The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-14
SILVER LEAGUE.
The Colorado State silver League
Holds an Enthusiastic Meeting
at Denver.
lnllammatory Speeches We're Cheered
to the EchO-Evcrything Possible
Will Be Done for Silver.

DENVER, July IA mass meeting
was called by President Merrick the
State Silver league and joint commit
tee from the chamber of commerce,
real estate and stock exchanges, met at
Coliseum hall at noon today. The build
ing was crowded with thousand dele.
gates from every section OF the state
who had como to see what could be
done towards crystalizing sentiment in
Colorado for the establishment of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
Among the delegates were Senator
Wolcott, Congressman Bell and Pence,
Gov. Waite, David II. Moffatt. president
of the First National bank, with many
other bankers and members of the Col
orado general assembly. There appear
ed to be but one feeling in all the gath
ering and that was free coinage or
nothing. After order had been restored,
the committees appointed in the morn
ing made ther report, except the resolu-
tion committee. which will report at to-
morrow's session. The Hon. Charles st.
Thomas, the democratic national COM
mitteeman, from Colorado, was made
permanent chairman. At the conclu-
sion OF Thomas remarks. some delegate
called for Gov. Waite. The echo of this
one voice was taken up in mighty
shout from one thousand lungs which
was carried to the galleries where as
many more joined in the demonstration,
as the old gray haired governor started
down the aisle to the platform, the
scene presented was beyond description.
Men whose future depended upon
the cause for which they were
fighting, stood in their seats
and yelled until exhausted. The eXecu-
tive who comes from Aspen, one of the
leading silver camps in the state, con
fined his remarks TO the question Of sill
Yer and its demonetiZation and to those
in the east and Europe. who were not
only the ruin of tho west but to the en-
tire country, by forcing such a policy
upon us. He concluded by saying: IF
the money power should attempt to sus-
tain its usurpation 10y IA strong hand, we
will meet that issue when it is forced
upon US, for it is better infinitely that
blood should flow rather than our ma
tlonal liberties be destroyed. If it is
true that the United States is unable to
carry out its governmental policy with
out the dictation or consent of foreign
powers; if we are the province of Eu-
ropean monarchy. then we need ano.her
revolution. another appeal to arms. and
when we have won that battle, if war is
forced upon us, we will send to Halifax
far greater army of British tories ac-
cordlng to our population than our fore
fathers sent there"
The address created sensation. and a
scene of great confusion followed. the
applause being deafening. Judge Kerr.
of Pueblo, got the floor and spoke in the
same intiammatory vein as Governor
Waite. He endorsed the recent revolu
tionary telegram sent by Edward X.
Holden to the east in which the latter
declared that if war upon silver contin-
ued if would result in the west repudiat-
ing all her obligations; that 10000 men
would be paupers and that 100000 peo-
pie would be upon the verge of 5iarva-
ton, and a revolution would be the final
result.
\ communication was then presented
from the bankers ali over the state by
which they contributed $1,000 in behalf
Of the Denver clearing house to assist
toward the expense of sending delegates
to represent Colorado at st. Louis.
Washington or other places us the con-
vcntiOu deems best.