The record-union., 1895-07-20
FREE SILVER CONFERENCE.
A SPLIT IN THE RANKS MAR
ROWLY AVERTED.
Southern Delegates Insist on Conduct
ing Their Work Within the Ranks
of the Democratic Party.

! CHICAGO, July 10. - Northern and
Southern delegates to the silver confer
ence now under way at the Auditorium
Hotel came near having an open rupture
this morning At one time the split in
the ranks seemed imminent over reso-
luton of Southern mon to join the BIZ
metallic League. They maintained that
the avowed purpose of the league was to
assist the aspirations of their political
candidate, Joseph Sibley. The men
from the South desired to conduct their
| work IN their section within the ranks of
| the Democratic party, and in the North
| to conduct the agitation on q non-partisan
! basis.
! Rucker of Colorado asserted that the
trouble now in the West was growing
belief that the silver wing was but the
tail of the Democratic kite.
Chairman Goodwin made cOncilia-
tory speech. He said the Southern peo-
pie had not been trained to non-partisan
efforts. and the people from the North
and " es. should give them time to grow
up TO such a sentiment. For the present
the work would have to be confined
within the Democratic party. When
victory there was hopeless, then the
| South would get on common ground.
The resolution which caused the dis
cussion and brought the Bimetailic
| League into the conference, was one to
provide for the raising of funds to main
| tarn bureaus tor the dissemination of
literature in Chicago, San Francisco and
| Washington.
General Warner pointed out that the
Bimetallic League was already in the
| field, with an office in Washington and
distributing the literature. and another
| bureau i'll Washington would be regarded
| by the silver men OF the country and the
| 100000 members of the league as "A slap i'll
! the face.
Judge Henry @. Miller of Ohio, who is
now acting as one OF the referees of the
| Horr- Harvey debate, was selected as
permanent Chairman, and J. II. Acklen
permanent Secretary.
The following Executive Committee
was named: a. J. Warner, Ohio; A w OIL
colt. Indiana: y. G. Blanchard, Louisi-
ana; George Z. Bowen, Chicago, and
Judge 4. j. Rucker. Colorado.
1t was finally decided that three bu-
reaus for the dissemination OF literature
and the PRONUNCIATION Of the 16 to l idea
be established by the committee-one in
Chicago. one in Nashville, Tenn, and
the third III San Francisco. The follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
Whether The single gold standard,
with increasing deDt aud consequent
servitude for the masses OF the people,
shall be made perpetual in this country,
or whether the constitutional standard of
gold and silver, with better prices for the
products OF labor aud saler conditions for
business, shall be restored. must be de-
cided by the people at the election in
| 1896. The issue is between the gold
standard, gold bonds and a contracting
currency on the one side, and binetallic
standard, no bonds and a sufficient cur
rency on the other. Believing that the
time has come when those who hold this
issue TO be paramount in importance to
all other questions should make it COM
mon cause, and should unite their efforts
TO secure the establishment of these Drin-
ciples, the Executive Committee ap-
pointed at the Memphis Silver Conven-
ton June L and 13, 1895, earnestly rec
ommeDds:
"FirsL-The organization OF bimetallic
leagues throughout the entire country,
which all those who believe in the resto-
ration of free and unlimited coinage of
silver at the ratio of Is to l, independently
OF the action of any other nation, shall be
invited TO join.
| ''SecoBd-That a committee OF five be
appointed to take charge of this move
ment TO provide for and distribute litera-
ture to place organizers and speakers III
the field, and otherwise advance the
cause of bilnetallism as in their judg-
ment they shall think best.
"rhird-Eaeh member of the National
Committee is authorized to select Chair
man for each county of his State. and the
Chairman so selected may appoint in
each district of his county and in each
ward of an incorporated town and city
three members to constitute a County
Committee, which committee shall or
ganize bimetallic leagues. Where coun-
lies or States have already acted, and
organizations have been completed, such
organizations snail be reorganIzed. The
Chairmen of the respe tive County Com
rnittees shall constitute State COM
mittee."