Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-06-22


nj the evening session, which beg,
promptly at o'clock, Senator Villa
~ M, Stewart, of Nevada, presided, al
introduced Congressman Joseph G. 81
ley, of Pennsylvania.
MIR. Sibley expounded the four pol
zeal principles, which. he said, co
tained the result of his study of Il
10 money question. They were:
It "First-Double the volume of none
# and you double prices,
l. "Second-Divide Che volume of none
n and you divide prices.
# Ihird-Double the volume
money and you divide the debts.
r "Fourth-Divide the volume (,
!, money and you double the debts"
j. AT the conclusion of Mr.. Siblev
!. speech there were persistent calls fc
n Mr.. Bryan, Of Nebraska, but that ger
!. tleman evidently desired more fayo,
!. able opportunity and more time i
I which to deliver his views upon tn
| silver question, for he declined to re
, spond.
) Then, upon invitation of the conven
, tion, Mr.. Charles S. Thomas. of Den
, yer, occupied the remainder Of tn,
{ time OF the evening session.
Second Day.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 1s.-At ,0.o
Rev DR.. Brooks, of Memphis, opened
the convention with prayer, after whicl
the arrival Of delegates from Arizona
and one from Arkansas was announced
chairman Turpie then announced that
the committee on resolutions was NOT
ready to report, and introduced Sena.
tor William M. Stewart, of Nevada.
who addressed the convention.
senator Stewart said: The object les
sons of the last three years show that
the American people are face Co face
with concentrated capital. the enemy
which destroyed all previous ciyiliza.
tons. A shrinking volume of money
as compared with population and bust
ness produces falling prices, paralyzes
industry and compels the producers
OF wealth to pawn their property to
continue the struggle against impend.
ing fate.
Four-hfths OF the American people.
yea, nine-tenths, have been It heart in
favor of restoring silver ever since the
crime OF 1878 was discovered, but the
gold combination has seized every
avenue OF communication. -Four thou.
sand national banks are its agents:
five Thousand other banks and trust
companies do it's bidding.
The people have at last taken this
matter into their hands. Twenty
years of betrayal have taught them
that equivocal platforms and GOOD.
lord-good-devil politicians mean gold
monopoly. They now know that those
who say they are friendly to silver but
want it accomplished without doinp II
themselves are enemies and can not he
trusted. No man is bimetalist who does
not advocate bi-metallism as it existed
for thousands of years before Sher-
man visited England in 1867, and be-
fore he carried out the purpose. Of an
English syndicate to strike down sill. |
yer in 1873
The democracy Of Illinois has broken
the ice. The rank and file Of the re.
party south and west are
sullen and angry, but the manipula.
tors are still in control. The remb.
lican convention of Kentucky re-
newed the allegiance of the party of
that state to the alien gold syndicate,
but the ties of party are not strong
enough to hold the republicans of the
great northwest in line. The south
md west and the producing classes of
VII sections have common interest in
'cstoring the money of the constitu.
ion and regaining control of the gov.
of the United States.
When Senator Stewart had finished
lis speech Secretary Wade read a tele-
ram from Congressman Benton Nc.
lillian, of Tennessee, in which he ex- !
resscd regret that personal business ,
rcventcd his attendance upon the con. c
ention, and added: I
Cessation from the use of silver as ]
exemption money would he a calam. !
~ to mankind While bimetallism O
y international agreement is much to
e desired, it is useless to expect En- Il
land to make any agreement Toex- u
cct her to concede bimetallism now is n
idle as it would have been for our Il
'rcfathers to rely on her doing them "
isticc without fight in l776." v
At this juncturc loud cries were G
ade for Congressman Money, one of IL
lie silver leaders Of Mississippi. He t.
ivanced to the front of the stage, : :,
nd prefaccd his remarks by saying: d
II am here" a silver man from head 1t
foot, and democrat all over" -,
Mr.. Money was suffering from sore u y,
lroat, and spoke but a few moments Sc
,precating any attempt to settle the fr
liver question outside the democratic er
lrty. b'
Private" John Allen, of Mississippi,
as the next called by the audience to p
eak. He began;
=, like the poor, am always with ~
~. lie advanced no new arguments, dr
It caught the crowd, throwing a yer. ce
i bouquet az Senator Stewart, and tn
minding the people that the west was ,s 't
c friend of the south. nj M
The speaker elected rounds OF an. co
ause when he said that the fight op
ould not be taken out of the demo. n,I ni
atic party. He said that the gold
IN were threatening the people with fr,
'ruption of the democratic party, ba
d he invited the republicans to come Of
% the democratic party and fill up an
ranks left vacant by deserters, m,
10 went to the republican party. 40
Mr.. Allen kept the audience laugh. =
for about fifteen minutes. and at th
conclusion of his remarks the con. s.,
1tion took recess until 2:30 o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION. 20
Immediately after the convention ju.
S called to order for the afternoon tn
sion Senator ]. X. Jones, of Arkan. tn,
, as chairman. presented the report be
The committee on resolutions, which wi
read. th,
he reading of the resolutions was fal
quently interrupted by tumultuous tie
'lause, and they were adopted with
urrah, without discussion. bic
'ort Of the Committee on Resolutions are
Adopted. ius
The report made by the committee an,