The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-21
SILVER NOT RECOGNIZED
REPUBLICAN OLUBS IGNORE TT IN
 THEIR RESOL UIIONS.

THEIR RESOL UIIONb.
 The League Is Not to Endeavor to Influence
 the Action of Any National, State, County
 or Municipal Conventions-COnnect ecticut
 Men Elected as Vice Presidents.
 Cleveland, June 20.--It was II o'clock
 before the convention was called to or
 der this morning by President Tracy.
 The delegates were present in force,
 but there was a lack of interest on ac-
 count of the overshadowing importance
 of the meeting of the committee on res
 olutions, in session at the Hollenden ho-
 tel. The committee on rules reported
 that the rules formulated by Thomas B..
 Reed were good enough for them. Sem
 ator Thurston of Nebraska said he un-
 derstood Warner Miller of New York
 was inl the city and he was sure the con-
 vention would like to hear from the eX-
 senator
 A committee was sent for Mir Miller
 who spoke in part as follows;
 ''The large number of delegates seg
 here to-day Is an indication that the
 republican party Is still on earth. I am
 not here to discuss the glorious past of
 the party, but rather to talk of it's pres
 ent and future. It is fully able to take
 care of all the great questions which
 may come up. We have heard it said that the tariff question is mo longer one of ruling importance. With that state-
 ment I take issue. Any party which in its financial policy does not provide for enough revenue to keep up the country
 is failure and must be driven out of existence. Is the democratic party a democratic party for revenue only? We'll, it has not produced revenue enough of late to pay the expenses of the country by about S75,000 The re- publican party stands for a tariff not only for revenue. but for surplus also. From election day of last fall down to the present time the prospect has been gradually growing better and the full fruition of victory will come to us in 1896, when the republican party will once more take charge of this country. We propose also to restore the reciproc- ity laws, enlarge and widen them. We propose to increase our merchant ma Tine, if necessary, to Japan and China, just opening to the commerce of the world. Further than all this, the re- publican party will see to 1t that the Monroe doctrine does not go into innoc- uous desuetude. We will say to all our sister foreign countries, you are our natural allies and we will be your de- fender.
 We shall plant our flag on the isl- ands of Hawaai-that is, with their per mission. You may call this jingoism if you will. Now, as to the currency ques- tion. When I was asked whether or not this question should be discussed in this convention I said I had never known the republican party to shirk any ina- portant question, and I did not believe | this convention would. It was suggest ed to me that perhaps I ought to leave this currency question to the various | presidential candidates, but thus far | none of the candidates have shown up. i I came here expecting to meet the fa- vorite son of New York and the fa- | vorite son of Ohio, but one of them stole | by us silently last night and the other | will probably not make his appearance. l I do not blame these candidates for dodging the currency question when it is the business of the national conven- tion to formulate a money plank in it's platform.
 Now, briefly as to the silver ques- tion. The good this convention has l done is to bring the silver men of the west and the gold standard men of the east together. The difference be- tween them is not so great as we have been taught to believe by the press. For myself, wish to say I am not a gold monometalist and I am not a silver monometallist. I do not be- l lieve it would be wise at this time to have the free coinage of silver main- tained Gold would simply become an article of merchandise. We should at east wait for the cooperation of France and Germany. The probability that we wtA have international bimetallism is becoming greater every day, and I think it will be assured in a few years We of the east have no grudge against l you of the west There is no desire | In the east to legislate against silver. What advantage can there be to any l of our people to depreciate it's value? 1 There would be just as much sense in egislating aginst wheat or petroleum ] 1r any other of the great products of l ( he country. Some time ago we legis- ated against wool and what was the | ( 'esult? Sheep husbandry was almost ( entirely killed. To return to the ques- ion of monometallism, do not be- t ieve the great business of this country C an be carried on with gold alone. I ' believe silver will be restored to it's ' ormer place in the currency of the world at the proper time. Resolutions being next in order MT. ( Blackwell of Massachusetts called for n endorsement of woman suffrage, t which called forth loud cries of "No," il No" He then offered another reso- S ution arraigning the democratic party r or not taking action in regard to the F armenian atrocities. Then resolutions F we're offered as fast as the clerk could cad them. They provided for sym athy with Cuba, for pensions for the for free silver and for c lmost everything else, which conven- ions discuss Frank IT Riar of Okla tt