The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-30
A MOVEMENT
FOR UNION
VI all financial Rssespers Of he
Country A Grsa, xs.,ise
in Wshins,oa.
A CONVENTION On July :.

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meeting Of great Interest aaa
Of vast posssbls Lnd probable lm.
PORTAGE. vas held N wa,haHS,on
lAsi scek IL -A.a . eonfsrvno. st
prominent member. OF leading sal
yer organizations of tho ooantr..
and th. main object sas Ia s--s is
advise som. method for tho ,si,a
union q. eli tn. silver .orcs, ~ "a.
nit-d States.
This gathering ~As ih. r..ali Of
the conference held IA Chicago atoa,
three weeks ago. of th. fr..ids at.
of the Amencan B.mcssllic League.
III. National Bim.;Allic Inion. and
the National Silver committee. NJ
which ~ Vas agreed to consoi,a.,-
under the title of the AmorieAn Ri-
metallic mon. Nth Gen. A. J.
Warner as Pressd~nt.
About one hundred men Of ~
tional prominence rspres-ntinr the
greater number Of the State. uet.
IN att' ndance. Among them veres
X. q. Chamber, Of Utah. sI-Con-
gresham II. l.. Bsriine. Of Nevada.
editor of the BimetAlli.i. y. B. Light,
Of Colorado; j. X Tool~, Of Mon
tapa: Gen. A. J. Warner. 81 Ohio.
George Mcintosh. OF Utah. Judg-
Stark, OF Ohio: j l.. Johnson. aud
Gen. Robert Beverly. 90 Virginia
DIR. j. j. Mott. of North carolina
Wharton Barker aud John 10. Lon
mer, Of Pennsylvania. Joseph Bs,
telle, Of Vermont. 6~org. 4. k--n~y.
of California. Secretary of ia. Is,
metallic Union: T.. &. warn~T. of
Washington; George =. Nixon. of
Nevada; ex Congressman 7. J Clu-
ME and George W. Baker. OF Cali-
fornia; Joseph & sibley. of Penn
sylvania; q. I. Merrill. Of Mon ANA
DIR. Taylor, of Chicago. Judge Nil
Ter, of Virginia: Judy. Cole. of
Iowa: A. &. Shinn, of Kansas. Mr..
Thomas and Mr.. Patterson. of col
orsdo. and ex Governor Richard. OF
Montana.
AT the meeting of the P-opis' |.
Party national executive committee
recently held IN -. Louis. . sp-cia =
committee vas appointed 90 attend
the Washington meeting aud confer
with its members. Th. com mmiii.r
consists OF Gen. j. Is Weaver. Iowa
-. q Field, Nirgiuis. Senator Msr
. ION Butler, North Carolina. 7. NJ
Patterson, Colorado; j. &. Bell. rol
orado; 4. NJ. wardall, Cnlif.rn,s. J
II. Turner. Georgia. aud q. a..
Brown, Massachusetts,. aud all ~~rs
present. as we'll ~ many other meu
Of wide reputation. All political
parties were represented.
Gen A. j. Warner was mad.
chairman. He said the question "a,
: whether they we're villing ~ put ih.
cause above their party beliefs and
: for once give themselves an oppor
tunity TO vote for Presidential can
didate who WIS With them. He de-
pounced the issue OF bonds TO main
tain . gold standard a. . crime. ans
q added that IN some way the oountr,
must free itself from the domination
. Of England, even IL il
= TOOK WAR TO 10 %.
: 1--WE are not fghting the kepubli
J. cans or Democrats" he continued
I "but the money power. Many al
> yer men are gong TO fight in the ol'
q parties, but they will lose We Ar
> going to open our doors for all silve
j men,"
Senator Bltlsr introduced Mr
+ Wharton Barker, . prominent bank
er, Of Philadelphia, who made
4 brief address. Senator Stewart fol
l. lowed with . stirring speech. Tb
+ time for action had come, be said
, and the people
DESERVED TO " sLAyEs
y il they did not act
The following committees ver'
D appointed:
Resolutions-Senst John i
= Jones, Of Nevads; Joseph sheldor
!. Of Conneeticut; n. l.. Bartine, q
\ Ch,ca 60: John II. Loriner. Of Phils
\ delphia, and Hon. J. l.. MsLsurir
a Of South Carolina
- Senator w. y
!. Stewart, Of Nevada; j l.. Johnsoi
I, Of Virginia; X. Macintosh, Of Ufsi
!, and Messrs. Stevens, Of Colorsd.
;c and Hillyer, OF Washington.
The meeting lasted three days ar
Was full Of VIM Sometimes IL ",
spicy and sharp.
L Editor Holden, Of the Clevelap,
(Obio,) Plaindealer, raised . liftl
ts furry by saying he Vas Democrs
Of and his ancestors had been Dem
" Gratis; he didn't think IL Vas pees
g sary 20 forsaks his party. and .,
d ded, - he drew the cape Of his Ion
OF black ulster about him: If this
II treason. make the most Of IT."
ty Joseph Battelie. Of Vernon
&c sprang . his feet and, in vigorol
Q, language. gave Mr.. Holden 10 u
derstapd that nobody Was wanted
that conference Who vas not for q
yer. 6rst and last.
"a Mr.. skinner. Of Vermont, ear
- out boldly and said il Vas usele
=, for the silver men to hope that eth
the Denoeratie or kepubliesn par
~ would give them any encczragsme
:" in their coming conventions !
made . strong argument in favor
NJ JoISIxs TIE roPCLrsrs
w and forming "an alliance TO a
10 this governDeut Of Ours"
yer Mr.. Niles, Of Ohio, denounc'
ht What hs termed the Clsvela nd d-She
~ nan -Rothsehild Dsmoeracy, and y
lce Bsadshav, Of Montana, said u
n. miGht q veil 90 20 - 70 he
~ prayer nsstings - to expect eth