Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-22

| washington, Dec. 15.-Ihe confer
ence of leading silver men of the
country to devise ways and means to
continue the fight for free silver coin
age opened today at the Headquarters
OF the Bi-metallic league.
Most of the familiar faces of the
silly or leaders We're there. including
Gen. Weaver and Gen. Field, of Iowa
senator Stewart, of Nevada; Capt.
holb. the Alabama leader; Mortimer
Whitehead, lecturer of the Nationa,
Grange; Morton Frewen, the British
authority on bi-metallism; Col Bev-
erly, OF Virginia.; Judge Sheldon of
Connecticut and many others.
In all the conferences number about
fifty representing the bone and sinew
Of the free silver movement. The cur,
terence is proceeding behind closed
doors. Gen. Warner, president of The
ol-metall1c league, said that The meet
ing would probably last for several
Gays as 1T was intended to fuily can
vass the sentiment of the bi-metallists
ana reach some conclusion among
them as to the course to be pursued.
Senator Voorhees, denial that the
financial bill introduced in the senate
by himself yesterday has the sanction
OF President Cleveland's administra-
ton has created some surprise among
some senators and others who have
kept informed upon the financial cues
ton.
The silver men say they We're led
10 suppose from what Mr.. Voorhees,
Slid during the debate on the silver
repeal question i'll the extra session
that with that bill out of the way the
administration would propose IA meas
ure for the substantial recognition of
silver money, and they had therefore
expected that when Mr.. Voorhees,
should bring i'll Il bill it would come
with the sanction of the president and
the secretary of the treasury.
They admit, however, that neither
Mr.. Cleveland nor Mr. Carlisle has
given out any utterance to justify this
expectation and accept this as con
firmation of Mr.. Voorhees, assurance
that the bill is entirely his own.
The day WAS devoted to expressions
of opinion 10y the representatives.
These were uniformly to the effect
that the working people and farmers
are dissatisfied with the course of
congress i'll repeating the purchase
clause of the Sherman act.
Senators Jones and Stewart, of Ne
Vad;l, Master Workman Sovereign and
NATIONAL Lecturer Whitehead, of the
m l. lii
afternoon.
During the address of Senator Jones
an interesting colloquy occurred be
tween him and Master Workman Soy
ereign. Ihc latter suggested that when
the labor ranks assisted toward Secllr-
ing free silver there should be reel
procity by which the silver leaders
would assist in securing labor reforms.
Senator Jones contended that all Ia
Dor questions merged in the money
question and it's solution would set
tie them all. Sovereign and the Stna-
tor at last met on common ground in
agreeing that the silver question
should be made the paramount issue
of all labor and industrial organiza-
tons.
The conference will turn it's atten-
ton tomorrow to Il program for pOlt-
ical work. Frequent references were
made during the speeches today to the
necessity Of organizing the silver party,
made up of an element heretofore
gathered under the standard of popu-
lists, national grange, knights of Ii
Dor, farmers alliance, etc The ten
dency Of the conference is towards
new organization. The probability is
that the first effort of the united forces
will be exerted to carry the congress
SiOnaI elections next fall.