Daily camera., 1898-10-11
I1O|DQy G|eP|S
0 LQ|le Crowd
SILVER RALLY.

| The armory hall was filed to over.
flowing with most enthusiastic audi
ence last night at the grand rally OF the
silver alliance forces. Representatives
of the three parties, ladies and gentle
men were out in force to hear the issues
of the campaign discu> sed and to wei
come to Boulder the speakers, Hon
lhas. S Thomas, candidate for govt IN
or. Hon Francis Carney, candidate for
lieu ant governor, and D. c Coates,
sec. fy of the state federation OF labor.
The event was great success and he
large audience, by frequent and he irtv
applause, gave evidence of their en-
dorsement of the Cause represented b.
the speakers.
The Boulder band was in attendance
and presented number of pieces be-
/ fore the regular program of the evening
! was begun.
The platform was occupied BY the
speakers, Senator 7. P. Maxwell, who
acted as chairman, and numoer OF
prominent members of the three silver
parties of Boulder and vicinity.
The first speaker was d. {. Coates,
who in brief address defined the issues
of the campaign and said that the fight
was on between the man VINO represent
ed the real silver forces of the state and
the man who masqueraded as silver
man and who unmasked as monometal
list This Campaign he said would for.
ever end Hannaism and Wolcott'In ln
this state. He m ,de frequent illusions
to the Republican meeting in Colorado
Springs OF last Saturday night and of the
issues as defined there, and showed how
their Campaign was one of deception and
Misrepresentation. In closing he en-
dorsed Mr.. Thomas relations with the
labonng classes and said that in electing
him the best interests of all would b.
conserved.
Senator Maxwell then introduced Mr..
Thomas, whose appearance was the sig
nal for hearty and prolonged applause.
Mr.. Thomas at once entered into the is
sues. Referring to Senator Maxwell's
introduction in which he spoke OF the
strange bedfellows which the campaign
had produced, he said h. knew of no
combination more appropriate than that
of the silver forces. He retraced the
financial history of the United States
from the time of the war OF 1861, when
greenbacks were issued by Presiden,
Lincoln to relieve the drain on the
public trea, ,ury; through the periods in
which laws were enacted rendering the
bonds purchased originally with green
backs payable only in coin; then the an
inhalation of one-half Of the coin money
by the act OF 1873; then the Bland com
promise act; then through the period OF
commercial degeneration eliminating in
the panic of 1893, and the campaign OF
1906 on issues based on that historic line
Mr.. Thomas then showed that these con
dltiops had PRODUCED two theories, the
one vesling in the government the power
of coinage of gold and silver and the cir
culating of notes, and the other estab
fishing the gold standard and the vest
ing in the banks the right of circulating
notes, based upon the national debt.
The silver alliance ticket defends the
former and the Wolcott ticket the latter
The speaker represented how the
Wolcott people we're Haunting plat
form claiming allegiance to bimetalll: m
while. with the exception Of only one
other state in the forty FIVE states, Re
publican conventions had, in accordance
with Senator Hanna's instructions, de
clared for gold alone "And Hanna,
said the speaker with his ininitable
drawl, "evidently spoke the policy of the
i administration as he knows II, and he
ought to know it if anyone does. He
owns it-he bought and paid for It, II
can do nothing without consulting him
for it might otherwise do something dis
pleasing to his money bag constituency
which furnishes the wind for his sails"
Mr.. Thomas dwelt strongly upon the
importance of silver victory In Colo'a
do, the home of the silver cause. A
lessening of its former vote even would
be taken by the eastern goldites as ar
indication of waning power.
The speaker made several witty sallie:
which provoked much laughter. He
SAID, 1.-TWO days ago We had two tickets
oppo ,ing us-two tickets, twoheads. NoA
we have but one. The ligh nave beer
put out in the headquarters and the heae
replaced in the barrel"
/ Stretching his AIMS and affecting VOL
COTS tones Mr.. Thomas quoted the latte
SAYING: I'm proud am Mckinley
lite. | am proud to stand for that grea
and good man who watches over th'
destlhies of the nation. the man int
whose presence Icannot go without com