The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

not been trained to non-partisan efforts,
and the gentlemen from the North and
West should give them time to grow up to
such sentiment. For the present the
work would have to be confined within the
Democratic party. When victory there
was hopeless then the South would get on
common ground.
The resolution which caused the discus
sion and brought the bimetallic league
into the conference was one to provide for
the raising of funds to maintain bureaus
for the dissemination of literature in Chi
cago, San Francisco and Washington.
General Warner pointed out that the BIZ
metallic league was already in the field with
an Office in Washington and distributing
the literature, and another bureau in
Washington would be regarded by the sill
yer men of the country and the 100000
members of the league as slap in the face.
Judge Henry G. Miller of Ohio, who is
now acting as one of the referees of the
Horr- Harvey debate, was selected as per-
manent chairman and ]. III. Acklin per-
manent secretary. The following execu-
tive committee was named: A. ]. Warner
of Ohio, A. Walcott of Indiana, N. G.
Blanchard of Louisiana, George e. Bowen
of Chicago and Judge A. J. Rucker of Col
orado.
1t was finally decided that three bureaus
for the dissemination of silver literature
and the PRONUNCIATION of the 16 to idea be
established by the committee-one in Chi
cago, one in Nashville, Tenn, and the
third in San Francisco. The following
resolutions were adopted:
Whether the single gold standard, with in
creasing debt and consequent servitude for the
masses OF the people, shall be made perpetual
in this country, or whether the constitutional
standard of gold and silver, with better prices
for the products of labor and safer conditions
for business. shall be restored, must be decided
by the people at the election in 1895.
The issue is between the gold standard, gold
bonds and contracting currency on the one
side and bimetallic standard, no bonds and
a sufficient currency on the other.
Believing that the time has come when those
who hold this issue to be paramount in i'm
portance to all other questions should make it
common cause and should unite their efforts
to secure the establishment of these principles,
the executive committee appointed at the
Memphis silver convention June II and 13,
1895, earnestly recommends:
First-The organization of bimetallic. leagues
throughout the entire country which all those
who believe in the restoration of free and un-
limited coinage of silver at the ratio Of 16 to 1
independently of the action of any other
nation shall be invited to join.
Second-That a committee of five be ap-
pointed to take charge of this movement to
provide for and distribute literature, to place
organizers and speakers in the field, and other
wise to advance the cause OF bimetall1sm as IN
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Third-Each member of the National CON-
mittee is authorized to select chairman for
each county of his State, and the chairman so
selected may appoint in each district of his
county and in each ward OF an incorporated
town and city three members to constitute a
county committee, which committee shall
organize bimetallic leagues. Where counties
or States have already acted, and organizations
have been formed, said organizations shall be
reorganized. The chairman of the respective
county committees shall constitute a State
committee.