Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-08

received "a ahoci< from which IL viii tnkc
contracted condition the new hotlgcd mono
mctallists ask MS To declare for a gold
standard and to walt ror relief upon some
mont But the PEOPLE now too well know
that the cousuirlCy of European mOlurchg.
led by Great Britain has purposes OF ug-
srandizcment to subs,rvc d Tie war upon
American silver money and stand I'm the
Way Of such agreement. with their credit
ttoy seek to enhance tho purchasing power
of thousands of millions which is owing
TO them AN over the world and which you
States of America for th,ir food srii lies
aud raw material wncnt, corn, oil. cotton.
iron lead and other like staples, aud they
this Great britain has huge .Oll mines
in South Africa and South America ana
by closing the silver mines has greatly
enhanced their products and their value.
Recent British aggression in Venezuela and
in the settlements OF South America WAS
moved by the desire To possess more OF
those gold mines and by uolopolizius the
metal, as far as possible, 10 assert RrIllsn
nation can Cas itsol9 free o'g and a. mdopondan1
that is not great cnongh to- to- establish and
mnintain q tngnC!nI syslcm or iis own
U5rlat app!a4ae L3 ntrJ,nu tn&I Jn,T , iD i,D
lVrtmoSl lIchtSt Nlu nusl pO"tIlui Ll.iou
OF thr Wofiu, cannon com lbs own money
wuhout sung iot an inlernalioha, aErGt. EE,t,
nSnt az ne courts 9I Iur2pyan auto't"LS
who have none but primary intcfeaiS 10 , SUD
serve, the Eogie of an internauoh4i aSFtr.
mcnt has for many. years been held out
made use of such an agreement, and they
nave toiltd 1t attcrward; ana wy nave heYeI
IN all our history had an lnloitlauonal
agreement upon n money system illu hohr
of the founders of this rc1ublic ever
dreamed that such an agreement was "S,
scntial. We have had three international
conferences in order to obtain II, ana 10
terests OF our own people and degrade our
national dignity and to advertise to nll man
kind our impotence and our folly, The con,
cesson that comes from the gold standard
men of all Europe for restoration of the
double standard is the only solution of the
financial difficulties that we can find in the
outlook before us The declarations of the
ENGLISH premier and the French minister
and the Russian government, which have
recently been EXPRESSED show that, If it
succeeds at all, ii will succeed against the
sinister power of autocracy, which has been
@ssT sn 9S%ft 6r be TT of the meas to
an equality would be a bond of mankind
Waima of Money ana bring the two metals
mon n p1rify
'' BIlIETAtL1sTs OF OLD.
Alexander hamilton, the great secretary
OF the treasury under WaShlnEt9h uhSer.
$1,000 ms GurSii2tnIi hG iLaheu ihS ne IrSe ,,r7t
rhanciai act OF TINS country, Whlch was
passed IN ll?2, lining the UNITY OF our cur
rency upon both metals Tor double reason
first that to exclude one would reduce Il
to more MERCHANDISE and the other that it
would involve the difference between
Iealniy l anu a iuil Glrcul3tlol. a. = h9tRhs no i
@ E Hi,, S,is M ] c WSsbimotnn
iSnntv his W,h,n be annrovrd If Daniel
Webster knew this when he declared that
silver and gold nic the legal standards and
tthhat that nSlthyr c9mf{SSs nor any, any SsatS hr5
me ri%hl 10 rSIiDi.Sh an! 9.l,Gr SIaLraIt n @
iJnoyy tbis When he Looked to silver as - re-
source of payment and found TO his aston
ishment that republican congress had de
nonetiZou IL ana thaJ ne hlmseit had un-
WitiinaIy signed me olH. me wno!4 people
~ W. know Sis6 tbai if ,hMy wo'iid re-,
themselves they must strike the blow,
(Chcers) The majority of this convention
whom | have the honor here to represent
MAINTAIN that TINS ereat American nation,
] ]W,cH :, ,r't' @ ,.e Uo i,NIG eiipl~ iiyiGI i
Great t>ritnin France and Gprmnny com
bined without dependence upon European
nations for anything they produce and with
European nations dependent upon much
LtlaL we pniUnuce' y Iuliy Gapa1 iapaI
, .t ~ Gold ,md sir, u y ri,ni,ti ~;
with each other (Applause1 And ~.
our fathers in 1916 declared our national
Independence of all the world, SO today has
me SaC"I 3CIaioGi4I,c @ ~ PutLtS, l1undGn by
m ,iG tinr aI,taaraI in Cbi"or0 70 f,, ia,t *
financial Independence Of the United States
of all other nations and to invoke all true
AmerGans n, @ to assert by their suitrages at
where she by right belongs as the froest
ard foremost as the most prosperous ana
heppicSt nation that bi eyer blessed the life
Vi ,'NI ,'.ni'N,i.,' "po, l' s.l.S 81 $50 ny
Durlhg tme progress ol MI Dahlel speech
SENATOR llllman Oh South carolina ana Sen
conferred WIN. WIN , .ne sliVer leaders OF several
on tEe u~elesa.ionS' ~ Governor 1n Altgeld OF
llilhols' HosSThol otonI Oh Mlssourl' Sen
ator-eiect money oi MISSISSIPPI, senator
blacknu[h oi hehtuSky, anu othefs Were
consulted. me .. goiu ieaaers awaited the
next next move oi the SILVER men with seeming
iinPelturoaoliIty It', oa T
Mheh MI. il Danlel lniSheu anu announced
thal 'he convention was reaIy Tor ID, business
mere mere were louu clies lor hill' Inc New
lork senator sal quletiy eating sandwich
anu showed no uisposition TO respond; Sen
atGr Jones Oh AEkahsaS i announced that on
pehail ot the @ atiret s ueieSatss @ ln INC mouse
anu anu al tle teIucse 81 hlany Vi theh, ne
MouIu iiioCg ,iae vi tesolutlon OF
.haLhS " Si'aiiil9h Ii"'ILty ioE the Ililpartlal
ill ltisiiiisi III "itGn ~ ne nav hau pLealueu over
~ .ne Do Eeitlpi. ~ was e.ol'Seu unanimously
as as was anotilGi - Iesolu'loh olieFeu py senator
W WhiIe OF Cailtoihla' making the rules OF
the hity-tniFa mouse OF representatives. gov
eIh tne ueliperatlols Oh the convention
lhe roli OF states was then cahea under the
customary practice ana the se!ectlohs Tor
membership on the various committees were
announce"
NAMES OF THE COMMITTEES.
The committee on resolutions as an
nounced follows: Alabama j. H. Bank
head; Arkansas, j. e. Jones; California
stephen NJ. White; Colorado, C. S. Thomas;
J,,nda IJorrigo,.