Taylor of Mexico replied in de-
fense of his proposition, urging that
money based upon such security was as
safe as money based upon the honor of
our Government, as are S345, 600, 600 of
greenbacks.
Delegate Waterbury Of Kansas, upon
the text OF S571 per capita, public and pri-
vate debt, pleaded for an increase of the
volume of the currency, with which to
meet it by the means proposed in the
minority report.
Governor Tillman of South Carolina,
for the majority of the Committee on
Resolutions, spoke briefly, declaring it
was the desire of his committee TO con-
centrate the efforts of the convention
upon the central purpose of bimetallism,
and for that reason it seemed TO them un-
wise to seek more now, no matter how
alluring the prospect.
Governor Waite of Colorado begged
that the convention would not be di-
verted from the one great issue. Until
the success of bimetallism showed Wall
street to have lost its grip upon legisla-
tion it was impossible to secure any
other form of financial legislation. AS to
the West and South, they could control
Inc DOllIicS Ol LuG y, IL IL D6Cdtu6
necessary. He declared his belief there
were millions of money now in Wash
ington to buy Congress, and with such
condition the South and West must unite.
Delegate Manning of Alabama declared
the South is for union with the West in
the battle for the free coinage of silver,
but pleaded for the prevention of addi-
tional extraneous matter to the platform,
as it was a diversion OF the purpose of
the convention.
Delegate Skaggs of Alabama spoke in
similar strain; also, denouncing Presi-
dent Cleveland as an enemy and betrayer
of the people.
Delegates Taylor, Waterbury and
Waite withdrew their minority report.
Then, with a motion to adopt the ma
jority report pending, the convention ad
journed to 2 p. NJ.
At the afternoon session S. S. King of
Kansas City presented the report of the
doings of the recent Gulf Transportation
Conference at Chicago, and pleaded tor
a new route to the Old World relief from
the commercial tyranny of New York
and Chicago, as he said.
Governor Tillman of South Carolina
then took the floor. He declared that the
financial question presented but another
form of slavery-white slavery. AS to
sectionalisn, every section had and
would vote as its interests demanded. He
said negro domination made him so. He
had no apologies to make for attempts to
secure an honest government by honest
men, unawed by the bayonets OF Grants
soldiers. He cited statistics to show that
the West and South should control the
President and Senate, and were within
nine of a majority of the House, and
these men could be picked up east OF the
Mississippi.
Governor Lewelling said: 'What
would the Governor of South Caarolina
ask? Has not Kansas sent ex-Confeder-
ates to Congress? Was not this the olive
branch of peace? Was it not sufficient
pledge that the old issue was dead, the
bloody chasm crossed, and the West pre-
pared to do her part 2"
AS Governor LeWelling closed. Gov
ernor Tillman rose, and the two Gov
ernors grasped hands on q common plat
form, amid cheers, which subsidized only
when the convention exhausted itself
With the cessation of the cheers the ques-
ton was put on the majority report of
the Committee on Resolutions, and it was
adopted unanimously, in the form tele-
graphed last night.
The resolution providing for national
silver convention in January was with
drawn, and after transacting some money
business the convention adjourned sine
die, after it had first provided for the call
ing of another convention, if deemed
necessary by the President and Secre-
tary of the Pan-American Bimetallic
League.