Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-06-20

Double the volume of money
and you double prlees
second Divide the volume Of money
and you divide prices.
Third Double the volume Of
money and you divide the debts.
'fOurth-Divide the volume OF
hadneS and yoG double ,hs debt--
Al the conclusion of Mr. Sibieys
speech there were persistent calls for
[ Mr.. Bryan, Of Nebraska. but that gen
tleman evidently desired n more favor
able opportunity and more time in
/ which - deliver his views upon tho
silver question. for ne declined ~ re.
sPond
] Then. upon Invitation Of the conven-
tion. Mr.. Charles :. Thomas. OF Den
yer. occupied the reminder OF the
tiiuc OF the evening session
| ssscaa Day.
MrwPHIs. Tenn. June IA At iooa
I Rev. Dr.. Brooks. Of Memphis. opened
the convention with prayer. after " which
{ the arrival Of delegates from Arizona
ana one from Arkansas was announced.
I Chairman Tu-pi- then announced that
[ the committee On resolutions was not
I ready 10 report. and introduced Sena-
/ tor William NJ stewart. OF Nevada,
uho addressed the convcntion-
/ senator Stewart said: The object les
sons of the last three year. show that
I the American reoPle arc face so fac-
I with concentrated capital the enemy
which destroyed all previous eivilira-
I tons A shrinking volume ~ money
a. compared with population aud bu>i-
ness produces falling prices. paralyr-s
industry aud eOmpeis the producers
of wealth To pawn their property To
continue the struggle against impsnd-
ing fate.
l Four-fifths Of the American people,
7 yea. nine-tenths. have been At heart in
{ favor Of restoring silver ever since the
crime Of 1873 was discovered. but the
I gold combination has seized every
avenue of communication Pour thou
sand national banks arc is agents.
/ i've thousand other banks and trust
companies do its b.ddinE
I The people have at last taken thi.
natter into their hauds Twenty
Z yesrs - betrayal have taught them
that equivo--al platforms and good
Z iorsi -xos-i-ievil politicians mean gold
T EuEoroiy. They now know that thr~e
who say they ar~ frsenily 20 silver bit
want il accomplished without doing il
I themselves arc enemies aad can uot br
E trusted Noman = a hiusetaiist " ho dos
{ not advocate bi-metailisrn a. it existed
4 for thousands Of y~ars before Sher-
man visited Engl4ni in i~s7. AMI be-
fore he carried out the purpose Of an
/ EngIish syndicate TO strike down sill
.cr la ra7a
/ The democracy Of Iilta.si. 49, A--is--
the Ice The rank aud file Of the re-
publican party south ani west ar.
sullen and angry. but the naNnipuia-
tors are still in control. The rrpub-
licau convention Of Kentucky re
newcd the allegiance Of the party OF
that state to the alien gold syndicate
but the ties Of party arc not strong
enough to hold the republicans Of the
great northwest in line. The south
and west and the producing classes Of
all sections have common interest in
restoring the money of the eoustitu-
tion and regaining control of the gov
ernmcnt of the United States
When senator Stewart had finished
his speech Secretary Wade read tele-
gram from Congressman Benton Me
MILAN. of Tennessee. in which he ex.
pressed regret that personal business
prevented his attendance upon the con.
vention. and added:
Cessation from the use of silver as
redemption money would be calam-
ity to mankind While bimetalIism
by international agreement is much to
be desired. it is useless TO expect En-
gland to make any agreement To ex.
pect her To concede bimetallism now is
as idle as it would have been for our
forefathers to rely on her doing them
Justice without fight in liza
At this juneture loud cries wers
made for Congressman Money. one oi
the silver leaders of Mississippi III,
advanced TO the front OF the stage
and prefaced his remarks by saying.
II am here" silver man from head
to foot. aud democrat all over
MIR. Money was suffering from a sors
throat. and spoke bat few moments
deprecating any attempt To settle tn,
silver question outside the democrats,
party.
Private John Allen. of Mississippi
was the next called ny the audience Il
speak. lie began:
Il, ike the poor. am always will
you lie advanced no new arguments
but caught the crowd, throwing a YER
bal bouquet at Senator Stewart. an,
reminding the people that the west wa
the friend of the south.
The speaker ELECTED rounds of zp
plzuse when he said that the figh
should not be taken out Of the demo
cratic party. lie said that the gol,
men were threatening the people will
: disruption of the democratic party
and he invited the republicans to com
into the democratic party and fill u
, the ranks left vacant by deserters
! who went to the republican party.
: Mr.. Allen kept the audience laugh
ing for about fifteen minutes. and a
the conclusion of his remarks the con
vention took recess until $50 o'clock
AFTERNOON SESSION.
: Immediately after the convention
N1H NAAAEtA W RANACE ARN NAAE 3AkENuRD
session Senator J. X Jones. of Arxau
: sas, rs chairman. presented the repor
of the committee on resolutions. whiel
! he read.
The reading of the resolutions wa
: frequently interrupted by tumultuou
: applause, and they were adopted wit
hurrah, without discussion
Report of the Committee on Re<olutlou
Adopted.
! The report made by the eommitte
on resolutions and adopted by tn
. convention follows:
; Silver and gole coin have TO all ages coast
tutee tie no1ey os tie world we're she none
cf the fathers Of the republic. the money I
history --d o. the constitution.
TIE universal experience Of mankind =,
deDonstra.ed that the joint use or both silv,
, and Eolo coin as one uc--ev Constitutes a
most stable standard Of values. afad that q
full amount OF both metals IS ns.cessary As
medium Of exchange
r The rnemOnetyatfon Of elthsr.of these hI
sorlc moaey uetrls means an Appreciation
the ysiur of money. a fan in .ee prices q COZ
InoditieS- Ns Ginlnution ~ the results
& leeEfF.fHatr hItslr-.z the a.