The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-16
DENUNCIATION IN ORDER
Work of the Conference at
Washington Brought to
a Close.
FREE COINAGE RESOLUTIONS.
Missionary Work to Be Conducted
Throughout the States and
Territories of the Union.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 15.-With-
out a dissenting voice the delegates to the
Silver Conference to-day adopted free-coin-
age resolutions, appointed provisional
committee to perfect National organiza-
ton, made speeches anything but com pill
mentary to the administration, and then
adjourned sine die. The committee at work
on the address and resolutions and plan of
organization did not finish their labors un-
til noon to-day, after having spent the
greater part of the night in the work.
The attendance in the parlors of the
Metropolitan Hotel to-day was limited
only by the capacity of the rooms. Sena-
tor Harris presided, and the hours between
10 and II were given over to addresses by
delegates. With single exception the
speakers were bitter in their denunciation
of President Cleveland. Secretary Carlisle
and Senator Sherman. All the speakers were
confident that the movement had attained
such growth in the South and West that
with proper missionary work in the East
the Democratic National Convention
would name q candidate on a free-silver
platform.
The address was substantially that
adopted by the Texas and Mississippi con-
ventions. The plan of organization adopted
provides for National committee of Demo-
Gratis, one from each State. who are known
to favor bimetallism. The executive COM
mittee consisting of Senators Harris, Jones
and Turpie, Governor Stone of Missouri
and W. II. Hinrichsen of Illinois, is to
have the power of appointing such Ma
tional committeeman. When such COM
mitteemen are appointed their duties in
the organiza tion of free-silver votes are
clearly outlined. The resolutions demand
the free and unlimited coinage of silver and
gold at q ratio of 16 to I. The bimetallic
idea was injected into the resolutions after
their presentation TO the convention, the
object being to harmonize factions in the
party.
The executive committee began its labors
as soon as the conference adjourned, and
concerted effort was agreed upon to bring
each section of the country under the in
huence of the committees ministrations.
Senator Harris called the conference to
order promptly at 10 o'clock. AS soon as
the delegates We're seated he stated that
the committee on resolutions, though it
had worked most of the night, was not yet
ready to report but would be able to do SO
in about one hour. 1t was agreed to de-
vote the hour waiting for the committees
report in speech-making, and the confer
ence was made public.
Colonel Casey Young of Tennessee, who
acted as secretary of the committee which
had called this conference, said that he
had received thousands of letters from
representative Democrats in thirty eight
States favoring the conference and ex-
pressing their willingness to stand by any
action it might make. Among these were
letters from Senators Morgan, Walthall,
George, Chiffon, Blackburn, Blanchard,
Tillman, Cockrell, Voorhees, and Turpie.
He believed that four-ffths of the. people
of the country favored free coinage, and he