The herald., 1895-05-18

1, w OrpanlIo silver lea5ueS III ouCH pre-
cincts Immediately, with view To coun
ty. district and state organizations.
Third-The purpose OF this organiz
ton is to secure indie pedent bimetallisr
by systematic cooperation and educatio.,
OF De voters OF this Union Upon the sill >
yer question. Pesent party affiliations
are not severed by this league.
Fourth--A provisional central execu-
tive committee OF live shall at once be ap-
pointed by the president of this conYen-
ton to permanently organize the trans
mo ntane league. That committee shall
at once appoint an executive comm ttce
o. three from each state and territory.
with full power to organize precinct
county, district and state leagues in their
respective Jurisdictions. The state and
territorial executive committee shall con-
sist 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 par
ties. The representation in county con-
vcntions shall be at the ratio OF Is to l.
The people should not wait for formal no
tices before organizing their precinct
leagues.
Fift The central executive committee
of the transmontane league shall have
power of supervision over the state and
territorial organizations. They shall have
full control of the selection and distribu-
ton of free silver literature other than
ouch as is recommended by this conven-
ton. 1t shall be their duty to accumu-
late fund to distribute tho authorized
literature OF this convention until per-
manent organization OF the transmontane
league.
Sixth--The committee shall select a Sec
fetary of the league, who shall receive
sufficient salary and who snail attend to
all the executive and routine business OF
the league under the direction OF the COM
mittse.
Seventh-The headquarters of this
league shall be in Salt Lake City. A
finance committee OF one from each state
and territory of this league shall be ap-
pointed by the president to secure funds
ior d distribution OF literature and for cur
rent expenses.
Eighth-It is hereby suggested and
urged that he friends of our cause between
the mississippi and the Rockies shall or
ganize n ssissippi league, east OF
the Mississippi river and south OF Mason
and Dixon's line, the southern league; !;
north of the Ohio river the northwest
| league,a and east OF the Alleghenies. the
northern league, with a constitution like
ours. so that Il national organization OF
unmistakable power may be form ed
speedily and effectualy.
Ninsh-We declare the struggle is be-
tween the property holders. laborers and
debtors of this Union against the gold
mOnOmetalllStS OF Lonuon anu wan
st rect.
Tenth h-Each labor lodge, precinct
league and other free silver organization
in the Union is requested to invest S3 as
a permanent fund III our authorized lit
erature at wholesale or halt price and
turn the investment over and over again
bv enlisting each member as a canvasser.
upon the rule of arithmetical progression.
turning over five times in each lodge will
,I,,to nf
leave $96 in the treasury for lodge purposes.
Turning over ten times will distribute
| 40, OOo copies of each book by each lodge
and leave $4,000 in the treasury. The un-
bought weekly and small daily news
papers are also invited to pursue the
same course. tracticaly these are 1ne
| only free press" the Rothschiids 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.
Dell claimed that the committee report
was not specific enough. the committee
need not 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
| of Colorado saiu such talk was wholly out
of place; if we cannot trust our own few
silver men in, this matter, then we had
| be tier quit.
Governor Mcconnell of Idaho said the
committee plan did all that general plan
| could do; the details must be lett to the
| different states.
Governor Prince said it was preposter
Gus to talk about this committee being
| susceptible to the influe nee OF the golden
| idol and he thought the plan of the com
mittee could not be improved upon.
| Dells 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 arbitrary
thing to do as that might not always be
| the best way; besides. when you beign to
| instruct the committee to do certain
things, you forbid by that instruction
necessary things.
Jones of Washington proposed as sub
| stitute for Dell's section, wording that
in terms empowered the committee to 90
| on with the work and to raise the neces-
! sary funds.
Clunie declared this to be wholly un,
necessary. The committees are so en-
powered in the plan as reported. 1t was
not necessary to repeal it or make it more
! definite, because the committee ought to
be left wholly free to act as the best in
tsrests of each locality might require.
Clark agreed with Clunie and besides
he said that specification must in its ma
ture bo restrictive. The idea of the COM
mttee was to leave the comm ittees 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 resolution and adj
dress tnen submitted its report as fol-
| lows:
To the People of the United States -
The members of the bimetallic confer
ence, assembled at Salt Lake City, Utah,
on the 18th day of May, 1895 represent
| ing the states OF California, Idaho. Mon
tana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and
| the territories of New Mexico and Utah.
deeply impressed with the importance OF
the subject we have been considering, be-
lieve that the vital interests II every state
and every section OF this great country arc
i involved in the speedy and proper solu-
| ton of what is known as The silver ques-
| tion." and being painfully conscious OF
| the fact that the most strenuous efforts OF
our opponents are now and havo ever
| been directed to concealment OF the real
issue ard misrepresentation of the
| position occupied by the advocates OF sill
vcr restoration feel it our duty to state
| with such clearness as we may the pre-
else nature of the issue and what our
| position actually is. .:--
In the first place we desire to say that
| the people whom we represent are not an
| aggression of thieves setting out to swim
| die creditors with the 81 cent dollar.
| There are no more patriotic citizens OF
| the American republic than those active.
| earnest, energetic men and women VIII O