The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
THE KANSAS SILVER MEN.
Meeting Of the State Convcntio Republic
cans Numerous.

for the purpose of clecting delegates
TO the national convention to be held
at 81 Louis next Wednesday.
The visitors include Populists, DEM
ocrats and Republicans, but the Re-
publicans outnumber all others Tho
Hotels Throop and National, es-
pecially the former, wear the aspect
of n Copeland county" gathering OF
old time Republicans. Men who have
been prominent in Republican state
conventions, or on the stump for tho
last twenty years, are conspicuous in
the caucuses, and strangely enough,
while they declare themselves to be
Republicans, they say they will vote
for William j. Bryan for president il
1t shall be decided by their conven-
ton at st. Louis that such is the best
course for free silver Republicans to
pursue.
Among the more notable Republic
ans who mixed in the crowds this af-
ternoon were Il. C.. Little of Abilene,
Webb McNall of Smith Center, n. Il.
Brown of Concordia, II. G. Whitley
and George Plumb of Emporia, Dan
Wagstaf Of Salina, r. w. Turner of
Mankato, A. j. Smith OF Garnett,
LATE Thompson of Norton, l.. =.
Simpson and u. NJ. Relihan OF Smith
Center, A. H. Peters of Mankato and
william Adds OF Emporia. Webb Me-
Nall says that there are at least 200
Republicans in attendance.
Among the Democrats and Populists
wearing badges are Ex-Governor
George w. Click, Ex-Governor l.. ID.
Lcwelling, A. c. Shinn, Judge A. W.
| IlAnn,nn IlrA n.II...a-
Judge George W. Clarke, II. c. Taylor,
cher, Judge Fitzgerald, Frank Herald,
w. f. Rightmier, n. Is. Henderson
and others.
The Republicans started out early
in the day to capture the convention.
They agreed on +. c. Little for chair
man and appointed a committee OF
seven to confer with him.
ENDORSEMENT OF BRYAN.
"Resol we'd, That in order that the
financial condition Of the United
States may be placed on true Ameri-
can principles and that the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver may be
secured at the earliest date possible,
and that no divisions in the ranks of
the friends Of free coinage may occur
TO impair or interfere with the sue
cess of the coming election, the dele
gates to the free silver convention to
he held in st. Louis on the ped instant,
are instructed to vote and work for
the Endorsement Of Hon. William j.
TO the end that the free coinage Of
silver may be made an assured fact"
THE CONVENTION IN ORDER.
When the convention was called to
order by A. c. Shinn, the state presi.
dent, the attendance hardly held up
to Webb McNall's previous estimates.
Not more than 200 were wearing
badges, or ESQ at the outside, were in
the hall. MIR. Shinn introduced the
Rev. Otto Ireland of Topeka, who
made a short prayer.
Mr.. Shinn then made a statement Of
the object Of the convention and Of
the causes which had led up 20 the
free silver organization.
Mr.. Shinn introduced L. c. Little
as chairman of the convention. He
spoke us follows: Columbia has
reached her majority. We now pro.
pose that she conduct her own affairs
without dictation from foreign tinan.
ciers or suggestions from foreign par.
! liaments. We intend to enforce every
word. every clause, every sentence
Of the Declaration Of Independence
which Thomas Jefferson wrote. There
are but two sides to this fight aud we
shall be on one side only. Four years
ago the Republican national conven.
tion said the American people by in.
terest and tradition favor bimetailism
and the use Of both gold and silver as
q , ., a 81 a~.a g. III A.
abandoned the traditions and deserted
the interests Of the American people
and declared in favor of maintaining
a gold standard. They put William
Mckinley ON the ticket, but they put
Grover Cleveland in the platform.
After the rank incompetency shown
by our tinanciers in recent years, that
they should still presume to instruct
anybody sis ithe. very %impudence OF
arrogance and audacity. God loves q
man who does his own thinking, and
the people OF Kansas will this year
make a record to please Him. The
parable of the talants teaches tina,
when the Kansas politicians come to
say: Lord. you gave me such poor
brains that | was afraid to use them
and trusted TO John sherman and
Grover Cleveland he will DE told;
very well, get into the same oven
with them
True Kansas Republicans are SO
familiar with the arguments for home
markets that they have resolved tc
reopen again the mines Of Colorado,
the best home market they ever had,
closed by the gold standard. Ad'
hitting that an eventual benefit
is to spring from a polocy Of protec'
ton, they are opposed to leaders who
put together u system OF taxation
which increases the price OF nearly
everything we buy and decreases the
price OF everything we sell. From
! every Kansas homestead the voice O,
desperation cries out against a system
under which incomes dwindle and
/. debts double. Though every politica.
slave driver at st. Louis cracks hi
| party lash across our backs, they shall,
not plant another Sicily here on tn,
Plains of Kansas They have thrown
down the gauntlet and we cannot hon
orably avoid the conflict.