The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-14

Senator Harris fAea presented tetters
Tyarr, senator John T. Morgan Of Ala
far,a- puqh * Alabama. and Jones OF Ne
80 in5o~ssng the convention and con-
tasrgr~ -royls OF encoura cement for the
asS,ro~safes Of the free coinage 81 silver.
u rsez-snrs.a to repeated calls from the
ausien-e, Senator Jones Of Arkansas aG-
yancea 10 the front Of the stage and said.
y raj no idea. gentlemen. % making
q s~aag~h. The resolutions just presented
contain my views on tins subject as
tersatv and forcinly as they could be ex-
dressed in words. ! believe that the peo-
r1s of the country viii digest this qles-
fton before the national election and ind
the fal!aetes Of the arguments of the
gentlemen OF the other side"
Ex-Csov. Prince Of New Mexico was
naxt introduced. He said: 4 bring you
greetings from the West. Ny colleagues
and myself we're sent from the bi-metallic
convention in salt Lake TO bring you
word OF good cEeer. The people there
are All bi-nnttalllsts. There is no need
out there for meetings or speakings. We
are all hi-uetallisrs. We Westernars be-
Heve that the American people are as
honest as they are patriotic. We do not
believe the Eastern people want 10 st
m a dishonest dollar. but we believe they
have not been educated as they should
he. Such 4 convention as this should be
held in the Fast / want to say a few
words on the topic Of honest money. We
want money that Is honest in deed. IN
proof and in fast. / conceive that Dir.
Carlisle's idea that the best money is
the highest priced money i not true. The
best money Is TIE money that has and a.
ways Nil have stability. The best dol-
lar T. not high priced fuctuating dol
lar. bat the best dollar Il the dollar Of
absolute stability. and that Is the dollar
Of bl-met allism. The most absolutely dis
honest dollar that the world has ever
seen is the constantly approaching gold
dollar"
TIE next speaker was BENJAMIN II.
TillmAn. the Populist United States SEN
ator from South Carolina. 70 whose APP
peAFance every body had been looking
forward with great interest. as his
speech was expected 20 furnish the SEN
sation Of the convention. Senator Till
mans original manner and plain speech
attracted his hearers at once. and he
held their close attention for over an
hour. lie said in part:
Some three or four weeks ago there as
sembIed in this city body called TO teacn
Southern people the meaning OF sound
money. After putting in force all the So
cret agencies and the use OF ilimitable
money. and drumming up delegates from
this Chamber of Commerce and that bank,
they assembled here TO tell us what was
the meaning OF sound money. and after
having made the people of this city whose
loans from the banks made them subser-
Went 10 the banking interest turn out
they succeeded in drumming up large
gathering. and had the secretary 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 pot
tage (applause). Three congressman only
and / saw in the paper in which / read
about il that there was not a solitary far
men in that party in this Southland
where the proportion between the agri-
cultural interest and the rest is IS farmers
to 200 of all other interests. l see before
me too many sunburned faces not to rec
ognize in this gathering those who follow
the plow as / do.
What is sound money? Is it that money
which requires two pounds of cotton, two
bushels OF wheat 10 get the same guam
tity of IL that one did few years back?
| claim that such a dollar as this is a rob
Der dollar of 200 cents. They tell you about
50 cent dollars. Let us fling into their
teeth the 200 cent dollar. II is a hard
thing to say OF the secretary of the treas
ury that he has owners. but am plain,
blunt man, and will speak my thoughts.
(Applause) The bankers of the United
States today. to a man, are the ones who
wonderful to tell, these very savings
banks president and directors present 10
this country the spectacle of pretending to
object to a scheme of finance which would
enable them to pay off their debts to their
depositors in 80 cent dollars.
What is the condition now of the Dem
ocratic party? Now this has a direct bear
ing on silver. and you viii see it directly.
What is that condition? As a Democrat.
7 almost : n cafpln
10 speak of il In an assembly mostly Dem
ocratic. The president whom we elected
by a vote almost larger than that received
by any Of his predecessors. has betrayed
the party. There IS no use to deny that
fact. | use the good Old honest langua ge.
YOU know, and believe he is a first cous-
in 10 Benedict Arnold In politics for, II
that platform on which he was nominated
and elected and which he accepted with
out any lodging q did not see IN his let
ter OF acceptance any sign of lodging it,
Il say. If that platform meant anything
Il meant that silver should have the same
access TO the minis OF the United States
as gold
There il going to be a new Mason ana
Dixon's line drawn this year. It will start
in the mouth of the Chesapeake bay ana
run to Chicago by way OF Cincinnati
Every Republican and so-called Demo
crat northeast of that. line is going TO
vote for a goldbug, and every Republican,
Democrat and Populst south and west
OF 1t is going to vote FOR somebody who is
an honest friend OF the people. let him be
from whatever party he may" Gap
plause.)
Ex-Gov. Alva Adams. of Colorado, IA
vored a union Of the West and South for
silver and the waging Of a vigorous cam
paign. outside OF all party lines. He as
zfo ST.
ready 10 join the South in such q move
ment.
Marion Butler the PopulIst senator
from North Carolina, said the convention
was the most important and remarkable
ever held in this country. He announced
that he was a thorough going Populist
ard believed that the government should
own the railroads and steamships, but he
did not want them 10 own them while
tie Rothschilds and other money kings
owned the government Mr. Butler said
The biggest plank IN the PopUlist plat
form was the silver plank. that the party
increased 80 per cent last year and
would increase 40 per cent. next year.
The North Carolina senator spoke at an
unfavorable time. The crowd had been
deluged with such food OF oratory all
aay that IL vas sorlew hat tired. but II
accorded him a respectful hearing and
then took a recess until evening
Congressman BankheaG or Alabama.
presided a. che evening session. lie in
t-eiuced Gen. \. J. Warner. Of Ohio. who
aeell aired that any man who says silver
MAS demonctized with the full knowledge
az tie people OF the United States simply
lies
Under the resolutions passed this after
mon TOO following national committee
was appointed % cal national silver