The Butler weekly times., 1895-06-13
DEMAND FREE COINAGE
White Metal Democrats OF ILL
nOis Meet i'm Convention.
Ana Adopt Short Platform-Use of
Both Gold and Silver as the
STANFORD Favored.

adjourned to night after a session in
the course of which there was little
dissension. Resolutions were adopt.
ed declaring in favor of the use of
both gold and silver as the standard
money Of the United States at the
ratio of 1G to l, without waiting for
the action of any other nation, as
declared at length below, also in
dorsing the action of the Dem ocratic
State central committee in calling
this convention and instructing the
committee to carry out the will of
the convention by inaugurating a
campaign of education and thor
oughly organizing the Democracy
throughout the State on the lines
laid down in the resolutions. The
Democratic members of Congress
and Senators are also instructed to
use all honorable means to carry out
the principles enunciated.
Resolutions were also adopted in
favor of national silver convention
to be held not later than August,
and delegates at large to such a
convention, if one shall be called,
were selected. Governor Altgelds
administration was indorsed and his
speech for free silver was loudly
cheered.
When the convention was called
to order, Representative hall was
crowded. After a prayer by the
Rev. w. +. Taylor, Chairman Hin.
richsen of the State central commit
tee, in his address, referred to the
disorganization of the party last fall
and declared that the State central
committees investigation showed
that it was due to the failure of
Congress to establish a permanent
currency system and the fact that
the President and other Democrats
in high places had determined on a
line of financial policy, to which the
rank and file of the party was op.
posed. Therefore the committee rel
solved to appeal to the Democrats
of the State for instructions aud to
call an early convention to forestall
the proposed action of the national
silver party and to open up the dis
cussion at such time as to prevent
a hopeless split in the party. He
referred to the defeat of 1883 as due
to President Cleveland's mistake in
allowing a thorough discussion of
the tariff question by not issuing
his famous message in time and
declared that the committee did not
care to initiate it. He held that the
party in each State had a perfect
right to discuss and pass upon a
national issue and he defended the
committee from the various charges
of the opposition. He declared:
'The man who says and believes
that the State committee had no
right to call upon the people for
instruction. or who says and believe.
that this convention has no right to
assemble and discuss any question
has not one drop of Democratic
blood in his veins and has no right
or place in the Democratic party.
This convention was not called for
the purpose OF reading any man out
of the party, nor has the committee
or any member concerned in the cal.
given utterance to any expression
that would indicate any such inten
tion. On the contrary, every effort
has been made to prevent anything
like rupture in the Democratic
ranks. At the same time the com
mitee has resented the attempts of {
few would. be bosses to control the
masses, either by means of publ,
patronage or by threats Of leaving
the party, and now that they hav'
so evidently failed to accomplish
their purpose and desire to leave u
we can only bid them good by ant
wish them better luck in bossin,
the opposition"
Andrew Hunter of Paris, ex-Cor
gressmau-at-large. said: I'VE ar
here because of the efforts of MI
Cleveland to force the Democrati
party to accept a. final the law {