Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-13

Gratis, Republicans and Populists, but
with honest money" as the slogan of
all, filed the lower floor and large
proportion of the balconies at the Au-
ditorium when the gathering was
called to order. On the stage besides
the officers Of the Central Bi-metallic
League of Memphis, under whose aus
pices the gathering was held, were. with
very few exceptions, all the leading ad-
vocates of the free coinage Of silver in
the United States. They included
Senators Bate and Harris of Tennes-
see; Jones and Berry, of Arkansas;
George and Walthall, of Mississippi;
Marion Butler, of North Carolina; Till
man, of South Carolina; Turpie, of In
diana; Gov. John G. Evans, of South
Carolina: ex-Gov. Prince, of New Mex
leo; eX-Gov. Eagle, of Arkansas; eX-
Congressman William J. Bryan, OF Ne
braska Gen. A. J. Warner, of Ohio; c.
S. Thomas and Alva Adams, of Colo
rado; Alex Delmar, of California, and
Congressman and bankers from Ten
nessee and adjoining States by the
dozen.
A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
was effected to-day with Senator Tur-
pie. of Indiana, as chairman, and ad-
dresses were delivered by that gentle
man and Alex Delmar, of California, in
the afternoon, and by Congressman
Sibley, of Pennsylvania; c. S. Thomas,
Of Denver, and Aaron Walcott, Of In
diana, in the evening.
Tomorrow will be devoted to
speeches by some of the distinguished
visitors and the consideration of the re-
port of the committee on resolutions, OF
which Senator Jones, Of Arkansas, is
chairman.
Politically, the most significant Incl
dent to to-day's proceedings was the
clear and emphatic statement of Sena-
tor Harris, of Tennessee, who, it has
been already clearly demonstrated, is
the leading spirit in the management
of the convention, as to the object of
the -athering and the single subject TO
which it is expected to contine its de-
liberations. The strength Of the men
who are for silver first, last and all the
time, and whose purpose to advance
the candidacy of Congressman Sibley,
of Pennsylvania, for the Presidency,
has been frequently manifested, is for
midable, and the result Of the encoun-
ter between these two opposing forces,
the conservative and the radical silver
men. as it will be shown in the declara'
tions of the convention, is watched
WITH GREAT INTEREST.
Fully 1900 delegates were in the
Auditorium this afternoon when Presi-
dent W. n. Brown, of the Central BIZ
metallic League, Of Memphis, called the
convention to order.
President Brown then called for NOM
nations for permanent chairman, and
Senator Isham B. Harris, the ante-bel-
lum Governor Of Tennessee, was given
an enthusiastic reception. Senator
David Turpie, of Indiana, was elected
chairman by acclamation. Senator
rurpie was accorded a round Of ap-
plause when he finished his speech.
The convention completed its Organ>
ization by the election by acclamation
of +. b. Wade, Of Tennessee, Reading
! Clerk of the House of Representatives,
to act as secretary.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, moved
the appointment of a committee on res
olutions. to be composed Of one delegate
from each State represented.
The roll call resulted in the naming
of the following
VICE PRESIDENTS:
State Treasurer Craig Smith, OF Ala
bama: Senator j. II. Berry, of Arkan-
sas: Alex. Delmar, California; j. B..
Bush. New Mexico; 3. f. Weaver, Vir-
ginia: A. p. Blackwell, Texas; VIM. B..
Bate. Tennessee: Governor John G..
! Evans. South Carolina; Congressman
Joseph c. Sibley, of Pennsylvania; b.
d. Brown. Nebraska; Gen. A. J. War
ner. Ohio; G. f. Key, North Carolina;
Senator VIM NJ. Stewart, Nevada; VIM.
p. Smith. Missouri; Paul A. Dews, Mon
tana: w. G.. Yerger, Mississippi; NJ. j.
CUNNINGHAM. Louisiana; j. Z. Rey-
nolds. Kentucky; Arson w. Alcott, In
diana: W. II. Hidell, Georgia; Alva
Adams, Colorado.
The following committee on resolu-
| tions was named:
Senator James J. Jones, Arkansas; j.
IT. Bankhead Alabama; Senator Ma
| ron Butter, NOi th N'li o4l44''' ''
VIM. Stewart. Nevada; c. E. Cochran
Missouri: Charles A. Hartman, Mon
tana: Senator J. S. George, Mississippi;
7 II. Dupree. Louisiana; J. z. Barton,
Kentucky: Senator David Turpie, In
diana. +. NJ. Longley, Georgia; Charles
: Thomas. Colorado; Ex-Governor l..
bradford Prince. New Mexico; Alex.
Delmar. California; z. c. Tredway
Virginia: S. Z. Watson, Texas; E. W..
/ Carmaci Tennessee: p. r. Tillman,
Srpth Carolina; Joseph c. Sibley, Penn
svlvania. Wm. Bryan, Nebraska; A. j..
/ Warner, Ohio.
Upon a motion of a Mississippi dele
gate Senator Harris was nominated as
@the old wheel horse Of free coinage
/ IN he a member Of the committee on
resolutions for acr
/ THE UNITED STATES AT LARGE,
and was elected with great enthusl-
/ asro Judge J. II. Mcdowell, OF Ten
nessee rose TO ask recognition for the
PoDulists upon the committee on reso-
lutions ..,. s.e
He carried his point without diff
crItv and it was agreed that he be en-
nowered to present the names OF dele
oa+es who were added to the committee
on resolutions as representatives OF the
Peoples party.
The next speaker on the board was
Alexander Delmar, the we'll known
writer on the coinage question: and a