River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-12-21
FRIENDS OF SILVER.
They Formulate Plans for the
Coming Campaign
A Movement Looking Toward the se-
curing of Control in the NEXT Con-
gress-Result of Their Re-
cent Conference.
THEY HOPE TO WIN.

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA. j. Warner,
the president Of the conference of the
Timetable league, which has been in
session here for several days, has given
out an explanatory statement of the ac-
ton of the conference. The meetings
have been well attended, a number of
public men in congress lending in their
aid by being present These include SEN
ators Stewart aud Jones (Nev. }, PETER,
(Kan.), Power (Mont), Allen (Neb.)
and Hansbrough IN. d. and Represent
tatives Pence and Bell tCol }, and Simp-
son tKan) and Sibley pa The fol-
lowing is President Warmers statements:
1T was unanimously agreed in the confer
enoe:
Il That the money question is and win con-
tinue to be the paramount issue TILL it is set
tied. and settled rightly and on sound prino-
pies, and that il can be displaced by no other.
- That tho first battle is for the next con-
gress
"a That 10 achieve results the silver men
must not only stay silver men after they reach
congress, but they must there unite. and, put
ing silver above party, work incesanty TO ac-
complish the object for which they were
elected"
A number of delegates were in favor
of organizing new party out and out,
with the declaration made on the
money question as the sole issue, and
leaving the way open for the athlia-
tion of not only the peoples party, but
of the q, 900, 900 VINO refused to vote at
all at the late elections, but the con-
ference was not called for such pur-
pose. and majority of the delegates
present believed the course finally
agreed upon to be the better policy in
the coming congressional elections
The conference recommended that
the bimetallic league urgently suggest
TO friends of silver everywhere, in all
parties, that they support for tae Fifty
fourth congress only such candidates
as will pledge themselves in nominat-
ing conventions and openly and pub
licly in their canvass for election to the
following action in case of their cleo
ton:
81. That they will enter.into no party caucus
that will bind or restrain them from voting and
acting in the Fiftyfourth congress Otherwise
than as given in their pledges TO the people be-
fore their election, but that they will unite with
others who are in favor o. the restoration of
the bimetallic standard OF money by the free
and unres rictcd coinage of both gold and
silver on the ratio OF Is TO /, as before
the act of 1873, and the issue by thu gen
eral government OF the paper currency without
the Intervention OF banks, ana against the issue
Of bonds to buy gold and that they viii act and
vote on all matters during their term as mem
hers OF the Fifty-fourth congress 10 secure this
end, and especially in the election Of speaker
and IN the organ cation OF the house ana in the
vote for president Of the United States in the
event election OF president fails TO the
I house of representatives
~. That to this end the conference recon-
mends that silver leagues be everywhere or
ganized and the work of education be carried
on throughout the country, AMI lL4t in add tidn
10 this work thorough organization be effected
In states and districts where such work will be
most effective in the election OF members Of
congress and OF state ieKsla ures."
The following motion was also
adopted:
THAT this conference recommend that there
be held during the present winter two conven-
tions, one somewhere in the south ana one at
Dcs Moines la"
On motion OF Gen King, OF Louisiana. that
committee OF three on the union of the re-
publics Of America and other silver standard
nations OF the world, with the president Of the
bimetallic league chairman. lie appointed.
Gen. King Of Louisiana: Mr. f, d. Stark Of
Ohio, and Judge E Shelnon, Of Connecticut,
Z We're named a. the committees