Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-09
F|FTY-THREE WERE THERE Meeting of the Alabama Demo-
 cratic Silver Club. DIR. CUNNINGHAM'S TALK Is in Line With That Sideof the QuestiOn-A
 Lengthy List of Delegates
 to Memphis.
CUNNINGHAM'S TALK

room.
 The meeting had been extensively ad- vertised in the local papers, and at s:3o, when it was called to order, there were thirty-nine people in the room. The number was increased to fifty-three be- fore the meeting adjourned.
 The enthusiasm that characterized the sound money meeting at the same place a few weeks ago was notieeably absent.
 President F. H. Armstrong called the meeting to order, and MT. J. c. Car michael moved the appointment of a del egation to the Memphis bimetallic con vention, The motion prevailed.
 John W. Tomlinson moved the appoint ment of a committee of five to select the delegation to consist of L. A May, w. c. Garrett, J. r. B. Jackson, J. c. Carmichael and R. NJ Cunningham.
 The motion prevailed. and the com- mittee retired to prepare their report.
 On motion of J. w. Tomlinson, Dr. R. M Cunningham came forward and ad- dressed the meeting. He said he was not prepared to speak on a subject that had been ably discussed by some of the best men and some of the meanest men in both partieS-the best men mainly taking the side of free silver and the meanest the other side.
 He said there were doubtless some good men who were convinced that the gold standard was the best for the peO- pie. He said to find the truth was the province of the philosopher, and con cluded the phrase by saying that whereas, we once were, resolved that we are now busted
 Not an industry in this part of the country, said the speaker, that has not lost money in the past two years. Diff lan lore haV oriA- d reasons for this condition of affairs. TO me this money question is as simple as the necessity of two kinds of food for a child"
 At the mention of President Cleveland as the chief of mugwumps the small du- dience applauded the speaker.
 Speaking of populism," continued the doctor, 'the democratic party has always been populistic, but the cuckoos have turned the democratic party over to the republicans, and the populites have stolen our principles"
 He said he would always follow Sen ator Morgan in preference to Grover Cleveland He said Cleveland should not have been nominated the second time, which remark was loudly applauded
 He said he might have to vote for a goldbus democrat again, as he always voted for the nominee
 He said 1t was an anomaly to see dem ocrats meeting to secure silver as money when free silver was a democratic prin- ciple.
 He said he would like to get upon a table and throw his hat against the cell ing and shout for Cleveland, but he couldn't. He couldn't shout for Judas
 He said that three years ago there was not paper in Alabama advocating the gold standard Why this change? he asked. He said they might be honest in their opinions; he couldn't judge that. al l Fscrn6 11lf ba frn1I pers of the state were doing all in their power to islander and traduce democratic senators and leaders who advocated bi- metallism.
 He said he wanted the silver dollar not as token money with gold behind it, but dollar of itself. He said money was of use only as it could purchase necessary articles. Gold, he said had but one intrinsic use, and that was for plugging teeth
 said, anything that pays a debt. that meets the requirements of arbitrary figures on an arbitrary piece of paper, is money"
 He said the papers contained pages of property advertised for tax sales. all of which he attributed to the present money system. He said the wealth of the country had diminished about half without the debt decreasing any.
 The speaker said he didn't believe this silver agitation was confined to Bir- mingham, and he didn't think there would be only six representatives, in the next legislature to vote for a colleague for Senator Morgan.
 He said if the state executive commit tee did its duty to the democracy of this state they would call a convention and let the democrats of the state speak out in this convention. He honored the Illinois democracy He said he was glad to see the chairman of the executive committee of Jefferson county allied with democracy.
 The committee appointed to select a delegation to Memphis reported the fol- lowing names
 Delegates.
 William Hood J. T. Mcknight. John c. Carmichael, pr. R. NJ Cunningham, Dr. D. R. Copeland, Col. J. M. Crowder, pr. L. Whaley, Frank D. White c. w. Hickman, pr. H. M. ACourson, l.. J. Haley, Louis Schillinger, L. A. May, E. w. Taylor B. F. Roden, J.-F. B. Jack son, Paul Gilardoni. R. H. Fries, Hugh McGeever, J. T. Reed, pr. J. D. Morson, Chambers, McAdory, pr. ]. S. Gillespie, Judge J. M. Arnold, Y. P. Newman, Prof. R J. Waldrop, J. F. Johnston, Warnock, H. w. Wilson N. L. Miller A. J. OKeefe John w. Tomlinson, w. N. Malone w. M. Drennen, w. A. Porter, Thomas Price, John T. Milner, A. c. Ok ford, Jesse B. WadSworth, T. H, Spencer, E. Erswell, w. H. Morris H. Lowenthal, P. K. McMiller, Herman Herzfeld, M. M Boggan, w. T. Simmons, Paul Gia- copazzi, J. H. McCary, B. A. Thompson, Capt. c. T. Hartman, William Colbert, Dr. T. N. Anglin, w. H. McClintock, B. B. Conner, Joseph Beitman,J. A. Mitchell. Walter Moore, A. c. Crowder, Col A. T. Jones, Col. L. V. Clark, ". c. Garrett, R. J. Lowe, A. O. Lane, M. A. Mason, F. Shepard, s. w. John, J. c. Musgrove, Going, Will Eubank. J. H. Tidmore. R. G. Hewitt, P. Sid Jones, c. F. Enslen, G. c. Arlington, D. B. Luster, Andrew Burgin, W. H. H. Judson. A. B. Hall,