The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-10
MONOMETALLISM HOLD A
MASS MEETING.
ALL PARTIES REPRESENTED.
ONE OF THE MOST vOCIFEROUS
AND DEMONSTRATIvE GATHER
INGS OF THE YEAR.
SILVER DELEGATES AT CHICAGO
Come In for High Words of Praise
kilograms Sent to p. ID.
Winston.

Believers in silver monometallism,
over 200 strong gathered at assembly
hall, Third and Wabasha street, last
night, in response to a call signed by
eight Democrats, eight Republicans
and eight Populists. The meeting was
called for the purpose of effecting To-
cal bimetallic organization, so-called,
whose prime object will be to secure
the election next fall Of a free silver
congressman in this. district
| 1t was a vociferous, demonstrative
meeting. The speakers were loudly,
wildly cheered. The enthusiasm of the
silverites vented itself in shouts of ap-
prevail whenever allusion was made to
the Chicago convention or to those
brave heroes fighting the gold pow
err" as the silver men at the conven-
ton were described.
1t was certainly a bipartisan gath
ering that Included in one room T. D.
O'Brien, John Dale and M. r. Prender-
CAST This triple combination pre-
vailed throughout the assemblage, none
of the political parties having the ad-
vantage numerically.
John Dale was, on motion Of Mr..
Prendergast, elected temporary chair
man, and John Giltinan was chosen
temporary chairman.
G. H. Stevens gained the floor first.
After offering few suggestions re-
garding the formation of So-called BIZ
metallic clubs in each ward and in
the various country districts within
the congressional districe, Mr.. Stevens
moved that a committee be appointed
to draft a form Of organization and by
laws for the proposed league. The mo-
ton prevailed, but subsequently the
work was assigned to the committee
of twenty-four that called the meeting.
By this time nearly every chair in the
hall was occupied, and the silverites
were hungering for some free silver
oratory. Mr.. Prendergast was the first
| to voice the wishes of the audience and
he had no sooner done so than the hall
rang with cries Of "OBrien! Tom
| O'Brienw
| Mr.. O'Brien's speech was brief and
conservative compared to some that
followed it. Mr.. O'Brien remarked at
the outset that it was a magnificent
sight to see Republicans, Democrats
and Populists meeting together in har-
mony as they were all over the coun-
try. (Applause.) Mr. O'Brien said
that it was significant of a united pur-
pose to check the present tendencies of
the United States, which, If not
| checked, meant certain doom for the
| Republic. The rule of the trust and
| the rule of the corporation was taking
the place of the rule Of the Individual
| ou could not establish an indepen-
/ dent business at this time without be-
| ing crushed out by the monopolistic
| trusts.
| 1T is time we stopped talking about
partisanship," exclaimed Mr. O'Brien
! CHEERS and applause.) Let us attend
| first to this present issue of free silver
and when we have gained that, then let
us attack the other evils and remove
them" prolonged applause).
j. l.. Macdonald, the next speaker,
arraigned Grover Cleveland, charging
him with RELOCATING the silver question
to the background during his first term.
The tariff was not the main question.
The present great and overshadoWing
question was the silver question. The
fundamental cause Of the hard times
| was that there was not in existence
one dollar Of money where there ought
to be 3d. There was not in circulation
IL where there ought to be S.. Gaugh-
ter and applause.) Mr.. Macdonald
stated that the decentralization Of silver
had been the sole cause Of the farmer
being compelled to sell his wheat for
one-half what he would otherwise have
been able to get for 1t.
Francis H. Clark Sid that the agitation
with reference to the frae coinage of silver
would never cease until the question is ssset
tied right, and the only way to settle it
right was to give the people the free coin
age Of silver. (Aplause)
| II Mckinley Is elected-and I don't see
how he can be- said Mr.. Clark, 1.-TWO years
from now I should not be surprised to see
rlry
a free silver man. (Aplause) Silver bears
the same relation to all other commodities,
except gold, that it did twenty years ago.
Mr.. Clark prophesied that in Ave years
from now, II the present financial system was
allowed to go on, the gold power would pro-
coed to double the debt upon the people.
Mr.. Hawthorne in response to numerous
| calls for a speech, read the reasons for the
organization of the West Side Bimetallic as
ISOLATION Before doing So Mr. Hawthorne
remarked that he would first quote verse
recently printed in the Pioneer Press.
| Don't do It,, exclaimed a voice from the
audience amid much laughter.
Mr.. Hawthorne quoted that portion of the
verse which eulogized Senator Teller, and
| followed it with his own tribute to the Col
orado senator, which was received with tu-
| multuous cheering.
But when Mr.. Hawthorne proposed three
cheers for Minnesota's champion silverite,
fairly deafening.
Now let's give three cheers more for that
| magnificent Democratic majority in Chicago,
men who not afraid to turn their arms
against white slavery!'' shouted Mr.. Haw-
thorne.
And three more big s.hurrahs" almost lift
ed the roof of the assembly hall.
The speaker then denounced the st. Louis
convention, which nominated William Nc
| Kinley
What has become Of the principles Of the
| Republican party?" inquired Mr.. Hawthorne.
Where is the spirit Of Abraham Lincoln %
AT the Chicago convention" shouted q
voice, and the answer was greeted with up
foarious cheering.
Louis Nash followed Mr.. Hawthorne with
brief address, in which he dwelt upon the
importance of organization with q view to
spreading the free silver sentiment abroad
so widely. and effectively to win the
battle at the polls next November.
John L. Townley made the concluding ad-
dress. 1t was a fiery and emotional effort,
in the course of which he denounced and
anathametiZed the gold power in general
and August Belmont in particular. Referring
to Daniel Lawler and Michael Doran Mr..
Townley said that out of compassion he
would recommend a diet of white crow for
poor Dan," and tender bird for Michael.
The meeting then adjourned until week
from tonight, when the organization of the
bimetallists, so called will be perfected al
Market hall. On Thursday night next the St
Paul silyerites VIII go to Minneapolis to at
| tend the mass meeting Of the free silver men
to be held at Harmonic hall.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the fol-
lowing telegram was sent to Hon. P B.
Winston and Hon. Charles l.. Towne at Con-
vention hall. Chicago:
A rousing meeting Of free silver Republi-
cans, Democrats and Populsts held here TO-
night send congratulations to the silver men
Of the Minnesota delegation; to Towne and
to all the other heroes who are fighting again