The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-10-03
THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION.
Governor Tillman is in Attendance
and in Sympathy with the Objects
OF the Gathering.

Governor TilIman is in Attendance
and in Sympathy with the objects
ofthe Gathering.
The Pan-American Bimetallic Con-
vention, which is held in ST. Louis
this week, is regarded as the begin
ming Of a new and powerful interest
in the politics of this country. South
Carolina is to be fully represented in
this meeting. and all of the Southern
and Western States are to be on hand
through accredited delegates. Cover
nor Tillman has taken much interest
in the objects of the convention, and
has shown hearty sympathy in the
movement. 1t is his purpose to be in
attendance, and nearly all of the Con-
gressmen from this State with other
Alliance leaders are to join the Cover
nor in making up the delegation.
In the call Tor the convention re-
Gently issued the following appeared !:
"Thc extraordinary condition of the
business and industries of the United
States, the danger which threatens
the money of Mexico and the countries
of South and Central America, as well
at that of the United States. the neces-
sity for broader remedies than those
which the association can apply under
q literal construction of its cOnstitu-
tion, have induced the executive COM
mittee to change the place of meeting
and to suggest other subjects for con-
sideration than bimetallism alone.
ut is very evident that the centre
of the conspiracy in this country to
utterly demonetize silver and thrust
the United States upon single
metallic standard, that OF gold, for it's
currency, is in New York, Boston,
philadelphia and Baltimore. The
press of these cities has become
thoroughly subservient to the end of
the cOnspirators, and has SO imbued
the minds Of the people of the States
in which the cities are and the sur
rounding States that they have all
become hostile to the welfare and adj
vancement of the West and South,
whose interests are inseparably blended
with fair and full volume Of money,
which cannot be secured and MAIN
tanned unless silver has restored it's
functions OF primary money, upon
which, in company with gold, the
credit money of the countries may
rest. In the name of honest money J"
these States are parties to the spoila-
tiOn of our sections and the cities
named are the prime instigators of the
crime"
Governor Tillman few DAYS ago
received q strong personal letter from
Governor Stone, of Missouri, asking
him to be present, and in reply there
TO Governor Tillman mailed the fol-
lowing self-explanatory letter:
Hon. VIM. j. Stone, Governor, Jefrer-
son City, Mo-:
Dear Sir-Your letter of the 18th
for some reason only reached me on
the 2lst. Realizing the Importance
OF the subject matter discussed there
in and the possibility OF good to be
accomplished by the convention, 1
have appointed twenty delegates, pro-
vided for In the call, and will attend
in person II not prevented by some.
thing that / cannot now foresee. 1t
appears to me full time for the people
OF the producing States Of the Union
to counsel together TO SEQ what can be
done to remedy the crying evils which
we all feel, and would bring about
such legislation as will restore pro-
sperity to the farmers of the South
and West. 1 am in full sympathy with
the objects of the call and hope to
have South Carolina properly repre-.
sented. Very truly yours,
B. II, TILLAiAN, Governor.