The herald., 1895-05-18
THE SILVER ASSOCIATION
The White Metal Men Do More
Work at Salt Lake
SOME RESOLUTIONS PASSED
Committee 10 Attend the Bilnetalic
League Named
Considerable QIibbling O-curr,d Over the
Name OF the Organization Making
OF the Bylaws
Associated Press Special Wire.

OuClrnian NOu i)SOH appolHtcu lhc ioi-
lowing delegates to the Bimetallic league
of the south and southwestern states. to
be held in Memphis June 11th and 18th:
Ex-Governor Bradford Prince, New
Mexico; How. +. Il. Sargent. Butte,
Mont Ex-Governor Alva Adams Den
yer; Hon. G. NJ. Donaldson, Oregon;
Hon. IL. VI. Langenour, Woodland, Col.
Congratulations wer, received from Viz
gina City, Ncv., and recommendation
OF Governor Princes silver speech before
the transmisss ppi congress was made
bv Walter c. Hadley. president of the Bi-
metallic association of the southwe
Chairman Merrill of Montana from the
committee on plan of action reported the
following:
Resolved, That an organization be crea-
ted. to be called the Honest Money Edu-
caG!onal unit ion.
Second--Its iect shall be to inculcatc
the principles OF bmetallism aud the res
toration of the free coinage OF silver at
the ratio OF IS to by the circulation OF
documents, the holding OF meetings and
other appropriate means,
tive committee, consisting OF one mem
Ter from each OF the eleven states and
territories invited to this conference,
IL
Three members shall constitute a quorum
of this com mmittce.
Fourth-Other states and territories
can become connected with the union by
the vote of jorty OF all the mem bers
of the executive committee and shall
therefore be entitled to representation III
the executive committee.
Fifth-In every state and terri tory con-
nected with this union there shall bs u
state or territorial committee consisting
of five or more mem bers. with power to
fill vacancies and add to their members.
These members shall be appointed in the
first place at this conference.
Sixth--It shall be the DUTY OF the state
or territorial committee to raise the
necessary fund for carrying ont the
object of the union and in every way
proper to aid in the furthering OF those
objects.
Seventn-The members of .he executive
committee for each state or territory
shall be elected annually by the state or
territorial committee respectively.
This was considered by sections, Wins.
ton of Washington objected to the name
"honest money" 1t is not expressive
enough; it does not go to the point:
gold men say gold is the honest money.
Populsts think the greenback honest
money; let us call it the Pacific Silver
Association" a name that will leave no
doubt Of what we mean.
this proposition because it narrowed down
the object aimed at, which is to mbrace
the whole country.
Winston's amendment was lost.
Judge Bickford of Montana moved to
strike out the word 'educational' as per-
haps arrogating too much.
Ex-Governor Prince wanted the word
left in; the purpose of this conference ce is
to educate; the word shows that the OBJ
iect is not political. but instructive.
Judge Bickford said his purpose was to
avoid giving offense to a largJ class of
voters who might not take kindly to the
suggestion that they stand in need of
education.
Mr.. Light of Colorado favored Judge
Bickford's amendment; the committee
had been in doubt about the word and
had inserted it by a bare majority.
Attorney General Jones OF Washington
agreed that the word might be offensive
and ought to be stricken out. The or
ganization should not be confined to ed
ucational work. Tho motion to strike out
carried.
Winston of Washington moved that the
organization be called the Silver union.
Governor Prince objected, saying that
we are not for silver alone out for BIZ
metallism.
Mr.. Young of Oregon thought the term
'sound money" too ambiguous. and said
it would need frequent explanation. He
is Populst and believes greenbacks to
be honest money. ii you mean to say
that the metals are the only honest
money, then cannot go with you.
Ex-Governor Adams of Colorado pro-
posed the name 'Bimetallic union,
which was agreed to.
Winston wanted section amended so
that any state could come in when it
wanted to, whether the majority of the
committee voted that way or not He
offered as an amendent, land all the
other states ana territories are invited TO
join this union.
Mr.. Borah Of Idaho thought this tinnec-
essary. II was perfectly understood that
other states would be cordially welcomed.
Jones of Washington favored the
amendment. He did not want TO see even
Missouri kept out OF the organization II
it wanted to come iii.
Governor Prince said the purpose was to
prevent an irresponsible BODY that did
not represent its state at all from attach
ing itself to the movement. The object
was to avoid bringing the organization
into discredit.
Bennett of Washington concurred with
Prince.
Clunic of California said the com mittee
had carefully thought the whole matter
over and he did not believe any delegate
could, on the spur OF the moment, i'm
prove ON the report. 1t was perfectly ab-
surd to contend that any state would be
excluded. If gentlemen kept Oh offsring
amendments this way. tho conference
would not get through till fall.
Winston said he was there in behalf of
his Washington constituents to offer such
amendments as he thought proper, and
proposed to offer thom it ho had to stay
Till Christmas.
!. Bennett suggested that it was time to
go to Fort Douglass and see the parade OF
roops; the delegates should either go at
;he time appointed or decline the invita-
ton.
Borah OF Idaho, replying TO Winston.
said there was no intention to exclude
any state that was ready to enter the or
ganization. The design was simply TO
provide method OF passing upon the
question whether or not a state was
ready.
Winston's motion wes voted down and
the succeeding sections were agreed to
without discussion.
A recess until 80 was then taken, and
the delegates proceeded in carriages to
Fort Douglass where the party. headed
by the governors and ex,governors pres
ent, were Hospitality received and enter
tanned and a salute given and review had
in their honor.
On reassem bling in the afternoon, Dell
of Greg on, who had vainly tried at the
morning session to get in substitute for
the committee report, offered it as fol-
lows;:
First--We hereby organize temporary
league for independent bimetallsm to
lie ccalled the '"rransmontane league