The silver lance., 1897-09-10
THREE CONVENTIONS.

.., ,o, sboxvn to be a Illuminating
failure The senior senator had been
in the fight too long 10 give up pecause
tbere had been failure OF the Euro
mean crops. He showed that the pres
ent administration was hopeiessiy
against silver and no aid couid De ex-
pected from it. I'VE Will call no man
to our assistance who Is opPoseu ~
us. As well had Grant caiieu 'en Da-
Wis to aid him." he shouteu. II we
do not 90 down and trail our banners
in the dnst at tbis time, we will yet
win. Let the men who do not believe
with ms 90 TO The Mckinley Republi-
cans and stay with them.
He was given an ovation.
The committee on credentials then re-
ported. Its report favored the seating
of the France-Sprague anti-fusion dele-
cation from Eel Paso. There was only
one contest. The report was unanl-
mousIy adopted.
Senator Teller was made a delegate
at-large.
The committee on permanent organi-
zation. rules and order of business rec
commended that the temporary organiza-
ton be made permanent, and this pre-
vailed by a unanimous vote.
While waiting for the committee on
resolutions, Congressman John +.
Shafroth was called on for speech.
He said an alliance with the Mckinley
Republicans would mean an absolute
repudiation of the grand old man who
had Just addressed them. They could
not afford to aid in building up Nc
Kinley Republican machine. 1t would
| be an unnatural alliance and could not
| exist.
The committee on resolutions. after
| a three hours session, where comprO-
mise was endeavored to be carried
| through, but which, through the 1nf1u-
ence of Senator Teller, was defeated,
reported as follows, and which were
adopted by a practically unanimous
vote:
"The Silver Republicans of Colo
RADIO, in convention assembled, de-
clare that the adoption of the single
| gold standard by the nations OF tne
land means the restriction OF com
merce to the narrowest possible limit,
and will, if continued, entail upon the
wage-earning classes lasting servl-
| tude which will seriously retard. II
not destroy. the development of civili-
zation. We owe 1t, therefore, not only to
ourselves, but to the people of our
common country. to steadfastly and
1
the restoration of the money of the
| constitution.
I'VE declare that the Silver Republi-
can party of Colorado will maintain its
organization intact, without yielding,
abandoning or compromising any OF
the principles which called it into ex-
| istence, and we oppose affiliation with
any organization which does not stand
with us upon the questions of bimetal-
lism which we regard as of controlling
and paramount political Importance.
1--WE especially oppose affiliation with
the present Republican administration
party because it declared in its plat
form of 1896 that it is opposed to the
free coinage of silver and that the pres
ent gold standard must be maintained
until the principal commercial nations
of the world consent that we may have
a financial system of our own.
I'VE recognize that a judicial con
vention should be as far as practicable
divorced from politics, yet we desire
to place ourselves on record as being
unqualifiedly in favor of the free coin
age Of silver at the ratio of is to ]
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any nation and country on earth.
I'VE separated from tine party to
which we had given the allegiance OF
our lives, because it had abandoned
the cause of bimetallism, and we will
continue in opposition until the great
question is settled, and silver regains
its place among the money metals OF
| the world.
I'VE earnestly endorse and approve
the course taken by Hon. Henry M
Teller, whose statesmanlike position
and advocacy of the cause of the peo
pie has endeared him TO all Colo
radoans who care for the highest and