The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-09

W
of the provisional committee of the
National Silver Republican party
which met in executive session at the
Leland hotel today. Besides the COM
mitteemen of the various states rep
resented, over 100 silver Republicans
were present from all parts OF the
country The states represented were
Alabama, Arkansas. California, Colo
RADIO. Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, IL
linois. Indiana. Iowa, Kansas, Ken
lucky, Louisiana, MASSACHUSETTS, Mlcnl-
gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, New Jersey, New YORK
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ore
gon. Pennsylvania. South Dakota,
Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyon-
ing, and West Virginia.
Promptly at l o'clock the meeting
was called to order by ex-Congressman
Charles A. Towne, of Minnesota he
said, in part:
Il give YOU greeting upon the aus
picious opening of the conference, and
congratulate you and the great cause
wherein we are engaged, that SO nu-
merous and representative BODY OF
men has gathered from large MAJOR
ity of the states and territories 10 par
ticipate in the first general councll OF
the Silver Republican party OF the
United States. We are happy, also.
to welcome the inspiring presence Oh
a delegation representing the bimetalllc
orga nization of the women OF the
country, whose sympathies are en-
listed. as ever, in behalf of justice and
humanity"
After referring briefly to the circum-
stances attending and the motives IN
stigating the inception of the move.
ment he spoke of the organization or
the provisional national committee at
the suggestion of the Republican sena-
tors and congressman. Continuing he
said:
OUR MOTIVES.
"Our motives were these: We desire,
above all things else of immediate po-
litical concern. the speedy re-estaollsn-
ment in the United States of true hi-
metallism, the same privilege of free
coinage at the mint of both gold and
silver, and absolute equality between
them in all money power, when coined,
with the option to every payer, whetner
the government or an individual, 10
choose what coin shall be the basis of
payment in every instance: We wish
to do all in our power to advance ms
happy contamination and we reaHze
that if this great cause is to succeed
on the elections of 1888 and 1900 1t can
do so only through the addition to the
allied armies of 100000 that followed
the banner of the joint stand in 1896
of at least some hundreds of thousands
of the Republicans of that contest.
PRIMARY OBJECT.
I'VE have other plans, or may have,
and we believe in other things also; but
the restorat ton of silver as basic or
primary money along with gold is the
first and engrossing object OF our ac-
tivities and shall remain so until the
crescent of promise shall have rounded
into the full orb of success
The general method of our pro-
cedure will be that demanded by the
depth of our convictions, and the
dominant Importance of the issue that
has moved us. With us, the cause is
everything. Men and parties sink into
relative inconsequence. All armies
marching to invest the citadel of the
gold standard are our allies, all their
soldiers our comrades. We Will Loyalty
and tirelesSly cooperate with all other
organized forms of bimetallism that
honestly profess the faith and resolute-
ly and undeviatingly keep it. Harmony
is of vital concern TO the success OF the
cause. and nothing but consideration or
its welfare shall limit the burdens we
will gladly bear or the sacrifices we
will eagerly make to advance 1t. But
the sincerity we offer we shall also re-
quire. Our allegiance is to the cause
alone and we should as readily aban-
don an ally who would imperll the
cause as we turned from the old Re-
publican party when it was false to its
duties. Our allies must recognize that
the present critical situation in Ameri-
can politics signaliZeS the interactlon
of forces preparing a re-alignment or
parties. Old things are being done
away with and all things are becoming
new Let the dead past bury its dead.
Regret of the necessity of sundering
the accustomed ties must be swallowed
M in the satisfaction of forming new
ones that shall link us to the duties Of
the future rather than to the memories
of the past.
UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES.
at would be useless to deny that So
cial and industrial evolution is making
for political treatment other questions
that will successfully ripen for settle
ment after the monetary reformation
shall have been accomplished and that
the underlying principles on which
their wise settlement depends are such
as naturally to place their achievement
in the same hands. Many of these have
been long advocated by that great ad-
vance guard, the Populist party. and
some of the most urgent ones are more
and more commencing themselves to
the reason and sympathies of men, Is
il too much to expect. or is it injudi-
cious in me to express the hope that
silver Democrats, Populists and silver
Republicans may by 1900 be welded
into one strong and serviceable instru-
ment in the hands OF providence Tor
the political regeneration or the
country and the beginning of reform
restoring the spirit of the constitution
and contributing to the advancement
and happiness of mankind?
In conclusion Mr. Towne said the
Immediate business in hand was the
determination of the time and place
for holding a national convention, the
membership of which could make an
authoritative declaration of principles
the discussion and adoption of plan
of general organization in the states
and territories would follow.
After the close of the chairman's ad-
dress, J. B. Manager of West. virginia
was chosen secretary OIL tne conl s s's,
kilograms of regret were read from
Senator Frank J. Cannon, of Utah, and
General Warner.
A feature of the opening session was
the visit of a delegation of women re-
presenting the Women's Bimetallic
Union. headed by Mrs. Tillinghast, of
Cleveland.
Just previous to the national meeting
the district delegates from Illinois met
at the call of Chairman C. c. Strawn.
of Pontiac, and perfected the state
organization.
Committees on order of business and
of plan of organization were then
named OF the latter ex-senator Du-
bois. of Idaho, was made chairman
A resolution passed admitting TO the
r,aatinp the visiting silver Republicans