The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-09-19
THE SILVER CONFERENCE.
Loge Harris Will Test It's Non-Parti-
zan Feature.


j. c. L. Harris, well known Popu-
list-Republican of Raleigh, is quite
enthusiastic ia regard to the nonpar-
tizan silver conVentions to be held
there September 18th, and says he
will have fifty negroes at the conven-
tion if they are admitted and that he
intends to see one meeting in which
there is no discrimination on account
of race, color or previous condition of
scryitude. He has prepared resolu-
tion as follows:
THAT committee of fifteen be ap-
pointed by this convention which
shall issue an address TO the voters of
the nation VINO are in favor of the re-
mOnetlzatiOn of silver at the ratio of
IL 60 i. urging them TO meet at some
convenient point for the purpose Of
eifecting au organization, the sole
mission of which shall be the remon-
itiZation of silver at l6 to /, and that
when this great object has been OBJ
tanned each individual who has con-
tributed thereto shall be at liberty to
return to the party organization with
which he has acted, if not being in
tended to disrupt or impair any polit-
ical organization further than to at
Senator Butler was asked about the
silver convention, and said he was not
8dvizing POpuliStS TO stay away, but
was telling them he would possibly
attend it himself, and that he felt
that way. He say he thinks any per-
son who favOrS silver should have
been allowed to sign the call. He does
not know whether he would have
signed it. as he would have first de-
To- l1Ar no a HaI l,a
cause OF silver, but as it is called he
proposes to be present TO see what is
done and to do anything to advance
the cause of silver or oppose anything
inimicai TO that cause. All friends OF
silver ought to get together. Hedoes
not know whether that is the mean
ing OF this convention or not, but he
will not oppose anything which looks
like that purpose.
ENDORSED TILE CALL.
The Populist leaders were in con-
ference at Raleigh until midnight
Tuesday night, and they agreed TO
endorse the call for State silver con-
tion.
Yesterday the following was issued,
signed by Senator Butler as member
of the National PUpulist Committee,
and B. L. Keith, as vice president of
the Memphis Silver Convention:
"a call having been made for nom
partisan State free silver convention,
uniting all persons Of all popular par
ties who favor free, independent, and
unlimited coinage OF silver and gold
into full legal-tender dollars at the
ratio Of 10 To /, and inaSmuch as such
convention Will be on the line of the
Memphis Silver Convention, and will
tend to get all true friends of silver
together, under one banner to fight
the foreign gold trust and its Ameri-
can tory allies, therefore, we favor the
holding of such silver convention, and
call upon the honest money free-silver
clubs OF the State and all other per-
sons who favor the objects of said
clubs to attend"
j. j. Mott, j. NJ. Moody, and V. S.
Lusk (Republican) and w. III. Worth,
Harry Skinner, y. ). Shuford, and
w. f. Stroud (Populistl, today pub
liShed u call in Senator Buffers
paper, in which they say:
We hereby express our approval OF
the free silver convention September
25Jh, and call upon those who believe
in this step towards proper financial
system to meet in Raleigh that day
for consultation