The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18

A recess until 80 was then taken, and
the delegates proceeded in carriages to
Fort Douglass, where the party, headed
by the Governors and ex-Governors pres
ent, were Hospitality received and enter
tanned, and a salute given and review
had in their honor.
On reassembling in the afternoon Dell.
of Oregon, who had vainly tried at the
morning session to get in a substitute for
the committee report, offered it, as fol-
lows:
.First-We hereby organize temporary league
for independent bimetallism, to be called the
"Trans Montana League" and to include ali
the States and Territories west of the Rocky
Mountains and all of Colorado and Wyoming.
iSecond-We call upon all friends who favor
restoring the silver dollar to free coinage and
full legal-tender power equally with the gold
dollar at the rate of 16 to to organize silver
leagues in such precincts Immediately. with q
view to county,, district and State oreaniza-
|. tons.
Third-The purpose of this organization is to
secnre independent bimetallism by systematic
cooperation and education of the voters of
this Union upon the silver question. Present
party Affiliations are not severed by this league.
| .Fourth-A provisional central executive COM
mittee of five shall at once be appointed by the
organize the Trans-Montane League. That
committee shall at once appoint an executive
comittee OF three from each State and Terri
tory with full power. to organize precinct
county, district and State leagues in their re-
spective Jurisdictions. The State ana Terrific
rial executive committee shall consist of one
Republican, one Democrat and one Populist
The county and precinct central committees
shall each consist of FIVE, one from each of the
existing perfias Tho rnnracapfot;oo -, oo,,o+x.
conventions shall be at the ratio of 16 to /.
The people should not wait for formal notices
before organizing their precinct leagues
Ffth-Ihe central executive committee of
the Trans-montane League shall have full
power Of supervision over the State and Terri
torial organizations. They shall have full con-
troll Of the selection and distribution of free
silver literature other than such as is recon-
mended by this convention. 1t shall be their
duty to accumulate fund to distribute the
authorized literature of this convention until
permanent organization of the Trans-mon-
tame League.
Sixth--The committee shall select secretary
OF the league, who shall receive sufficient
salary, and who shall attend to all the execu-
tive and routine business OF the league under
the direction of the committee.
Seventh-The headquarters of this league
shall be in Salt Lake City. A finance commit
tee of one from each State and Territory
OF this league shall be appointed by tho presi-
dent to secure funds for distribution of htera-
ture and for current expenses.
Eighth-It is hereby suggested and urged
that the friends of our cause between the
Mississippi and the Rockies shall organize q
trans-Mississippi League; east of the Missis-
sippi and south of Mason and Dixons line the
Southern League, north of the Ohio the
Northwest League, and east OF the Alleghanies
the Northern League, with constitution like
ours, so that a National organization of un-
mistakable power may be formed speedily
and effectually.
Ninth-We declare the struggle is between
the property-holders, laborers and debtors of
| this Union against the gold monometallists of
London and Wall street.
Tenth-Each labor lodge, precinct league and
other free silver organization in the Union is
requested to invest So permanent fund in
our authorized literature, at wholesale, or half
price, and turn the investment over and over
again by enlisting each member as can
vasser Upon the rule of arithmetical progress
| sion turning over five times in each lodge will
distribute 1900 copies of each book and leaves
$96 in the treasury for lodge purposes. Turn
ing over ten times will distribute 40, 900 copies
OF each book by each lodge and leave $4,000 in
the treasury. The unbought weekly and small
daily newspapers are also invited to pursue the
same course. Practically, these are the only
''free press the Rothschilds have left to the
people east of the Mississippi We ask them
not to be bought by free. patent outsides'' now
offered by Wall street as a bribe.
Dill claimed that the committee report
was not specific enough, the committee did
not need to do anything if they did not
want to and might be reached by the silent
but insidious influence of gold.
Many delegates resented this, and Clark
l<~fr r<1a 10 IL. l.
of place. "If we can't trust our own fell
low silver men in this matter, then we had
| better quit he added.
Governor Mcconnell of Idaho said that
the committee plan did all that general
plan could do; the details must be left to
the different States.
Prince said it was preposterous to talk
about this committee being susceptible to
the influence of the golden idol, and he
thought the plan of the committee could
not be improved upon.
DelPs substitute was voted down and
then he proposed an additional section,
directing the committee to proceed every
where with precinct organizations.
Borah said this would be an arbi-
trary thing to do, as that might not always
be the best way. Besides" he said.
"when you begin to instruct the committee
to do certain things, you forbid by that in
struction that they shall do other and, per-
haps, necessary things.
Jones of Washington proposed as SUBJ
stitute for Dell's proposed section, word
ing that in terms empowered the COM
mlttee to go on with the work, and to raise
the necessary funds
Clunie declared this to be entirely un-
necessary. The committees were SO en-
powered in the plan as reported. 1t was
not necessary to repeat it or make it more
definite, because the committees ought to
be left wholly free to act as the best inter-
ests OF each locality might require.
Clark OF Colorado agreed with Clunie,
and besides, he said, the specification must
IN Its nature be restrictive. The idea of
the committee was to leave the committees
entire liberty of action.
The substitute and amendment were
both voted down, and the report was
adopted, with the change of name made at
the forenoon session.
The Committee on Resolutions and Ad-