San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
FREE SILVERITES.
A BIMETALLIC CLUB FORMED LAST
NIGHT.
R. B. Minor Elected Permanent Chairman
and ], T. Halle secretary-Reso-
buttons Adopted.

~ lISS-SilNtI CIuD was lOllhSu III
this city last night, which will be
known as the Central Democratic
Bimetallic club. The club was
formed at meeting in the Thirty
seventh District courtroom, which
was called by Mr.. j. F. Onion,
chairman of the Democratic BIZ
metallic Club of Bexar county, and
was attended by about thirty dem
ocrats.
Mr.. r. B. Minor was unani-
mously elected permanent chair
man and Mr.. j. Il: Halle perma-
nent secretary.
Upon motion of Mr.. Onion,
committee was appointed to pre-
pare resolutions aud the chairman
named the following gentlemen a
committee: j. F. Onion, August
Altgelt and w. B. Anderson. The
committee retired, and the an
nouncement was made that dur
ing the meantime names would be
received Of a democrats desiring
to become members.
The committee presented the
following resolutions, which were
adopted unanimously:
Be it resolved by the Central
Democratic Bimetallic club of
Bexar county, in mass meeting as
sembled:
1. That we regard the financial
question as the leading issue Of the
day.
2. That the Federal constitution
names silver and gold as the
money metal of the United States.
3. That the democratic party
has ever been the party Of bimetal.
lism, favoring the free coinage Of
both gold and silver at the nation
al minis, end has been opposed to
farming out the banking institu-
tions, the governments sovereign
power of issuing and controlling
the money Of the people.
4. That since the characterization
of silver, in 1873, the democratic
party, as evidenced by the votes Of
its members in congress, and party
history, has continually and per-
sistently urged that silver be re-
monetized and made a standard
money.
5. That duty to the people re-
quires that the people continue the
fight for bimetalism until their ef-
forts are crowned with success.
6. That we are opposed to the
single gold standard and are In
favor of the unlimited coinage Of
both gold and silver without dis
elimination against either metal,
by the United States government
In time OF profound peace for the
purpose of supplying the Federal
treasury with gold to maintain
the ruinous and destructive policy
of gold monemetalism.
That committee oithree be APP
pointed by the chairman of this
meeting, whose duty 1t shall be to
wait upon the democratic
bi-metallic committee Of Bexar
county, and request them to call a,
primary election on June 8, 1896,
in accordance with a call Of the
state democratic executive COM
mittee, the purpose of said pri-
mary election being to permit the
democrats of this county to eX-
press an opinion on the currency
question and to elect delegates to
the democratic state convention to
be held aJ Austin, said committee
to report at some subsequent meet
ing of the central democratic
bi-metallic club.
That we congratulate the demo-
Gratis OF Missouri, Oregon, Colora.
do and Alabama, upon the glori-
GUS victory recently won by them
in their respective states, favoring
the free coinage OF gold and silver
as standard money of the country.
Speeches were then in order.
Mr.. r. r. Claridge was called for,
but he said he was not prepared
and would be pleased to give his
views at some future meeting.
DIR. Barker was requested to make |
a few remarks, but also begged to |
be excused for the present. He
said he is in hesrty sympathy with |
the movement. Mr.. Onion then
addressed the meeting and was
followed by MIR. G. s. Robinson |
and Captain VIM. Davis.
Upon motion of Mr.. Onion, Col.
j. Q. Carr, Messrs. j.. A. Appler
and w. B. Anderson were appoint
ed a committee to solicit sigma
lures on the club lists.
The chairman was authorized to
appoint an executive committee of
five to take charge OF the affairs of
the club, after which the meeting
adjourned, subject to call by the
chairman.