The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-21
ADOPT A PLATFORM.
Resolutions Passed By the Mem
phls Silver Convention.

Demand Is Made FOR Free Coinage 1t 1e
to 1 By the United stafes-Committee
Appointed to Cali a Eatioaak Conference.
All Are For silver.
MEMPHIS, June i5.-The possible dis.
ruption Of the old parties-the Demo
cratic party in the south, the Republi-
can party in the west must have been
uppermost in the mind Of any thought
full observer Of the two days proceed.
ings of the great silver convention
which has been in session at the audi
forum. Both sides of this proposition
were discussed in impassiOned speeches
and strong argumentative appeals to
the 1,5G0 delegates and visitors who at.
tended the big mass meeting. The first
warning of the approaching encounter
was heard Wednesday night in the bold
utterances of Congressman j. G. Sibley
Of Pennsylvania in favor Of a silver
party. an aggressive campaign for the
reconciliation Of the white metal with
out regard to previous party ties.
Thursday all disguise was thrown off.
The men who favor a silver party, with
one purpose and one idea, under the
leadership Of Sibley, Tiliman of South
Carolina, Butler of North Carolina,
Stewart Of Nevada and Adams of Colo
RADIO. told of their plans without reserve
and asked their hearers to decide be.
tween party and nation
On the other hand those who favor
the settlement Of the silver question
within party lines urged conservative
action; vigorous agitation for free silver,
but bearing in mind that there were
other questions Of Importance to the DO
litical future of the country which
should cause the voter to think well be-
fore casting off the party affiliations of
years and giving his undivided suffrage
to the cause Of silver. The money
question, they claimed, should and
would be settled within party lines.
The conservative element prevailed in
the committee on resolutions and the
declarations Of that body, which were
adopted by the convention, did not 90
beyond strong presentation Of the free
silver views of the gathering. But the
convention adjourned without a schism
in it. One faction advocates the Sib-
ley ''idea," the capture Of the Demo-
cratic convention, and failing in that,
independent political action, while 9TH
ers advocate fighting the issue strictly
within party lines,
National Committee.
Under a resolution passed the follow
ing national committee was appointed
to call national silver convention in
its discretion: Alabama, John W.
Tomlinson; Arkansas, Charles Coffin;
California, Alexander Delmar; Colo.
RADIO, A. W. Rucker; Georgia, n. W.
Longley; Kentucky, J. 4. Parker;
Louisiana, Senator Blanchard; Missouri,
J. C. Gage; Nevada, c. S. Nixon; Ne
braska, c. J. Smyth; North Carolina,
M. B. Elliott; Ohio, f. G. Scott; Penn.
sylvania, A. c. Hopkins; South Caro-
lima, J. W. Stooker; Tennessee, John
R. Goodwin; Texas, J. H. Reagan; Vir-
ginia, NJ. P. Brandon; New Mexico, NJ.
B. Prince; Utah, E. J. Kimball,
The committee elected John R. God
win of Tennessee chairman and J. H.
Acklen Of Nashville secretary. 1t will
meet in Chicago during July to perfect
a permanent organization.
Immediately after the convention
was called to order for the afternoon
session, Senator J. K. Jones of Arkan.
sas presented the report of the committee
on resolutions which read as follows:
"Idle Holders of Idle Capital"
Resolved, That we favor the immediate
restoration of silver to its former place as
full legal tender, standard money, equal
with gold, and the free and unlimited
coinage of both silver and gold at the ratio
of Is to / and upon terms of exact equality. |
That while we should welcome the CO.
operation Of other nations, we believe that
that United States should not wait upon
the pleasure Of foreign governments, or
the consent Of foreign creditors but
should themselves proceed to reverse the
grinding process" that is destroying the
prosperity of the people, and should lead
by their example the nations of the earth.
That the rights of the American people,
the interests of American labor and the
prosperity of American industry have a
higher claim to the consideration of the
peoples lawmakers than the greed Of for
eign creditors or the ayarioious demands
made by idle holders of idle capital"
The right to regulate its own monetary
system in the interests pitts own people is /
right which no free government can bar
ter, sell or surrender. This reserved right
is part of every bond, of every contract
and Of every obligation. No creditor or
claimant can set up right that can take
precedence over a nations obligations to
promote the welfare of the masses Of its /
own people, This is a debt higher and
more finding than ali other debts and one
which it is not only dishonest. but treas
enable to ignore.
Pauper and PIutOcrat Are Twin Sisters.
Under the financial policy that now pre-
walls we see the land filled with idle and
discontinued workingmen and an ever
growing army Of tramps, men whom lack
Of work and opportunity have made out
casts and beggaes. At the other end we |
find that a few thousand families own |
one-half of the wealth of the country.
The Capitalization Of wealth has gone
hand in hand with the spread of poverty.
The pauper and the plutoerat are twin
children Of the same vicious and unholy |
system. The situetion is full Of menace |
to the liberties Of the people and the life |
Of the republic The issue is anfmnchise-
meRt or hopeless seryitu ir. nihatever |
the power OF money can da asbeachery /
and corruption to maintain iis ..r,.sg On |
the iawmaking poweF win be done we /
therefore, appeal 70 the plain people of the /
land with perfect confidence in their /
patriotism ana intelligence, to arouse +
themselves to a full sense OF the peril that
eohfronts them and defend the citadel Of
their liberties with a vigilance that shall
aeitner sfu5nfer nor slaeD