The herald., 1897-11-19
Again Set Forth by the
Silver Republicans
A PLAN OF ORGANIZATION
RED-HoT RESOLUTIONS SUBMIT
TED AND ADOPTED
The Hand Of Fellowship Extended to
All Individuals or Parties Be-
lieving in Free Silver

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The Silver Republicans in the state are
supposed to have seen the error (?) o.
their ways, and with the death of the
silver cause (?) have returned withir
the folds Of the Republican party.
That is what the gold standard papers
are and have been saying with. appar.
emily, great JUNCTION Of spirit. If it be
true, then indeed the silver cause is the
liveliest and most unruly corpse that
ever was laid out, and the Silver Repub.
licans are laying plans even more am
bilious than before the last election.
The administration committee, with
George w. Baker, the chairman, Mayor
Snyder and several other visitors were
the guests of the executive committed
OF the Silver party at luncheon yester.
day. A simple but most enjoyable menu
was provided, luncheon being served ir
the parlors at the club house on MAR
street. When the time arrived to light
the cigars post-prandial speeches were
In order and Chairman Baker, Mayor
Snyder, II. A. Ingalls,, H. A. McCraney
II. A. Thomas, ex-Justice Bartholomew
and Judge ]. N. Phillips all made short
| addresses.
At o'clock the administration com.
| mittee was called to order by Chairman
Baker. 1nasmuch as the purport of the
meeting was to make arrangements fol-
the appointment Of an executive COM
mittee, comprising three representatives
from each congressional district, 1t ia
appoint in turn a general committee
made up Of representatives from each
assembly district, and define the duties
appertaining to the several committees,
no time was lost in preliminaries..
The chairman appointed the two fol-
lowing committees:
A. ingalls, of Oakland and H. A. Nc
Craney of Sacramento a committee on
administration.
j. Noonan Phillips Of Los Angeles, r.
A. Inomas OF San Diego and w. M.
johnston a committee on resolutions.
An adjournment was taken to permit
the committees time to confer and draw
up their reports. When the meeting was
called too rder in about three-quarters
OF an hour the following report was sub
mitted by the committee on administra-
ton:
THE duties Of the administration COM
mittee shall be to outline and direct all
the work Of the executive and general
committees, and shall also have gen
eral management of the business of the
Silver Republicans of California and
have direct supervision over the work
and duties Of all other officers. The du-
ties OF the several executive committee
men shall be to organize and direct the
work or the general committee in their
respective districts and report the same
to the administration committee when
called for by the secretary, and also tc
have power to organize the Silver Re-
publican league clubs throughout their
districts.
The duties of the several general com
mitteemen shall be to personally con-
duct In their respective districts all
political, campaign and propaganda
work and especially the election of an
assemblymen in their districts and re-
port to the executive committeeman.
Inc report gave rise to some discus
sion, and was then adopted as read
without dissent.
The committee on resolutions submit
ted one set of resolutions that was
strong. straight and to the point. and
that ought to convince the e. O. D. that
the estrays are out Of the fold for keeps
until the Republican party returns from
wandering after strange gods. and
honestly pledges support to that cause
which 1t has repeatedly certified to In
open convention. These resolutions read
as follows:
Resolved. That the Silver Republi-
cans OF the state of California, repre-
sented by their administrative commit
tee, renew their allegiance and fidelity
to the bimetallic system Of finance by de-
manding the free and unlimited coinage
of gold and silver by the government of
the United States, at the present legal
ratio, and declare that they will neither
affiliate with nor support any party or
candidate who does not uneuuivocallv
favor an American financial policy. in
dependent Of European dictation and
untrammeled by the money trust either
at home Of abroad.
Resolved, That we denounce as un-
American the financial plank as adopted
by the national Republican convention
at st. Louis, wherein the single gold
standard was to be maintained until the
monarchies Of the old world would con-
sent to its abrogation by the, United
States; and we deplore the merited
humiliation Of our financial ambassa-
dors to Europe for supplicating to her
Britannia majesty to open the Indian
mints to the coinage Of silver when our
own mints were closed against such
coinage. although we produce in the
United States nearly 40 per cent of the
entire silver of the world, and neither
England nor India can produce one
ounce of that metal. This exhibition of
Republican duplicity, as, the professed
friend of the white metal, is not in keep
ing with the traditions of the party in
public affairs and betrays an insincerity
of purpose and a disregard of principle
which, II not corrected, must terminate
in the ultimate disintegration of the
party.
Resolved, That as Republicans we
most earnestly protest against foreign
Intervention in our financial AFFAIRS.
We demand at the hands of the party a
strict adherence to it's ancient land
marks whereby. the American people
shall be permitted to shape their own
domestic policy without asking the con-
sent Of any other nation on earth. Above
all, we insist, as did the last Republican
convention Of this state, that the money
of the constitution, both gold and silver,
at the present legal ratio, be granted
equal privileges at the American mints.
in the debt paying power, without re-
gard to the Indian mints, Sir Michael