River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-05-23
DOES NOT WANE.
Discussion Of Currency Question
Is as Animated as Ever.
raiifornisns Dissatisfied with Warner and
SibIey-Conference at salt Lake city
A Debate In Chicago-Carlisle
Gives His Views.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 17.-Instead of
the great results for free coinage aimed
at 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 a 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
une 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.. Sibey 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 cordemning en-.
Warner and Mr.. Sibley, appealing to
sister states 10 organize like the
California league and to protect
against the caucus method, Bud calling
for national convention of state
leagues to meet at St. Louis, Marel 16,
1896. to nominate candidates for presi-
dent and vice president.
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 me,i
from surrounding regions
Fully 1000 people were present when
Gov. Richards, of Montana, called the
convention to order. Gov. Ricka IDS
made an impassioned address of
half an hours length, detail
ing the motive of the convention.
Gov. bickards said among other
| things:
EXISTING conditions. rejecting the evil re-
suits of recommendation and the misfortune:i of
the business world in every phase OF our in
| dustrial and social life, have stimulated ie-
i mal0 on part OF the masses LOT bttttT
knowledge OF financial propositions that Sc If
| interests may be respected at the polls.
THE object Of this conference is not to de-
/ wise free coinage arguments, for such art u
ments are indelibly written upon the prOgr,
| and prosperity OF the human race. but 20
| 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
4lah aof
with subsidized press manufacturing facts,
| the gold bugs are still hampered by the test
| mony of current events
The movement to corner the gold output CT
the western region that another issue OF gov
| eminent bonds may be forced proves one
| the dangerous possibilities OF monometallism
| 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-
| ton and tle credit Of the nation is marked
! for plumber
la 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 l6 to /.
SALT LAKE CITY, U. T., May ls.-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 being 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 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-
ventions who are not pledged to the
| free coinage of silver at the ratio of 10
| to /.
DUBUQUE, Ia, May Ex-senator Ali
son received challenge from the CEN
trial bimetallic 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 ~ to
| IS, adopted the resolution of Count Won
| Mirbach 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 2O.-The fol-
| lowing call for a national conference
| of the friends of silver was promul-
1 gated by the Central Bimetallic league
/ of Tennessee Friday:
| sTo THE FRIENDS OF SILVER THROUGHOUT
/ THE UNITED STATES: The single gold stand
ard advocates have called convention to meet
here on the 23rd of this month in an attempt
to lead the south to support their policy.
/ The Central Bimetalllc 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
In every state and county, and TO send dele
gates to bimetallic convention TO be helt at
Memphis on the 18th and 18th days of June
next The ablest champions OF bmetallism
will be prese mt and address the convention"
SALT LAKE CITY, U. T., May 20-The
silver conference Friday engaged in
an animated debate over the name
for the permanent organization.
Many delegates favored Honest
Money union" still others "Sil-
yer union" but Gov. Prince
objected to combining the movement to
one of the metals, stating that the
west was as favorable to gold as to sill
yer, and his motion to call
the organization the ''Bimetal-
lie union" was unanimously adopt
ed. Resolutions were adopted
which declare the objects of the organ
ization to be to ''inculcate the princi-
plies of bi-metallism and the restora
tion of the free coinage OF silver at the
ratio of IS to 1 by the circulation OF
documents, the holding of meetings
and other appropriate means"
At the afternoon session r. C. Cham
bers was elected president, and f. L.
Light secretary.
AFToN, Ia, May coin letter 10
the Alton Democrat ex-Gov. Boies, Of
Iowa. comes out for free coinage 4
silver at 16 to / ratio without waitin
for any international action.
SALT LAKE CITY, U. T., May 20.--Fo-
lowing are the main points of the aC-