Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-13
THE CLANS ARE GATHERING For the Free Silver Independent
 Conference Today.
 PoPuLISTs WILL CONTROL
The Day and the Republicans Will Catch Out
 Behind.
MEETING or THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Limestone Passes Resolutions Calling for a Crystalized Party-Resolutions Passed by Tallapoosa County-Prominent
 Speakers Are Expected.

The free -ballot-and-free- e-silver-indepen- dent-of-party conference, called by Chair man Adams of the populite state execu- tive committee, Capt. R. r. Kolb and others, will hold forth in this city today.
 The indications are that all the leading anti-demoeratic politicians and few of the faithful will be present to participate in the conference, which gives promise of being a very interesting if not an ex- citing meeting. The stormy scenes in the county meeting here last Saturday would indicate as much.
 The clans began gathering yesterday, and all the afternoon and evening the opera house hotel. headquarters of the populites. was thronged with members of that political faith, who had come in ad- vance to see how the land lays" Among the most prominent populites and repre- sentatives to be seen there were Chair man Sam Adams of Bibb. State Senator A. T. Goodwin of Fillmore, Frank Baltzell of Montgomery, Editor A. P. Longshore of Shelby, W. r. Aldrich of Shelby, P. G. Bowman and Col. Robert Chisolm of Bir- mingham, J. w. A Smith, T. H. Aldrich and l.. E. Parsons of Birmingham, J. M Whitehead of Butler, Judge w. c. Robin son and Representative E. c. Jackson of Lee and others.
 A State Herald reporter talked with a number of the leaders yesterday, and from their conversations inferred that all was not lovely in the camp, though of course they tried to make it appear that no discord existed and that the confer ence would pass off smoothly and har moniously.
 When asked if Kolb's attitude with referecne to fusion would be discussed in the conference Senator Goodwin said he thought not, as this was not party con- Vention, but a non-partisan conference of men who favored honest elections and the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to l.
 It will be recalled by those who read the State Herald's report of last Satur- days county meeting in the Erswell building that Captain Kolb there de- clared his intention to go before the con- ference today and on a question of per sonal privilege resent the charges made against him by certain populist leaders recently and demand an investigation of his conduct.
 If Captain Kolb insists on this course 1t will more than likely precipitate live ly row, according to the views of some of the gentlemen approached on the sub ject.
 Captain Kolb's agreement at last Sat urday's meeting to discontinue his fight against fusion is looked upon by those favorng fusion as a victory for them selves and defeat for the captain. The fact that Captain Kolb was placed on the delegation to the confeEence is looked upon by himself and friends as personal victory With both sides claiming vic tory 1t is hard to say just what the out come at today's conference will be with regard to the captain.
 Senator Goodwin in an interview with a State Herald reporter said he had op- posed such a conference being held at the e.. lists and their allies wait until spring, when he hopes dissensions and disap- pointments in the democratic party will enable them to draw recruits from the democracy. But large number of pop ulists wanted the non-partisan confer ence and he was here to attend it.
 Continuing he said: 'It was originally intended to have every party represented here, but the free silver democrats would mot join us in the move and with few ex- captions the republicans are holding hands off, so the conference will finally resolve itself into populist meeting, with little sprinkling of republicans"
 An effort will likely be made to form new party that will combine all opposi- ton to democracy. One county delega- tion at least has been instructed to work to that end as will be seen by reading the following resolutions adopted at the Limestone county mass meeting last Sat urday:
 A Crystalized Party.
 Whereas, As substantially declared by our meeting here on April 6, 1895, honest elections, free silver enlarged currency and living prices are the paramount and overwhelming measures now before the people of this country; and 1t is now more apparent than ever before that the only hope for any of these measures is in a united combined and chrystalfzed effort therefor by all meR in favor of them, regardless of past, present or fu- ture political affiliation on other matters
 Therefore we, portion of the citizens of Limestone county. in convention as- sembled denominate ourselves the infle- pendent free ilver-honest-elections par ty for the impending campaign. and lay down the following platform and call upon all patriotic men to stand with us in the premises:
 is the duty of the general government to furnish sufficient volume of full legal tender money as a basis of circulation and credit to sustain the stability of gen. eral prices.
 g. We deny the right of the government to delegate to banks, private corpora tions or private parties the power to is- sue money and condemn the national bank legislation, which confers upon pri- vate corporations the power to issue money. and are opposed to the perpetu- ation of that power by the issuance of in terest bearing bonds and demand the re- peal of all laws whereby banks are per mitted to issue money and control it's volume.
 3. That 1t is the duty of the government to restore, without delay, the laws of 1884 and 1873, which provided for the equal and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to l, and to use both gold and silver as full legal tender for money for the payment of all claims against the government. We condemn the action of the republican party in de- monetIzing silver in 1873, and denounce said act as the greatest crime of all ages. We denounce the action of every subse- Quent republican administration and every republican congress for their ef- forts to perpetuate said crime. We de-