The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-10-05
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ti,s pau. American Bimoia'lio Convtu.
tlou opened Attendance small
Sr LotIs. No Oct g. The Pan
American Bimctolnc convention met
at Armory hall at II o'clock yesterday
with disappointingly small attend
ancc On behalf Of the city, eN Con
grcssman Nathcn Frank spoke brief
iy
Governor w j. stone Of Missouri,
next spoke for the state and accorded
a most hearty welcome TO the convcn-
ton In his remarks he referred to
the advantages passed by St. Louis and
a .l1ed what necessity there was for go
ing 800 miles further TO trade. A. to
the charge that the convention was sec
tional In its idea of commerce he held
that the Advancement OF sections ad-
vanccd thc whole. Indeed. than TIE
states from which the delegates came
there were no more patriotic people
i'm the whole country, none more de
sirous Of stable, sound currency.
: s. King of Kansas res ponded. eN-
pressing thanks for the welcome. OF
the question Of sectionalism and sill
yer 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 con-
ceived by those endeavoring to
dcblse it; as to commerce that the in
ternal commerce OF the Mississippi
valley was greater than the combined
/ foreign commerce of all the world
! lie touched upon depreciation OF the
money value of agricultural products
by the use OF the single gold standard,
. II. 4
issippi valley to wake up
Governor G.. y. Tillman of South
I Carolina was chosen temporary chair
man. In his address he charged that
4 the reduction in the anticipated NUM-
/ bers 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 10y
agitation then by their ballots. lie
/ OF the south had felt the pressure Of
/ sec ioualism and he was glad that the
West. too. had felt the iron enter its
soul 1t was proposed 10 exercise the
right to vote to govern their own
states and to send representatives. to
congress to better voice the senti-
ments of their constituents than some
now there.
Olney Newell af Denver, was unani
mously chosen secretary. Committees
on credentials and resolutions were
ordered appointed and a recess taken
for dinner,
The convention was slow in getting
together again and it was 2:I2 p. m
before Governor TiIlman raped for
order The credeptials committee re
ported an authorized convention list
of lGG, representing the states of Col
orado, Iowa, Texas, Indiana. Mon
tana, Kansas, South Carolina, New
Mexico, Old Mexico, Arkansas and
Missouri.
Officers were chosen as follows:
President, Governor l.. ID Lewelling
Of Kansas; vice president, NJ l.. Ben
ton Of Missouri: secretary, Olnoy Now
ell of Colorado; assistant secretaries,
samuel H. 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 peo-
pie IN 1870. With that introduction
she proceeded to argue for the union
of the West and South against the
Gondholders of the East