Morris tribune., 1895-05-22
DOES NOT WAIVE.
Discussion Of Currencv Question
Is as Animated as Ever.
Caiifornians Dissatisfied with Warner and
Sibley-Conference at Salt Lake City
Students OF Finance Meet In
Chicago In Debate.

the Rredt results lOT ITcS CO1uuSc o1lACSa
ut, the visit to California of Gen. A. J..
Warner, of Ohio, head of the American
bimetallic party, and Congressman
Joseph c. Sibley, of Pennsylvania,
has apparently been productive of
the opposite effect. The result is the
fat secession of the state silver league
from Gen. Warmers national organiza-
ton. The executive committee was
called at Los Angeles Saturday after
noon The entire matter was submit
ted to subcommittee of five to report
upon it. The following is an excerpt
of the report:
They straddle the national bank question
by pretending to give the general govern
ment the exclusive control over the issue
and volume of paper money, when in
truth their platform can be fully com
piled with by leaving the issue and vol
ume of paper money wholly in the hands OF
the national banks. They attempt to lead the
people into the belief that they, who are urging
Mr.. Sibley for the presidency, are opposed to
government partnership with national banking
institutions that control the circulating medi-
ums at the pleasure OF their foreign stock
holders"
The committee. therefore, recon-
mended the adoption of some plainly
worded resolutions condemning Gen.
Warner and Mr.. Sibley, appealing to
sister states to organize like the
California league and to protect
against the caucus method, and calling
for "a national convention of state
leagues to meet at ST. Louis, March 16,
1885, to nominate candidates for presi-
dent and vice president.
r SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 1.-THE
delegates to the silver conference here
have arrived. California, Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Mon
tana, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada
and Utah have full delegations and
there are large numbers of silver men
from surrounding regions.
Fully 1000 people were present when
convention to order. Gov. Richards
made an impassioned address of
half an hours length, detail
ing the motive of the convention.
Gov. Richards said among other
things:
Existing conditions. rejecting the evil re-
suits of recommendation and the miSfortuneS of
the business world in every phase of our in
mand on part of the masses for better
knowledge of financial propositions that self
q interests may be respected at the polls.
THE object of this conference is not to de-
wise free coinage arguments, for such argu-
ments are indelibly written upon the progress
and prosperity of the human race. but to
place in the hands of the voters these argu-
ments in language that men can understand
and apply.
IF this mission be accomplished the victory
is won. With the treasures of Europe behind
them, with the best talent money can employ,
with asubsidfzed press manufacturing facts
the gold bugs are still hampered by the testt-
fnony of current events. 80
The movement to corner the gold output OF
1.-THE western region that another issue OF gov
eminent bonds may be forced proves one of
the dangerous possibilities of recommendation.
Differences of opinion as to the value OF this
policy or that are blended into common cause
of self-defense when the treasury of the
United States becomes an object for specula-
tion and tle credit of the nation Is marked
for plumber"
In taking the chair Gov. Thompson
made an emphatic speech, in which he
declared that the great struggle from
now on into the summer of 1896 was to
see that no president was named by
either party who was not in favor of
the free coinage of silver at 16 to l.
SALT LAKE CITY, u. T., May 1s.-The
second day of the silver convention was
devoted to active business both in
session and committee room. The morn
ing meeting was held behind closed
doors the account of the proceed
ings beng given out by the secretary.
The entire session was given over to
the expression of individual views as
to the best plan of procedure. 1t is
noticeable that all the talk was
in a moderate strain and that
the proposition to form a new party,
with silver as the only battle cry does
not find much favor. The delegates
are almost unanimous that the fight
should be made within the ranks of
the old parties and that all parties
should bind themselves to send no del
egates to congress or to national con-
yentions who are not pledged to the
free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16
to /.
DUBUQUE, Ia, May Ex-senator Alli-
son received a challenge from the cen,
trail timetable league to debate the
silver question. Senator Allison has
made a reply in which he declines to
accept the challenge on the ground that
plans already formulated for his work
during the coming campaign will not
permit of his doing SO.
BERLIN, May 1s.-In spite of the fact
that the chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe,
deprecated the move, the upper house
of the Prussian diet, by vote Of 72 to
3S, adopted the resolution of Count Won
Mirbaeh in favor of steps being taken
for the prompt settlement of the cur
rency question by an agreement as to
international bimetallism.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. May s2o.-The fol-
lowing call for national conference
of the friends of silver was promul
gated by the Central Bimetallic league
of Tennessee Friday:
ITO THE FRIENDS OF SILVER THROUGHOUT
THE UNITED STATES: The single gold stand
ard advocates have called a convention to meet
here on the 23rd of this month in an attempt
to lead the south to support their policy.
The Central BimetalIc league of Memphis.
realizing the high Importance of meeting their
arguments, exposing their fallacies. and coun-
teracting their baneful influences, do hereby
request the friends Of the silver and gold
money of the constitution to organize
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