The record-union., 1895-04-17
SILVER ADVOCATES.
Meeting at Denver OF Those Who
tavor the White Metal.

Meeting at Denver OF Those Who
tavor the White Metal.
DENVER, April 16.-The open-air silver
mass meeting held from the steps of the
east entrance Of the Capitol this evening
was the largest that Denver has ever
seen. Various estimates place the num-
Der present anywhere from 1900 to To-
OOO. on the steps OF the Capitol and in
the vast cOncourse Of people were men
and women of every division and every
shade of political afiliation. Republi-
cans, Democrats and PopuIists stood
closely together, and showed by their
hand-clapping their appreciation OF the
speakers. SiggePs military band dis
coursed sweet music and kept the crowd
III good humor till the guests of the DAY
arrived.
Governor Mcintyre, who was to pre-
side, sent note at the last minute say
ing he was detained by special business,
and the meeting was called to order by
Judge Bucker. Promptly at 2:30 ex-Cou-
gresham SlDley was introduced and re-
ceived an ovation. He said that he had
not started on his present tour with the
intention Of making speeches on the sill
yer question, and that it was not Tor him
to attempt to enlighten the people of Col
Orado on the subject, but to win the fight
which was now on hand it was necessary
to eXalt patriotism to the debasement OF
partisanship.
Frantic appeals" he said, "are being
made by the gOldites, the bankers and
the merchants of the country 10 educate
the people of the country in regard to
sound money. | wish Cleveland could
see the people he wishes to educate and
then he might modify his views. The
great political parties in the coming cam
paign will have TO incorporate free silver
IN their platforms or straddle, | have
had great deal of experience with bugs,
The cinch bug is severe menace TO
farmers, but II can be eXterminated; even
a gold bug can be GXterminated-that is
converted by proper argument, but far
the worse is the straddle bug.
There are but two parties in the field to-
day, the mOuOmetalIic and the bimetalIic
and it is necessary for the people to ar
raign themselves under the banner of one
or the other. We must shake Off our
party shells and come to the subject, not
as Republicans, POpulists or Democrats.
but tree-born Americans. l have not
come TO ask the people to elect me. but
ask them 10 unite under the silver ban
ner. L am ready to follow that standard,
whether borne by q Repu blican, Demo-
crat or Populst."
He decried the idea of relief being OBJ
tanned by an international conference.
Let US go forward" 4he said. "If the
for them; but let us lead, and let them
take the huskS. Let the grander feelings
i'll the human heart have room to ex-
pand; let truth grow, and don't stihe it,
" 9 may meet with one or two defeats, but
truth will prevail. Trpth was crucified
1900 years ago, and when it was buried
the rulers said: Truth is dead, but it rose
again. We will win this tigh1 when you
do your pant"
The speaker thanked his hearers, and
told them that sudden deep atf1iction
at his own door had called him to Penn
sylvania, but thas he would come again.
However, he said, men should not come
from the East to the West to talk silver.
but men should be sent from here 10 ali
the Eastern States to teach the silver
doctrine.
General Warner spoke next, and con-
fined his remarks to practical politics.
I'VE are face to face" said he with tn a
question, What is to be our money and
how is it to be supplied? Nothing can
be settled till that is. If il is n OF the
dominant question, let us lay it aside and
take up the one that is. Issues are not
made to ORDER but rise out of conditions.
believe this to be the supreme issue of
the United States, and we must settle it.
The line of battle is drawn-monutetaI-
lism on the one side and bimetallism on
the other. II sound money, as inter
preted by Mr.. Cleveland aud the bankers
Is right, and we are wrong, then it should
succeed and we should fail. BY tho
repeal of the sO-called Sherman law tho
power TO pay debts. has been reduced by
$l2, ,O00,000, 600 in the last two years. The
dear dollar means the cheap man, and
would rather have the dollar man and
the tifty-cent dollar than the fiity-cent
man and the l00-cent dollar.
''As to whether or not the battle can be
won in 1896" said lie, depends on
whether we unite or remain divided.
fully believe that 100000 voters are in
iAvor OF the question, Dut if the next
election was thrown into the House the
cause would be lost"
The General then analyzed the ques-
ton OF restoration of silver within the
party lines. He showed how the politi-
clans and those in control of the e(par;ies
Wero opposed To il. aud that il one OF The