The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-24
LEAGUERS IN LINE.
They Will Fight for
Silver.
THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY
Enthusiasts Have Enlisted for the
War and They Will Never Cease
From Their Troubling.
Special to THE MoRNtNa CALL.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-At tn-day's ses-
sion Of The American BimetallIc League
the committee on resolutions made the fol-
lowing report:
WHEREAS. The great moral and tinan-
cial crime of the nineteenth century was
the demonetizng of silver in 1873 by the
Congress of the United States. acting under
tho influence of British persuasion and Brit
ish interets; and whereas, said act was
destructive of the interests of the Ameri-
can people and III disregard of the financial
policy inaugurated at the beginning of the
Government under the wise guidance of
such statesmen as Washington, Hamilton
and Jefferson, aud formulated in the act
founding the mint of the United States in
1892. and which established just ratio be-
tween gold and silver as mint metals;
Therefore, in behalf of the wronged people
and suffering industries OF the land. we
demand the free and unlimited coinage of
s liver at the present ratio of 10 to /.
We denounee as unconstitutional and
revolutionary all legislation which in any
way discrimnates between silver aud gold
as money metals.
We denounce it as inconsistent with
sound public policy to confer or advise, di-
rectiy or indirectly. with any foreign ma
tIon as to what the money or currency of
the United States should be.
We denounce the recent attempt to repeal
the act of $780, requiring the Treasury De-
partment to make monthly purchases of sill
yer. as menace to the prosperity of the
country. and an attempt to repeal the emer-
geney compromise forced upon us at that
time. and We will resist its repeal by all le-
gitmate measures at our hands, unless it
be to substitute in lieu thereof the free and
unlimited coinage of silver
We also denounce the measure now pend
ing before Congress to authorize the addi-
tionsl issue of Government bonds as vi
cious and wholly unwarranted by the pres
ent financial condition of the country. and
as an attempt to extend and perpetuate in
dustrlal servitude.
We declare 1t to be our purpose TO con-
tinus our struggle until justice be secured.
and to this end we will make unremitsing
effort to educate and arouse public senti
ment We will Immediately open the con-
test 10 the Middle ard Eastern States, and
we call upon all fairminded people in all
sections of the Union to aid us in the strug-
gle for industrial emancipation.
The report gave rise to considerable dis
cussion. but was finally adopted unani-
mously.
X. +. Knob, the candidate of the Popu-
lists for Governor OF Alabama, Endorsed
the aims OF the convention, and Senator
Jones of Nevada explained the objects of
the Brussels conference. He said that Is
per cent of the population of London was
living upon charity. and yet the English
commissioners had asked the United States
delegates to agree in their estimation of the
value OF silver and to adopt policy that
had brought about this wretched condition.
The proposition before Congress was TO
issue more bonds, he said. was a deceptive
trick. 1t meant simply that the banks
wanted to control the circulating medium
OF the country.
General Field, candidate for Vice President
on the Peoples party ticket, spoke, severely
criticizing the Presldent-elect for trying
TO defeat the election of Candidates before
the various Legislatures who represented
the wishes Of the people on the silver Ques-
ton.
Secre tary Foster has been advised that
S1,000,000 in gold was taken to-day from
the sub-treasury in New York for export
This leaves of free gold in the treasury but
$4,000, GOO, and il the free gold is much fur
ther reduced, it is belieued that Secretary
Foster will sell bonds to protect the reserve.
The House Appropriations Committee
authorized the chairman to move a non-
concurrence in all the Senate amendments
TO the sundry civil appropriations bill, in
cluding the Sherman per cent bond
amendment The silver men will insist on
a vote on the latter before the bill goes to
conference