Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-12-23
FRIENDS OF SILVER.
They Formulate Plans for che
Coming Campaign.
a Movement Looking Toward tho So
curing of Control In the Next Con-
gress-Result of Their Re-
cent Conference.
THEY HOPE TO WIN.

lHEh hoIb ~ WIN
WASHINGTON, Dec. ia. j. Warner,
the president of the conference of the
Bimetallic league, which has been in
session here for several days, has given
out an explanatory statement of the ac-
tion of the conference. The meetings
have been well attended, number of
public men in congress lending in their
aid by being present. These include Sem
ators Stewart and Jones (Nev), PETER,
(Kan.) Power (Mont.), Allen (Neb.)
and Hansbrough IN. d., and Represent
tatives Pence and Bell (Col.) J, and Simp-
son (Kan.) and Sibley CPa.). The fol-
lowing is President Warmers statement:
1T was unanimously agreed in the confer.
ence:
a. That the money question is and will con,
tinue to be the paramount issue till 1t is set.
tied, and settled rightly and on sound princi.
PIES and that II can be displaced by no other.
"a That the first battle is for the next con.
gress
"3 That to achieve results the silver men
must not only stay silver men after they reach
congress, but they must there unite, and, put.
ting silver above party, work incesantly to ac-
complish the object for which they were
elected"
A number of delegates We're in favor
of organizing new party out and out,
with the declaration made on the
money question as the sole issue, and
leaving the way open for the atfilia.
tion of not only the peoples party, but
of the 100000 VINO refused to vote at
all at the late elections, but the con.
ference was not called for such pur
pose, and majority of the delegates
present believed the course finally
agreed upon to be the better policy in
the coming congressional elections.
The conference recommended that
the bimetallic league urgently suggest
to friends of silver everywhere, in all
parties, that they support for the Fifty
fourth congress only such candidates
as will pledge themselves in nominat-
ing conventions and openly and pub
licly in their canvass for election to the
following action in case of their cleo
| ton:
81. That they will enter.into no party caucus
| that will bind restrain them from voting and
| acting in the Fftyfourth congress otherwise
than as given in their pledges to the people be.
fore their election, but that they will unite with
| others who are in favor OF the restoration OF
| the bimetallic standard OF money by the free
| and unrestricted coinage of both gold and
| silver. on the ratio OF l6 to |, before
| the act of 1873 and the issue by the gen
| eral government of the paper currency without
| the intervention of banks, and against the issue
| of bonds TO buy gold, and that they will act and
| vote on all matters during their term as men,
| bers Of the Fifty-fourth congress to secure this
| end and especially in the election of speaker
and in the organization of the house and in the
vote for president Of the United States in the
| event an election OF II president falls TO the
| house of representatives,.
| "2 That to this end the conference recon-
| mends that silver leagues be everywhere or
| ganized and the work OF education be carried
| on throughout the country. and that in addition
| TO this work thorough organization be effected
| in states and districts where such werk will be
| most effective in the election of members OF
| congress and OF state legislatures"
| The following motion was also
adopted:
| THAT this conference recommend that there
| be held during the present winter two conven
tions, one somewhere in the south and one a
| Des Moines, Ia "
On motion of Gen King, of Louisiana. thai
| q committee of three on the union OF the re
publics of America and other silver standard
nations OF the world, with the president of the
| bimetallic league as chairman, tie appointed
Gen. King of Louisiana: Mr. f, d. Stark, Of
| Ohio, and Judge Z. Shelnon, OF Connecticut
| were named as the committee.