The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-24
THEIR RESOLUTIONS.
Kentucky Republicans Expressions in Fa-
vOr of the Gold Standard.

Kentucky Republicans Expressions in Fa-
vOr of the Gold Standard.
LEXINGTON, KY, April 24.-The re-
publicans of Woodford county, Senator
Blackburn's home, have met his ultra
silver interview with the most radical
utterance heard this year from anti
free coinage ranks. In their eonven-
ton to select delegates to the state
convention they declared at length in
unequivocal terms for "a single gold
standard" with only one dissenting
vote. Following is the full text of the
resolutions:
Resolved, That sound and stable currency
is one Of the chief supports Of constitutional
government, and is absolutely indis persable to
nation s commerce, both at home and abroad.
Civilized nations have long since adopted the
metals, silver and gold as the best foundation
for such currency. Enlightened statesman
ship has decreed that it was impossible to
maintain the two metals on a parity, and that
gold should occupy the higher place and was
the only possible substantial basis for q ma
tional currency standard.
Resolved, That We regard all efforts to force
bimetallism and the unlimited coinage or the
so-called free coinage of silver upon the gov
eminent as fraught with dire disaster to ma
tiOnal credit and to the material interests of
the business community; and as republicans.
pledge our influence and support to such
measures will aid in the maintenance of the
single gold standard as the chief cornerstone
OF our national monetary system.
Only one man protested, and he said
he desired to go on record as a bimet-
allist. The action of the Versailles
convention has created political SEN
sation as it is a much more radical ut
terance than the republican state con-
ventiOn was expected to make. It is
considered the rallying cry of opposi-
ton to Blackburn and free silver, as it
starts from the senator's home.
ABOUT THE SOLID SOLDIER VOTE.
CALDWELL. O., April 24.-The publ
cation of the call for the national SOL
diers' reunion to be held here on June
IA and Is next and the political tone
injected into the document by the ma
tional committee to the effect that the
men who saved the government should
be factor in its administra ton, and
that the time has arrived when they
should get together, formulate their
principles and make their demands,
has already resulted in an avalanche
of letters pouring down upon the pro-
motors of the reunion from veterans
all over the country. Many of these
deprecate any effort in the direction of
their mixing sentiment with politics
or of mixing up the ex-soldiers of the
war, as such, in a political movement,
but the Snajority commend the call and
re.echo it's sentiments.
The national committee gives out the
following: SIN response to letters
from every quarter asking for the
basis or plan of representation, the
following instructions are given:
Every state is expected and requested
to hold a state convention for itself
on May so, and there and then
choose its own delegates to the.
national reunion. Each state may
send as many as it deems
proper, but no state shall have more or
less than two votes in the convention,
though all shall have a voice and be
present at the proceedings, to the end
that every state may have equal power
to decide how the soldiers vote of the
union shall be cast in 1896. This is
the great and only object of the
gathering the capitalization and
qualification of the soldier vote"
A CONVENTION FOR A GOLD BASIS.
ing of the mem bers of the board of
trade was held in the exchange hall of
the board of trade yesterday for the
purpose OF considering al 1nV1bdI4Ou
extended to the board by the United
Business and Commercial association
of Memphis to send delegates to
sound money convention to be held in
that city May %. Declarations were
made for a sound money on a single
gold basis, and it was decided to send
a delegation of fifteen to the Memphis
conference.