The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-10-11
Tlllman and Lewel.ing.
This CombiaationConfeo the Country
And May Make Presidential Team.


vention opened with the Committee on
resolutions presenting supplemental
report, unfsvorably passing upon
proposition by Thomas Warren to
take action lookingto the endorsement
Of the removal Of the national capital
farther West, also favoriug the prints
ing and circulating of the address of |
yesterday by Walter N Allen of
Kansas upon the exception clause OF
the silvee law. The report was
adopted without dissent.
Toe question came then upon the
adoption of the report Of the resolu-
ton committee. Delegate Waterbury
Of Kansas moved the amendment of
the report by the adoption Of 8 pros
position presented by Ii M Taylor of
Mexico, fayoriug the increase of the
voluma of currency by the issue #
legal tender notes secured by lard
values.
Upon this motion, Delegate Cochran
of Missouri took the A,or in opposition
to any and oil efforts to say or do any.
InIn9 In this oa.v~n io. .p, On tho
m"Dey question other than fully and
entirely endorse the free coinage of
silver.
Taylor replied in defense of his
proposition, urging that money based
upon such security was as sac as the
money basel upon the honor of our
government, rs are the $346 900, 900
of greepbacks.
| Delegate Waterbury Of Ksnsas,
upon text of $571 Per capita, public
and private debt, pleaded for au iu-
crease of the volume Of currency with
which to meet it, by the means pro-
posed in the minority report.
: For the ma j,ri,y of the committee
on resolutions, Governor TiIlmau oi
South Carolina spoke briefly, declar-
Ing that was the desire Of his com>
mite to concentrate the efforts of the
conYention upon the central purpose
of bimelallism, md for that reason II
seemed unwlse to them to GEEK more
G now, no matter how alluriug the pros
\ pect
eI Governor Waite Of Colorado begged
the convention not to be diverted
from the one great issue. He declared
his belief that there were millions o.
Q money uow in Washington with which
= to buy Congress, and with such Con.
t diti,n the South aud West NUT sht
Q Delegate Manning Of Alabama de,
o clsred the readiness of the South f.
q ppi2a VIII Wih tha West j"'
= Delegate Kaggs of the same State
o Epke in similar manner.
delegates Taylor, Waterbury and
Waite withdre W the minority report.
At the afternoon session, pending
action upon the report of the resolu tion
committee, q resolution was offered
providing, in the event of the failure
of Congress to provide adequately for
the use of silver as money. for the
calling Of nstiprsl convention 10
January, 1894, under the auspices of
the Governors Of Missouri, South
Carolina, Kansas and Colorado, 10,
cluding delegates from every State
and Territory, labor and agricultural
organizations to take action looking
to a thorough agitation of the quest .on
before another election.
Governor TillmaB, of South Caro-.
lima than tnnh 81. Annr tn cinsa tho !
debate on the resolutions report. He
declared that the financial question
presented but another form of slavery.
As to the sectionslism, every section
had and would vote as is interests
dema d. Asto this he was not uneasy
but he was a. TO the Adhesion to party
making so many men forget that Others
have rights.
Touching again upon sectionali M
and construction he declared him
self a Hamburg rloter and asked
what made him so? It was negro dom.
instion. The end justified The means.
He had no apologies to make for at
Temps to secure honest gov. rpmen.
by honest men, unawed by ,hs b.y.
onets of giant so diels.
Comiog once more to the present,
he took up statistics to show that the
West and S,uth could control the
Presidency and Ssnst", and within