The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-14

arouse themselves to full sense of the
peril that confrontS them and deien6
the citadel of their liberties with a wig
lance that shall neither slumber mol
sleep"
The reading of the resolutions was
frequently in corrupted with applause
and they were adopted with hurraf
without discus sion.
The following resolution was alsc
presented an dadopted:
Resolved, That committee compos.
ed of one member from each state be
appointed by the delegates thereof in
this convention whose duty it shall be
to correspond with the representa- tives
and advocates of bimeJallism and bime,
allie societies in the different sections
of the union, and devise measures to ad
vance the cause of bimetallism through
out the United States
That this committee shall have power
to call a national conference of BIZ
metallists, whenever in the opinion OF
the committee, the cause of bimetallism
can be advanced thereby. Said commit
tee shall have power to fill all vacan-
cies.
Senator Harris then presented letters
from Senators John T. Morgan of AL
ALBANIA, Pugh of Alabama, and Jones
of Nevada, endorsing the convention
and containing words of encouragement
for the advocates of the free coinage OF
silver.
JONES AND PRINCE RESPOND
In response TO repeated calls from
the audience Senator Jones of Arkan-
sas advanced to the front of the stage.
Il had no idea, gentlemen" said he,
"of making a speech. The resolutions
just presented contain my views of this
subject as terSely and forcibly as they
could be expressed in words. I bedlieve
that the people of the country will di-
gest this great question before the next
national election and find fallacieS of
the arguments Of the gentlemen of the
other side
Ex-Governor Prince was next inero-
duced. He said: Il bring you greet
ings from the west. My colleagues and
myself were sent from the bimetallic
convention in Salt Lake City to bring
you word of good cheer. The people
there are bimetallists There is no
need out there for meetings or speak
ings. We are all bimesalllsts.
We westerners believe that the peo-
pie are as honest as they are patriotic.
We don't believe the eastern people
want to set up dishonest dollar but
we believe that they have not been
educated as they should be. Such a
convention as this should be held in
the east.
II want to say few words on the
topic of honest money. We want mon
ey that is honest in deed, in proof and
in fact. 1 conceive that Mr.. Carlisle's
idea that the best money is the highest
priced money, is not true. The best
money is the money that has and al
ways will have stability. The best
dollar is the dollar of absolute seabil-
ity and that is the dollar of bimetal-
lism. The most absolute dishonest dol
lar that the world has ever seen is the
constantly appreciating gold dollar"
The next speaker was Benjamin r.
Tillman, the Populist United States
senator from South Carolina, to whose
appearance everybody had been look
ing forward with great interest, as his
speech was expected to furnish the
sensation of the convention. Senator
Tillman's original manner and plain
speech attracted his hearers at once,
and he held their close ttention for
over an hour. He said in part:
''Some three or four weeks go there as
sembled in this city body called to teach