The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-07
THE WESTERN REGION.
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, LEAGUE
Aasaai Gathering Of Ye..g Republicans

tionAl Republican league convened al
the Broadway theatcr, Denver, on tn.
2Gth. There were forty states ant
territories represented, and it wa,
the largest and the most represe uta
tive convention in the history Of the
league.
At the FIRST days session resolutions
of sympathy for France were adopted
The committees were appointed and :
large number Of resolutions were Of
fered The principal speakers Of the
day were F. {. Goudy, President Ira
cy, John NJ Thurston and Chauncey
l. Filley. Letters Of regret were re
ceived from 7, b. Reed, Don Cameron,
Robert 7. Lincoln, Alger, Fassett,
Teller, Clarkson and:others.
Senator Cameron's letter aroused
great enthusiasm, as it was outspoken
in favor of silver. After speaking Of
the nearly unanimous sentiment in ali
lands in favor of bimetallism he said
The whole agricultural class, the
whole class or classes of small pro-
prietors, the farmers that made the
bulk and the sinews Of our race; the
artisan whose interests are bound up
in the success of our manufactures
all these join hands with what is left
of their old enemies, the landed aris-
tocracy of Europe, to protest against
of society, they could have invented
no device more effective than this de
cree which at one stroke doubled the
value Of industry and swept the small
proprietor everywhere into bankrupt
cy.
The whole conservative force Of the
world protests against SO violent and
despotic change. We protest against
Of politics to fear the reaction against
revolution made for the benefit of
moneylenders alone.
Had all the despotic governments
that have existed in a thousand
years united their intelligence to
set class against class, to breed cor
ruption, to stimulate violence and
to shatter the foundations of
such extravaganza We see the risks
to which the gold mania is exposing
US. We have reason to know the pop
ular feeling, and we do not believe
that the single gold standard can be
long maintained.
We want real money-coin-car
ing intrinsic value; yet if England
succeeds in her obstinate effort to de-
stroy the value of silver for coinage
nothing can save us from paper. Eng
land may well succeed; she seems al
ready to be on the point of success
greater than her government wanted;
and, in that case, irredeemable paper
fiat money stares US in the face.
Something, then, must be decided,
and quickly, for delay itself is likely
to be decision The Republican party
must either fix the single standard on
the nation or reject it. This time We
can no longer escape the issue, and
whatever we do must be done openly.
The task before US is to restore nor
NAL activity to industry, to break down
the barriers to sectionaiism, to check
the increasing tension between the
rich and poor, to relieve agriculture
and to save the small farmer and man
ufacturer-in word to smooth away
the threatening dangers of discomfort.
The Republican party alone has power
to do this, and to carry on our society
for at least another generation with
out further disaster. you have only to
adopt platform Of four words, aud
to take your stand on it firmly, cour-
ageously, with honest determination
to be true to it. The party has al
ways maintained the national princi-
pie Of high tariff. You, whose deep
est and best interests depend upon its
success, have alone the power to add
free silver.
Wednesday morning the committees
on credentials and rules reported. The
recommendation Of the latter that del
egations be allowed to cast the full
vote of their states created lively
discussion. Ex-Governor Prince and
other western delegates objected. The
recommendation of the committee was
agreed to 57s to 265. The names OF
vice presidents and the executive com
mittee were announced. At the open
ing Of the afternoon session, General
Hastings, candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, spoke. He was fol
lowed by Ex-Mayor Washburne Of
Chicago. A telegram Of regret from
Governor Mckinley was read.
The committee on resolutions the1
reported. After calling attention tt
| the blunders OF the Democratic party
the glorious record of the Republican
party is spoken Of Just election
laws and liberal pension laws are urged
The prompt admission of Utah, New
Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma ar,
favored The clauses relative to tn.
tariff and financial legislation are a.
follows;
"Wc declare our belief in the doc
trinc of protection to American labor
American industries and American
homes We also believe in such re
ciprocal trade with the nations as will
increase the market for the product o.
our farms, factories, forests and mines
without increasing that competition
which tends to lessen wages and de
grade our labor We denounce thu
proposed destructive legislation knowr
as the Wilson bill, and earnestly re
quest Republican United States sena
tors to oppose its passage by all hon
orable means.
We believe in the use of gold ans
silver as money metals maintained OF
perfect parity and nter-convertibili
ty. We do not believe that there viii
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