The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-07-04
POLITICAL.

United States Senator Vest said of
the financial issue: "There must be
a settlement Of the silver question
without equivocation. We must de-
termine to adopt the gold standard
permanently, retire the greenbacks
and perpetuate the national banks
with their paper based exclusively
on gold or we must open our mints
to silver. The financial servitude
which now exists on the part Of the
United States to foreigners should
cease. Nothing could be more de-
grading than present conditions.
believe in real bimetallism, the use
OF both gold and silver as standard
money! but II we must have one
metal or the cther, I would take
silyer, for we. VIC sd then at least ue
independent instead of being the tail
of the English kite, and the helpless
victims Of the Rothschild syndicate"
l. When asked his opinion about
f.calling q state convention of the
democratic party in Missouri to con-
slider the silver question, Senator
Vest said that he believed majority
OF the party desired conuention,
ana he assumed that the state COM
mittee would obey the demand of
the majority. The matter had gone
so far that more irritation would
come from the refusal to call the
convention than anything that the
convention could possibly do. 81
do not know" he concluded, "that
shall attend the convention. In
any event, absent or present, in the
senate or out Of it, am against
single gold standard"
Immediately after the adjournment
OF the recent silver convention in
Memphis, a number of leading dem
ocrats outlined plans for an organi-
zstion Of free silver men within the
.. democratic party for the purpose of
carrying on the silver campaign
within party lines. As result of
. this meeting the following address
has been sent to democratic leaders
throughout the country:
Soon after the adjournment Of the
silver convention held in this city on
the 18th and 18th inst, many demo-
Gratis representing several states OF
the union held a meeting here for
the purpose of considering the best
method of securing the free and
unlimited coinage of both silver and
gold into full legal tender money of
ultimate redemption at the ratio of
16 to 1, without regard to the flnan-
cial policy of other countries, and 1t
was unanimously agreed that as the
confident opinion of that confer
ence:
1. That the only hope of securing
the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at 10 to is through the action
OF the democratic party.
Q. That large majority of the
democratic party of the country and
a very large majority of the people
OF the United States, irrespective of
party, favor such coinage.
8. That the success of the demo-
cratic party in the campaign of 1896
largely, If not wholly, depends on
the earnest and active advocacy of
the free and unlimited coinage of
silver.
4. That thorough organization of
'he democrats of the several states
who favor the free and unlimited
coinage Of both silver and gold on
terms of equality at 16 to / is a nec-
essary and proper means OF controll-
ing the action OF the national demo-
cratic convention of 1895 upon this
vitality important question.
s. That in order to avoid friction
and the complaint Of such democrats
as oppose the free coinage OF silver,
we will not invoke the action Of the
regular machinery of the party
whose duty 1t is to act for the whole
party without regard to differences
of opinion upon single question.
Therefore, we, the undersigned,
were appointed committee to take
such steps as may be necessary to
thorough national organization of
silver democrats and for that pur-
pose we respectfully invite you to
meet at Washington, d. c., on the
14th day Of August, 1895, in order
that we may confer and cooperate in
establishing such organization, and
you are requested to bring with you
such democratic friends as are in full
sympathy with this purpose. It is
important that q democrat accept
able to the democracy of your state
and willing to represent it or a ma
tional executive committee should
attend this conference.
An early answer, addressed to the
Hon. Casey Young, Memphis, Tenn,
will greatly oblige. Respectfully,
IsHAh O. HARRIS,
J. X. JONES,
DAVID TURPIE.
Chairman o. O. Maffitt Of the DEM
ocratic state central committee has
mailed to each democratic county