The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-08-12
VOX POPULI.
Colorado's Miners, Merchants, and
Business Men of all Depart
ments Firmly United.
THE DENVER SILVER CONVENTION.



business men who believe in the free coinage
of silver met 10 Denver on the llth, and It's
session, continued on the l2th, It was one
OF the largest conventions ever held In the
capital city, and the Coliseum, which holds
1900 people, was jarumed. The intense Inter
est was commensurate with the Size Of the
crowd, and every part of the proceedings
showed how close the subject under consldera-
ton lay 10 the hearts of those in attendance.
Sometime before the hour for opening, the
hall was full and at 1890 George W. Mer-
rick, president OF the State Silver League,
called the meeting To order and stated its OBJ
ject The object, he said, called for the cool
est, calmest deliberatiou without passion or
desire to inlet punishment. but with stern
aud uuyleldng dignity Of true American eitl-
zenship TO demand the right. remembering
that the fathers Of thl. Union held that re-
slstance to tyranny (, obedience to God.
The roll call showed that thirty nine coun-
ties were represented It was stated that every
man present who favored bimetall!sm was en-
titled to vote. \ committee on organization
Of one from each county was named. Con-
siderable discussion aud confusion then en-
sued as II WIS uncertain what was the next
thing In ord r.
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resolution bearing on the fact that as he
claimed there were gold bugs in the Arapa-
hoe delegation, but on request OF j. IL. Plat
and r. VI. Patterson, he postponed Its intro
duction.
The courteous offer by the Greystone Club
Of It's rooms for the use OF It's rooms for the
us of the committees brought forth the de-
claratlon from T. c. Kayanagh VI salida that
u -. tHrsar nFna
would go to hell This paralyzcd the meet
lug. and cheers and laughter continued for
several minutes.
\ recess was taken until o'clock. AT That
. hour the committee on permanent orsan.za-
/ ton reported, and It's report was adopted as
follows:
For President-Chares ;. Thomas.
For Secretary-Joe Hutchinson.
Assistant secretary-Frank W. Owens, and
] c. +. Craig second assistant
| Vice Preslleuts-,I. Cook, Jr., OF Arapahoe
\. j. ShotwelI OF Boulder, Senator Robert
| Turner of Clear Creek 7. j. 1arsney of Do
lorcs. r. J. Walters of Gunnlsou, L. c. Caya-
naush OF ChaiIee, Senator Ii. {. Bal'inser oil
/ GIpln, George W. Currler OF Weld, Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald of San Miguel, j. q.
Fundcr burg Of Klowa Senator J. F. Drake OF
D Pueblo, Lon Z. ANupLl tl lhlliH'if t'hhV''
/ Charles Newman of La Plata, Senator Casl.
nero Barola OF Las Anlmas, +. NJ. ooody'
koontz of Moutezuma Charles F. Nelson OF
Mineral, VI. +, GIL of Fl Paso,Judge j. John
son Of Pitkin, q. H. Zacharias of Hins,.ale
William y. Batchcldcr Of Morgan, Eoet
smith Of Lake, Judge Ballingcr of Park, +
A. Wingatc OF san Juan, j, II. Hodges OF Gar
field. L. W. Mcneil of Montro-c, Senator D.
A. Mills OF Eagle, William Il. smith OF JEFF
lcrson. William Hoyt OF RIO Grande, T. W
Emerson OF Ouray, Charles A. Finding OF
summit. Carl Wulsteu of Custer and Bert
Sanford Of Costilla.
Mr.. Thomas, upon taking the chair made
} ale -. S~~~ .i.s. = =-.v4i- --iror. u
without any parallels In the history OF the
] country-with crisis So broad and so deep
that It really involves the old question OF
| slavery over again, and this time slavery OF
not merely physical but intellectual bondage,
] which affected all the people and their de-
scendants to the third and fourth generation.
] The decentralization of silver and contraction
/ OF the currency means stasnation OF Industry,
paralysis OF commerce, depression OF trade
the ruin of the mining Industry In the inter
est of a creditor class which has loaned one
kind OF money and demands payment In an
I other. 1t Is The elimination OF events which
. have slowly, constantly, ccasclcssly, gently
l marching for years until now the stand must
men are striving and that is money. We
have met to lodge our solemn protests and
for more than protesting II possible against a
] policy which brings 80 much suffering on our
] people. For more than eighty years never
did the government Of this country attempt
TO Interfere with that self adjusting system OF
currency established by Thomas Jefferson
and Alexander Hamilton, but In 1873, after a
vast rebellion had been crushed after mil
lions OF treasure had been lost, after great
debt had been contracted, payment of which,
except the interest, was In legal tender, a
gold conspiracy, the most far reaching of
l which history gives an account, was set on
l foot against the liberty Of the American peo-
/ Pile That conspiracy, conceived in sin and
| brought forth In iniquity, is shedding Its
baleful influence wherever trade and COM
merce ,Nist.
| But in this country, where the right of free
/ speech exists, It is not too late TO attempt by
eyei- lawful means 10 arrest the progress OF
this in-dious enemy at the viials not only of
/ this state, but of all the people of the coun-
try. No great measure ever was suggested,
no valuable measure for the benefit OF the
many against powerful few, but the deepest
obloquy and iufamy was henped upon 1t. To-
/ day those men who are fighting for the money
I of the constitution, gold and silver at 10 TO l.,
/ are stlgmatized us lunatics, thieves, traitors
and dishonest men We are told that he Who
seeks to pay debt in repudated or discied-
| tied money Is disturber of society. The
man who is disturber Of society is not he
[ who Is willing 10 pay In money OF his coun-
try, but he who demands that he be paid
l 81 so for a 81. We have dishonest dollar,
but 1t is not the dollar OF our fathers. 1t is
the dollar which loads 50 per cent. more on
the producer and on the suffering people
the gold dollar of Lombard and Wall streets.
Mr.. Thomas address was warmly ap-
plaudei.
The secretary read communica-
ton from the bankers and smelters OF
L tho ct