The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-24
THE SILVER STAR.
ITS GLAMOUR SPREADING OVER
WESTERN SKIES.

A Great Mass Meeting in Denver Well
comes sibley and Warner, Eastern
Worshipers at the White Metals
Shrine.
DENVER, April 16.-The open air
mass meeting held about the steps of
the capitol this afternoon in honor of
the silver agitators, Gen. Warner of
New York, and ex-Congressman Sib-
ley of Pennsylvania, was one of the
largest that Denver has ever seen.
Long before the hour which had been
set for the opening the people began
to gather and at 2 o'clock there were
many thousand listeners. Excursion
trains brought in hundreds from the
mining camps. On the steps of the
capitol and about the great arcade
were gathered many distinguished
Colorado citizens. The air was de-
lightfully mild and the sunshine bril-.
liant. For an hour before the time
set for the speeches bands played.
Judge A. W. Rucker introduced
Congressman Sibley: who was rect
ed with cheers. amy place buts Col
orado to talk silver" he said. I did
not come to talk silver. lean do that
in the East, where it is needed, butt
can ask you to advance and exalt the
spirit of patriotism, even at the sacri-
fee of partisanship. The President
has said the ignorant people of Colora-
CO have got to be educated on the
money question, and I wish he were
here to see whom he proposes to edu-
cate. Silver sentiment is steadily
growing and even IN Boston it is crys-
talizing. 1t is spreading in spite of
the efforts of J. Sterling Morton and
other branches of the cabinet. The
people Of the East will think the
white ballots for silver in 1896 will
amount to snowstorm and will lie
down and die like the blind mule in
the storm of popcorn. If silver had
got its rights whe, Cleveland took
the Presidents chair, Denver would
now be the center of population of the
United States. But I did not come
here to attempt to educate you On the
subject of bimetallism, but to meet the
people of Colorado and talk with them
as brothers, and fill myself up with
the life and vigor and electrical force
which one gets from breathing the
pure ozone of Colorado and shaking
hands with her people.
Mr.. Sibley was frequently inter-
rupted with applause from the vast
assemblage of men and women and
expressed himself as more than graft
fed with the earnestness of the people
in the cause of silver.
Gen. Warner followed Mr.. Sibley
in practical, business-like discussion
of which has been his life study. He
also read extracts from letter which
he received this morning from Senator
Jones, explaining the cause of his ab-
sence and failure to be with the party
at this time. The letter stated that
Senator Jones had fully intended to
make the Western tour with Messrs.
Sibley and Warner, but on the day
that he was to start from New York,
his physician positively forbade him
to attempt it: Senator Jones is suf-
fering from heart trouble and spells
of great mental depression. The letter
also stated that he had telegraphed
Gen. Warner before the party left
Chicago, but the telegram was never
received by Mr.. Warner.
Senator Stewards name was heartily
cheered.
As to the future of the party in this
State, the committee having the mat
ter in charge have arranged for spe-
cial train over the Denver and Rio
Grande, over which the party will
start tomorrow morning. It is them
tention to stop for an hour or two at a
number of the smaller towns alongthe
route and receptions will be given at
the larger places. The cities visited
will include Colorado Springs, Pueb-
10, Leadville, Glenwood Springs and
Aspen. This evening Mr.. Sibley ad
dressed a crowded house at the Y. NJ.
G. A. rooms on 1.-THE topics of the
times"