Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-06-13
WHITE METAL CHAMPIONS.
Magnificent Free Silver Coinage
Mass Meeting in Session ut
Memphis.
Committee on Resolutions at Work
Ringing Declaration Expected
Plain Talk of Congress
man Money.


man Money.
Memp phis, Tenn, June 13.-The second
days session of the silver convention
opened with no sign of diminution in the
supply of speeches and it is doubtful il
it will complete its labors before late to.
night. A number of distinguished guests
are set down for speeches to-day, and, in
addition, the most important business of
the meeting, the report of the committee
on resolutions, is to be considered. With
this business prospect before them, the
silver men decided to begin their work at
10 this morning. This was rather early
for many Of the delegates. and number
from neighboring towns in Tennessee
and Arkansas, who went home over night,
failed to return in time.
SCOPE OF RESOLUTIONS.
Around the hotel lobbies last night
there was much discussion and specula-
tion as to the scope of the declarations
to be recommended by the resolutions
committee. Of the stand upon the q ues-
ton of the free and unlimited coinage of
silver as the main object, or, as Senator
Harris was particular to put it, the sole
object of the convention, there is no
doubt, but what will be effected by the
Populist members of the committee, to-
gether with Senator Butler, of North
Carolina, and some radical third party
silver men of the west, who are nursing
the presidential aspirations of Joseph
Sibley, of Pennsylvania, is an uncertain
quantity. Conservative men, however,
are believed to control the committee,
and the firm hand of Isham G. Harris,
which has been seen more than once in
the conventions proceedings, will no
doubt stay any attempt to turn the con-
vention into anything but what it was
intended to be, mass meet
ing for the discussion of the free and un-
limited coinage of silver.
SENATOR STEWART SPEAKS.
At 1915, Rev. DR.. Brooks, of Memphis,
opened the convention with prayer, after
which the arrival of the delegates from
Arizona and Arkansas was announced.
Chairman Turpie then announced that
the committee on resolutions was not
ready to report, and introduced Senator
Stewart, of Nevada, who addressed the
convention, showing how the gold combi-
nation had cornered the gold supply of
the world and enslaved the masses.
At the conclusion of mis- speech, Senator
Stewart was warmly congratulated.
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE.
At noon the committee on resolutions
Ia 1nOHol In
engaged in discussion that is sure to
last the greater part of the day. There
is no likelihood of report at the morn
ing session. The injection of the Popu-
list element into the membership has
,aused trouble, though it has not assumed
more serious form than the necessity of
istening to innumerable speeches and
Wild propositions of extremists. The
'sven Populists added to the committee,
With their allies in that body as it ms
originally formed, are making an earnest
light for declaration upon independent
ines. In addition to this com plication
he Sibley boom has not yet been dis
'osed of. There is not much likelihood,
owever, that the resolutions committee
'ill have to face the direct proposition
+ ind orsing the candidacy of Sibley.
There was considerable dissatisfaction,
his morning, among number of in
uential Democrats in attendance upon
he convention at the radical utterances
f Sibley last night. His appeal for in
ependent political action, in 1896, and
he obliteration of party ties, presumably
! Sibley's personal interest, was
NOT REL1sHED BY SENATOR HARRIS,
Fov. Clark, of Arkansas, Mr.. Vardam,
andidate for governor of Mississippi,
ol. Galloway, one of the oldest news
aper men in the north, and they were
OF slow in expressing their disapproval.
here was some talk of a bolt of the con-
'rvatives, but it was 80 obvious that the
lird party men were hopelessly in the
inority that the sentiment had not many
Kponents.
Gov. Evans, of South Carolina, said to
q Associated Press Correspondents: 81
eieve the proper policy to pursue is to
'pture the Democratic convention. If
le free silver men capture the Demo
attic convention, the gold bugs will
'cede and join the Republican party.
hey can accom- plish this, as was illu-
rated by the recent action of the Illi-
ois Democratic convention"
III 1t became necessary, governor,
ould you give mn your Damocracv for
zee silver?"
II would give up ANYTHING and oo anv.
here for free silver If II hecame naces.
ry. The free silver Dem ocrats will not
, into the Populist partv. for that ia a
ench in the nostrils Of tha naonIa Thav
III not 90 into the Republican marty.
I'd vet the Democratic marty nndsr
eyeland ia little hettern F,