The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-08-21
SILVER DEMOCRATS.
The Conference at Washington
Declares War
and Proposes Plan for Organizing
the Friends of Free Coinage
The Resolutions and Ad-
dress Adopted.

er Thursday. Col. Casey Young, OF
Tennessee, who acted as secretary of
the committee and called this confer
ence, said that he had received thou
sands of letters from representative
democrats in thirty-eight states favor
ing the conference and expressing their
willingness to stand by any action 1t
might take. Ex-Representative Fifth
ian, of Illinois, said that he had been
defeated for reelection because he had
to bear the odium of the administra-
tion's action in the last congress He
was a believer in free coinage and
would abide by the action of this con-
ference.
Mr.. Hill. of Missouri, when called,
responded by thanking God that he was
not Senator Hill, of New York. In two
short wears Mr.. Cleveland had led the
democratic party to defeat and disgrace
by a series of acts of perfdy and treach-
cry unprecedented in the history Of
this country. Mr.. Cleveland and Mr..
Carlisle, he said, would go down into
oblivion hand in hand, amid the cries
of Indignation of the people. Senator
Brice, he said, was the black white man
and as great a traitor as Cleveland,
Carlisle and German.
When the committees reports were
announced as complete senator Jones
took the chair and Gov. Stone, of Mis-
souri,, presented the address, as follows:
A. "a hnr Of
Gratis from different states who attended the
non-partisan convention recently assembled at
Memphis, Tenn, for the purpose of promoting
the cause of free silver coinage a committee
consisting OF Senators Jones, of Arkansas: Tur-
pie, of Indiana. ana Harris, of Tennessee, was
appointed and authorized to invite representa-
tive democrats from the several states 10 meet
them at Washington for consultation with the
view of securing concert Of action among those
democrats throughout the Union who believe
in adhering to the cardinal democratic policy or
actual bmetalliSm and who are opposed to COM
mttng the party to the plutocratic republican
doctrine Of gold monomctaliSm. The present
conference is the result of the action then taken
This is purely voluntary aSSemblage and
therefore does not assume to speak with party
authority. DiSclaiming all right to bind any
person by our utteranceS, but profoundly con-
sciOuS that the democratic party to-day con-
fronts crisis the most momentouS IN Its us
tory and fraught with far-reachng peril to the
people and the country, We are assembled as
individual democrats to take counsel together
for the purpose Of inaugurating thorough and
systematic organization of the democratic
masses, so that they may so forward as one
man with reSoute purpose to rescue the old
party, founded by Thomas Jefferson, from plu-
Itocratic domination. Therefore, with this OBJ
iepti in " n Americans i
posed of representatives from twenty-five of
the leading states of the Union, makes the fol-
lowing declaration on the monetary question:
Duty to the people requires that the party OF
the people continues the battle for bimetalllsn
until the efforts are crowned with success
therefore be it
Resolved, That the democratic party in ma
tional convention assembled should demand the
free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold
into primary or redemption money at the ratio
OF l6 to 1 without waiting for the action or ap-
proval of any other nation.
Resolved. That it should declare its irrevoca-
BILE opposition to the substitution for q metal.
lie money of panc-breeding, corporation
credit currency based on a single metal, tht
supply of which is so limited that it can be cor
nered at any time by few banking institutions
in Europe and America.
Resolved That it should declare its oppoSi
ton to the policy and practice OF surrenderri
to the holders of the obligations OF the Unite,
States the option reserved by the law to th
government or redeeming such obligations ii
either silver coin or gold coin.
Resolved That 1t should declare it's opposi
ton to the issuing OF nterest-bearing bonds o
the United States in time of peace, and especi
ally to placing the treasury Of the government
under the control Of any syndicate OF banker
and the issuance of bonds to be sold by them a
an enormous profit for the purpose Of supplyin
the federal treasury with gold to maintain tn
policy of gold monometallism.
With view to sec uring the adoption of tn
democratic financial policy above set forth b.
the democratic national convention to be as
sembled in 1896 and of the nomination OF can
didatc for tho presidency well known TO be il
hearty sympathy herewith We hereby p!edg
our mutual cooperation and urgently recon-
mend to democratic brethren in all the state
to at once begin and vigorously prosecute tn
work of a thorough organization, and to thi
end the adoption of the plan Of organization
herewith submitted is recommended.
Mr.. Hill, of Missouri, moved tn,
adoption of the address and resolutions
which were agreed to by a unanimou
vote. The plan of organization wa
then outlined to the conference as fol
lows, and adopted:
First-Therc shall be q national committee O
democrats who are In favor of both gold anl
silver as the money of the constitution. whic
shall be composed Of one democrat from eac
state and the executive committee hereinafte
provided for.
Second-That until otherwise ordered by the
national committee, Senators Harris, of Ten
neSsee Jones, OF Arkansas; Turpe, OF lndi
ana, and Hon. w. j. Stone, OF Missouri, an
w H. HinrichSen, OF Illinois, shall be and ar
hereby constituted the executive committe
and shall have full power and authority TO up
point the members OF the national cCmmtte
herein provided for and to I'LL vacancies In tn
same.
After the adjournment Of the CON
ference the executive committee held
session at which means of obtaining a.
efficient national committee were dis
cussed 1t was decided to divide tn
country into sections and to give eac
member of the executive committee
section in which to correspond, with
view to getting the best men to aG
vance the cause outlined by the conveu
tion. The executive committee befor
separating named the following mem
bers of the national committees: ES
Senator Walsh, of Georgia; j. H. Den
mis-, of Nevada; c. s. Thomas, of Cole
RADIO; G. Ainslee, of Idaho; j. II. Head
of Tennessee, and c. Armstrong, @
Arkansas
An IIl-Fated Excursion.
CAMDEN, N. j., Aug. 1G.-A negro e,
cursion to Lakeside park vesterda