The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-06-06
SIGNS FOR SILVER
What the Chairman of the Party Has
to Saw or, the Subject. @4.Gg

TO Say on the SUBJECT
Washington, June 1.-The national sill
yer party, through its chairman, j. ]. Mott,
has issued from its headquarters in thid
city an address to the friends of silver.
This address recites that since the founding
Of tho national silver party on Jan. ~ last
the work Of organization has been steadily
but quietly pursued and the country arous-
ed to a:pitch Of excitement unknown since
the civil war. 1t declares that the secret
OF success in the pending conflict consists
in lining up for the battle, and that the
convention of the party, to be held IN st.
Louis, on July %, will undoubtedly be one
OF the most important conventions and no.
table gatherings ever assembled in this
country. Upon the wisdom Of its acts and
that of the copies Party convention, to
be held at the same place and time, de-
ponds, the address declares. the vital
question as to whether we can have just
settlement of this money issue in our gen
Grafton"
The friends Of the party are urged to
push the work of organization with all pos
sible vigor, the purpose being to unite for
action all believers in the restoration OF
free silver and prosperity"
The address concludes as follows: "The
Republican party is committed to the gold
standard through the platforms of 80 per
cent of the state conventions and any
straddle that may be made N this national
platform will deceive no one.
:. '.The Democratic party must not expect
ths.pountry to accept any candidate 1t may
name acqu:esced in by the gold wing Of
that party:
The question of vital Importance is for
silver men to name a candidate for pres
dent whose nomination will be readily yac-
ouiesced in by all believers in monetary
reform.
Friends Of silver look to your interests
and organize now while the fruit is ripe for
plucking. Do not wait on the problemat-
ical action of the party"
Cincinnati, June There is much
comment here over the reorganization
last night of the Hamilton equity Demo
cratic committee Chairman Zimmerman
is a. gold standard man, friend of
Cleveland, Carlisle and Attorney Cen
eral Harmon. A resolution was adopted
appointing James S. Myers, Thomas Mac
tor, John Juelg, Henry Janson and John
Sheehan, all silver men, to make the ap-
portionment of wards and townships for
delegates to the Democratic convention,
to be held at Columbus June %. AS this
apportionment has always been fixed by
the chairman, Mr. zimmerman announced
before the vote was taken, IL the reSolu-
ton was adopted he would resign. The
resolution carried rs to II, and Linne-
man resigned. Vice Chairman Heating
was put in his place. This was accepted
as an indication that the two congress
sional districts in Hamilton county,
which have IS votes in the state conven-
ton, would send free silver delegates to
the Columbus convention favorable to
John R. Mclean and other anti-adminis-
tration Democrats for delegates-at-
large. Rural districts have been in
structed for free silver and this county
was considered the stronghold of the
gold standard Democrats.
Cincinnati, June 1.-Returns from
each of the 10 counties in Kentucky that
have selected delegates to the Democrat
ic state convention at Lexington, June
8, show that the silver men have carried
a large majority of the delegates. The
gold men carried the Fifth, Tenth and
Eleventh congressional dictrlcts and the
silver men the other eight districts.
Where the silver mer predominant, the
geld men bolted in many cases and
where the gold men predominated, the
silver men bolted, so that there will be
very many contested delegates.
Topeka. Kan, June ALI the dele
gates to the Democratic state convention,
which will meet here next Tuesday, have
been chosen and the free silver wing has
captured two-thirds of them. The adj
ministration forces, headed by the fed
eral officeholders; have made deter
mined fight, out they could not stem the
strong tide for free coinage at the ratio
of 16 to l. By agreement. however, there
will be no rupture, the free silver lead
ers agreeing to indorse the administra-
ton and conceding a minority represen-
tation on the state delegation, although
the entire delegation will be instructed
to vote as unit. The convention will be
composed of 800 delegates and the free
silver men have clear working ma
jority of Ats.