The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-01
FRIENDS OF SILVER.
They Hold a Mass Meeting In
New York City.
Addressed by Senator Tillman, of South
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Urge Demo-
Gratis to Declare in Favor of
Free Coinage.

New York, June 26.-The silver mass
meeting at Cooper Union Thursday
evening filed the large auditorium and
all the available standing room. The
audience was enthusiastic and applaud
ed loudly every time an opportunity
offered itself. George f. Keeney, or
ganizer of the American silver organiza-
ton, presided. He said that the object
of the meeting was to get resolutions
adopted declaring for the free coin
age of silver and urging the adoption OF
free coinage by the Chicago conven-
ton.
After Senator Bixby had made few
remarks, in which he said that the coun-
try needed free silver, and was going to
get it, Hon. Alexander Delmar was in
troduced as a recognized authority the
world over on the money question. He
made a lengthy speech in which he
said that this nation, if it is to remain
independent, must devise and maintain
its own system OF money, and that he
saw with the monetary commissions Of
1876 and 1878 that all attempts to rem
der money international are doomed to
disastrous failure.
It took several minutes for the vast
crowd in the auditorium to get through
cheering when United States Senator
Tillman was introduced. Senator Till
man began by paying his respects to
the newspapers. He said that the night
would give an opportunity to show the
members of the audience that the news
papers were unconscionable liars. The
owners of the newspapers, he said, were
prostituting journalism. and not a
paper in New York would dare print his
speech in full. The speaker said that
though he had been much talked about
and lied about, he had written his name
on a page of South Carolina history in
such way that it would remain there
always. Coming to the money question,
the senator said:
eff the Chicago convention does not give
Us democracy and return to the faith Of
Washing ton and Jefferson I will have
nothing to do with il afterwards. The
money question is up and it has got to be
settled. II Is as important as was the
slavery question, and If enough Of you can
get together to reverse the verdict of the
two millionaire conventions you will de-
The following resolutions were
adopted, and it was resolved that COM
mittee attend the populist convention
in St. Louis to urge the adoption of the
demands as means to harmonic all
elements of reform, in order to unite
all reform forces for the pending cam
paign.
They demand the Incorporation in the
platform of the national democracy of the
following:
First-That the minis of the United
States shall be reopened to equally unre-
stricted coinage for gold and silver into
unlimited legal tender money Of the United
States, the gold to issue in the present
standard gold coins and the silver to issue
III the present standard silver dollars.
B)-Depositors of the gold or silver at
the mint 10 receive. if they prefer, in lieu
of coin at the coming value. coin certifi-
Gates of the United States, which shall
be redeemed on demand in gold or silver
coin at the option and according to con-
renience of the United States.
(C)-And as a safeguard against panic
and money stringency the secretary of the
treasury shall be empowered to issue such
coin certificates additionally against de-
posts of Understanding bonds of the
United States, the interest accruing on the
bonds to insure to the United States pend
ing their reexchange for the coin GER
tifcates, which coin certificates, when re-
turned. shall be Cancelled; provided that
such additional issues Of coin certificates
shall not reduce the percentage Of coin
and bullion reserved for coin certificates
and silver certificates below 60 per cent
of the aggregate sum Of coin certificates
and silver certificates outstanding. The
now outstanding silver certificates, gold
certificates and treasury notes Of 1880 to
be retired as they come into the treasury.
This (A is free coinage at sixteen to
one, the convenient gold certificate OBJ to
take the place Of gold certificates, silver
certificates and treasury notes of 1890. The
safeguard co would provide for a tenn
porary increase of sa27. 100000 of paper
money against the silver reported in the
treasury June L
Second-We demand provision for direct
legislation by means of the optional in
ttiative and referendum.