Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-06-13
SILVERITES.
A Large Gathering at Memphis to
Discuss Free Coinage.
A BOOM FOR STEVE ELKINs.
HlnrIchsen Calls for a National Demo-
cratic Money COnference--A Woman
ON Prohibition Tssues-WarneP
as a Political Prophet.

question is in this city to-day to act in
favor of free silver coinage, all classes,
from the tiller of the soil to the repre-
sentatives of the bench and bar, the
artisan and the merchant, represent
ing all political parties, being
present by delegates. The representa-
ton includes almost every state
south of the Ohio river and west of the
Mississippi from Puget sound to the
keys of Florida; from the Mexican
boundary to the Potomac. While the
gathering comprises democrats, repub-
licans and populists, and supposedly
non-partisan, there is much of interest
to the political observer. 1t was given
out yesterday that the convention
would open at IL o'clock this morning,
but certain arrangements were not
completed in time and it was decided
to put off the opening until afternoon.
When the convention was called to
order with 1900 delegates present ex-
Congressman Casey Young extended
the usual greetings to the convention.
Concluding he said: 1.-THE forces of
the grandest revolution that ever
hurled despot from power are gath
ering for an onset that will sweep
every enemy into the dark sea of de-
feat. The invincible legions which
lead it will never halt nor waver until
their standards are planted upon the
shores of every sea and their banners
float in triumph over the people of
England. They will never lower their
flags nor sheath their swords until the
mighty conflict is ended and glorious
victory won; not until the temples of
mammon are turned into sepulchers
for the burial of greed and avarice, and
let us hope, for the sake of suffering
humanity, that the angel of the resur-
rection will never unseal these tombs. :"
AS soon as the convention was called
to order Senator Turpie, of Indiana,
was introduced as permanent chair.
man. He was we'll received. In his
speech he opened by defining the four
uses of coined money-medium of ex-
change, measure of values, means of
reduction of paper currency and legal
tender for the payment of all debts.
Then he discussed credit as a creature of
legislation and a product of statutes,
holding that it could not gainsay the
right of legislation to enact or con-
tract that coined money should be paid
in liquidation of itself. He held that
the depriving of one kind of coined
money of legal tender qualities
was gross injustice and would
only perpetuate system OF
bondage. lie declared that coined
money always had two kinds OF
value-one bullion, the other legal.
For 1000 years gold and silver had
been known as the precious metals
and there was no reason to believe
that any discoveries would so cheaper
either as to make it lose its precious
value. No gold coinage had bullion
value equal to the legal tender value,
and yet no monometallist claimed that
it was unusual or dishonest. 1t was
the same with the bullion value of
silver coinage and of other coins of the
United States Therefore he held that,
according to the test of the enemies of
bimetallism, there was not an honest
dollar, either silver or gold, in exist
ence. On the contrary, he held, as did
bimetallists, that silver dollar was as
honest as a gold dollar, because it was,
or should be, lawful coin, having a
legal value.
A Boom for Steve Elkins.
WHEELING, w. Va, June L.. -Ex-Sen-
ator N. V. Scott, national republican
committeeman, has declared himself for
Stephen b. ElSins for president. "We
are going to name Elkins for presi-
dent" said he. "He will be named on
second ballot. 1 have been in the west
recently and found the sentiment
everywhere for him. l believe West
Virginia should send a solid delegation
to the convention for Mr. Elkins. l
predict that on the first ballot at the
next convention Mr.. Elxins will have
the solid delegations of California,
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada,
Wyoming, Washington and Colorado,
and strong following in Kansas, Ne
braska and the Dal1otas."
Hmrlchsen Calls for Convention.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, June 12.-Chair-
man ninrichsen, of the democratic
state central committee, has sent out a
circular letter to the members of the
democratic national committee, with
the resolution adopted by the demo-
cratic state convention June ), request
ing the national committee to call a
national democratic money confer
ence. He asked for an early reply.
A Woman on Prohibition Issues.
SPRINGFIELD, o., June 12.-When the
prohibition state convention was called
to order yesterday afternoon, Miss
Henrietta G. Moore was presented as
temporary chairman. She set the con-
vention wild by her speech in favor Of
prohibition. woman suffrage, govern
ment control OF monopolies and bimet-
allism. The afternoon and evening
were devoted to speeches.
Warner as Political Prophet.
CLEVELAND, o., June 19.-Gen. A. J.
Warner has arrived at his home in
Marietta from the Pacific coast. In n
letter to friend in this city he says:
"There is no trouble about the west.
Nobodv lint an ont and ont silver man