Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-06-28
FOR FREE SILVER.
A At0SfERFNfE OF DEMOCRATS AT
OatHt, sEBRANkA-LErrER
fRGM coy. ". j. SfONf.

ia5S iis 30hpiimtntS TO
the rar,,'s Represent
atisfs In Washing
ian-iddress by
Hon. ". J.
Bryan.
OMAHA, NEB, June 2I.-The free
silver Democrats conference held here
to-day was attended by about 700 dele
gates. There We're at least 900 other
visiting Democrats from the interior
Of the State.
The Lancaster County delegati IN ar
rived at noon from Lincoln, with BRYAN
at its head. The Exposition Hall in
which the conference was held was
well filed at 2:30 O'Clock, when the
conference was called TO order. J. T..
Ong, the chairman of the Interstate
Committee, called the convention to
order and introduced G.. J. Smythe,
secretary of the committee, who read
the call. Then Mr.. Ong made an adj
dress in which he congratulated the
Democrats who signed the call on the
response with which the call had been
met. He said that they came there as
loyal Democrats, and such they would
remain as long as the Democratic par
ty was the party of the people. He de-
clared that the two greatest fncubi of
the party were the protective tariff
and the demonetization of silver, and
he hardly knew which was worse. The
next Democratic Presidential nominee
must be a Western man with Western
ideas. The two great Democratic lead
ers of Congress are Daniel, of Virginia,
and Bryan, of Nebraska. AT the men,
tion of Bryan's name the delegates
arose to their feet and cheered.
"Our purpose here to-day" continu-
ed Mr.. Ong, sis to start movement
which shall control the next State Con-
vention in favor of free silver, and no
power of Federal patronage or corpor-
ate scheming can prevent that result" !"
At the completion of this speech a
Committee on Temporary Chairman
reported in favor of Alfred Haziett, of
Beatrice, and he was elected. His
speech was blief, and compared the
passage of the corn laws by John
Bright and Golden with the proposed
free silver legislation i'm lifting the bur-
dens off the poor. AT the end of his
speech, Hon, w. J. Bryan entered the
hall and was greeted with applause
and enthusiasm. A speech was called
for, but he declined because he would
occupy the evening.
The secretary then read a letter from
Governor w. J. Stone, of Missouri,
which was as follows:
GOVERNOR STONES LETTER.
estate of Missouri, Executive Depart
ment, Jefferson City, No., June q, 1894.
-. - .. Shy IN. Esi SnIana, Nenraska'
Deal .h 81 na nase c sre no.lor 70 aehnoWI-
euse tne Ieceip. Vi your recent laVor,
invitins me W ue pleseu1 anu Iahe par
III .iIe conIerehce VI NeoTaska Tree Ell
on tba 0Ist ;nst
arr is :, s,,,,rna. ,,f ra,,;,. ra,<rat 20
mo that a nrav;ons euaanaoanf fron,
which 7 can NOT we'll asE raIeass viii
n,aLa II i,,nra oct cites hia for mo to enoant
x,o,,r in,itatinn Tba a,,aa~an,a,t CO. r.
which r aIInda will reo,7;re nav nr,s.
anca of N;lwoukaa ON fha da., Honr
s.nn,,antio,, osSanehlas
81 ON, o,,ite we'll aw.ro that tb..d-
harents af the nemocratic marty in
Nehraska are NOT apreed an the silver
onastion Jndaad The marty in the
nation is clearly divided on fnis ones-
tion. This division ia frat alone seo.
fional lines. and secondly local in
each stafe an, confident that an
oyerwhelming majority OF Democrats
| in the Western and Southern states
favor opeuinp at once the mints of this
country to the free coinage of both
! gold and silver, while it is possible the
dominant sentiment In the Northeast
ern and some of the Middle States is
| inclined to support Mr., Cleyeland's
policy of silver demonstration, or,
| what is practically the same, the dis
continuance of silver coinage until
some International apreementi il reach
| ed.
..srppN nuoNo,,pr.,,,srs
ssft T is ~ q source ] of sunrise i : to me that
the Den,ocratic marty shonld he diyid-
ed ,,non thiS nnastion and have heen
onnavad and b,n,iIiatad at The otfi-
tnda Of nnr nat;nnaI sdn,;nistrat;on
ra1at;ca thareto ME i,fsnanca of Nv
Vork and Roston as oreat money CEN
ters has heen strong enouph to domi :
nate nnbIic onininn in the state i'm
,.,oJ;a.aI,r hopt ,ba,, ond n,,Jar tha .
inf,,,anea the nen,ocratie Marty of the
| Nnrthaastarn States hos taEan a nosi-
| t;o,, ontaSon;stio fc tIat bold hv tho
.,o, nartv .t IN az ntbar seot;nns Of the I'm.
20, Tha enntroI,;na foreas oftbaDan,o-
cratic party i'm the Northeastern States
| aro in n,,ositiou IN tbo continent and
nurposes of the party at large. Those
forces are very powerful and agrees.
i've: they control in a large measure
the metropoiitan press, which is. per-
hans. the most potent of all agencies
i'm the formation of public opinion: In
their service are the most adroit poll
| ticians in the country and we all
know that the power of money, if not
omuipotent. is very great. The ma
tionai administration is in line with
the prevailing sentiment at New York
and Boston.
"With these mighty influences sat
work. none could expect the party In
the Western and Southern States tt
! escape invasion and attack. In all
these States the gold monometallists
of Boston. New York and Washington
have found friends and adherents
The combined powers OF money and
patronage will ALWAYS have friends
and advocates. In all these states
these champions of The money power
are organized, The influences they
command and the weapons they use
make them formidable and danger
GUS force even in our Western Democ
racy.
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