The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-07
BLAND.s BIG SILVER BATTLE.
THE MISSOURI CONVENTION CAR
RIED FOR FREE COINAGE.

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silver BarOnS-Bland Both Tempo
rary and Permanent Chairman of
the Conventional Serious split in
the Party Among the POssibiIi-
ties.
Pertle Springs, No. Aug. 6-This after
noon at 12:3O o'clock the democratic state
silver convention was called to order by
Vice Chairman John Hersholl. He stated
the purpose of the convention and intro
duced r. p. Bland as temporary chair
man. Mr.. Bland began on a speech. which
lasted but few minutes. He stated that
it was the desire of the delegates that the
state committee should be enlarged, and
he hoped that this enlargement would be
made in such a way as to leave no bitter
feeling or disappointed hopes.
After the usual committees had been
selected the convention took a recess un-
til o'clock
The committee on resolutions sprung
surprise by electing as their chairman
Congressman Dearmond of Bates county,
and they at once began their labors.
The committee on permanent organiza-
tion decided upon Hon. r. p. Bland for
permanent chairman, and the temporary
organization was made permanent.
The convention reassembled at 2 o'clock.
1t was recommended that the present
state committee be enlarged by the ad-
dition of one committeeman from each
congressional district and by the
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four committeeman at large-mak
ing the total committee thirty-four. in
stead of fifteen, as at present constituted.
The proposition was carried.
The report of the committee on resolu-
tions was ready at 4:4O o'clock. and was
read and adopted. The preamble and res
olution are as follows:
The federal constitution names silver
and gold together as the money metals
of the United States.
The first coinage bill passed by congress
under the constitution made the silver dol
lar the unit of value and admitted gold
to free coinage at ratio measured by the
silver dollar unit.
From the beginning of the government,
following the policy formulated by Thom-
as jefferson and firmly established by
jackson, the Democratic party has been
the party of bimetallism favoring the
free coinage of both silver and gold at
the national mints, and opposed to farm
ing out to banking corporations the gov
ernments sovereign power of issuing
and controlling the money ofthepeople.
The act of 1873 demonetizing silver was
surreptitiOusly passed without the appro-
val or knowledge Of the American people,
and from the time when the effect of this
act, in fastening upon the country the sin
gle gold standard, was understood the
Democratic party has consistently and
persistently urged that the grievous wrong
be righted.
Failure to accomplish this object has re-
suited in the steady appreciation Of gold,
a corresponding fall in the prices of COM
modities produced by the people, a heavy
Increase in the burden Of all debts public
and private, the enrichment of the money
lending class, and impoverishment of the
people and unexampled distress in all gold
standard countries.
Experience has shown that while under
the single gold standard there may be an
occasional revival of business activity, ac-
companied by enhanced prices of a lin
tied number of commodities, such revival
is due to artificial and temporary causes
and cannot permanently alleviate the suf-
ferings due to falling prices, brought about
by the appreciation of gold and an mad
equate supply of primary or redemption
money.
Duty to the people requires that the
party of the people continue the battle
for bimetallism until its efforts are
crowned with success. Therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the democrats of
Missouri, in convention assembled, de-
mand the free and unlimited coinage of
silver and gold into primary or redemp-
tion money at the ratio of 16 to /. with
out waiting for the action or approval Of
any other nation; and second,
Resolved, That we are irrevocably op-
posed TO the substitution for metallic
money of a panic breeding corporation,
credit currency based on a single metal,
the supply of which is so limited that it
can be cornered at any time by few
banking institutions in Europe and Amer
fca third,
Resolved, That we are opposed to the
policy and practice of surrendering to
the holders of the obligations of the
United States the options reserved by law
TO the government of redeeming such OBJ
legations in either silver coin or gold
coin; fourth,
Resolved, That we are opposed to the
issuing Of interest-bearing bonds of the
United States in time of peace, and es-
pecially are we opposed to placing the
treasury of the government under the
control of any syndicate of bankers and
the issuance of bonds to be sold by them
at an enormous profit for the purpose of
supplying the federal treasury with gold
TO maintain the policy of gold monomet-
allism.
Additional resolutions were adopted in
structing the state committee to call a
convention not later than April Is to elect
delegates TO the national convention; also
sending congratulations from the Mis-
souri silver democratic convention to
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky.
The resolutions were adopted amid en-
thusiastic applause and without a dis
senting voice.
The delegates from the different con-
gressional districts tonight named their
candidates for additional members of the
state committee and they were unaai-
mously elected.
The election of the committee at larire
is regarded as a victory for SILVER Dol
lar Bland" and a sereve blow to the
Francis and Maffitt faction Of the partv
Messrs. Allen and Farris are straight
Bland men, Mr.. Benton is a free lance.
while Mr.. Fyke is pledged to Gov. Stone.
The convention sent kilograms of greet
ing 10 the democratic conventions in Iowa
Texas and Mississippi. and took a recess
until tonight The work OF the con-
vention was practically ended when the
committeeman were elected, but 1t was
the desire Of the delegates that a night
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