The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-26
GOLD ON The Rack IN GOTHAM
TILLMAN ONE or THE SPEAKERS
AT A SILVER RALLY.

Cooper Union Packed TO the Doors
by People Anxious TO Hear the
Unique south CnroIinIan-AIeNan-
der DeImar speaks in Advocacy of
the Adoption of a silver Basis by
This Country.
New York, June 25.-The silver mass
meeting at Cooper Union tonight hllsd
the large auditorium and all the available
standing room was occupied The audi
ence was enthusiastic and applauded
loudly every time an oportuuity offered
itself
Senator Benz. +. Tillman of South Caro-
lima occupied a prominent place on the
platform ana was cheered Justify when
he entered the auditorium a few minutes
before o'clock.
George +. Keeney, general organizer
Of the American silver organization. pre-,
sided He said that the object of the
meeting was to get resolutions adopted
declaring for the free coinage of silver
and urging the adoption of a free COIN
age platform by the Chicago convention.
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
roduced as d recognized authority the
world over on the money question. He
made a lengthy speech, IN which ne said
that the capitalists were not content with
high rates of interest, but they wanted to
bind the people to pay in gold, Of which
they had "a monopoly The country needed
a medium of exchange. Gold would not do,
because it would dow out of the country.
Silver and greenbacks would do, because
they would stay here. Fifty per cent. of
the business Of the country, the speaker
said, is done by note, proving that there
is not sufficient money, counting in both
gold and silver, for the business Of the
country.
This nation, if it is to remain inde-
pendent, must devise and maintain its
own system of money said Mr.. Delmar,
'and 1 say with the monetary commits
sion of 1913 that all attempts to render
money International are doomed TO disas-
trous failure"
1t took several minutes for the vast
crowd in the auditorium to get through
cheering when Senator Tilman was in
troduced. Senator TLlman began by pay
ius his respects TO the newspapers.
lie said that the night would give an op-
portunity TO show the members of the au-
dience that the newspapers were uncon-
scionable liars. The owners of the news
papers, he said, were prostitutes of jour
nalism, and not a paper in New York
would dare print his speech in full. The
speaker said that although he had been
much talked about and lied about, ne had
written his name on page of South
Carolina history in such a way that it
would remain there always.
Coming to the money question, the
senator said IF the Chicago convention
does not give us democracy and return
to the faith of Washington and Jefferson
1 will have nothing to do with it after
ward.
THE money question is up, and has
got to be settled. 1t 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 deserve the thanks OF the whole
country"
Senator Tillman referred to the moneyed
men of the east as thimble-riggers and
repeated his assertion that President
Cleveland was a tool of Wall street The
senator called on all those who had ham
died gold within a year to hold up their
hands. Half dozen hands were raised
Then he called on those who had not ham
died gold coin to raise their hands. Pos
sibly a thousand hands went up.
'Then where has the gold gomez" asked
Senator Tlllman you have not handled
it, although $450,00O,000 of the $3.50 100000
in government bonds We're sold on Man
haitian Island
The senator said that if he were on the
Senate committee investigating the recent
bond sale he would ask President Cleve-
land why he made the private contract
to sell bonds at lO412 per cent, when they
were selling on the public market a III.
The senator then talked about unem-
ployed labor which, he said, was a lever
by which the employed were ground down
TO low wages
you see on your own street car lines"
ne continued, ears labelled United States
mail. Those cars don't carry any mail
They are there SO the car lines can claim
the protection of the United States troops
in case of a strike"
Senator Tillman characterized John
Sherman of Ohio as the high priest of
mammon, and the joint owner with Han
ma Of william Mckinley. "AI of you who
are going to vote for gold hold up your
hand. concluded the senator. Five hands
were held up.
''AIl who are going to vote for silver re-
gardess of party held up your hand"
over half the audience raised their hands.
The speaker said as he sat down:
America for Americans, and TO hell with
England and all other countries"
Clarence Ladd-Davis read resolutions
which were adopted by acclamati0n. They
demand the Incorporation ia the platform
Of the national democracy OF the follow
ing: First (a) That the mints of the
United States shall be re-opened to equal
ly unrestricted coinage for gold and sill
yer into unlimited legal tender money OF
the United States. The gold to issue in
the present standard gold coins and the
silver to issue in the present standard sill
yer dollars.
Cb) Depositors of the gold or silver
at the mint TO receive, if they prefer in
lieu of coin at the coming value, coin GER
tificates, which shall be redeemed on de-
mand in gold or silver coin at the option
and according TO the convenience Of the
United States.
''(c) And as safeguard against panic
and money stringency, the Secretary of
the Treasury shall be empowered 10 issue
such coin certificates additionally against
deposits of interest-bearing bonds Of the
United States, the interest accruing on
the bonds to inure 10 the United States
pending their exchange for the coin GER
tihcates which coin certificates, when re-
turned. snail 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 90 per cent.
of the aggregate sum Of coin certificates
and silver certificates outstanding. The
now outstanding silver certificates gold
/ certificates and treasury notes of 1890, to
be retired as they come into the treasury.
This (a.). is free coinage al 16 to /; the
| convenient gold certificate o. TO take
the place of gold certificates, silver GER
ti6cates and treasury notes Of 1890 The
"a eafaorf4ar1 (c would proViHp for tenn