The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-22
Second Day.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 13.-At 1905
Rev. DR.. Brooks, of Memphis, opened
the convention with prayer, after which
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 VI. 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 to face
with concentrated capital. the enemy
which destroyed all previous civiliza-
tions. a shrinking volume of money
as compared with population and bust
ness produces falling prices, paralyzes
industry and compcls the producers
of wealth to pawn their property to
continue the struggle against impend-
ing fate.
Four-ffths Of the American people,
yea, n~ine-tenths, have been at heart in
favor of restoring silver ever since the
crime of 1873 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 its 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 hat those
who say they are friendly to silver but
want it accomplished without doing it
themselves are enemies and can not be
trusted. No Il is a 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-
publican party south and west are
sullen and angry, but the m~anipula-
tors are still in control. The repub-
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
and west and the producing classes of
all sections have a Common interest in
restoring the money of the cOnstitu-
ton and regaining control of the o
ernment of the United States.
When Senator Stewart had finished
his speech Secretary Wade read a tele-
gram from Congressman Benton Nc
MILAN, of Tennessee, in which he ex-
pressed regret hat personal business
prevented his attendance upon the con-
vcnti0n. and added:
Cessation from the use of silver as
redemption money would be a calam-
ltv to mankind. While bimetallism
by international agreement is much to
be desired, it is useless to expect En-
gland to make any agreement. To eX-
pect her to cOncede bimetallism now is
as Idle as it would have been for our
forefathers to rely on her doing them
justice without a fight in 1916"
At this juncture loud cries were
made for Congressman Money, one of
the silver leaders of Mississippi. He
advanced to the front of the stage.
and prefaced his remarks by saying:
Il am here a silver man from head
to foot, and a democrat all over"
Mr.. Money was suffering from a sore
throat, and spoke but a few moments,
de~precating any attempt to settle the
silver question outside the democratic
party.
Private" John Allen. of Mississippi,
was the next called by the audience to
speak. He began:
u, like the poor, am always with
YOU" He advanced no new arguments,
but caught the crowd, throwing a YER
bal bouquet at Senator Stewart, and
reminding the people that the west was
the friend of the south.
The speaker elected rounds OF ap-
plause when he said that the fight
Should not be taken out of the demo-
cratic party. He said that the gold
men were threatening the people with
disruption of the democratic party,
and he invited the republicans to come
into the democratic party and fill up
the ranks left vacant by deserters,
who went to the republican party.
Mr.. Allen kept the audience laugh