The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-01
SILVER LEAGUE IN SESSION.
CHIC VALLEY CLUBS ARE ASSEM-
BLEED AT LOUISVILLE.

Democratic Platform to Stoy-EX-
GOV. AItgeld Denounced the Trusts
and Federal COurts-Mr. Bryan in
Attendance.
Louisville. May s1.-The Ohio Valley
League of Bimetanic Clubs, comprising
| the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
Kentucky, is holding its third annual
convention in this city.
Macauley's theater, the scene of the
gathering, was profusely decorated when
the convention was called 10 order at 2:SO
o'clock this afternoon. When President
Tarvin, of the Bimetalllc League, deliv-
cred his annual address perhaps a thou
sand people were in the theater.
Mayor Weaver of Louisville extended
welcome TO the visiting delegates. and
told them that their work would be well
done if they .indorsed Bryan for President
in 1900.
Judge ]. P. Tarvins remarks were at
times received with the greatest enthusi-
asm, any reference to reaffirmation of
the Chicago platform or an Endorsement
of w. ]. Bryan as the presidential nomi-
nee, being the signal for vociferous ap-
plause He said, in part:
/ For silver without Reserve.
"'The question 10 be determined in 1900
for the time is, whether the government
shall be administered by the representa-
tives of the organized capital, and for the
benefit of organized capital, or whether
il shall be administered by the people in
| such a way as to permit the operation of
natural laws in the distribution of the
| fruits of labor sometimes called money,
sometimes known as wealth.
1--WE stand without qualification, re-
serve, or conditions for the free and un-
limited coinage of silver and gold at the
ratio of 16 10 /, by the United States,
without awaiting the action of any other
| country on earth. We express our opin-
ions that this plank ought to be in the
Democratic national platform of 1900. we
are of the opinion that no steps should be
taken to obscure this doctrine, or to rele-
gate ii. We believe that the Democratic
national convent tion.of 1900 should adopt the
Chicago platform of 1896 without the omis-
sion of a word, letter, or a punctuation
mark; and that it should add hereto
specific and an appropriate declaration
against the existence and the organiza-
ton of trusts and combinations, and a
specific promise of legislative action look
ing to their determination; and that It
should add thereto a declaration against
any policy of imperialism. appropriate to
an absolute government, but repugnant
10 every line of the bill of rights and the
constitution OF the United States
Condemnation of Trusts.
"The trust is the highest form of con-
centrated wealth yet known. 1t is the
perfection of the ownership by the monied
| class, of all the fruits of labor, of all the
land The trust meets with universal
| condemnation; yet as we may observe that
some of those who condemn have the
power to destroy the trust, but fail to do
SO. We may observe that the office Of
Attorney General of the United States,
through which the trust could be destroy
ed has been filled by one who was the
Governor of New Jersey the hot-bed and
| birthplace of trusts, and who was Great
ed and who is owned by the trusts We
may observe that those connected with
the present national administration, con-
denim trusts, and yet the power of the
administration to destroy the trusts is not
exercised. We may remember that the
Republican national convention of 1896
denounced the gold standard, and that
thereafter the advocates or the gold stan
dard supplied the money with which to
buy the election Of the nominee of the
convention.
DSilHNe II 10 De lne judgment and
the sense Of this convention that the Dem
oeratic national convention of 1900 after
adopting platform made by Democrats
ought to place upon it by accamation as
the leader of the Democracy in that year
the one who led them against such fear
full odds in 1895, and that in the campaign
of 1900 as in 1896, the real and only Dem
ocrats of this land will be satisfied, and
ought to be satisfied, with that for which
I they contended in 1895. Bryan and freq
silver"
Van Vorhis and AItgeId.
At the evening session President Tar.
vim introduced Flavius J. vanvorhis, OF
e indianapolis, former Republican, who
said bimetalllsm as opposed to nlonomet.
allism is the true salvation and the basi:
t on which the great political and economic
. questions must be settled.
j Ex-Gov. J. p. Altgeld of Illinois was
t | presented. The greatest enthusiasm pre-.
vailed when he arose to address the con
venuon, the delegates rising TO their feet
waving hats and cheering Justify. Ht
spoke in part as follows
The evils that result from the golt
y standard have not been exaggerated OF
overstated. Time has sustained the BIZ
a metalist, and that man makes a fate
mistake who thinks that the American
, people are ready to abandon this cause
> and inasmuch as the abandonment Of tn,
: ratio practically amounts to the aband
= onment of the cause, that politician
s makes o fatal mistake who thinks
/ that the ratio can be aban
n doned without disintegrating and destroy
ing the Democratic party. For ever,
score Of wealth worshipping gold Demo
Gratis, who would be brought to our sian
dard by such an abandonment Of prjnct
pies. 10000 men of deep convictions would
leave us.
: Government by Injunction.
But the money question is not the onl,
great question that confronts US. Ther,
I is The great question OF government b,
4 | injunction, a system under which a fed
eral judge, elected to office by corporation
a influences. strikes down the right of fre,
! speech and with contemptuous wave o
y, the hand, brushes aside the right of tria
; | by jury that bulwark Of English liberty
al the mere request Of a corporation agent
'rhe temptation offered by corrupt cap
itas being too great for the ordinary mar