The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-19
CALL FOR ORACONFERENCE.
Joint Action in Formulating
Plans for a Convention
Requested.
CANDIDATES TO BE NAMED.
A National Ticket With Free Coinage
as Its Platform to Be
Launched.

CHICAGO, ILL, Sept. 18.-The Ameri-
can Bimetallic Union, formed of the three
bimetallic leagues, is the outcome of the
conference of silver leaders which con-
cluded here this afternoon. The head
quarters of the union will be in Chicago.
General A. ]. Warner of Ohio will be
president and e. B. Light of Denver secre-
tary. An executive committee of nine
was appointed to arrange for conference
of bimetallists from all States, preliminary
to holding National convention to nom-
mate candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States upon plat
form of independent bimetallism. The
committee will arrange for the holding of
the conference as early as possible.
The following are the resolutions, calling
for Joint action on the National convention: !:
Rcsolved, BY the executive committee of the
National silver committee, that the American
Bimetallic League and the National Bimetallic
Union be requested to join with this organiza-
tion III calling conference for the third Tues
day of December. 1895, at the city of Chicago,
to take action in formulating plan for holding
a National convention to nominate candidates
for President and Vice-President of the United
States upon a platform with the sole plank
constitutional place in the currency of our
country without awaiting the action OF any
other nation on earth.
RESOLVED, further, That all persons who attend
said conference shall have previously declared
their intention in writing of placing the cause
of free coinage of silver, independently by the
United States above all party allegiance
Resolped, further, That the object of such con-
ference shall be 10 inaugurate q distinctive
silver movement for the campaign of 1896 be-
fore il is too late for effective action to the end
that all believers in free-silver coinage may
unite for that campaign for the solution of
this question, and be left free to readjust their
political relations after this question is settled.
Resolved, further, That If said American BIZ
metallic League and National Bimetallic
Union shall fail to join in said call by Noyem-
Der l, 1895, then the president OF this organi-
cation shall issue said call on behalf of this
organization
RESOLVED. further, That the question of repre-
sentation at said conference and the method
of selecting delegates shall be settled by con-
ference of the presidents of the three organiza-
tions herein mentioned, and each organization
shall be entitled to equal representation
Judge Henry Miller, chairman OF the
National silver committee appoineed at
the Memphis convention, presented an ad-
dress which will be the keynote of the
campaign. and which furnished the plan
of education. The address starts out by
declaring that the "great ejectment case of
gold versus silver is now upon trial on its
merits. tor the first time before the people,
and their verdict will be rendered in the
autumn of 1895.
A volumnious history of monetary legis-
lation beginning with the demonetization
act of 1873, follows. Reference is made to
tue proceedings at the international none
tary conference in Psris in 1873, especially
regarding the declaration of the European
delegates at its last session, that it is neces-
sary to maintain in the world the none
tary functions OF silver as well as those OF