The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-04-02
INDEPENDENT BIMETALISM
An Enthusiastic Meeting at the
Theatre, Monday Night.
Strong Resolutions Adopted-Deter-
mIned 10 support No Candidate
whose Position on the Money CUES
ti0n IL Doubtful as TO silver.

Salt Lake City, March 73.-The cause
of bimetalism and the importance of In
dependen action upon the part of silver
advocates at the ensuing election, were
forcibly and earnestly expounded by
General A. ]. Warner, president of the
National Bimetallis union; Hon. H. F.
Bartins, editor of the National Bimetal-
list, and Hon. s. l.. Johnson of Virginia
In the Salt Lake theater last evening.
Owing to the fact that the speakers
did not reach the city until late and that
1t was impossible to advertise the meet.
ing properly in the limited time at the
disposal OF the committee on arrange
ments, the attendance was not as large
as It would have been under more favor
able conditions. Still, the lower part of
the house was crowded and the first
gallery comfortably filed, with leading
representatives of the business and
I'm ancial circles of Salt Lake City,
many of whom were accompanied by
ladies. And what was lacking In attend
anee was made up In enthusiasm.
General Warner and Mr.. Bartine, both
of whom are well known In Salt lake,
were Enthusiastically applauded as they
appeared upon the stage, accompanied
by Hon. Joseph l.. Rawlins, Richard
Macintosh, Hon. Thomas 6. Merrill,
Colonel N. M. Kaighn, John ]. DAILY,
Farley L. Williams, Allen 6. Campbell,
Henry w. Lawrence, and number of
the members of the legislature.
The meeting was called to order by
Richard Nackiatosh, aad Hon. Joseph
L. RawliRs was selected as chairman of
the meeting.
In accepting the distinction thus con.
ferred upon hin, Mr.. Rawlins said that
the aeeting had been called for the pur-
pose of listening to the distinguished
gentlemen who had recently been de-
voting their time and attention to the
great cause In which the hope of the
people of this country were conferred.
"They do not come" Mr.. Rawlins con-
tinued, ITO discuss the question, but
rather to report progress in the east"
Mr.. Rawling then Inquired as to
the further pleasure of the meeting, and
1t was moved and carried that com
mittee of FIVE on resolutions be appoint.
ed
The committee appointed were as fol.
lows: John J Daily, Henry W. Law,
renee, M. M. Kaighn, Allen g. Camp
bell and Richard Macintosh.
At the conclusion of Gen. Warmers
address, M. M. Kaign read the report OF
the committee on resolutions, which
was received with loud applause and
adopted. The report was as follows:
The citizens of Salt Lake City, in
Guiding members of all political parties
placing the cause of silver restoration
above party, in massmeeting assembled
adopt the following preamble and reso
lutions:
| " We hOlN Win lll'
constant falling in price of all propert,
measured by the gold standard; the mil
lions of able and willing workingmer
in enforced idleness seeking work an,
not finding 1t; the government borrow
ing money and issuing bonds in time o
profound peace; the failure of boil
tariff and free trade schemes to checl
the decline of prices and to affor
relief; the subserviency of the leader
of both the democratic and republican
parties as we'll as of the metropolitan
press to the gold monometalists of Eng
land and their Wall street allies; III
persistent attempt to mislead the peopl
by ambiguous platform declarations
thus preventing an honest expression O
their political sentiments the indiffer
ence of the moneyed east TO the needs c
the pioneer producing west; the stead
contraction of the volume of currcne
while business and population arc ia
creasing, making the load of the strug
Cling debtor heavier and heavier wit
each succeeding year; the manufactul
ers of the country threatened with de,
truction by countries producing on
: silver basis and enjoying an advantag
: In exchange of about 100 per cent b
reason of the unjust appreciation c
c gold;
4 Resolved, that the one hope of relic
and the all-important issue, over.towei
ing all other issues, before the Amer
can people is the free coinage of silve
at the ratio of 10 to on an exact equa
ity with gold without reference % tn
action of any other government, AN
/, the increase of the volume of money |
circulation.
Resolved, That neither high tariff no
, low tariff, protection nor free trade wi
bring any substantial relief while W
attempt to maintain the gold STANDARD
Resolved, That we are utterly oppose
to the attempted maintenance of the gol
standard, either by borrowing none
and issuing bonds, or by forcing dow
prices to the Asiatic level, and that 4
the campaign of 1896 we will give GU
4 support to no party that does not stan
positively pledged to the free coinage o
/ silver at the ratio OF 10 to nor will W
support any candidate whose past recor'
| does not give assurance that he will b,
true to that principle.
! Resolved, That we earnestly reques
the United States senators and the rep
resentative in congress from Utah t.