Morris tribune., 1895-05-22

which declare the objects of the organ
| ization to be to ''inculcate the princi-
! Piles of bi-metallism and the restora-
ton of the free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1 by the circulation of
documents, the holding of meetings
! andsothe appropriate means"
1 At the afternoon session R. c. Cham
hers was elected president, and E. b.
Light secretary.
ALTON, Ia, May 20-In letter to
the Alton Democrat ex-Gov. Boies, of
Iowa, comes out for free coinage of
silver at 16 to ratio without waiting
for any international action.
SALT LAKE CITY, U. T., May 20.-Fol-
lowing are the main points of the ad-
dress adopted by the silver conference:
ITO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES:
The members of the bimetallic conference as
sembled at Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 10Th
of May, 1895, representing the states of Cali
fornia, Colorado, Idaho Montana, Nevada,
| Oregon, Washington and Wyoming, and the
territories of New Mexico and Utah, deeply
impressed with the Importance OF the
subject which we have been considering, be-
| lieying that the vital interests of every state
| and every section of this great coun-
try are involved in the speedy and proper
! solution of what is known as the silver
question: and being painfully conscious of
the fact that the most strenuous efforts of
| our opponents are now and have ever been
directed to the concealment OF the real is
| sue and Misrepresentation of the position oc-
cupied by the advocates of silver restoration,
feel that it is our duty to state with such clear
ness as we may the precise nature of the issue
and what our position actually is
I'm the first place we desire to say that the
| people whom we represent are not an aggrega-
ton of thieves seeking to swindle honest
creditors with fifty-cent dollars. There
are no more patriotic citizens of the
/ American republic than those active, earnest,
energetic men and women, who have left
| the comforts of their eastern homes to build
the highways of national progress in the
far west. II they believed that the com
| plete restoration of silver would operate as an
injury to the country as whole or an injustice
| to any class. regardless of it's local effect in
this western region, they would at once and
forever abandon the demand 81
1.-the greatest good to the greatest num-
ber is their motto, and 1t is in this spirit that
| they, irrespective of party Affections, present
! themselves almost as q unite demanding the
! free coinage Of silver and gold in the ratio of
sixteen ounces Of silver to one ounce of gold,
| with full legal tender functions accorded to
each and no discrimination against either
In making this demand we are asking for
nothing new. The monetary system of the coun-
try was founded not upon gold alone. not upon
silver alone. but upon both silver and gold, at
| a certain ratio to each other, with no limita
| tion upon the coinage Of either and each
standing upon an equal footing before the law.
| 1--WE arefor America against the world and
| for the interests of the common people above
every other consideration. We believe that
| the complete restoration of silver will
place US in close commercial touch
| with the silver-using nations of the earth,
| without in any way injuring our relations
| with those countries that adhere to the gold
standard. That it will enormously increase
our foreign EXPORTS, arrest the ruinouS fall
of prices, restore values, build up and in
| yigorate the country on every line Of indus
trial development, and bring back the pros
| perity that lost by the vicious and un-
| called-for legislation of 1873 We have no
| confidence that any international agree
| ment can be reached within a reasonable
| time, and we are unalterably opposed to let
| ting the cause of silver restoration wither and
die while waiting for relief upon that line, and
believe the United States should take the in
itiative. We say that the United States is
strong enough to settle this question alone.
While in entirely nonpartisan spirit we
urge this work we do rot forget that hereto
| fore both the great parties in this particular
| have been recreant to their most sacred
trust that nearly all the eastern party
|, leaders have fallen down in worship
of the idol made of gold. that they have been
busy in spreading false fears among the people,
that were We as nation alone to try to
right the wrong, new and worse sorrows
would come to US. So warned while
not advocating any partisan move
ment, we call upon our people not to be
again betrayed and to prepare, If the sue
ceeding few months bring no promise of re-
| lief, to resort to the peaceful exercise of
that right which belongs to liberty loving
I loyal men to defend themselves against in
tolerable wrongs There is but one way to
restore silver, and that is to restore it. This
great work can never be accomplished by
making high sounding declarations in favor
of silver and then electing congress-
men, senators and presidents who will
treat our wishes with contempt. We there
fore urge every man who has the cause at
heart to use all honorable means to prevent
the nomination for the national office Of any
man who is unquali1edly not in favor of free
coinage and full legal tender of both silver and
gold at the ratio of 16 to 1."9a g'ks3aSF3&
CHICAGO, May 2O.-The rooms of the
Illinois Club building were packed Fri
day night by members and invited
guests to listen to joint debate be-
tween William Fl. Harvey, author of
Coins Financial SCHOOL, and j. Lau-
renee Laughlin,. professor of political
economy in the University of Chicago,
on the following question::
Resolved, That the United States should at
once enter upon the free coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 to 1, independently of the action
Of any other nation :" reyo TEa
Mr.. Harvey maintained the afirma-
tive of the proposition. while Prof
Laughlin took the negative.
The president, Dr. Thomas, in intro
ducing Col. Harvey, said:
There is probably no question at the pres
ent day in which there is such widespread in
terest, such general study and thought as
that of the financial problem Among the
many conflicting views, and statements
which are presented for our consideration
there appears to the uninitiated an almost
hopeless mass Of statement of facts and of
theories. In this dilemma the Illinois club is
pleased to welcome to it's rooms two distin-
guished students Of finance, Prof. Laughlin, of
the Chicago university, and William II. Har-
vey, we'll known as a writer Z" hsfH
Mr.. Harvey was received with a round of
applause, and at once began an address which
followed the line OF argument used in his
book, Coin He held that silver and gold
had Jointly been the primary money of the
country from 1792 to 1878, when silver was
stricken down. 1.-THE crime of 1873" he said
had been the cause of our subsequent fran- 4
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