Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-23
SILVER MEN MEET.
Nearly One Hundred Of Them in Secret
ConClaYe at Washington.
THE OBJECT OF THE GATHERING.
A Presidential Ticket VIII ne Fat
I'm the Field II Neither of the
Old Parties Nominatcs nm Ar
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WASHINGTON. ID. C.. January IL
Nearly one hundred OF the most promi-
nent silver men OF the country met In
Washington to-day to arrange for hold
ing n national silver convention, to pus
a ticket In the field for the coming
presidential campaign. this action TO be
contingent upon the failure OF both the
old parties to recognize the white metal
by nominating candidates unequivocally
pledged to its rehabilitation ON the basis
OF IL 10 1.
The gathering is a result OF confer
ence held in Chicago several weeks
ago of the presidents Of the American
BImetallic League. the National Bime-
tallic Union. and the National Silver Come
mittee. at which It was agreed u
consolidate under the title OF the Amer
lean Bimetallic Union. with General As
]. Warner as president.
The present meeting. which Is being
held behind closed doors, and with an
evident intention to prevent any prema-
ture announcement OF its proceedings. is
expected to ratify the consolidation.
and make deal with the Populists.
by which both organizations will have
tnelF convention IN tne same place ana
at the same time.
General J. b. Weaver. OF Iowa, J. G.
Field. Of Virginia: Senator Marion
Butler. OF North Carolina; 4. M. Pat
terson. OF Colorado; J. c. Bell, oc
Colorado: c. NJ. Wardall, OF California;
J. II. Turner. Of Georgia, and Il. G.
Brown. OF Massachusetts,. constitute a
special committee. TO meet the silver
! men. They say that they will take
no part in the conference, but merely
carry out the instructions OF their ma
tiona committee. General Warner was
promptly made chairman OF the meet
ing.
Senator Marion Butler. OF North
Carolina, introduced MIR. Wharton Esrk-
er. of Philadelphia. who said thar
China was the great commercial rivat
OF the United States.
Senator Stewart, Of Nevada, occupied
a front seat at the meeting. and seve-
raj other members OF Congress were
i'm attendance
General Warner said before the meet
ing that provisional committee, rep-
resenting all the States, would be ap-
pointed. and a date. the latter part Of
July, would be set for a convention.
and not until then would IL be decided
whether to put a ticket I'm the field. and
what name the party would take. Everv-
thing depended upon the action OF the
Republican and Democratic conventions.
COMMITTEES.
The second meeting resulted in the ap-
polntment OF Committees on Resolutions
and on Organization, the members OF
which were appointed by the chairman.
General Warner. The committees are az
follows:
on Resolutions-Senator John p. Jones.
Of Noxad. hal -
Nevada; Mr.. Laurimer, of Pennsylvania:
A. Joseph FELTON,, OF Connecticut; J. L.
McLaurin. of South Carolina. and Gene
raj Warner of Ohio.
on Organization-Mr Stevens. OF Colo
rado; j. n. Johnson of Virginia: g. !.
Hllyear. of the District Of Columbia, and
p. Mcintosh, OF Utah.
The Committee on Resolutions has
about completed its report. and will fur
nish II to the convention tomorrow at
1 O'Clock. IL will define a platform and
indicate policy for the silver men to
adopt
1t was finally decided by the confer
ence that a convention should be held,
no matter what the action of the Demo-
cratic and Republican conventions might
be, and IL is understood that the Commit
tee on Organization will recommend that
St Louis be selected as the place for
holding it. the time to be about ten nays
after the assembling of the Democratic
forces I'm Chicago.
This will make the silver convention CO.
incident with the Populist convention in
St. Louis.
To-nighf's session of the conference was
public, and was devoted TO addresses on
the silver question by General Weaver.
Of Iowa: Senator Marion Butler, OF North
Carolina: ex-Congressman Bartine, OF Ne
yada, and others.
General Weaver secured great applause
when he predicted that the silver ques-
tion would make the West and the South
a unit.