St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-07
PERTLE SPRINGS CONVENTION
PRONOUNCES FOR THE
WHITE METAL.
RESOLUTIONS UNoPPosED.
REORGANIZATION OF THE DEM
OCRATIC COMMITTEE ON A
SILVER BASIS.
NATIONAL SILVER DELEGATES.
Committee Selected to See That
IL Men Nominated Are of
the Bland Stripe.

PERTLE SPRINGS, Mo-, Aug. g..
Free silver has conquered in Mis-
souri, as it did in Illinois, and the
fears expressed late last night and
early this morning, that there would
be strife and turmoil in the conven-
ton, were not borne out by facts
The so-called gold, or sound-money
adherentS, were so overwhelmed by
the superior generalship and nu-:
merical strength of the free silver
leaders and forces that they made
but very faint effort to stay the
onslaught of the white metal adher-
ents. Bland said in opening the con-.
vention that the Democrats of Mis-
souri, had assembled to adopt resolu-
tions on the free coinage of silver,
to select state committee which
was in sympathy with the popular.
will, and how well his prophecy was.
carried out the result of today's de-
liberations tells. The report of the.
committee on permanent organiza-
ton, which practically SHOWS under
the old committee, was adopted with
but one or two dissenting voters;
that of the resolution committee for
free and unlimited coinage at 16 to
1, regardless of any foreign nation,
being carried with hurrah and
expedition seldom seen in any con-
vention; and furthermore, men were
selected to nominate delegates favor
able to silver to the national DEM,
ocratic convention in 1896. AS a
whole the friends of silver are feel
ing happy tonight. The state CEN
tral committee held a meeting at
9:15 and selected "Silver Dick Bland
as temporary chairman. Lew Love,
of Springfield, was made secretary.
These nominations were ratified and
the committee Immediately ad-
journed. United States Senator
Cockrell had an all-night session
with the leading members of the
state committee, in an endeavora to
close the breach. He suggested that
resolution be introduced in the
convention giving the state central
committee ironclad instructions; as
to their duties during the state cam
paign in 1896. The members of the
committee who were present, how
ever, were opposed to any such ac-
ton, and when the meeting ad-
journed no progress had been made
toward cementing the contending
factions.
BLAND IN THE CHAIR.
The convention was formally called
to order at neon by John II. Carroll.
After prayer by Rev. DR.. Berry, Mr..
Carroll made a few remarks, which
had a tendency to harmonic the con-
tending factions, and then introduced
Hon. R. P. Bland, as temporary chair
man. Mr.. Bland congratulated the
Democratic party upon the auspicious
gathering of Democrats for action on
the Democrats of Missouri had
met to renew their pledges for
bimetallism. The Democrats of Mis-
souri,, he said, send greetings to the
Democrats of Illinois, with regard to
the declaration already made on this
subject. eve have met" he con-
tinued, Ito declare for the free coinage
of silver at a ratio of Is to l. and we
will do what our constituents have
sent US to do After the usual com
mittees had been selected the "free
silver jubilee singers of Warrens-
burg, entertained the convention with
several free silver songs. Col. W. F.
Switzler, of Bonneville, representing
the free silver Democratic editors of
Missouri, who met at Sadalia recently
then addressed the convention, pledg-
ing the support of the editors in the
fight for the white metal. After Col
Switzler had concluded his remarks.
the convention adjourned until 2
o'clock, without the contention with
regard to the state central committee
having made its appearance The COM
mittee on permanent organization met
and decided to make the temporary
organization permanent. Then the
resolution was introduced providing
for an increase of the number of state
committeeman. 1t added one member
from each congressional district, and
four at large; the chairman to be
elected by the regular state non1inat-
ing convention. The resolution was
unanimously adopted in committee.
In the afternoon, while waiting for
the committee on resolutions to report,
the time Of the convention was taken
up in speechmaking, ex-Congressman
Hatch and Hon. E. NJ Benton address
IL.
oltions committee filed in with their
report, which was promptly read 1t
is as fellows:
THE PLATFORM
THE Democrats of Missouri, in state
convention assembled, make the fol-
lowing declaration on the money ques-
ton, which has been forced into the
leading place among the issues of the
day: The federal constitution names
silver and gold together as the money
metal of the United States The first
coinage law passed by congress under
the constitution made the silver dollar
the unit of value, and admitted gold
to free coinage at a ratio measured by
the silver dollar unit From the Begin
nlng OF a policy formulated by Thomas
Jefferson and firmly established by
jackson, the Democratic party has
been the party of bimeta1lism favoring
the free coinage of both silver and gold
at the national mints, and opposed to
farming out to the banking corpora
tlons the governments sovereign
power of issuing and controlling the
money of the people. The act OF: 1878
demonetizing silver was Surreptitiously
passed, without the approval or knowl-
edge OF the American people. and from
the time when the effect of this act,
in fastening upon the country the sin
gle gold standard, was understood, the
Democratic party has consistently and
perSistently urged that the grievous
wrong may be righted. Failure to ac-
compliSh this has resulted in the steady
appreciation of gold and a correspond
ing fall in the price of commody.ies
| produced by the PEOPLE: a heavy in
crease in the burdeffof all debts, public
and private; the enrichment, Of the
dmeneylendding CLASS paralysis Of in
pfc, and uneXanipled distress in all
| gold standard countries. Experience