Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-20

i WTlCer on the coinage question and
member of the silver commission O
1856.
AT the evening session, which began
promptly at o'clock. Senator william
M. Stewart, of Nevada, presided, ami
introduced Congressman Joseph C. Sib
ley. of Pennsylvania.
MIR. Sibley expounded the four po1it
fcal principles, which, he said. con
tanned the result of his study of the
money question. They were:
"First-Double the volume of money
and you double prices.
RESPONSIBILITIES the volume of money
and you divide prices
| Third-Double the volume o.
money and you divide the debts.
| "Fourth-Divide the volume o.
money and you double the debts"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Sibley's
speech there were persistent calls TO,
Mr.. Bryan, of Nebraska, but that gen
tleman evidently desired a more favor
able opportunity and more time in
which to deliver his views upon the
silver question, for he declined to re.
spond.
| Then, upon invitation of the conven.
ton, Mr.. Charles S. Thomas, of Den.
yer, occupied the remainder of the
time of the evening session.
Second Day.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. June 13.-At 1905
Rev. DIR. Brooks. of Memphis, opened
| the convention with prayer, after which
the arrival of delegates from Arizona
and one from Arkansas was announced.
Chairman Turpie then announced that
| the committee on resolutions was not
ready to report, and introduced Sena-
tor William NJ. Stewart, of Nevada,
who addressed the convention.
Senator Stewart said: The object les
sons of the last three years show that
the American people are face to face
with concentrated capital. the enemy
which destroyed all previous civiliza-
tions. A shrinking volume of money
as compared with population and bust
ness produces falling prices, paralyzes
industry and compels the producers
of wealth to pawn their property to
continue the struggle against impend-
ing fate.
Four-fifths of the American people,
yea, nine-tenths, have been at heart in
favor of restoring silver ever since the
crime of 1878 was discovered, but the
gold combination has seized every
avenue of communication. Four thou
sand national banks are its agents;
five thousand other banks and trust
companies do its bidding.
The people have at last taken this
matter into their hands, Twenty
years of betrayal have taught them
that equivocal platforms and good
lord-good-dev1 politicians mean gold
monopoly. They now know that those
who say they are friendly to silver but
want it accomplished without doing it
themselves are enemies and can not be
trusted. No man is a bimetalist who does
not advocate bi-metallism as it existed
for thousands of years before Sher-
man visited England in 1867, and be-
fore he carried out the purpose of an
English syndicate to strike down sill
yer in 1873.
The democracy of Illinois has broken
the ice. The rank and file of the re-
publican party south and west are
sullen and angry, but the manipula-
tors are still in control. The repub-
lican convention of Kentucky re-
newed the allegiance of the party of
that state to the alien gold syndicate,
but the ties of party are not strong
enough to hold the republicans of the
great northwest in line. The south
and west and the producing classes of
all sections have a common interest in
the money of the constitu-
ton and regaining control of the gov
of the United States.
When Senator Stewart had finished |
MS speech Secretary Wade read a tele-
gram from Congressman Benton Me- |
MILAN, of Tennessee, in which ne ex-
pressed regret that PERSONAL business !
prevented his attendance upon, the con- |
and added:
Cessation FROM the use of silver as
money would be a. calan-
ty to mankind. While biretallism
,y international agreement is much to-
ne desired, it is useless to expect Es-
yland to make any agreement. To eI-
,ect her to concede bimetallism now S,
IS idle as it would have been for our
orefathers to rely on her doing them |:
Justice without fight in 1916" I
At this juncture- loud cries were.
made for Congressman Money, one of |,
he silver leaders Of Mississippi He I
advanced to the front of the stage, |;
Ind prefaced his remarks by saying:
Il am here" silver man from head /
20 foot, and democrat all over"
Mr.. Money was suffering from x-sore {
throat, and spoke bat a few moments, (
any attempt to settle. the /
silver question outside the democratic
party.
Private" John Allen, of Mississippi,
vas the next called by the audience to /
speak. He began:
Il, like the poor. am always with I
you" He advanced no new arguments, /
but caught the crowd, throwing YER |
bal bouquet at Senator Stewart, and /
the people that the west was
the friend of the south.
The speaker elected rounds, Of APP
plause when he said that the fight |
should not be taken out of the. demo
cratic party. He said that the gold
men were threatening the people with |
disruption of the democratic party, |
and he invited the republicans to come
into the democratic party and fill up
the ranks left vacant by deserters,
who went TO the republican party
Mr.. Allen kept the audience laugh
ing for about fifteen minutes. and at
the conclusion of his remarks the con-
vention took a recess until 2:30 o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Immediately after the convention
was called to order for the afternoon
session Senator j. X. Jones, of Arkan-