The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-31
They RENOUNCE silver
Philadelphia Manufacturers Join the
Guild Bugs.
BlNETALLISM Is SQUELCHED
Brought Face to Face with Currency Is
sue Manufacturers Back Down aud
Dodge tho Issue Gold AdvO-
Gates in the Majority.

Philadelphia. March 80. - When
brought face to face with the currency
question the great Manufacturers club
of Philadelphia lodged the issue and
took refuge in II negative position.
Since the meeting In Washington about
two weeks ago between certain manu-
facturers of this city and the western
silver senators the club has been agi-
tuted 10y the reports sent out of that
meeting. Some of the gentlemen pres
ent at the meeting had not hesitated
to say that they were fairly "buncoed'
by the silver men into meeting them.
and the alleged report of the meeting
was misleading and In many essentials
false. Then the club determined that
its position should be made fairly
fairly known. A special meeting for
that purpose was called for tonight and
II was at that meeting that the club
lodged the issue. The assembly room
of the Manufacturers club not being
large enough to accommodate all who
wished to attend the meeting. 1t was
held in the banquetting hail of the
Union League club. Fully 600 men We're
present and hardly u great manufac-
turer of Philadelphia was absent. The
silver men and bimetalliSts came to the
meeting full of fight, but the gold men
were all-powerful and carried things
through with rush.
President Dornan, in calling the
meeting to order, stated that it had
been called for the purpose of discuss
ing the subject which has been agitat-
ing the country for many months, but
particularly ON account of the reports
that have arisen out of the recent meet
ing in Washington. Mr.. DOrnan stated
that it was only fair to say that those
manufacturers who went to Washing
ton and met the silver senators went
there individually and not as members
of the Manufacturers club, and that
nothing was done at that meeting which
committed the club to any line of policy.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Dornan's re-
marks the gold men proceeded to offer
Il resolution which effectually limited
Il lengthy debate
FOR SHORT SPEECHES.
John II. Converse, of the Baldwin
Locomotive works, arose and said:
our policy should be action and not
talk. | therefore move that the speak
-rs be limited to five minutes unless
by unanimous consent"
An amendment was offered to Mr..
CoEVerse's motion that the time be eX-
tended to ten minutes. The silver men
and bimetallists were promptly on their
feet in opposition to Mr.. Converse's
motion.
Charles Heber Clark. editor of the
Manufacturer. and "a pronounced bi-
ineta,,ist, saia that ne had come there
to talk. and he desired to talk as long
as he wanted to. Cries Of Question
arose and the vote was taken on the ten
minute amendment. This was lost and
MI converse ihotioii was adopted ny
an overwhelming majority The vote
on this motion revealed the mea gre
streuptb of tbn fraa silveritas ana tho
result was yraatsd ,v;tb loud annIauso
NV, tha ,nId 49, n,anad ILL, ~
., ,,
lam uhuer the leaueIshio vi kuuoipr
bi.nkehpurg, manufacturer or yarns.
MI Blankenburg stated that he agreed
with the opening remarks of the chair
that the visit of the gentlemen to
WaShinptOn shOuld not he construed
aS renras.nta tive of tba oction of tba
nlnh ..Whan ,,,a COW, what nani.,, ~,
f,;a,a. w, 80 s,,,.a ,',. VIE ,,, t .,,t
-, ~. VI ~, INV' Me'T ,l"h'lS ou'
ol tIiS WISH salu MI. blahkenDufS,
this meeting was called to put on rec
ord the irreVOcable opposition of this
club to free coinage. That visit to
Washington has been spread broadcast
over ali the countrv and has uI.ced
ne in a wong nositior II m,as nmi,, "
aaa, ,a;I 80" ~, we" o,.is d
uoep '"iu avn.l'. VI ,ne iiee coinage
,,,t!, ' ~ aLiiIa.e ny lamulactuIers ol
Phlladelpha with free silver, when on
the contrary the Manufacturers club
is emphatically opposed to it,"
The RESoLl TloNS.
Then Mr.. Blankenburg presented the
followinp resolutions which we've Nit
motaIy adontad on1 ,,,s,,n,onf,, 49,,
H. ,,;,tn,, ", - .s'..'.! "ei,iie
'iie i'o"i,,oii VI the wa ,'ui acaurers ~, 'iup
Oh tHe currency question. Inc reSolu-
TONS follow:
yhor.os Ea,,, 80, ,,,s,a,,,. rou,,
bava hs.n snraad b,o.aca st n,a, ~ i",,n ~
trv as 70 The conference % at Nv Woshinotnn % %,,,
nn TaroT 10 h.,,,aon e'r q, ss n,i,' io''
dn,nhin manufacturer. ond rI tbose 81 fraa III
,a, ,ann,nr, - ,ho,,h aInot, @ ~,
pubiicans ana avowing themselves Fro
loan revenue measure known M as ,h,.
Dingley bill. unless coupled with a free
silver coinage amendment: :-and
Whereas, These reports have created
me impression that the friends OF pro-
.tctNe taflit are wiiilhs 10 'oniprolnise
80 nI ,n,,,p,i,aa .n;s "s o,''Ii ,,S n,i,S Wv.
ratio nf II; r. In evchnnes fnr ,G,,;,;nnai 81
protection: and
Whereas. These statements are not only
COMPROMISING me integrity and patriotism
VI o"i ,i"h,'i NV " ~ as .iuiN i",,nis. p"t
eSpetlahy 50 uS me.npers Oh the Mahuia'-
'",trs ci,pi m, .ieIeio'S, nt u ,..,.
lieSolNeu. lhut lhe Mahuiacturers cup.
speakihs LOT ns tnsihpers, empha,,eaIv Nv
uciioui'ces as .".se ''it slaIelheh' i,ia", ny
these OF Tree liane.-lhat our ihiiadeIphia
mahuiactnrers are VIKING 10 barter WIN
the silver senators lor ihe Iree coinage OF
silver III eS'hahse ior adu'ti"hai pro-
teotioh, ,,
Resolved. That the question OF blmetli-
nsm can h. permanently settled ohiy
through an lhitfhatiohai agfe.ment, ana
that the Aiahuiartuiers riup declares us
nalterahlr ol!Gsition TO the tree coinaSe
OF silver ny the Nl'ed states alone, hrmiN
b, lieving that s'Ich policy VIII result ~
disaster az nome ana dishohor abroin
and would only operate TO place thiS
country upon the basis of silver mono
metallism.
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