Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-14
thusIasm. and adopted without dissent
Ing voice.
NATIONAL MONETARY CONFER
ENCE.

tnusiasm. ana adopted without dissent
Ing voice.
NATIONAL MONETARY CONFER
ENCE.
A resolution providing for the appoint
rent OF a delegate from each state TO
national monetary conference was then
introduced by Senator Jones. and unani-
mousy adopted.
Senator Jones was called on for
speech. He said: 81 have made my speech
already. The resolutions embody all that
/ could say about silver. / do not think
IL Is necessary for me TO trespass on your
time. have unbounded confidence In the
people OF the United States. and 1 be-
lieva they will settle this question ana
settle IL in the right way. j think they
will make no mistake. The prosperity and
happiness OF this country are insepa-
rably connected with the cause Of silver,
and I believe there Is no help for TINS
country until the coinage OF our fathers
Is restored"
PRINCE. OF NEW MEXICO.
Governor l.. Bradford Prince. OF New
Mexico. followed.
Senator Jones of Nevada. with an apoi-
ogy, interrupted Governor Prince to say:
II have Just received a telegram from
Philadelphia stating that mass-meet-
ing was held there. and that resolutions
almost similar to yours were adopted, ana
the utmost enthusiasm reigned.
II am glad 10 hear that" said Governor
Prince. as he continued his speech.
His concluding paragraph was this:
when the Fashioner OF this universe
made II He put in the Businesses of the
mountains silver and gold in the proper
ton of sixteen tons Of silver to one Of
gold, that they should become the blood
of our commercial life. Shall we set our
selves up as knowing better than He who
made USE What he hath Joined togeth-
er let no man put asunder'
TILLMAN.
Ex-Governor Tiilman, OF South Caro-
lima, then spoke as follows:
Il shall open my remarks by congratu-
lating you upon the representative charac-
ter OF this gathering. Some three or
four weeks ago there assembled in this
city n body called to teach the southern
people the mea ming OF sound money. After
putting in motion all the secret agen-
cies and the use OF lim,table money,
after drumming up delegates from
chambers OF commerce and banks they
assembled 10 tell us what was the mean
ing Of sound money and, after hay-
ing the people OF this city. whose loans
from the banks make them subservient
TO the banking-interests turn out. they
succeeded In drumming up large gath
ering. and they had the Secretary OF
the Treasury here 70 tel US the differ
ence between sound money now and
sound money In 1878 And. by request OF
the President. they had three Cuckooes.
who sold their birthrights for mess
OF pottage, three congressman only-and
I saw in the paper that there was not
n solitary farmer IN that party in this
Southland where the proportion between
the agricultural interests and the rest Is
seventy-fve farmers TO twenty-five Of all
other occupa tons.
what Is sound money? Is II the money
which requires twice as much wheat 10
get the same quantity OF that II did few
years back? claim that such a dollar
as that is robber dollar of 20o cents.
They tell You about the 50-cent dollar.
Let MS fling into their teeth the 2o-cent
dollar.
There was some talk in Congress last
winter about Mr.. Carlisle's financial
scheme. looking TO the giving Of some
measure OF relief Chat Populist Congress:
that pitfu Democratic Congress did have
the saving grace 10 reject II. but the scheme
is still on fooO. as promulgated by the
bankers convention in Baltimore-that
they shall have the greenback retired;
that the silver certificates shall be retired;
that the government shah retire from
banking, and that they shall have the
issuing Of all the paper money or this
country, and on gold standard at that.
EDITOR CARMACK.
W. c. Carmack. editor of the Memphis
Commercia-Appeal, said he believed the
prosperity OF the country depended on
free silver.
81 speak" he continued "as Demo-
crat and / believe IT will be the destiny
aahf
triumph / stand here to protest against
anything that has been done In the past
or will be done in the future to prostitute
the Democratic party TO the money-po"er
OF England and to protest against any
effort TO disorganize the party. | am
here. however, to work in harmony with
all parties who have the interest OF the
people at heart, and wish TO further the
cause of free silver.
"As far as the South is concerned. all
that is best in it is concentrated in the
Democratic party"
ADAMS AND BUTLER.
Governor Adams of Colorado. next ad-
dressed the convention. and then followed
Marion Butler, the Populist Senator OF
North Carolina.
MARION BUTLER.
'"This gathering here" he said "is more
significant than the one at Philadelphia
AT which the declaration of American IN
dependence was formulated. Never be-
fore has such a gathering come together
from all parts OF the country to declare
a peaceful revolution. VIII we seize the
opportunity and use 1t to the full measure
of opportunity? But i need not ask TINS:
and we could not stop this evolution II
we tried. This is not politicians move
ment And if there are any politicians
trying TO get anything out of II. they WIZ
wish they had not. The Populists have
in their platform plank advocating thfs
free coinage OF silver, and they went
before the country last year and gained
80 per cent In their votes, and next time
we will gain 400 per cent. | believe in Inc
government ownership OF railroads. but
/ do not believe in 1t so long as the Roths-
childs own the government"