The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-14

feet confidence in their patriotism and intelli-
gence, to arouse themselves to a full sense of
the peril that confronts them and defend the
citadel of their liberties with vigilance that
shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The reading of the resolutions was fire.
quently interrupted by applause. and they
were adopted with hurrah without dis
cussion. The following resolution was
presented and adopted:
ResolUed, That committee composed of one
member from each State be appointed by the
delegates thereof in this convention, whose
duty IL shall be to correspond with the adyo-
Gates OF bimetallism and bimetallic societies in
the different sections of the Union. and devise
measures to advance the cause of bimetallism
throughout the United States. That this COM
mittee shall have power to call National con-
ference OF bimetallists whenever in the opinion
OF the committee the cause of bimetallism can
be advanced thereby. Said committee shall
have power to fill all vacancies.
Senator Harris then presented letters
from Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama
Pugh of Alabama and Jones of Nevada
indorsing the convention and containing
words of encouragement for the advocates
of the free coinage of silver.
In response to repeated calls from the
audience Senator Jones of Arkansas ad-
vanced to the front of the stage.
81 had no idea, gentlemen" said he, "of
making a speech. The resolutions inst
presented contain my views on this SUBJ
ject as tersely and forcibly as they could
be expressed in words. | believe that the
people of the country will digest this
question before the next National election
and find the fallacies of the arguments of
the gentlemen of the other side'
Ex-Governor Prince of New Mexico was
next introduced. He said:
bring you greetings from the West. NV col
leagues and myself were sent from the bimetal-
lie convention in Salt Lake to bring YOU word
of good cheer. The people there are all bimet-
alllsts. There Is no need out there for meet
ings or speakings. We are all bimetallists.
We Westerners believe that the American
people are as honest as they are patriotic. We
do not believe the Eastern people want to set
up dishonest dollar, but we believe that thew
have not been educated as they should be.
Such convention as this should be held in the
East want to say few words on the topic of
honest money.
We want money that is honest in deed. in
proof and in fact. l conceive that Mr.. Car
isles idea that the best money is the highest
priced money is not true. The best money is
the money that has and ALWAYS will have
stability. The best dollar is not hipb-priced.
huctuating dollar, but the best dollar is the
dollar of absolute stability and that is the
dollar of bimetallism. The most absolutely
dishonest dollar that the world has ever seen
is the constantly approaching gold dollar
The next speaker was Benjamin r. Till
man, the Popullst United States Senator
from South Carolina, whose appearance
everybody has been looking forward to
with great interest, as his speech was ex-
pected to furnish the sensation of the con-
vention. Senator Tillman's original man.
ner and plain speech attracted his hearers
at once, and he held their close attention
for over an hour. He said, IN part:
Some three or four weeks ago there assembled
in this city a body called to teach Southern
people the meaning of sound money. After
putting in more than all the secret agencies
and the use of illimitable money and drum
ming up delegates from this chamber of COM
niece and that bank they assembled here to
tell us what was the meaning of sound money.
and after having the people of this city whose
loans from the banks make them subseryient
70 the banking interest turn ont thew enc
ceeded in drumming up large gathering. and
they had the Secretary of the Treasury to tell
us the difference between sound money now
and sound money in 1873 And, God save them
by request of the President they had three
cuckoos, who sold their birthright for the mess
of pottage. Applause Three Congressman
only, and I saw in the paper in which read
about it that there was not solitary farmer in
that party in this southland, where the pro-
portion between the agricultural in terest and
the rest is rs farmers to 200 of all other inter-
ests. ] see before me too many sunburued faces