The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-09-08
The Silver Republican Convention.

The silver Republicans met in conven.
ton at the city hall promptly at IL 80
Saturday morning, pursuant to the call
Of Chairman Shanuafelt. Mr.. Shanna-
felt was elected temporary chairman and
Mr.. Dam temporary secretary.
On motion the chair WAS authorized to
appoint committee on credentials, one
on permanent organization and order of
business, and one on resolutions, which
were made up as follows:
redentials-Snvder, jerks, Nation,
Bissell, Simpson.
Permanent organization - Brownlow,
Graves, Bailey.
Observation-Disclosures Tuesley and
Morgan. A recess of ten minutes was
then ordered for the committee on Gre
dentials and the committee on order of
business to report.
The report of the committee on ere
dentials found all the delegates present
entitled to seats, also few proxies which
| were found regular and allowed to vote,
which report was adopted, as was also
the report OF the committee on permanent
organization and order OF business.
Secretary Dam thereupon read COM
munication from Hon. Joseph Allen con-
graduating the silver republicans upon
the strong stand they had taken and
| wishing them success in the deliberations
of the day.
A motion was then made that the con-
vention proceed to cleo: a committee of
five as a conference committee, which
prevailed. The committee was as fol-
lows: Shellhamer. Courier, Williams,
Brownlow and Tuesley. 1t was then
ordered that a committe OF two be ap-
pointed to convey to each of the other
conventions that committee on confer.
ence had been elected and was ready to
meet with like committees from their
parties. Messrs. Graves and Jones were
appointed.
The convention then adjourned to
80 p. m.
| Upon reconvening the report Of the
conference ommittee that the democrats
and populists would join hands upon the
same basis as that Of 1896 was received
amid applause and Immediately adopted.
The committee on resolutions then sub
mitted the following, which was adopted
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen OF the
Convention Your committee on reso-
lutions report the following:
After carefully noting the effect of the
mon0metalic system of finance during
the last two years, the free coinage re-
publican party Of the county of Yakima
in convention assembled, with increased
confidence in the justice of its cause.
again declares sllegiance to the national
platform of the free coinage republican
party adopted in st. Louis in July, 1896,
and the Washington state platform
adopted at Ellensburg August Is, 1896
and We further declare that now even
more than in 1895 the paramount issue
is the return by law to the constitutional
system of free and unlimited coinage OF
both gold and silver at the present legal
ratio Of 16 to l without waiting for the
consent OF any other nation.
We heartily endorse and commend the
course of our senator and representatives
in congress during the last two years In
always contsnding for the principles of
equality, liberty and justice, and es-
pecially for the firm stand they have
taken in the interest of humanity in
forcing an unwilling administration to
declare war against Spain.
| & The American citizen has again proven