St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-16
p0TF0RTHEpARTY
SILVER DEMOCRATS, AS INDI-
VIDUALS, ISSUE A PUBLIC
ADDRESS.
END OF THE CONFERENCE.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHOSEN
TO PERFECT NATIONAL Or
GANIZATION.
CALL FOR AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN.
The States Urged to Send White
MetaIlfsts to the National
Convention.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-The sill
yer Democrats continued their con-
ference ait the Metropolitan hotel at
10 o'clock today. The committee on
resolutions and programme being un-
able to report when the meeting was
first called to order, it was suggested
that the conference should listen to
speeches by those present. c. F.
Cochran, editor of the ST. Joseph,
Mo-, Gazette, addressed the confer
ence. He said it seemed anomalous
that a meeting such as the present
should be called, for he knew of no
doctrine of the party not in con-
sonance with the purpose of his
party. He said congress was the
place to look for principles of the
party's belief, and he declared that
gold monometallism would be more
disastrous than war, pestilence or
famine. 1t was important to settle
frst what was RepubHcanism and
what mocracy-whether such men
as ex-senator Thurman and Senator
Harris, or Senator Sherman, were to
be the leaders of Democratic
thought. He declared that the sill
yer agitation would not die out. but
would continue until the end for
winch 1t had been originated should
De attained. Mr.. Cochran also de-
clared against the perpetuation of
the national banks, whose tyranny.
he said, was the greatest that any
people would bear. The national
banks were directly opposed to De-
mocracy. He was for a declaration
Tor silver, without regard to the
prospect of success or failure at the
polls.
Representative Neill, of Arkansas,
announced his entire sympathy with
the objects of the present confer
ence. He wanted to see the free
coinage of silver provided for at
the next session, regardless of the
position of the distinguished citizen
at the other end of the avenue"
Which sentiment was loudly applaud
ed. He declared that the Democratic
party had no show in the next cam
paign if there were not a. declara-
ton for silver.
FITHIAN, OF ILLINOIS.
Ex-Representative Fithian. of Iii
nois, denied that the free silver senti-
ment was dying out in that state
He said that all the Democratic
farmers and 80 per cent of the Dem
| ocrats in business in the state were
silver men. He declared that llIi-
nois would send a delegation to the
next national convention favorable
TO Tree coinage at 16 to 1, independ-
ent of other nations. He declared
that he had been defeated in the last
election not because of his position
on silver, but because he had 10
bear the odium of an administra-
tlon Which was not Democratic. (Ap-
plauSe)
Representative Livingston, of
Georgia, said the time had come for
another declaration of independence.
1t is the purpose of the country, he
salu, TO prosecute the fight with their
coats Off and their sleeves rolled I'D.
| and not to desist until the end. II
was England's purpose, he asserted.
TO control the United States. and.
linolng herself unable to do so by
| force of arms, she had undertaken
TO DO 1t by controlling our finances.
Georgia was determined that the is
! Suance of bonds should not continue
lie declared that the last bond con-
tract, whereby the Rothschilds had
peen engaged to protect our credit.
the most disgraceful thing that had
| ever taken place In the history of
| the country. The cry for sound mon
ey was subterfuge, as all our peo-
pie were for sound money. The pros
pect OF an international conference
| he ridiculed.
COL casey Young, of Memphis. who
! conducted the correspondence inci-
uental to the preparations for the con-
ference, said he had written 1000 or
o'ooo letters in connection with the
movement for the conference. He had
corresponded with representative Dem.
ocrats from thirty-eight states. among
them Senators Morgan, Berry, Black
burn, Walthall, George, Blanchard
Martin, Cockrell, Voorhees, and Turpie
besides large number of members of
the mouse, who had sent their regrets
at not being able to be present. Rep
resentatlve Bryan sent a letter saving
there was no room in this country
for two Republican parties" and SEN
ator Morgan sent telegram saying.
VIII follow the old guard wherever
Ieaos. Col. Young asserted that
!our-nIths OF the Democrats were
friendly to free coinage and he believed
be irresistible.
A NEW CONVERT.
Speeches We're also made by Senator
Call; A. A. Lipscombe, of Washington
j. M. Hill, of Missouri; REPRESENTATIVE
Jones, of Virginia; Lockhart, of North
Carolina, and Mr.. Bodine, Of Missouri.
EX-Representatfve Turner, of New
York, was introduced as new con-
vert. He said he was silver. man
and meant to remain so. He declared
that intelligent effort in New York
would not weaken the ticket in the
East.
Mr.. Lockhart advocates a campaign
of appeal to reason and deprecated a
resort to abuse and denunciation. He
controverted the idea that silver coin
age was a controlling tenet in the
Populist party.
1t was almost ~ o'clock when the
committee on resolutions filed into the
conference room and Senator Daniel
was recognized to make the report OF
the committees proceedings. This
was divided into two sections, one con.
sisting of an address to the Democrats
and the other of a plan of organiza.
ton. He said the address in most