Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-07-14
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Leading Free Silver Men Of lows Ia Close Con-
ference, To-day.

Dies MONIES, Iowa, July IA Lead
ing free-silver men OF the Hawkeye
state, and many Of whom particis ated,
las! week, either as delegates or con-
ferees in the democratic national con-
veLtion at Chicago, are in conference
here, to-day, for the purpose of max.
ing arrangements to take part In the
silver convent, n to be held, next
week, at St. Louis. This movement
had its origin in a secret conference Of
silver men Of ths state belonging 10
both OF the great political parties, held
In this city, last February, and at
which u was decided to form perma-
nent organization. Hon. Amos S,eckel,
a republican banker of Bloomfield. was
made chairman, and associated with
him were such well known republicans
aud democrats as Hon. j. j. Hamil-
ton, the noted politico economist and
editor OF the Des Moines Nesos; H. M.
Moore, of Dubuque; Major s. 3 Evans,
of the Ottumwa Sun; Colonels MUIR
ply and Quigley, of the Dubuque Tel
egrdph, and ex-Congressman Fred
While, OF Wapello county. The mass
conference Of to-day will meet under
the call of the national bi.metallic
union conference Of Washington, and
will probably select thirty. five delegates
to the silver convention at st. Louis.
While the conferees are favorable to
Governor Boies as presidential silver
candidate, yet, in view of the action Of
the Chicago convention, they may not
insist upon the consideration Of his
name, but rather will seek to join
forces with all other bi-metallic organ
izations of the country in the interest
Of national silver campaign.
Two hundred delegates were pres
ent at Flynn's hall, this morning, when
Provisional Chairman Amos Steckel
called the non bipartisan bi-metallic state
convention TO order and introduced S
II. Bashor, of Waterloo, as temporary
chairman. John j. Hamilton of Des
Moines, had been elected to act as per-
manent chairman, but when bis ad
dress was submitted to the conference
leaders, last night, it was found to be
against the ratio of is to 1. A CON-
mittee was appointed to wait on MIR.
Hamilton in regard to the matter. Mr.
however, preferred not to
change his remarks and consequently
he convention will have another per-
manent presiding officer.
The platform reported by the CON-
mite on resolutions declares for coinage |
at the ratio of 16 to l, endorses Bryan
and Sewall, and instructs the delegates
TO support them at the St. Louis con-
Fsntion, on the 22nd inst.
TO SELECT DELEGATES
GRAND FoRKs, N. Oak July A.
The BIZ metallists Of this state are meet
ng in mass convention in Bismarck, /
Fargo, Grand Forks, Grafton, Mandan,
DEVILS Lake and other county seats
o-day, for the purpose Of electing dele
yates to the Bi- metallic national con.
,ention to be held at st. Louis on the
.2nd. The elections are being held 10
'esponse to call issued by w. H.
chairman Of the silver party
II North Dakota, in which invitation
le urged all those who have quit the
epublican party since it openly de-
'lared for the gold standard to be pres.
mt and to take part in to-day's con-
'entions, even though they may have
cted in the republican conventions
md caucuses up to the date ofgthe
doption of the national republican
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