The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-06-19
JINGLE Of THE WHITE METAL
Kansas Silverites Open Their
Convention
STEWART SENDS REGRETS
The Nevada Senator Makes a Speech
in q Letter
Southern Editors Express Opinions as to the
~.' Outcome Of the issue-Ex-doyernor
Flower Has a Say

Associated Press Special Wire.
TOPEKA, Kas., June 1S.--In his te,e-
gram regretting his inability to attend
today's silver conference, Senator w. NJ.
Stewart says: II am enlisted in the Ken-
lucky silver fight; cannot be with you.
Restoration of silver is the only hope to
sop falling prices and destruction CT
American homes. There is no other issue
OF Importance compared with the neces-
sity OF breaking the gold corner. One
more gold president VIII down the Amer
leans to seryitude. perhaps for all time.
Four-ffths Of the America people are op-
posed to any kind of money the purchas-
ing power of which grows in safe.
The growing purchasing power OF
money psust be stopped. We can do it
with silver and with nothing else. The
government is in the hands OF the enemy.
Give it no more until the people control.
Let Kansas lead. ana enough will follow
to restore the government to the people"
Ex-Congressman Sibley of Pennsylvania
arrived at Topeka at noon TO attend the
silver conference called by A. z. Shinn
OF Ottawa, vice-president of the Bmietal-
tic league. Sibley said to a reporter:
In 1856 there will be two parties-pro-
ducers and a bsor bers."
The number in attendance seems to be
as large as those calling the conference
expected for such an informal gathering.
The Republicans as yet, however, are con-
spcuous by their absence. The plan out
lined now seems to be to form a bimetallic
state league, with a secretary, who shall
make headquarters at Topeka, general
committee OF twenty zone made up of the
different parties, three from each con-
grsssional district and an executive conf
mittee OF seven.
Tonight ex-Congressman J. G. Sibley
addressed crowd OF 1000 at Hamilton
hall. He denounced John Sherman as an
arch traitor to whom Judas and Benedict
Arnold would unquestionaby grant pre-
eminence, ana asserted that BIN etailism
must be achieved in 1896 or not at all.
The convention unanimously adopted the
report of the committee on resolutions
which declared for immediate return to
the constitutional standard OF gold and
silver at the ratio of IL to /. The resolu-
tons also declared unalterable opposition
to the issue by the United States of in
erest-bearing bonds in time OF peace,
and demanding the payment of all obli-
cations of the United states as provided
by existing laws in either gold or silver
coin at the option of the government,
and not at the option of the creditor.
A permanent organization was effected
which will be known as the Kansas
branch of the Bimetallic league of Amer
lea.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, June IS. 1t is still
an open question who will win the Demo
cratic nomination for governor but it is
not an open question what the Democratic
state convention will do about free silver.
Nearly half the delegates selected are
either instructed TO vote against free sill
yer or are known to be opposed TO it.
Many others friendly to silver are indi-
vidually, and as representatives OF con-
ventions which chose them, opposed to
the policy Of making any declaration for
General z. n. Hardin nor Cassius NJ.
Clay has anything like enough instructed
votes to win on the first ballot There
are S7S votes, and 440 are necessary to a
choice. One hundred and fourteen out of
1l9 counties give Hardin for governor
800 Clay pol, Afford 2. The uninstructed
vote is a. Counties not heard from have
only - votes.