The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1893-07-22
Colorado Wild for stlver.

was held at Coliseum Hall July 18th.
The building was crowded with thou
sands of delegates from every section
of the State who had come to see what
could be done toward crystalizing SEN
timent in Colorado favorable to the
establishment of free and unlimited
coinage of silver. There appeared to
be but one feeling in all the gathering,
and that was free coinage or nothing.
In his address calling the meeting
to order, President Merrick said: awe
ask for justice, for our rights. We
will accept nothing less. The crime
of 1873 has gone on all these years
unpublished. We are here to demand
an early and speedy settlement of the
Silver question. )"
Following his remarks committee
on organization was appointed and
motion made to take a recess. At
this point some extremists attempted
to introduce resolution. This Great
ed an uproar which came near ter
minating in riot. Quiet was finally
restored and recess taken.
THOMAS MADE CHAIRMAN.
On reassembling it could be seen
that the spirit which controlled dele
gates at the morning session was not
under control, but only awaiting an
opportunity to break out again. Hon.
Charles S. Thomas, Democratic Ma
tional Committeeman from Colorado,
was made permanent Chairman. In
assuming the Craftsmanship, he said:
eve are face to face with crisis
which has had but few parallels in the
history of this country, so deep, so
broad, so for-reaching, that it does
not involve exaggeration to predict
that it means another phase of the old
question of slavery over again. 1t
means stagnation of business, para
lysis of commerce..
This stagnation, Thomas went to
show, was from failure to restore sill
yer to its legitimate ratio of Is to l.
AT the conclusion of Thomas re-
marks there was a call for Governor
Waite. The echo was taken up III
mighty shout from 1000 pairs of
lungs and was carries to the galleries,
where as many more joined III the de-
monstration. AS the old, gray haired
Governor started down the aisle to
the platform the scene presented was
beyond pens description. Men whose
future depended upon the cause for
which they were fighting stood in their
seats and yelled until exhausted.
FROM A SILVER CAMP.
The Executive, who comes from
Aspen, one of the leading silver min
ing camps in this State, confined his
remarks to the question of silver and
its decentralization, and to those in
the East and Europe who "were not
only ready to ruin the West but the
entire country by forcing such a pol
ICY" and concluded by saying, eff
the money power shall attempt to sus-
tain its usurpation by strong hand,
we will meet that issue when it is
forced upon lis, for it is infinitely bet
ter that blood should flow to the horses
brides rather than that our national
liberties should be destroyed. If it
is true that the United States is un-
able to carry out it's Government pol
icy without dictation or consent of
foreign powers; if we are a province
of European monarchy, then we need
another revolution, another appeal to
arms, and we have won that battle.
HINT OF WAR.
eff war is forced upon us we will
send to Halifax far greater army of
British Tories according to our popu-
lation than our forefathers sent there
after the revolutionary war.
"War has Begun. It is the same
war which must always be waged
against oppression and tyranny to
preserve the liberties of man."
The address created sensation, and
a scene of great confusion followed,
applause being deafening.
Judge Kerr of Pueblo rose and
spoke in the same infammatory vein as
Governor Waite. He indorsed the re-
cent revolutionary telegram sent East
in which it was declared that if the
war upon silver continued it would re-
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