The Lamar register., 1893-07-22

s'SNAA "oaiu not nave gladly COmprO-
missed upon q surrender Of the rights
OF the black man, but there IL lust
tod who presldes over the destinies Of pa-
tlons. And now when is involved not the
freedom Of 1000, 900 black men only, but the
liberty OF q. OoO, 900 people, black aud white
tue same tod OF mercy and of Justice will
overrule evil for good. and no banker, NO
broker, no usurer. and. least of all, no s.ped-
uling politician" has 1t in his power to COM
promise the tremendous issue.
Ihe war has begun; 1t Is the same war
which must always be waged against oppres-
sion and tyranny to preserve the liberties OF
man-tnat eternal warfare of monarchy and
monopoly against the right of the people to
sef-governmeut and which, during the last
century, has so conquered the masses as TO
reduce To paupcrIsm the common people'' Of
almost every nation under heaven except the
United States Our weapons are "argument
and the ballot'-'.A free ballot and fair
count" And II the money power snail at
tempt to sustain Its usurpatiou by .'the
strong hand" We viii meet th2t issue when
u Is forced upon us, for it is better, infinitely
better, that blood should flow to the horses
brides rather than our national liberties
should be destroyed.
The Governors speech wa, heartily ap-
plauded.
5. r. Pratt moved that the convention do
express Itself in aceord with the letter aud
spirit of the remarks OF Governor Waite. A
long discussion ensued In which good many
NEE participated. Some objections were
raised TO the motion OF Mr.. Pratt, but It car
ried by vote OF S24 to CO.
On motion of A. j. Rogers, three cheers
were given for Governor Waite After lis
iening to speeches by J. II. Plltt and ]. B.
O'Clock the next morning.
A ~
session the question of selecting delegates
to the Chicago and ST. Louis conventions was
taken up and committee appointed to select
the delegates. A committee on finance was
also appointed. On motion the chairman ap-
pointed A C. Fisk, of Denver, Senator
Wheeler, OF Aspen. Senator Drake OF Pueblo,
J. NJ. 5. Essn, OF Cripple Creek. and Senator
Guunel, Of Lake, as an auxiliary TO the COM
mlt,ee having 10 charge the programme for
''sIlver Day at the Worlds Fair.
Judge symmes was called upon aud re-
sponded In rouslng speech. in which he
ridlculed the view. advanced the night previ-
ou- by President Andrews. At the close OF
bis remarks T. NJ Patterson advanced to the
platform with the report OF the committee on
resolutions, which was in the form of an ad-
dress, as follows.
To the people OF the United States: The
people Of Colorado, standing In the gloom of
impending DISASTER, and representing In con-
diiion and sentiment the people of Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada. South Dakota,
Utah. Arizona and New Mexico. with reyer-
ence for the constitution and unswerving 10y
atty to the general government, ask for your
calm and candid consideration OF the follow
ing facts before you give your approval to the
destruction Of silver as money. and to ;he final
establishment In this country of the single
gold standard of values, and thus At one
stroke change all debts To gold debts, and In
augurate never cading rise OF gold and a
continued corresponding fall In the price Of
every commodity.
Congress has been called to meet In extra
sessiou on August :. Preceding that call, the
ela-ses which have struggled for twenty years
To overthrow the bineialiic mouey standard
provided by the constitution, inaugurated n
paaic which they untruthfully charged to the
existing silver law. Ignoring the facts that
there we're 500. 10000 of outstanding legal
iender notes commonly called ''greenbaeSs'
that were equally available with the treasury
note. issued In payment for silver TO draw
gold from the treasury; that the balance Of
our foreign trade had turned against Us, rem
ceving settlement abroad with American gold
q necessity. and that the great bankers OF Eu-
rope we're purchasing gold with which TO
change the money standard OF Austria, and
70 fll the treasury vaults of other monarch
lcal countries The evident purpose was to
create prejudice against what was known as
the silver purchasing act, and under pressure
secure lts unconditional repeal. The success
of these schemes was only partial Venal
patronage supplemeuting false
and Inccndiary utterAuees by the gold press,
aggravated by daily circular assaults upon
the law by eastern money brokers sent TO
every commercial body and banking corpora
tiou In the four quarters Of the country, had
possibly Won over the house of representatives
TO IL; but even the president admitted that
Ia the senate there was staunch majority
against IT. When suddenly, like firebell in
the night, the news was flashed beneath the
ocean that free coinage In India had been
suspended. and that the market price OF sil-
yer had fallen within As hours fully 20 cents
per ounce. This startling action, forced upon
the Indian government without moments
warning, the step held in secret contempla-
tion By the British go7ernment for months.
TO be taken at n critical and opportune time,
when the CONSERVATION II must create II was
hoped would stampede the last phalanN OF
defenders, must have had. as
one of its chief aims, the intimidation of the
senate to bring IL In line with the suoseryient
lower house.
Immediately the wires were burdened with
appeals 10 the president from banks and
clearing houses and commercial bodies domi-
mated by them, for an extra session, and TO
senators, to repeal the Sherman law, which,
IL was claimed, was responsible for all the
disaster.
The call was made. The time for the ex
ira session TO commence Is early; so early. In
deed that may It not have been the hope OF
the president that the panic would not sub
side and the measure of repeal be forced
through before reason resumed its sway,
and truth and logic could dominate the con
gress-
= The enemies OF bImetalllsm-and they now
fairly outnumber ali those who opposed free