Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-28
THE AFTERNOON SESSION
Oh Tho TflIsnissIssippI Congress al
81, Louis.
Discussion OF the decentralization Of
hiiNer o. tunETciaman uryau
Addresses tho delegates.

Addresses tho Delegates
81. LOUIS, Nov. g7.-At tho opcu.
oftho afternoon session, which was de.
layod until nearly 3 O'Clock, there
being nothing bo'oio the convention
having special preosdeucr, Congress.
mau-e!cct shaiio,h, VI Colorado, was
Invited to address the delegates on the
silver quedIlou. MI shairogh opened
his remarks with "a theoretical discus.
eisn Of the elects OF the complete de.
monctizat!on Of silver and the come.
quent compelling OF any one metal,
gold, for Instance, 10 transact the bust.
utts of the country Of tue world. He
touched upon the annual production
ui gold nud arguing from the HiHtlai.
cal assertions that more than 90 per
cent Of that production goes into the
arts, held that the remaining 20 per
cent was equal 90 but poT Uuat VI the
aggregate MONEY supply Of the world.
while tho Increase Ui demand
la trade was Fix times ia cE.
cess Of that percentage. There was
uut one course To follow 10 supply
trade with Its necessary medium VI
exchange, wiz The free c1insge OF
silver. Following THIS no rowe gcd
the positions 0f tho various govern
meats Of the world with relation 90
gold and tue increase iu the number OF
nations relying entirely upon tho yol.
low metal us q basis OF circulation, asa.
ing 10 % were not reasonable that, with
thu necessarily appreciated value, silver
should DO uHUd TO meet the over grow
ing demand Tor exchange.
AZ tho clotU Of Mt. Shnif0lh'a 10.
marks n now nuries Of resolutions were
introduced and referred 10 the commit.
tee on revolutions without debate.
Among them were thee: Opp0sinr
10y the Seattle chamber VI cJmmufoul
the adoption by tho congress OF any
resolution demanding the ifue coinage
Of silver; invutiug tne early cOnstIuc.
zion 0i tue Nicaragua canal; opposing
tue s0-callud OllBy plan with reRnIu tO
tho Pacific railroad debts aud ihv0ring
tue foreclosure Of tue government
mortgage, with tho restoration 10 the
people OF the granted laudf; fayOfing
tho taxing away from tCOngrtss IL
c1iuAge power aud its return 10 the
people under the system Of initiative
ana referendum; iav0ring the With
diawal OF all existing circulation me-
dluma anu tue substitution thereof VI
an issue u full leg i tender treasury
notes 10 tue amount OF so Per capita;
iayOring the creation Of a cabinet office
70 10 known a. the department OF
trade aud commerce, anu numerous
others Of minor character.
The hour OF Z O'Clock having arrived,
the sIociul order took precedence ana
the discussion CT reconciliation OF
silver was opened by Ex-Governor
PHuce Of New Mexico.
he began review Of existing con,
diuOns. He charged that the eastern
section OF the United States WAC op.
posed 70 bimetallism, not from prinul.
PIE, but from absolute Ignorance OF tho
subject. Hot ho did not mean by THIS
10 charge conscious wiokvdneis. The
West, by reason Of intimate association
with the need Of greater supply OF
money, was better Informed while In
the EasiiOuly the banking element WAS
acquainted with the isrue and they
from sslhsh interests advocated gold
mOuomutalllHm.
farming TO lhu demonstration Ac. Of
1873, passed as he asserted, ~ tuUru,
fraud aud which no member Of the
congress had ever Acknowledged hay.
ing voted Tor with the knowledge tina.
10 aid dUmOuel.gi silver, no snid that
all the silver men asked was tho tg-
peal Ol that law which no man RC-
kuowlcdged paternity iyr aud which
every man Ia public lie then Ur now
declared child OF sictl,h, Tho DO.
mGud would ba tire same were there
not a single ounce Of silver produced Ga
A meTiCl.
IL was the need Of a circulating me.
dium, Take iOT instance tue wheat
crop. The decline ~ ihr prico Per
buBLul had been from sl.ID 30 shout D
Ceuts or net loHs o. thu former at
pfessnt Of S2lU,OUO,OUO per year o.
taking the acreage ValuuOl wheat, cOru, !
oats, nay Aud c1ttOu, the decline since /
the demo citation u silver had been
from $40 G5 10 ss.l5 pr IS per cent.
Taking tho bimuiaiiu prices Of 1893 !
ns n bhrlu, tho gain ny a restoration o
silver 10 agnoJl'uraH would DO sl,'
900 200, 900 annually, This IN the lace !
OF tho fact that tho decline OF oliver
made a net Ioss oil S82, Goa. 900 annually |
10 the miue5 proved The Issue was not !
local 10 tho mining Interests.
Princois remsrkB aad tho hUaTly al
llausu following u, tho CJuBtuas took |
i.uiual evening rucerr.
Immediately upon ruass mbllng the |
dis,us8lon upon ihu reconciliation OF !
silver was rosum d, Colonel George L.. |
Leighton being Introduced o. present |
thc We've OF tue conservative upon guu
silver question.
Scarcely had Colonel Leighton con.
cluutd than tho audience evidenced |
that 10 had been waiting Tor the nuK |
speaker Clugiotmgn Bryan, who |
was received with an 0utuurs. OF ap. |
plause whioh was not btlllod Tor BUmr |
moments.
After expressing his inability 80 |
esvfr the subject In the brief umt al. |
loted him, Congressman Bryan pro- |
rtedod to quote James a. Blgine, 5ecte- |
taTv GnfliHlO AMI uthf r. guunIlV mann |