Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23
THE BIMErAvIic LEAGUE.
Resolutions Reported and Unanimously
Adopted ut Today's Session.

huOpte0 NJ Todoy's session.
The second days session OF the first annual
| convention Of the Bimetallic League OF
| America was called to order at 10 o'clock this
morning at Concordis Hall, President A. J.
Warner presiding. Not quite so large q num-
| Der OF persons were in attendance a. at the
opening OF the convention yesterday morning,
and rs was the case yesterday . number OF the
| fair sex were attentive spectators, Mrs. VIM
E. Lease Of Kansas being among the number.
Immediately after the calling Of the conven-
| ton to order this morning Mr.. Albert Griffin
of Kansas, who it was explained was republ-
can, began the reading1 Of q paper entitled
| "why Business Men and Capitalists should
Favor Free Silver" The reading of the paper
was suspended, however. in order to permit the
committee on resolutions to report through
| Gen. James B. Weaver.
THE RESOLUTIONS REPORTED.
The resolutions referred to the demonetizing
Of silver in 1873 the great moral and financial
crime of the nineteenth century; that the act
was destructive of the interests of the Ameri-
| can people and in disregard Of the financial
policy OF the government inaugurated at its
birth; that the convention demand the free
| and unlimited coinage Of silver at the present
ratio Of 16 to Il that all legislation discriminate
| ing between silver and gold be denounced
as unconstitutional and revolutionary; that
the conference between this country and
any other as to what the money or cur
rency Of the United States should be be de-
| nounced as inconsistent with sound public
policy; that the convention denounce the
| recent attempt to repeal the act Of 1890 re-
| quiring the monthly purchase Of silver as q
menace to the prosperity Of the country and
an attempt to repeal the emergency COM
promise forced at that time, and that
its repeal be resisted by all legiti-
mate means, unless it be to substitute
in lieu thereof free and unlimited coinage of
| silver; that the convention denounce the ad-
| ditional issue OF government bonds vicious
and wholly unwarranted and as an at
tempt to extend and perpetuate industrial
servitude; that the convention declare
| its purpose to continue its struggle
| until Justice is secured, and that an address to
the people be prepared setting forth the evil in
duence OF those who, through selfish motives,
| seek to further fasten British theories and in
terests upon the American republic.
| After short but spirited discussion Of the
| report it was unanimously adopted and the
| reading Of papers on the silver question was
continued.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Yesterday afternoon and evening sessions OF
| the Bimetallc League now in progress at Con-
cordia Hall were enlivened by some very
| spirited speaking at which the .'gold bugs
and monopoists were handled without gloves.
The afternoon session was opened by a speech
| from Mr.. J. 7. n. Porter Of Virginia, in which
he attacked the subsidized press.
After loud calls for Gen. Weaver the latter
was escorted to the platform amid cheering.
| the ban Of the gold men. Now its supporters
were not the million men who voted for the
| peoples candidates last fall, but millions who
| would die for 1t il necessary. He was just from
q trip to New England. where he found the
| cause growing under the shadow Of Wall street.
20 o1h x>l bot
but could find no takers.
Your Congress- he said, ''like thief in the
night, controlled by man in this city who
| held half million in British gold struck down
| the white metal just as our brave boys were
| marching home with the laurels on their brows,
and no one since has dared restore it to its par
ity. The great battlefield is in New England
| The west is all right; the south is with you.
Don't be afraid of this administration. They
are afraid to reduce the tariff, because they face
| deficit in the treasury. They can't cure that
| except by imitation, and they won't cure it that
| way. There is but one thing for the new adj
ministration to do-stand still and perish
MRS. MARY LEASE SPEAKS.
Mrs. Mary Lease was loudly demanded and
when she consented to speak the hall rang with
| shouts and cheers. She did not bubble, but
| launched at once into one of her characteristic
speeches which during the last campaign made
| her famous Among her assertions she said
she would not be satisfied with tariff reform,
but will demand free silver free lands free air
and il there is anything else free in sight she
wants that also. She demands an income tax,
| that the Stanfords Carnegies and Goulds should
bear the burdens Of this country. The great
questions today are land, labor and money.
would that God might touch my lips with q
coal Of fire that might speak a word to arouse
| our people to their responsibilities. We have
CROPPED on for nineteen years with bowed heads
and sad hearts through the gathering gloom Of
currency contraction, which forces the debtor
| to the terms of the creditor, which has brought
| the wealth Of this most wealthy country into
the pockets of $4,000. Our legislators have be-
come hirelings Of the money power. the hired
agents Of the Rothschilds. Patriotism and love
of home will no longer allow lis to bear the
burden Of that debt fastened on us by John
Bull and John Sherman. [Great applause
WANT MORE SILVER DOLLARS.
'We want more of those dishonest silver dol
lars that made John Sherman millionaire at a
salary Of $4,000 q year. By the demonetiza-
ton of silver they have handed over to our
ancient and hereditary foe that which our fore
fathers fought for at Concord-free houses and
free lands. She owns vast tracts Of fertile
land and has brought over her time tried forms
of robbery, landlordism, interest and eviction.
Twenty-Five millions of our people are home
less and their cry goes up to the living God.
England owns our mines, railroads and fac
tOTleS. one CAN from LONDON 10 SnlcagO
cheaper than we can from New York to Chi
cago When tin was discovered in the Black
Hills she bought the mines and the owners sent
over their agent to help Mckinley protect
American tin. Thank God all that is left Of
that farce today is the jingling dead march of
McKinleyism.
England gave Benedict Arnold gold for his
treachery. Today there hangs in the Bank Of
England with the pictures Of its directors the
portrait Of that American who did more than
any other to demonetize silver. In that good
day to come may she furnish him grave, for
NO name will be 30 hated. SO despised as HIS
President II. l.. Loucks Of the Farmers
Alliance and Senator Stewart also spoke.
THE EVENING SESSION.
The evening session was largely attended in
the expectation that the committee on resolu-
tions would be prepared to make their report
The committee consists Of one delegate from
each state and territory, and it in turn dele
gated its work to Gen. Weaver, Gen. Field,
Congressman-elect Harris Of Kansas, the ex-
confederate general; Lafe Pense and B. O.
Flower Of Boston, the editor Of the Arena. The
audience met with disappointment, for the
committee, after celebrating all the evening
down at the National Hotel, sent up word that
it had been found impossible to frame the reso-
lutions before 10 O'Clock, the appointed hour.
The time was consequently devoted to speech
making on the silver question, in which Repre-
sentative Bland, Col A. C. Shinn of Kansas and
Judge ]. w. Huston, the chief Justice of Idaho