The herald., 1896-07-24
All Positive Action Is De.
ferred
PENDING COMMITTEE CONFERENCE
Speeches Are Made and Songs
Sung
GOLDBUGS ARE DENOUNCED
And Wall Street Plutocrats Roasted by
impassioned Orators
Mrs. Cougar Mildly Sat Upon for Talking
Prohibition
There Is No Disposition to Jam q Ticket
Down the Throats Of the PopuIIsts.
Adjournment Taken TIL
This Morning

ST. LOUIS, July 23.-The day began
clear and hot In the Grand Music hall.
where the silver convention was held.
the heat was even more uncomfortable
than on the streets. The tired delegates
began coming in at $3.50. but the CALLER
les were practically vacant at 10 o'clock.
the hour to which the convention had
adjourned, and it was an hour later
when the convention was called to order.
When Chairman st. John called the
convention to order he said he was sorry
to be compelled to announce that Rev.
DR.. Niccolls, who was to open the con-
vention with prayer, had been called
from the city.
NEWLAND TALKS
Congressman Newland then moved
that committee on ways and means be
appointed to raise funds to defray the
expenses Of the convention.
Charles A. Towne, the vice-chairman,
was introduced. He said the press Of the
country had apparently forgotten its
sacred duty and had become the plant
tool of monopoly. Money was the god
1t worshiped. But day of regeneration
was at hand. History was being made
today. The people had been lax, but had
at last determined to manage their own
affairs. They had suffered grievously
at the hands of monopolies and trusts,
but now they would look after their own
affairs. He denounced the pernicious-
ness of the present system.
| The delegates cheered long and loud.
ci rfa
would ruin the masses. In November
they would relegate the parties of mo-
nopolies to oblivion and put in power the
men who had the interests of the people
al heart.
| The speaker referred to the bolt of
| Senator Teller from the Republican con-
Yention, and spoke of the heroism and
patriotism of the Colorado senator, to
the delight of the delegates. Next he
referred to the nomination Of Bryan.
who, he said. was born in the year of the
election of Lincoln. He euloglzed the
Democratic candidate in glowing terms.
This evoked the biggest demonstration
which thus far has characterized the
convention.
He said that Chauncey M. Depew's
jokes were sought for on this side of the
water and his opinions on the other side,
where he was not so well known. Depew
was gold standard man and monopo-
list. and he wanted to impose the Eng
lish yoke of gold on the neck of America.
Tne speaker next explained the free
silver question and attempted to show
how hard times would vanish when free
silver appeared.
When the free silver party got the con-
troll of the government the robbery of
thrift for the benefit of idleness would
| cease. Three months ago the man who
would have dared to predict that free
silver would win in the coming election
would have been set down as an imbe-
cle. Now the movement has grown to
SUCH proportions that victory was not
only possible, but certain If all the forces
united. Sacrifices must be made on all
sides. The factions must all unite and
the patriotic people would be relieved
of their burdens.
There was tremendous and uproar-
ious cheering by the delegates when
Towne ended
ST. JOHN CALLED
Ex-Governor st. John was called upon
to speak. He told how corn was worth
10 cents bushel, oats cents and DO
tatoes cents a bushel in Minnesota
This was why so many farmers favored
free silver. Not many months ago nearly
everybody believed nothing could de-
feat Mckinley for president. But the
surrender of American interests to Great
Britain at the political convention at
st. Louis had changed the sentiment
of the whole country. Free silver at
16 to 1 would sweep the nation. But a
vast deal of missionary work must be
done. There are thousands of voters
misled by the gold bugs. The cry was
raised, if free silver was adopted it would
make this country the dumping ground
for the silver of the world
The speaker hoped it would. If all the
silver in the world We're dumped in this
country and coined it would only make
"a per capita. And that was not much.
He said that if this would be done it
would make this the most prosperous
country in the world.
Never in the history of America had
it been SO hard to keep gold here under
the present system. Under it, s262 ,OO0,-
900 worth of bonds had been issued and
were keeping the people plundered by
Wall street syndicates and English bond
sharks
MRS. COUGARS ADDRESS
After st. John, Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar
of Indiana made a speech. She de-
nounced the gold bug monometallists.
Wall street plutocrats and English
bond sharks" and said the only saliva