The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-12
FRIENDS OF SILVER.
meeting of the Bimetalhc Convention at
 St. Louis-Preiminary Work.

Meeting of the BtmetaIric Convention at St. Louis-Preiiminary Work. ST. LOUIS. Oct. 4-The Pan-Ameri- can bimetallic convention met at Arm ory hall mt Il o'clock with disap- pointingly small attendance.
 Gov. w. J. Stone, of Missouri spoke for the state and accorded a most hearty welcome to the convention. $. $. King, of Kansas, responded, ex- pressing thanks for the welcome. Of the question of sectionalism and silver he declared that this country was able to get along without the economic aid of any foreign nation; that as regards silver there was no sectionalism other than that conceived by those endeavoring to debase it; as to commerce that the internal commerce of the Mississippi valley was greater than the combined foreign commerce of all the world. He touched upon depreciation of money value of agricultural products by the use of the single gold standard, and in closing called upon the Mississippi valley to wake up. a.
 SoN' S' ol Acouth Suto~ lima, was chosen temporary chairman. In his address he charged that the re- duction in the anticipated numbers of delegates was due to the power of the press to smother the efforts of the masses to rise to their proper place, but the time was coming when the west and south would join hands and win their rights, if not by agitation then by their ballots. He of the south had felt the pressure of sectional ism and he was glad that the west, too, had felt the iron enter its soul. It was proposed to exercise the right to vote to govern their own states and to send representatives to congress to better voice the sentiments of their sonstitu. ents than some now there.
 Olney Newell, of Denver, was unani- mously chosen secretary. Committees on credentials were ordered appointed and recess taken. ,r
 The convention was slow in getting together again and it was 2:52 p. m. be- fore Gov. Tillman rapped for order. The credentials committee reported an authorized convention list of 166, rep. senting the states of Colorado, Iowa, Texas, Indiana, Montana, Kansas, South Carolina, New Mexico, 0ld Mex ico, Arkansas and Missouri. The read ing of the report precipitated what promised to be an almost inter- minable debate upon the vot- ing powers of the vRrious dele gations and delegates. Suggestion after suggestion was made by Gov. D. H. Waite, of Colorado; eX-Congressman J. B. Weaver, of Iowa; Hon. A. c. Fiske, of Denver, Col; Gov. G, P. II. Tillman, of South Carolina; Gov. w. J. Stone, of Missouri, and others, and at length it was decided that each state delegation at large should cast twenty votes, while all other delegates from other sources should cast their individual votes.
 II. c. Walters of Washington, del- egate from state whose governor re- fused to appoint, was given powersto cast the states entire vote of twenty, as was also J. K. Weatherford, of Ore gon, for his state. The settlement of this matter admitted of the submission of the report of the committee QS i,es'. manent organization, the following names being announced as the selec- ton of the committee for officers of the coDvention:
 President, Gov. l.. D. Lewelling, of Kansas; vice president, M. E. Benton, of Missouri; secretary, O1ney Newell, of Colorado; assistant secretaries, Sam uel B. Cook. of Missouri, and W. II. Culp, of Arkansas
 Mrs. Lease, who then spoke, opened with the declaration that crisis was now on, more dangerous than that which confronted the American people ;,, 1--k