New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-13
SILVER'S HOSTS ASSEMBLE
OPENING OF THE SOUTHERN AND WEST
ERN STATES CONVENTION.
A GREAT ARRAY OF UNITED STATES SENATOR'S
MEN IN MEMPHIS TO BOOM THE
WHITE METAI4-SIBIEY'S PRESI-
nr-Srr.I ASpIRAT ATOMS

WHITE METAI.-sIBI.EY'S PRESI-
DENTAL ASPIRATIONS.
Memphis Tenn June l2-The Southern and
Western States Silver Convention was called to
order at 2 o'clock this afternoon by W. NJ
Prown Of Memphis chairman of the General Bi-
metallic League Of Shelby County Tenn, which
sent out the call for the meeting. On the plat
form were Thomas Scott Adams. Secretary or state
OF Louisiana; NJ j. Cunningham Attorney-Gener
al Of louisiana John Fitzpatrick. Mayor OF New
Orleans A. J. Warner president of the Ameri-
can Bmetallic League Governor j. T. Clarke, or
Arkansas; w. J. Bryan. editor OF THE Omaha
World Herald': Senator James H. Berry, OF
Arkansas; Senator Stewart Of Nevada: Senator
T. q. Harris. Of Tennessee: Congressman IL. ID.
Money of Mississippi Senator J. x. Jones. or
Arkansas: Senator Marion Butler. OF North Caro-
lima: Senator J. Il. George. OF Mississippi Sen
ator David Turpie. OF Indiana; Ex-Governor
Eagle OF Arkansas: Governor l.. Bradford
Prince. of New Mexico. and Ex-Governor Benja-
min Tilman and Governor John Carey Evans,
Of South Carolina.
Colonel Casey Young OF Memphis. delivered an
! address of welcome and Senator Harris arose to
Introduce the permanent chairman. He made
short speech. explaining the object Of the con-
ventlon and the call II was strictly partisan
and was called for one purpose only-to consider
the rehabilitation Of silver
"Democrats can be here In this convention
said Mr. Harris without impairng in the slight
est degree their allegiance 10 their party 80 may
Populists and Republicans"
Senator Harris then introduced Senator Turpie
as permanent chairman The nomination Of f.
b. Wade OF Tennessee. FOR secretary followed
and. at the suggestion Of Senator Harris. all the
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secretaries Each state named vice-president
and a member Of the Committee on Resolutions
The Committee on Resolutions was made up as
follows: Alabama. James Bankhead: Arkansas
| Senator j. *. Jones. Colorado Charles :. Thom-
| as; Georgia. Henry Jones; Indiana. Senator
| David Turpie: Kentucky. Joseph A. Martin.
chairman Of the committee; Louisiana. Gilbert
L. Du Pres. Mississippi. senator J. T.. George;
Nebraska W J. Bryan; Montana Charles H.
Hartman Nevada Senator ". NJ. Stewart
North Carolina. senator Marion Butler: Ohio.
A. J. Warner: Pennsylvania Joseph c. Sibley
| South Carolina. cx-Governor Tillman; Tennes-
See Edgar Clrmack: Virginia. f. c. Treadway;
| Ncw-M,Nlco. Governor L. Bradford Prince. Sen
| aior Harris was named as delegatc-at-large
| from the United states.
] IT. " barrow. = Tennessee. a well known
/ Popuiisi ~ an impassionei speech demanded for
/ the Third Party men better representation on
| the Committee on Resolutions only one f'pdlist.
| be- declared Marion Butler. u North Carolina.
| was now OF the committee. Tn" convention or
| d,,ed that a number - Popusts be placed on the
| committee. Alexander Dclmar, Of California.
ma t. a long speech and the convention adjourned
| TN o'clock Tonight
| When the Committee IN Resolutions makes It's
report tomorrow there may b" n lively time. The
committee went ont A. o'clock. ana II VIII prop
| ably he ready To- read the platform At an early
| hour Tomorrow. Tho plank which may make
| trouble inilrses Joseph g. Sibey. OF fennsyl J.
| yault f,r President IN his speech tonight IN IN"
Auditorium Mr. Sibl-y dil not spare either cleve-
| land .r Carlisle II Is somewhat doubtful at pres
! 'ut whether The plank VIII De- ad1p''b py 'hr
committee Il u ls Il IL almost certain not ID get
/ through the convention. The conscrNaiiv" dele
eats h,iievc II would not hc good policy T. intro
| ducr a presidential boom for even 50 popular a
| f.!enl - the ircc-silNer movement as Mr. Sluey
| into a platform which was originally intended 10
| show nothing but the feeling ~ the convention on
| IL. money question.
| The delegations vary greatly In size. the largest
| coming from Mississippi and Tennessee. am the
| smallest from some OF the far western or SO
| called silver States The small representation
from the silver states was explained - the con-
| ,entl0n hy Governor l.. Bradford Prince OF New.
| Mexico on the ground that all these states hai
recently taken part In the convention at salt Lake
| CIV
senator Stewart. of Nevada. presided at to-
nights session - the convention. Joseph {.
| Shlcy. of Pennsylvania, addressed the '"hNeh-
| tion. He said. - H.,
| va not a success. ana once N"buchl in.zZar set
| him mn ono and said whosocver refused 70 bow
| down ana worship 1t should stralghaway be east
into a nery furnace and hurn~i up without n,'',
n; 10 make any inydlous comparisons i reSpsc,- ;y
| crn6r stone of Mississippi II you VIII tust reai
| along a lite further you VIII nnd that NeDucnai,
! nezzar found hts level all right For seven years
| h. had 10 eat grass We silver people have all the
| logic and all the law on our side.