The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-08-10

- > 49,. Ill sl!'ll|
!..s! y = : u!
1rr III IL q 4 II n
il niiver haa arm ,,oncod III l(l5ooutI
= Il did Il 1llinoie, aud the feolls
'|sxpreoosd last night and fhis morn
ling that there would b strife and
/ turmoil il to-day convention var
not borne ont, Tho so-called gold
or sound money advocates wsre a
overwhelmed by the superior geneF'
alship and numerical strength ot
ftee silver leaders and toroee that
they made but very faint 1ftnrt e
stay the onslaught Of tho white
metal adherents.
Bland said ~ opening the con.
ventlon the Democrats OF missouri
had assembled to adopt resolutions
for the FREQ coinage OF silver and TO
select . state committee which would
be in sympathy with the popular
will and how we'll his prophecy was
carried out the result Of to-day's
convention tells. The report OF
tho COMMITTEES on permanent or
ganizatlon, which practically SHOWS
under the ola committee, was
adopted with but one or two dis
sentlng voices. Inat OF the reso-
lutlons calling tor the tree ana un-
limited coinage OF i6to l, regardless
OF any foreign nation, was carried
with a hurrah and expedition sell
dom seen IN any convention, and
furthermore men were selected to
nominate delegates favorable to
silver to the national Democratic
convention IN 1896. AS 9 whole
the TRENDS OF silver are feellng nap
py tonight ana congratulations are
IN oraer.
silver DICK Bland was tempo
rary chairman. BLAND congratu-
lated the democratic party upon
the conspicuous gathering OF Dem
ocratlc noste 1or action on the free
silver .questlon. we nave met,
he said, ito declare for free coinage
OF silver at 10 to ! and we Will DO
what our constituents have sent US
here TO 40.
a wedge which may end IN d.
vidlng the party OF missouri was
inserted IN the way OF q resolution
providlng ior an increase OF the
NUMBER OF state committeeman.
me resolution aoos one MEMBER
from eacn congressional district
ana Jour 81 large, the chairman
hereafter 10 oe elected by the regular
state nominating convention. Inc
resolution was unanimously adopt
ed IN committee.
Inc proposition to increase the
committee was overwhelmlngiy
ADOPTED, an easy victory tor the tree
silver men.
"nlle waiting Tor the committee
on resolutions 70 report, the time
was TAKEN up IN speech making,
ex-Congressman hatcn ana hon.
Il. Z. ocn:cn addressing the con-
Venlion. Inc most remarkable
portlon OF benton,s ADDRESS was bis
reference 70 the gold advocates.
ne SAID: Every gold advocate IN
the state OF missouri Is eltper an
usurer, an ONCE holder or man
with large prospects tor an Office"
Al 4:4O the committee on reso-
iutlons reported the platform as
follows:
1.-The Democrats OF Missouri in
state convention assembled make
this declaration on the money
question, which has been forced IN
70 the leading place among the ls-
sues OF the day. The federal con-
stltutlon names silver and gold to-
gether 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
70 free coinage at ratio measured
BY the silver dollar unit. From
the beginning the government, fol-
lowing q policy formulated by
Thomas Jefferson and firmly estab-
lished by Jackson, the Democratic
party has been the party of bimet-
allism, favoring the free coinage Of