The Dickinson press., 1895-07-06
FOR FREE SILVER
COLORADO DEMOCRATS HOLD \
FINANCIAL CONVENTION.
They Declare In Favor of the. Free
SotnnRe of silver at the Ratio of
sixteen to One and DcnOuncc
the Admintntrat tiOn's Had
Financial Policy.
A NATIONAL SILVER CONVENTION.
The Plan Proposed by the Illinois
Democratic Convention IL
Heartily Endorsed.

Denver, Colo, July 1. just fifty
persons were assembled in Fast
Turner hall ut the time set for the
Democratic mass convention for tho
consideration of the financial uurs.
tion. Chairman Frank Arbuckln. of
the state central committee, who
called the meeting at the request OF
the committee. was not present, but
had sent an address, discouraging rad.
lcal action, which was read by the
secretary, Olney Ncwall. The at.
tendance at the afternoon session was
somewhat larger than that of the
morning. Immediately upon rcas
scmbling the resolutions committee
made the following report:
"The Democratic party of Colorado
i'll mass convention assembled, de.
clares:
THAT 1t reattirms its devotion to the
principles of Democracy as expound-
cu Dy Jefferson and jackson, among
which is the belief in an honest,
stable and sound currency. the basis
of which shall be silver and gold, both
metals being admitted to the mints
for free and unlimited coinage ut a
ratio of 16 to L; that the history of
the worlds production Of both metals
proves that such Il ratio has success
fully maintained the parity of the two
metals. and that such parity can only
be destroyed by mwise legislation,
which further tends to increase the
wealth of the few. while the masses
OF the people are being impoverished.
Nf
to be congratulated that in the United
States of America the Democratic
party. true to itself and it's principles,
will aga.n champion the cause of the
people as against the allied forces Of
the money power of this and other
countries. and that it will never cease
TO battle for the restoration of silver
to lis time-honored place as money.
ut sends greeting to the people of
sister states who are awakening to q
realization of the ruin and des0lation
that must follow in the wakes of gold
monometallism. and assures them
that the Democratic party of Colo
RADIO will never surrender its convic-
tioDs on this great issue, but will do
battle for the restoration of silver un-
til the wrong inflicted upon the people
by the destruction of It's money func-
tion las been righted.
''ln view of the fact that single
gold standard newspapers in the
East have seized upon the action of
the Republican clubs of this state re-
Gently assembled in Denver, as justi-
flying the declaration that interest in
the silver question is dying out in
Colorado, the Democratic party Of
this state emplatically declares it's
purpose to stand for the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver. at the ratio
Of 16 to I, with or without interna-
tional agreement, to the end. and calls
upon every citizen of the state who
regards the silver question .;ls great.
er than party alliance. to rally to it's
standard until justice shall prevail.
relieving that the masses of the
Democratic party throughout the
United States are in sympathy with
the movement for the restoration of
silver, we call upon them to take such
action as will secure the selection of
delegates to the next national conven-
tion who will declare absolutely for
Of 1G to 1; and be actuated by the
same spirit which prevailed with our
forefathers when they declared in
favor of American independence, and
insist and demand that these United
States shall restore to silver it's right
full place as a money metal indeperd-
ent of the action of any other country
in the world.
"That we expressly dissent from the
financial policy of the present admin
istration. We arc opposed to the issue
Of interest-bearing bonds in time of
peace.
'''That we second the call of the De
mOcracy of the State of Illinois for a
convention of the Democracy of the
nation to put the Democratic party
upon its historic platform of sound
money. consisting Of gold and silver
coinage of the constitution"
The resolutions were adopted with
out dissent or discussion.