The herald., 1895-06-14

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| quently interrupted by applause, and
they We're adopted with a hurrah without
| discussion. The following resolution was
| presented and adopted:
Resolved. That a committee composed
OF one member from each state be ap-
| pointed by the delegates thereof III this
| conention whose duty it shall he to cor
respond with the adocates OF bimetailism
and bimetalic societies in the different
| sections of the union and devise meas
| ures to advance the cause OF bimetalllsm
! throughout the United States.
| That this committee shall have power
! to call a national convention OF bimetal-
| lists whenever in the opinion OF the com
| ittee the cause OF bimetallism can be
| advanced thereby. Said committee shall
have power to fill all vacancies.
! Senator Harris then presented letters
rom John I. Morgan OF Alabama, fugh
| OF Alabama and Jones OF Nevada, endors-
| ing the convention and containing words
! of announcement for the advocates of
| Tree coinage of silver.
In response to the repeated calls Of the
audience. Senator Jones OF Arkansas ad-
vanoed and said: II had no idea, gentle
men, OF making speach. The resolu-
tions Just presented contain my views on
this subject as entirely as they could be
| expressed in words. | believe that the
people of our country will digest this
question before the next national cleo
ton and find the fallacies of the argu-
ments of the gentlemen on the other
side "
Ex-Governor Prince
ESGovernor Prince was next intro
duced. He said II bring you greetings
from the west. My colleagues and myself
were sent from the bimetalic convention
in Salt fake to bring you words of good
cheer. The people There are are all BIZ
metallists. There is no need out there OF
meetings or speakings. We are all BIZ
metullists.
ave westernels believe that the Amer
lean people are as honest as they ere
patriotic. We do not believe that the
eastern people want to set up dishonest
dollar, but we believe they have not been
educated as they should be. Such con-
yenton should he held in the east.
want to say few words on the topic OF
honest money. We want money that is
honest in deed, in proof and in TACT.
conceive that Mr.. Carlisle's idea that the
best money is the highest priced money
is not true. The best money is that
which has and always will have stability.
The best dollar Is not a high-priced,
fiuctuating dollar; but the best dollar is
the dollar of absolute stability, and that
is the dollar of bimetaIlism. The only
absolutely dishonest dollar that the world
has ever seen is the constantly appreciat-
ing gold dollar
PopuIist Talks
The next speaker was b. +. Tillman,
the Populst United States senator from
South Carolina. to whose appearance
everybody had been looking forward with
great interest, as his speech was expected
to FURNISH the sensation of the conven-
tion. Senator Tillman's 5 original manner
and plain speech attracted his hearers at
once and he held their close attention
for over an hour. e.said in part:
"Some three or four weeks ago there
assem- bled in this city body called to
teach southern people the meaning OF
sound money. After putting in more
than all the secret agencies and the use OF
illimitable money and drumming up dele
gates from this chamber of commerce and
that bank. they assembled here to tell us
what was the meaning of sound money,
and after having the people of this city,
whose loans from the bank make them
subservent to the banking interest, turn
out, they succeeded in drumming up a
large gathering and they had the secre-
tary of the treasury tell us the difference
between sound money now and sound
money in 1878. And God save them, by
request of the president they had three
cuckoos who sold their birthriGht for the
mess OF pottage applause three con-
gressmen only, and | saw in the paper in
which | read about it that there was not
a solitary farmer in the party in this
south land where the proportion between
IS farmers to 200 of all other interests. |
see before me too many sunburned faces
not to recognize in this gathering those
who follow the plow as | do.
"What is sound money? 1t is that
money which requires TWO pounds of cot
ton, two bushels of wheat, to get the
same quanttysof that they did few
years back. | claim that such a dollar is
a robber dollar. Let us fling into their
teeth the 200 cent dollar. 1t is hard
thing to say OF the secretary OF the treas
ury that he has owners but then | am
plain, blunt man and will speak my
thoughts. Applause. The bankers of
the United States today, to man, are the
ones who are clamoring against silver,
and, oh, wonderful to tell. these very
savings banks presidents and directors
present to this country the spectacle OF
finance that would enable them to pay
off their debts in so cent dollars.
what is the condition now of the
Democratic patry? Now this has direct
bearing on silver and you will see il di
rectly. What is that condition? AS a
Democrat | am almost ashamed to cata-
logue it or to speak of it in an assembly
mostly Democratic. The president HON
we elected by vote almos; larger than
that received by any OF his predecessors.
has betrayed the party. There is no use
to deny that act. ! use the good, old,
honest language you know ana l DelleVe
he is first cousin to Benedict Arnold IN
politics for, if that platform on wich he
was nominated and elected and which
he accepted without any lodging (l did
not see IN this letter of acceptance any
sign of lodging it, | say if that platform
meant anything it meant that silver
should have the same access to the mint
of the L Unted States as gold.
There IS going to be new Mason and
Dixon line drawn this year. 1t will
start IN the mouth of the Chesapeake bay
and run to Chicago by way OF Cincinnati.
Every Republican and so-caled Demo-
crat northeast OF the line is going to vote
for goldbug and every Republican.
Democrat and Populist south and west
of it is going TO vote for somebody who
ls an onest friend of the people, let him
be from whatever party he may. Gap
plause.
Governor Adams Voice
Governor Alva Adams of Colorado ia
vored union of the west and south or
silver, the waging of vigorous campaign,
outside of all party lines. lie asserted
that eleven western states stood ready to
ioin the south in such d movement.
Marion Butler. the Populist from North
Carolina. said the convention was the
most important and remaIHa BILE ever held
in this country. He announced that he
was Il thorough going Populst and be-
lieved that the government Should own
the railroads and team ships. but did not
want them to own them while the Roths-
childs and other money kings owned the
government. Mr.. Butler said the biggest
plank in the Populisu platform was the