Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-11
A LIST OF THE N0TABLES
Senator Pugh, Congressmen stallngs and
 Robbins Make Speeches.
A LETTER FROM SENATOR MORGAN
In Which He Discusses Finances and sug- gests Reorganization of the Party. Joe Wheeler Writes Also-Pro-
 ceedings of the Body.

A conference of the free silver demo- crats of Alabama was held in this city yesterday and last night It was called by Col. Joseph Hodgson, and MT John w. Tomlnson, secretary of the Alabama delegation to the recent silver conference in Washington.
 At noon Colonel Hodgson called the conference to order in Erswel's hall and after stating its purposes made the following nominations for temporary of f1cers:
 President, Col. J. w. A. Sanford, Mont gomery.
 Vice-presidents, Judge William Rich ardson, Huntsville; Capt. Joseph F. Johnston, Birmingham; Capt. James Crook, Jacksonville.
 Secretaries Dr. T. w. Ayres, editor of . the Jacksonville Republican; J. A. Roun- tree, editor of the Hartselle Enquirer; A. J. O'Keefe, editor Birmingham lndepen- dent.
 On taking the chair Colonel Sanford thanked the conference for the honor thus conferred on him. He was glad to meet with true and good democrats who believed in preserving the principles Of the party. He wanted free coinage of silver and he didn't want to ask the cons sent of other nations. He asked what nation had ever sought the consent of other nations in establishing it's coin age laws. He said the power of making money belongs to the state and not to the government. Prior to 1792 there was no United States coin, there being no hints until then. The gold and silver of Peru, Spain and other nations were legal tender in the United States until 1857 He said it is impossible to maintain a cofnmercial parity of two metals and whether coin is kept on parity depends on the law making it legal tender He said we might as well determine by inter- national law how many soldiers we shall have or how many sailors we shall sail as to fix our coinage laws by internation- al agreement. On motion of Col $. w. John the gentlemen present were re- quested to hand in their names that they might be enrolled, and the following re- ported:
 Blount-P. G. Albridge
 Bullock-A. D. Fuller.
 LCalhoun-T. ". Ayres, James Crook, w. G. Caldwell T. s. Gray, w. F. Hig gins R. P. Thomson.
 Mobie-Joseph Hodgson, J. c. Clarke E. B. Kirkinde John Case, Charles w Stanton, William Richardson, c. c. Griffin, H. Y. Brooke.
 Covington-M. c. Can't, w. B. Gibson. Cullman-S. l.. Fuller.
 Dallas-Gaston A. Robbins, w. W. Quarles.
 Franklin-G. c. Almon, w. H. Norris.
 
 Hale-J. D. Stenhart.
 Henry-State Senator J. B. Wood.
 'Jackson-George c. Hunt, Scottsboro. Lee-Augustus Barnes, T. P. Hudmon, T. l.. Kennedy, J. R. Rogers, N. P. Ken Madison-Hon. William Richardson.
 Montgomery-John w. A. Sanford Horace Hoo7 R. H. Greene, J. B. Simp- son, Gordon Mcdonald, A. T. Drey- shires
 Morgan-J. A. Rountree, A. L.. Brown Robert Orr, c. Kyle.
 Pike-John P. Hubbard.
 St. Clair-David Aderholt T. M. Jones' s. P. Mcclellan.
 shelby-Ex-Gov. R. w. Cobb, w. T. Smith.
 Talladega-T H. Bass, M. L. Smith,
 Pery-W. F. Hodge.
 Tuskaloosa-George D. Johnson.
 Jefferson-J. M. Crowder,- John M. Haran, R. l.. Thornton, J. l.. Meade r II. Armstrong, B. B. Conner, M. A. Mason, J. M. Gillespie, J. s. Gillespie, James T. Trotter, C. B. Powell, J. s. Chandler, Joseph F. Johnston. w. c. Garrett. c. McAdory R. P. Wetmore w P. Pinck- ard, Mack Rittenbury, w. J. Vann, B. w. Taylor, J. F. B. Jackson, William Bethea Joseph Montgomery. R. G. Hewitt, George s. Emmett, Samuel Faucett, J. J. Altman, Robert Warnock, R. J. Lowe, w P. Hickman, L. H. May, J. De B. Hooper, H. M. Wilson, Tefair Hodgson, James A. Bivings w. B. Burton, s. w. John, J. C. Read, c. P. Hickman, James O'Keefe A. s. Elliott, John w. Tomlinson. John T. Milner, w. K. Terry, J. M. Arnold, A. Q. Lane
 Senator Pugh.
 United States Senator James L. Pugh, who occupied seat on the stage, was called for and responded in a speech of about thirty minutes. He said:
 am unable to express my appreciation of this honor and my willingness to take siCk Iyn A-tfs most any occasion to address you on the subject of finance. There is no mistake as to where the democratic party stands on this question: If mistakes have been made it was the fault of the leaders and not the party and l hope the same mistakes will not again be made. Every silver country in the world is satisfied with its currency, and not gold stand ard country is. If the pledges of the democratic party had been carried out free coinage of. silver would today be in vogue in this country. Those pledges have been violated, and the country is on a gold basis I predict that President Cleveland's next message will call for additional legislation to maintain the gold basis, which means that the gold trunk is too slim to support the limbs put out by the silver and gold basis. take it that neither branch of the Fifty fourth congress will carry into execu- tion the recommendations of the presi- dent on the financial question, nor will they grant him the authority requested October 1 the syndicate's contract will expire and the reserve will fall below S100,0O0, 900. The greenbacks will not be retired. The next congress will demon strate that this government cannot main- tain the single gold standard and it will be too late for congress to amend the constitution, and the result will be that the country will be maintained on a single gold standard based on the credit of the government. It will be demon- strated that the gold standard cannot be maintained without retiring the green backs. Every time the president resorts to the issuance of bonds to keep up the