The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-14
FREE COINERS TO THE FRONT.
prPREsENTATIVEs OF THE 10 TO L
MOVEMENT GATHER AT
WASHINGTON.

personnel of To-day's Conference in
Favor of the white MetaI-A Ma
donaI Executive Committee VIII
BE Appointed and the Attempt
Made to Dominate the Next Demo-
cratic National COnvention-The
Country AT Large Expected to APP
pIaud the Efforts Made To-day.
washington. Aug. 1a.-Representatives
from almost every state will be present at
ne free coinage convention to be held in
this city tomorrow. This conference is
the outcome of the Memphis convention
at which time democratic representatives
from all the states were instructed to send
delegates to a general conference in Wash
ington. These delegates come as represen-
tatives of the 16 to l movement, and are
confident of success and will admit of no
compromise.
The following delegates had arrived at
a late hour tonight: Senators Harris of
Tennessee; Jones of Arkansas, and (Tur-
pie of Indiana, who issued the call for the
conventions; Hon. n. N. Cox, Tennessee;
nun JdAiltS ~ lAONhAAoAus W duN1BtAOr ~
c.; w. NJ. Rubey. Macon, Ga. Hon. Robert
Nein, Batesville, Ark; W. Hill, W. c.
Humphrey and George w. Allen, st. Louis.
No; JOS F. Johnston, Samuel Willjohn,
John W. Tomlinson, II. w. Wilson, Bir-
mingham. Ala; Jos. Hodgson, Mobile,
Ala; Senator John w. Daniel and Peter j.
Otey. Lynchburg, Va. Also the following
from Illinois: w. H. Hinrichsen. Spring
field; John A. Barnes and r. NJ. Rose,
Louisville; George NJ. Lecrone, Efingham;
George e. Brennan, Joliet; William E.
Wilson. Decatur and j. w. Yantes and NJ.
McNeely, Shelbyville.
1t is probable that Senator Harris will
preside over the meeting. and Secretary
Casey Young of Memphis, who is chair
man of the executive committee, will have
much to say in the proceedings. The
object Of the conference Is to form an
alliance with the Democratic party fa-
vorable to free silver, and every effort viii
be made to secure harmony in the ranks.
Senator Harris is authority for the state
ment that new national committee will
be formed composed of democrats OF
prominence, one drawn from each state,
the object being to secure control Of the
next national democratic convention. Mr..
nois at the head of a large delegation of
which Congressman Fithian is a mem
Der. Mr. Hinrichsen has the honor of
having called the first free silver con-
vention ever held. He dominated the ac-
tion of the convention held at SPRING
field in June last, and is confident that
the west, as well as Illinois, is taking
more kindly every day to the free silver
movement.
Mr.. Hinrichsen said tonight: .The
free silver men will nonni-
nate and elect the next president.
Naturally, we in the west turn to William
r. Morrison as the one available candi-
date who represents sterling democracy
as opposed to the gold-bug mugwump-
cry of the white house. While Mr.. Morri-
son has thus far remained non-committal
on the silver question, yet we are assured
by him that he has the interests of his par
ty at heart His party will point to him
in unmistakable terms, the necessity for
free silver and urge upon him his leader
ship. As the silver movement originated
in the west, so also must the party lead
er come from the west.
1T should be understood that this is a
democratic movement. entirely with
in the lines of the party. Every possible
effort will be made to prevent factionaI
differences. This conference will adopt
resolutions that I believe will be adopted
in majority of democratic conventions
of the variuos states so that when the
next national democratic convention is
held the delegates Will vote almost unan-
imously for free silver"
Senator Daniel was one of the late ar
rivals tonight. He said he was not
aware what the dimensions or the person.
mel of the conference would be- but he
expected about 200 delegates to be present
Such a number, he thought would work
with more consonance than larger rep
resentation and the work on hand would
be expedited sooner. He saw no reason
why the meeting should last longer than
one day. He had not come here to offer
resolutions and did not know the nature
of the ones that would be introduced by
tho leaders of the movement. 1t was his
opinion, however, that good would come
OF the affair, and that the country at large
would applaud the action of the conven-
tion.