Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-11-10
All FOR so uND MONEY
American Farmers Are solidiy Against
 Free Silver.

Free Silver.
 The friends of free silver were gwen an unexpected and unwelcome shock bv the farmers national congress a fe1v days ago. A resolution was pre- sented requesting congress to place cold and silver on parity and ealing for ar international conference upon the monetary question. This resolu- tion had been prepared by J. c. offut, of Indiana, and was favorably reported bv the resolutions committee.
 The free silver delegates immediately nresented an amendment to the section which provided that the president or the United States should call an inter national congress of all nations wiling to unite in the equal use of both gold and silver by adding, lat ratio not to exceed sixteen to one." The amend- ment was to put viva yoce vote by President Clayton and the nays ap- peared to have an overwhelming ma- jority.
 The silverites, however, were not willing to acknowledge defeat and clamored for roll call. The delegates from the north, east and south were practically united in opposing the six teen to one idea, and the contingent from the western and what are known as the silver states found themselves in sad minority. The congress refused to adopt the amendment by vote of two hundred and ffty-one and nine fourteenths to one hundred and four and fve-fourteenths. The resolution was then passed without further de- bate.
 The victory of the sound money ele- ment in the congress was emphasized later in the day when a resolution de- claring opposition to the further issue of interest-bearing treasury bonds or notes under any circumstances was lost. 4 resolution fayoring congress sional enactment against the beef trust was adopted
 The twenty-first annual convention of 1 the American Bankers association con- vened at Atlanta recently. The action of the farmers congress was naturally subject for open and frequent con- gratuIations among them. Robert J. Lowry, president of the Lowry Bank ing company. Atlanta, said:
 .'The refusal of the farmers congress to adopt the sixteen to one amendment ls an in- dication that the members Of that organizt- tlon have been doing Q considerable amount of hard thinking. There can be but one basis, and that is gold. When that is established. silver will take care of itself Every bank in i Georgia, with one lone and solitary exception, favors sound money. The one banker ex- eepted can scarcely be said to be opposed to , parity of gold and silver, and he Is certainly not for silver at sixteen to one. an pleased with the action of the farmers congress. and especially that it's disapproYal of silver should have been expressed in such unmistakab1e terms e
 J.J. P Odell, of Chicago, president of the American Bankers association, said:
 The action of the congress is a Yindieation of the judgment of the advocates of sound money. who time and again have maintained that, given time to think, the agricultural and producing classes would arrive Ut Q proper appreciation and understanding of the ques- tion It was certainly Q severe defeat for the advocates Of silver at sixteen to one
 "As for the resolution which was adopted calling for an international conference of all nations wishing to place gold and silver upon | q parity, I can see no objection in such con ference, but am free to say, in my opinion, such conference would be devoid of results. Nothing of value has ever yet been established through conference of that character The defeat of the proposed amendment by vote of over two to one shows d rapid reaction to- ward sound money, which is natural and to he exnectad