The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-07-05
SWINGING INTO LINE.
COLORADO DEMOCRACY ENDORSES
THE ACTION or ILLINOIS.

Convention Mesgrely Attended Hut v~rs
Outspoken te the burning Issue-Ex-
preston OF Dissent frsm the Policy at the
Administrator
DENVER, July 3-The Democracy of
Colorado was not numerousiy represent
sd at the state mass meeting held here GO
consider the financial question. The
meeting began with thirty present and
was called to order by Oiney Newell, Sec
Rotary OF the state Democratic commit
tee, the chairman, Arbuckle, not being
present, but sending an address discour
aging radical action. Many leading Dem
ocrats sent letters. General ;. X. Brown
was made chairman, resolutions COM
mittee was appointed and a recess was
taken TO 8 p. IN.
Fir-t Resolution for Free Coinage.
The attendance at the afternoon session
was somewhat larger than that of the
morning. immediately upon reassem-
bling the resolutions committee made
report, speaking for ''the Democratic
party OF Colorado in mass convention as
sembled" The first resolution reaffirms
devotion TO the principles of Democracy
as expounded by Jefferson and jackson,
among which is the belief in an honest,
stable and sound currency, the basis of
which shall be silver and gold, both met
ais being admitted to the minis for free
and unlimited coinage at ratio OF le
to ]; that the history of the worlds pro-
duction of both metals proves that such
ratio has successfully maintained the
a. .e.IA "A NlNs.H nab
parity can only be destroyed by unwise
legislation, which tends to further in
crease the wealth of the few while the
masses Of the people are being impover-
ished.
Democracy To Champion silver.
The resolutions then declare that the
people of the whole world are to be con-
graduated that in the United States of
America the Democratic party, true to
itself and to it's principles, will again
champion the cause of the people as
against the allied forces of the money
power of this and other countries, and
that IL will never cease to battle for the
restoration of silver to its time-honored
place as money; that the Democratic
party of Colorado will never surrender its
convictions on this great ISSUE but will
do battle for the restoration of silver un.
til the wrong inflicted upon the people by
the desl ruction of Its money function has
been righted. and declares it's purpose TO
stand Tor the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio of 10 TO l, with or
without international agreement, to the
enu.
Call for Organization.
Next il is recommended and urged upon
the Democrats of every county and pre-
clint in the state 1.-The Importance of inn
mediate and effective organization, and
that at the approaching election for coun-
ty officials full ticket be nominated in
every county which shall stand for and
represent the principles herein expressed.
We call upon them TO take such action as
will secure the selection of delegates to
the next national convention who will
declare absolutely for the free coinage Of
silver at the ratio of l6tol, and be- act
ually the same spirit which prevailed with
our forefathers when they declared in. ia
vor OF American Independence"
The seventh resolution reads: THAT
we expressly dissent from the financial
policy of the present admin istration. We
are opposed to the issue OF interest bearing
bonds in time of peace" and the eighth
and ninth are AS follows: THAT we Sec
ond the call Of the Democracy of Illinois
for convention of the Democracy of the
nation TO put the Democratic party upon
it's historic platform OF sound money,
consisting of the gold and silver coinage
of the constitution. That committee
be appointed 10 prepare an address en-
bodylng the sense OF this convention and
these resolutions and procure the publi-
cation and distribution OF the same
throughout th. state"
Adopted without Dissent.
The resolutions were adopted without
dissent or discussion. Thomas J. O'Don-
nell, of Denver, was called for and re-
sponded in short address in which he
predicted that the next Democratic con-
vention would declare for free silver. He
denounced the present administration for
following as he claimed, the policy of
John Sherman. Addresses by Judge Yea
man and Ex-Governor Alva Adams fol-
lowed. The following delegates to the
Democratic bimetallic convention to be
hello at Washington Aug. IA were
chosen: Charles 5. Thomas, T. j. O'Don-
nell, Alva Adams, John A. Gordon, j.
Ernest Meiers j. NJ. Ellis, J. w. Barnes,
K L. Coates, Charles o. Unfug Theron
Stevens, A. L. Connell Jos. Morgan and
Adair Wilson.
The following were named as a COM
mittee TO draft an address to the people
OF the United States on the silver ques-
ton: Charles 5. Thomas, Alva Adams
James Shinn, Frank h. Wheeler, Adair
Wilson, Sam f. Brown, II. o. Sweeney
and Mrs. kirkpatrick The meeting then
adj ourned. HDE&S