The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-06

man named was Judge Monru. c.
Crawford, Union county; secretary
Arthur w. Bentley, Pike county. When
Judge Crawfords name was an
noun ced there was tremendous ap-
plause. The districts were called fol-
the purpose of receiving names of com
mitteemen. and the fact developed that
a full list of district delegates had
been selected in caucus this morning to
attend the national monetary conven-
ton, should one be called.
The committee on resolutions named
included Richard Michaells, p. P. Ken
an and j. w. Lanehart, of Chicago;
Attorney-General Maloney n. z.
burlington, of PEORIA and ex-United
states Land Commissioner W. j. A.
Sparks.
Thomas Nelly. of Menard county.
moved that all resolutions of a politi-
cal nature be referred to the COM
mittee on resolution without being
read.
Thomas Merritt created considerable
excitement by opposing this method.
The convention was called for the pur-
pose of considering great question,
and he was opposed to all gag methods.
Adjournment was taken until o'clock
to give the committee time to meet
and formulate their reports.
The committee appointed to select
four delegates at large to the national
silver convention met during recess.
John 2. Hopkins. of Chicago; Secretary
of State W. H. Hinrichsen, George
B. F1thian, of Jasper county; and Cen
eral Lewis B. Parsons, of Clay county,
were elected b. reclamation; John
Warner, of Peoria, John Watson, of
Knox county, General Alfred Oren-
dorff, of Sangamon, and L. o. Whit
nell, of Johnson county, were chosen
alternates.
Afternoon Sessions
When the convention reassembied,
the report of the committee on ere
dentials was read and adopted. The
committee on permanent organization
ELECTED vigorous applause by making
as permanent chairman, Judge S. B.
Mcconnell of Chicago. A committee
was appointed and escorted Judge Nc
Council to the chair.
Peculiar Significance.
Judge Mcconnell made a vigorous
speech which was enthusiastically ap-
plauded. He said:
-sThis convention has a most pecu-
liar and most important significance.
Heretofore managers of political par
ties have so arranged that party poll
tics should be declared only at the time
candidates are chosen, and only a
short time before the gathering of the
representatives of the people. The re-
suit has been often, that our conven-
tions have put forth mere assertion
Of general principles and on live is
sues expressed themselves in mean
ingless compromises. Coloriess candi-
dates have been presented to the peo-
pie or candidates unsympathetic with
70 raTIrD0Ga Of fhe marty
s9rhis convention marks a departure |
and is intended not only to allow a |
free discussion before the next politi- |
cal engagement, but to define our |
party position with distinctness and |
definiteness, so that no voters shall |
fail to understand us, and no candi- |
date, If chosen for office, have a |
chance or excuse TO defeat our COM |
mand-
'Can anyone say that because a
great nation OF 100000 people decide
to coin silver into money, and all they
got Of it, the result will be TO make
gold more valuable?
'1f corn, by any means could be
made to serve all the purposes OF
wheat the tendency certainly would
be to make corn dearer and wheat
cheaper We reproduce one-third of
all the silver which now reaches the
markets Of the world. If we keep it all
and make money of 1t, certainly Sill
yer will be worth more, and just as
surely gold worth less-in every mar
ket of the world. The demand for gold
would be less.
OF No Consequence.
''I think it a matter of no conse-
uuence whether other nations agree
with US or not. We shall sell neither
our silver nor our gold dollars to those
other nations. We never have. When
We pass the national boundary, our
money, whether silver or gold, is l.
for what it is worth. Neither our gold
nor our silver dollars are, and never
were legal tender beyond our own (
territorial limits. Money is a domestic
servant merely. An international
agreement is by no means necessary.
The Paris conference OF 1913 resolved
that the selection for use OF one or I
the other of metals, or both simultan- ]
eousIy. should be governed by the
special position of each state or group {
of states The great financiers COM
posing that conference evidently did
not reach the conclusion which some Of
our American bimetalliStS have.
They evidently realized that we {
ought to understand that a nation I
like ours, the richest in the world, pro- !
ducing one-third of all the world pro
duces, can regulate its own financial !
system, anu 10 81 MllIOul universal
It is quite apparent, anyway, I
that if we want other nations to re- 1
monetize silver we can compel them r
to do so more readily than we can I
coax them. If our legislation in favor [
Of the reconciliation of sill -er does
not result in making silver worth one I
Of gold, then England and Q
the other nations of Europe will find G
Il to their advantage to help US make t
silver more valuable. If they do not,
they suffer more than we do. We
cheaper gold by coming silver. They
can make the silver which we offer {
them more valuable by coming it also. t
In other words, they would be more a
interested than we in giving to silver i
he greatest paying power our laws +
give IT, We must rid ourselves of the :
veto power of New York and London. =
Let the people command and our Of !
icial servants must obey" :
Silver Above Party. r
Hon. Andrew Hunter, of Paris. ex- h
ngressman-at-large from Illinois, Fl
said: f
I'VE are here because of the efforts
If Mr. Cleveland to force the Demo- t
ratio party to accept IS final the law I
# 1873 on the money question. Those S
Who have been heretofore recognized !.
is Democrats but do not wish to stand v
With US in carrying out the provisions 4
# the Chicago platform must find =
ocatiOn for themselves. We are not -
lere to fix their status Or to assign to =
hem any political possession. Those II
Who have inflicted deep and dangerous =
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