Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-06-12
MONSTER MASS MEETING.
Such is the Description Of the Great
Silver Convention in Memphis
To-day.
Nothing Like 1t Ever Before Witnessed
in the Country-Silver Sentiment
Spreading - Eloquent Ad
dress of Welcome,

Memphis, Tenn, June l2.-The largest
meeting ever held in this country for the
discussion of single economic question
convened at the auditorium, in this city,
to day. Certainly no such an outpour-
ing of men of all classes, representing all
political parties, but unanimous on at
least one principle of governmental pol
icy, has ever before been seen in the
south.
While an overwhelming ajority of the
delegates to to-day's "honest money"
convention, called in the interest of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 to l, come from this Sec
tion OF country, the representation in
cludes almost every state south of the
Ohio river and west of the Mississippi
1t may more properly be called
A MONSTER MASS MEETING
than convention, for there is no fixed
under the authority of any political or
ganizatioa. The promoters of the con-
ference say that this spontaneous mani
festation of strong and growing public
sentiment may be traced directly to the
convention of May 20, at which Secretary
Carlisle was the guest of honor.
Delegates arrived on every train yes
terday and all last night and are still
coming in this morning. There will
probably be over 1900 on hand when thu
convention is called to order at O'Clock
this afternoon. It was given out yester-
day that the convention would open at IL
O'Clock this morning, but certain ar
rangements were not completed and it
was decided to put off the opening until
afternoon.
Col. Casey Young extended the usual
greetings to the convention and saluted
the delegates as the advance guards of
the mighty army to overthrow a power
more reckless and rapacious and more
hurtful to human happiness and prosper
ity than any despot that ever shackled
liberty and oppressed mankind.
Concluding he said: "Forces of the
grandest revolution that ever hurled
despot from power are gathering for the
onset that will sweep every enemy into
the dark sea of defeat; invincible le-
gions which will never halt or waver un-
til their standards are hung upon the
shores of every sea and their banners
float in triumph over the people of Eng
land. They will never lower their flags
nor sheath their swords until the mighty
conflict is ended and the glorious victory
won. Not until the emblems of man.
mon are turned into
sEPULoHREs FOR GREED AND AvARICE,
and let US be hopeful for the sake of suf-
fering humanity that the angel of the re-
surrection will never unseal these tombs.
IN the beginning of the struggle, which
gave separate nationality to the American
people, our ancestors gave to the world
a declaration of independence that rang
like bugle call through every land and
awakened spirit of liberty among every
people. The descendants Of these heroes
and patriots are about to send forth an
other declaration of independence to all
the nations of the world in fixing their
own financial system and legislation for
the good and happiness of their own peo-
Pile. Again, champions of a worthy cause,
leaders of righteous revolution I well
come you to the Queen city of our inland
river and in the name of our country,
brethren, bid you Godspeed in your
work"
WARNER AT HOME.
Cleveland, Ohio.-General A. j. War
ner has arrived at his home in Mariet-
ia from the Pacific coast. In letter to
a friend in this city he says: "There is no
trouble about the west. Nobody but an
ont and out silver man can carry single
state west of the Missouri river next
year. Good work is going on. The
politicians are kept busy trying to keep
the people inside the party fences, but
they find it hard work. For myself care
nothing for party names. I want results"
WASHINGTON FOR SILVER.
Chicago.-Hugh Wallace, the national
Democratic committeeman of Tacoma,
WASH, passed through Chicago yesterday.
Mr.. Wallace is a son-in-law of Chief JUS
tice Fuller and a staunch supporter of
President Cleveland. He said that free
silver would probably receive the in
dorsement of the Democrats, Republicans
and Populists of Washington in the next
JERRY's HEAD LEVEL.
Topeka, kas.-Jerry Simpson is here
to address meeting of free coinage ad-
Gates. He says: I'm my opinion what
is demanded more than anything else is
that the extremist may be silenced and
the people get together against the gold
standard of Wall street. Some Populists
are unwilling to unite with the silver
party unless the party will take up the
entire Populist platform. Now if was
starving for square meal and some one
offer me a crust of bread would deserve
to die If did not take it. So it is with
the radical ones"
MISSOURI WILL ACT.
Kansas City.-There is a strong prob
ability that the state Democratic COM
mittee will be called together again very
soon by Chairman Mafit and that in re-
sponse to the demands of the chairman
Of the county committees convention
will be called to discuss the money ques-
tion. Since the committee voted down
the proposition to call convention the
free coinage people have been active in
every section of the state and now have
considerable army Of party workers ad-
vocatinp state convention.