Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-03
BY WARNER
MONETARY LEAGUE PERTURBEI
BY HIS OPINIONS.
DON'T CARE ABOUT RATIO
Says Sixteen to One Will Gut Very
Little Figure in the Coming Cam
paign-Exceptions Taken.

AoA6hS City, July ZINE DI8C10ltY OF
the meeting Of the United States Monetary
league was considerably rufiled In the clos
Ing hours today by statements from Gen.
speaker. taking the time and place which
had been assigned to Mr.. Sulzer of New
York. who failed to appear:
GENERA Warner was introduced by ex-
Governor st. John, who called him the
father of the cause of free silver. General
m ma1ne BY 'a Saying 'e asa afs So 4 far as q he e1 Ensw
ratio Of coinage. The live question Of the
hour. he added. is to get silver restored to
it's former place, where it would nave the
same rights as gold. ~
Il don't care anything about the ratio of
added. Catch your hare first, then cook
II. Regulate silver automatically and you
settle the question. sometimes think we
nave laid too much stress ON Is to 1. I am
m favor OF It, but there are and must al
ways be conditions which may change the
Mr.. Berry Of Pennsylvania interrupted
and asked if General Warner was not CIV
ing away some of the secrets of the plat
form.
Before General Warner could reply, Mr..
Harvey asked him:
D you understand the history of free
General Warner replied without perturba-
ton that he had made a study OF 1t, and he
others that there had been no legal action
taken by congress on the question OF
ratio.
SeuCTd1 ol. JOun lOllO"0u ~ oil 1HlCA-
ruption in which he said:
Il say to General Warner that unless Is
to l is specifically mentioned in the plat
form of the convention to meet this week;
a tremor will run along the entire line, and
voters in the west especially will desert
the ticket by thousands
This statement received vigorous ap-
plause.
Turning to those in front, General War
Get your silver first. Don't make more
, mistakes. When you get your silver we
| will fix the ratio"
! Interruptions followed with much rapid
ity, and exceptions to the speakers views
Waiting a moment for quiet, General
II tell you the question of Is to l is going
| to cut little figure in this campaign. The
and what we should do for humanity, and
the question of ratio will sink into inslg-
nificance."
An excited speaker in the rear row
shouted that if General Warmers ideas
prevailed the party might as we'll tear down
tn the n tlaE ,0 Of the wo eam%pna a inea 1na 5ae election
General Warner said he would not take
up further time.
Mr.. Harvey leaped upon a table. and, re-
peating former statements. he added:
"If the people do not instruct congress
before election On the question of ratio;
here to say to YOU pointing to General
Warner, ''16 to 1 has been demanded by
our Colonel Bryan, and we will follow his
> 1Sdo
H. A. Ellis of Buffalo. N. Y, was called
and said the New York democracy had
come to Kansas City to demand that 16 to
be specifically mentioned, and nothing else
would satisfy New York.
A motion made to add General Warner
to the committee on resolutions brought
out several objections, and General Warner
settled the problem by declining to serve
A vote asking General Warner to ad-
dress the convention tomorrow at 10 a. m
on the currency bin was unanimously
passed, and the convention adjourned unit
that hour.
After the convention General Warner was
waylaid at the entrance by many who haC
been present, and some of them denounced
him politically, and in some instances per
sonally. The outside protest was as Wig
orous as that of the inside.
Ex-Governor ST.. John was the frs
speaker of the afternoon session., his sub
ject being what Constitutes Money!
Referring to the convention on thu
Fourth, the speaker hoped that there
would be a new declaration of principles
He demanded that the free coinage of sill
yer at is to l should be emphasized by thu
convention, and nothing short of such al
e%nunciation would suit the people.
J. R. Sovereign Of Arkansas spoke OF
Monetary Reform" 1.-THE best money thi!
country ever had,' said the speaker, IVA.
the sort that did not want to go away from
home"
w. H. Berry of Chester, Pa, spoke OF
Freedom for the Workingmen." "Thi
was to be the slogan of $780," he said. Mr.
Berry compared Mr.. Bryan to Moses as
leader.