The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-12
Gov. Waite, Of Colorado, Makes
an Anarchistic Speech.
cHEEREo ~ raENz,Ep MEN
Judge Kerr Also Makes . Few Re-
marks Of . Lurid Type.
The white Metal Adveeates I.Ae,ee
Their Fiery Leaders and win Pa.s
kssoiasieas Aecordiagly-A Remark
able Desae In Dsnvss.

OkNVkk July 1.-THE mass meeting
called oy President Merrlck. of the State
SILVER League. met in the Coliseum hall
today. The building vas crowded with
thousands Of delegates from every section
OF the state. who had come TO see what
could be done toward cryssallizing tho
sentiment in Colorado for the establish
mcnt OF free and unlimited coinage Of si!-
yer. There appeared TO be but one feeling
In oil the gathering. and that Was free
coinage or nothing. In his address calling
the meeting 70 order President Merrick
said:
We ask for Iustics-for our rights We VIII
accept nothing les& The crime OF 1874 has
gone ON all these yean unpuaishsd. We are
here to demand An early and speedy settlement
OF the silver question.
Following his remarks committee on
organization was appointed and motion
made to take recess. AT this point some
extremists attempted to introduce . reso-
luton. This created an uproar which
came near terminating in . riot. Quiet
was finally restored and a recess taken.
On .eassembling 1t could be seen that
the spirit which controlled the delegates
at the morning session was not under con-
troll. but only awaiting an opportunity to
break out again. Hon. Charles s. Thomas,
Democratic national com mittceman from
Colorado. WAS made permanent chairman.
In assuming the chairmanship. he said:
We are face to face with crisis which has
had but fow parallels in the history Of this
country: 30 deep, 90 broad. 90 far-reaching that
IL does not involve sxsgseration to predict that
slavery over again: that it means stagnation Of
business and paralysiso OF commerce
This stagnation. Thomas went on to
show, was from a failure to restore silver
to its legitimate ratio Of l6 to 1, and at the
conclusion Of Thomas remarks there was
cali for Gov. Waite. TIE echo was taken
up in mighty shout from 1000 lungs,
which was carried to the galleries where
as many more joined in the demonstra-
tion. As the old grayhaired governor
started down the aisle to the platform the
scene presented was beyond the
pens description. Men whose fu-
turs depended upon the cause
for which they were fighting stood in
their seats and yelled until exhausted.
The executive. who comes from Aspen.
one of the leading silver mining camps in
the state. confined his remarks to the
question Of silver and its demonstration,
and to those in the East and Europe who
were not only the ruin of the West, but
the entire country. by forcing such .
policy. and concluded by saying:
II the money powers shalt attempt 10 sustain
tis usurpation By strong hand ws will meet
that tssue when is 10 forced upon us. for
IL II better. innnitely. that blood should now
to the horses brides rather than that our ma
tional liberties b destroyed. II it 10 true that
the United States 10 unable to carry ous il gov.
ernmental policy without the dietstion or con-
sent oil the foreign powers, II we ere province
OF European monaschies, then we need another
revolution. another appeal to arms until We
have won that battle. II war IL forced upon US,
We will send TO Holtfax greater army against
British Tories. according to our population.
than our forstatbsrs sent there after the Rsvo-
lutionary war. The war has begun. IL ts the
same war which must always b waged against
oppression and tyranny to preserve the liberties
OF man.
The address created q sensation and .
scene Of great confusion followed, the ap-
plause being deafening. Judge Kerr, Of
Pueblo. got the door and spoke in the
same intianmatory vein as Gov. Waite.
He Endorsed the recent revolutionary tele-
gram sent East, in which il Wss declared
that il the war upon silver continued il
would result in the West repudiating all
her obligations; that 80. 900 men would be
paupers. and that 10000 people were on
the verge OF starvation, and revolution
would be the final result.
1t was then moved that the convention
indorse the remarks of Gov. Waite The
motion vas carried amid the greatest en-
thusiasm- The convention then adjourned
until tomorrow, when tho committee on
resolutions will report.