Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-13
THAT PRAYER WAS 4 POSER He Amazed the Crowd by Asking Heaven for Honest Money. A SEMI-HUMOROUS INCIDENT Senator Turpe Elected Permanent Chairman
 His Speech-Sibley Also Rises to Re-
 mark-A Lively Time Today.

Memphis, June 12.-The convention
 was called to order at 2 o'clock. w. | N. Brown of Memphis, as chairman of
 the Central Bimetallic league of Shelby county, Tennessee, which sent out the
 call for the convention, rapped the as-
 semblage to order.
 | On the platform were the following: | Thomas Scott Adams, secretary of | state of Louisiana; M. J. Cunningham,
 attorney-general of Louisiana; John
 Fitzpatrick, mayor of New Orleans; A. J. Warner, president of the Ameri- can Bimetallic league Gov J. P. Clark
 of Arkansas w. J. Bryan, editor of the | Omaha World Herald; Senator James | H. Berry of Arkansas. Senator Stewart | of Nevada, Anson Wolcott of Indiana,
 Senator I. G. Harris of Tennessee. Al | exander Delmar of California, Repre- 1 sentative H. D. Money Of Mississippi, 1 Senator J. K. Jones of Arkansas, Sena-
 tor Marion Butler of North Carolina, | Senator J. z. George of Mississippi, | Senator David E. Turpie of Indiana, | Ex-Governor Eagle of Arkansas, Gov. | l.. Bradford Prince of New Mexico, Elk l Gov. Benjamin Tillman of South Caro- | lima, Coy. John Gary Evans of South 1 Carolina.
 From start to finish the convention t | Every pronounced free silver utterance | was the signal for prolonged applause,
 and when the various persons well
 known in public life appeared on the
 rostrum they received ovations.
 When Chairman Brown had called the | conventioon to order L. D. Estes offered
 a prayer, in WSlch he implored divine
 guidance for the delegates, and hoped
 they might be led into adopting honest
 money" as their platform. This ere
 ated a bit of sensation, until it was
 learned that he meant free silver.
 Col. Casey Young of Memphis then de- livered the following adress of welcome:
 T salute the representatives of this | convention as the advance guard of | that mighty army now marshaling it's
 forces in every land to a battle for the | overthrow and destruction of a power
 more ruthlessly and rapacious and more | hurtful to human happiness and pros | perity than any deSpot that ever
 shackled liberty and oppressed mankind. | T greet you, representatives, as the | forerunner of countless legions now | gathering from the field of labor and in- | dustry throughout the world to demand
 the restoration of the financial system | approved by the wisdom and experience | of all the centuries of civilization.
 When only a few days ago the objects | and aims of this convention were an
 nounced from this stage by distin- | guished public man as rebelllouS and | revolutionary he proclaimed truth as
 sublime as ever fell from the lips Of man. The sturdy, honest yeoman of the | land, busy toiler in the fields and shops, the patient artisans who are building up
 the nations wealth and greatness are in open rebellion against a despotism cruel
 and remofseless as any that ever
 brought sorrow and suffering to any
 members of the human family. The | forces of the grandest revolution that | hIr1a6 1 HpSn0f from | gathering for an onset that will
 sweep every enemy into the dark sea of defeat
 | "The invincible legions which lead it | will never halt or waver until the pres ent standards are planted on the shore | of every sea and banners float in tri- | umph over old England herself. They | will never lower their flags nor sheath their swords until the mighty conflict is l ended and a glorious fight won; not until | all the temples of mammon are turned | into sepulchfes for the burial of greed | and avarice and let us hope for the sake
 of suffering humanity that no angel of | resurrection will ever unset this tomb. 1 Can these things be brought about? In 1 the beginning of the struggle Which | gave separate nationality to the Ameri- | can colonies our ancestors gave to the | world a declation of independence that | rang like a bugle call through every land and awoke the slumbering spirit of
 
 | Scendants of these heroes and patriots are about to send forth another declara-
 tion of independence to all the nations of
 the world in fixing their own financial | system and exchange for the good and l happiness of their own people.
 1 Champions of a worthy cause, lead 1 CTS of a righteous revolution I welcome | you to the Queen City of our inland | sea- and in the name of your countless
 brethren, wish you God speed in your | work"
 Senator Harris arose to introduce the | permanent chairman. He made short 1 speech explaining the object of the con | vention and the call. It was strictly non-partisan and was called TOT tne pur- | pose only to consider the rehabilitation | "Democrats can be in this convention" | said MT. Harris without impairing in the slightest degree their allegiance to | their party So may popullsts and repub- | 1icans" Senator Harris then introduced | Senator Turpie as permanent chairman in the following words:
 "There is no more able or truer bimetal-
 list in the United States of America than | David E. Turpie of Indiana" MT. Turpie l addressed the convention in substance as 1 follows:
 "Coin money-has always and as yet is 1 in itself a thing of value and the value | is of two kinds, the metallic or the bm-' | lion value and the monetary worth or | legal value. The latter IS always mat | ter of law-the bullion value is always 1 one of estimation and opinion. The bull l lion value of silver and gold here and | elsewhere has always rested and rests today upon the conception, upon one l opinion. upon one single and simple item | of belief--that as there has been in the
 ages past so there will be in the years to l come no discovery of either of the metals
 which as to the quantity shall make
 them comparable in value with any 1 other materials suitable for the use of 1 mankind as money.
 There has always been a difference between the commercial or bullion value 1 of the two metals and the legal or coinage value According to the test of the enc mics of bimetallism the legal value of l coined money must be the same as the | commercial or bullion value of the metal l in it. Nothing could be more dishonest l According to that testimony there is not l