Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-14

debtor to choose whether he should
pay his debts In silver or gold coin
was always recognized The suisse
quent policy has been to transfer this
right 10 the creditor thus tending 20
constantly increase the value OF the
dearer metal and destroy the parity
between them.
Believing that 1t is absolutely neoes-
sat'y 10 reverse this iniquitOus and
ruinous policy We therefore resolve
that we favor the immediate restora-
ton OF silver to its former place as "A
fun legal tender. standard money equal
with gold, and the free and unlimited
coinage OF both gold and silver at the
ratio OF l6 TO and upon terms OF exact
equality. That while we would well
come the cooperation OF other nations
We believe that the United States
should not wait upon the pleasure OF
the foreign governments or the consent
OF foreign creditors. but should them
selves proceed 10 reverse the "grinding
process that Is destroying the peo-
pies prosperity and should lead by
their example hte nations OF the earth.
That the rights OF the American peo-
pie, the interests OF American labor
and the prosperity OF American indus
try have n higher claim on the CON
sideration OF the peoples lawmakers
than the greed Of foreign creditors, or
the avaricious demands made by 'ldle
holders OF idle capital"
The right to regulate its own none
tary systems in the interests Of its own
people Is a right to which no free gov
ernment can barter. sell or surrender.
This reserved right is n part OF every
bond OF every contract
and OF every obligation. No
creditor or claimant can set up n right
that can take precedence over a ma
tons obligations to promote the well
- ma Of Ito
This Is debt higher and more bind
ing than nj other debts, and one which
II is not only dishonest but treasonnblp
to ignore with idle and discontinued
workingmen and nm ever.growing
army OF tramps, men whom lack OF
work and opportunity have made out
casts and beggars.
At the other end we find that a few
thousand families own One-half the
wealth OF the country The centrnllzn-
ton OF wealth has gone hand In hand
with the spread Of poverty The pau
per and the plutOcrnt arc twin children
OF the same vicious ana unholy sys-
tenn. The situation Is ful OF menace
TO the liberties OF the people and the
life of the republic, The Issue Is on
reimbursement or hopeless servltude
Whatever the power OF money can do
by debauchery and corruption TO main.
tain It's grasp on the law making power
VIII be done. We therefore appeal to
the plain people OF the land with nor.
rect confidence In their patriotism and
intelligence to arouse themselves 10 a
ruiz sense of the peril that cnnfronts
them and defend the citadel Of their
liberties with a vigilance that shall
neither slumbcr nor sleep.
Tho reading OF tho resolutions was
frequently interrupted by tumultuoua
applause and they were ndoptcd with
a hurrah without discussion The fol.
lowing resolution was also presented
and adopted.
Resolved. that committee from each
state be appointed by the delegates
thereof In this convention whose duties
II snail be TO correspond with the
representatives and advocates of bi-
me'alllsm and bi-metallic societies in
me dlnerent sections OF the union and
devise MEASURES TO advance the cause
Of hl-metallism throughout the United
States
That this committee shall have power
TO call national conference of hi-tnc.
tallists Whenever In tho opinion OF the
committee shall have porNr TO MI ali
vacancies.
Senator Harris then presented letters
rom senator John r. Morgan. OF Ala
bama, Pugh, OF Alabama. and Jones, Of
Nevada endorsing tho convention and
containing words OF announcement FOR
the advocates OF the free coinage OF
silver
In response 10 reported calls from the
audience Senator Jones, OF Arkansas.
adyaiced to the front NJ the stage:
hnd no idea, gentlemen" said he.
'ot making speech" The resolutions
Just presented contain my Views OF the
subject AS tersely and forclbly as they
could be expressed IN words / believe
that the people OF the country will d.
gest this great question before the next
national election ana find the fallnclcp
of the arguments Of the gentlemen Of
the other side,
Tn this campaign OF education the
hloated plutocrats viii find that they
are the pupils and we are the tenchers
instead of they being the techers and
we the pupils as they claim. There has
never been n time In the history OF the
world when the nations were as much
interested in n question az they are
interested In this one. Hard times do
not exist in America alone. They eN-
list In every country where gold Is the
measure of value. This shows what
the root Of the evil is.
They talk OF Matchmaking this coun-
try, why. Mexico is paying wages,
and is more prosperous than ever be-
fore.
In conclusion I will say that / be-
lievc that there IL no hope for the re-
turn OF national prosperity to this
country until thls question ls settled
and settled by the rehabilitation OF sill
Yer az II money metal"
Governor l., Bradford Price, WAS
next introduced. He said.
bring you greetings from the West
My colleagues and myself were sent
from the bi-metalllc convention In Salt
Lake City to bring you word OF good
cheer, The people there arc all BIZ
metalllsts There is no need out there
for meetings and speaking. We are
all bi-metalllsts. So long as the BIZ
metallic sentiment prevailed In the
West alone. there was something In the
claims OF the gold men that the BIZ
metallic movement was one put on
foot so that the Western mines could
get a dollar for fifty cents worth OF
silver. The interest that the Western
people have In the passage OF free
silver laws IL too inslgnlficant'to speak
OF. What the silver producer does Is
simply to aid In bringing money which
is the standard OF value Into the world.
The next speaker was Benjamin II.
Tillman, the Populist United States
senator from South Carolina. TO whose
appearance everybody had been look
ing forward with great interest for his
speech was expected to furnish the
sensation OF the convention. In mild
way this expectation was realized.