Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-14

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gold at the ratio CT 16-toI and upon terms
Of exact equality. That while we should
welcome the cooperation of other ma
tions we believe the United States should
not wait fer the cooperation Of other gov
ernments or the pleasure Of creditors,
but should themselves proceed TO reverse
the grinding process that is destroying
the prosperity of the people,"
The doctrine is then laid down that
the prosperity OF American industry has
higher claim to consideration than 'the
greed Of foreign creditors" and that ''no
creditor or claimant can set up right
that can take precedence over a nations
obligation to promote the welfare Of the
masses Of its own people" The resolu'
tions closed as follows: eve, therefore,
appeal to the plain people of the land,
with perfect confidence in their patriotism
and intelligence, to arouse themselves to
full sense of the peril that confronts
them and defend the citadel Of their lib
critics with q vigilance which shall neither
slumber nor sleep"
Reading of the resolutions was frequent.
ly interrupted by tumultuous applause and
they were adopted with hurrah, without
discussion.
The following resolution was also pre-.
sented and adopted: THAT a committee
composed of one member from each state
be appointed by the delegates thereof in
this convention whose duty it shall be to
correspond with the representatives. and
advocates CT bimetallism and biInetallic
societies of the d fferent states of the I'm
Ion and devise measures to advance the
cause of bfmetallisin throughout the
United States. That this committee
shall have power to call a national con-
.ercnce OF bimetaliists Whenever, in the
opinion Of the committee, the cause Of
bimctallism can be advanced thereby"
SHORT SPEECHES THE NEXT ORDER.
Ti1lman of South Carolina, Prince of New
Mexico, and Others Talk.
Letters regretting inability to be pres
ent were read from Morgan and Pugh OF
Alabama, Jones of Nevada and Others,
and then short speeches were in order.
Jones Of Arkansas spoke first, saying
that the ''bloated plutocrats" would find
in this campaign that they were the pu-
pills and the silver men the teachers. Ex-
Governor Prince, of New Mexico, de-
clared the whole west for free sill Yer. b.
Il. Tiilman, of South Carolina, declared
the gold dollar ''robber dollar" and
that the gold bugs" manipulated and
bought congresses.
Alya Jones, of Colorado, favored a
union Of west and south for silver. Mari
OH Butler, Populist, of North Caroline,
wanted party left behind aud union for
free silver, and then recess wss taken to
evening. At night A. j. Warner, OF
Ohio, said tho man lied who said demorc.
tization of silver was secured with full
knowledge Of the people. Ex-Representa-
tive Bryan, Of Nebraska, next 'whooped
it up for silver and Aaron Walcott, OF
Indiana, closed the oratory. A commit.
tee under the last resolution passed in the
afternoon was appsinted with john r
Goodwin. Of Ienncteec. as,chairnan. 1t
conTcntion then adjourned sine die.
The development of the day was n diff.
ference OF view between Democratic lead.
ers in the convention. One party, headed
by Sibley, Tillman, and others, was for
dropping the Democratic party and or.
gSnizing an cut-and-out free silver party.
The other faction favored free silver
within the Democracy. The latter won
in the resolutions, but the convention ad
journed with the seeds of a schism in it.