The age-herald., 1900-07-03
WARM SESSION OF
 MONETARY LEAGUE
Gen. Warner Said 16 to 1 Dec-
 Iaration Wasn't Needed.
BROUGHT ON HEATED DEBATE
When He Had Finished His Speech Many Met Him at the Door and Denounced Him Both Polit-
 ically and Personally

Kansas City, July 2.-The placidity of the League was considerably ruffled in the closing hours today by statements from General A J. Warner of ohio volunteer speaker, taking the time and place assigned to sulzer of New York, who failed to ap- pear.
 Warner was introduced by ex-Governor St. John, who called him father of the cause of free silver Warner caused the first fiutter of excitement by saying that
 so far as he knew, there was no proposi-
 tion to change the ratio of coinage. The
 live question of the hour, he added, is to
 get silver restored to its former place,
 where it would have the same rights as
 gold.
 Il don't care anything about ratio of 16
 to l." he said. Get silver restored" he
 added; catch your hare first, then cook it.
 Regulate silver and you settle the ques-
 tion sometimes think we have laid too
 nfch stress on Is to 1. am in favor of it,
 but there must always be conditions which
 may change the ratio."
 MT. Berry of Pennsylvania interrupted him, and asked if General Warner was not giving away secrets of the platform. Before General Warner could reply Mir Harvey asked him: Do you understand the history of free coinage?'
 General Warner replied without perturba- tion that he had made a study of it, and begged leave to say to Harvey and others
 that there had been no legal action taken
 by Congress on the question of ratio.
 Ex-Governor St. John followed with an
 int i,,
 T say to General Warner that unlesss 16
 to is specifically mentioned in the plat
 form Of the convention this week a
 tremor will run along the entire line, and the voters in the West especially would desert the ticket by thousands" This statetment received applause. Get Your Silver First Turning to those in front, General War | ner said: Get your silver first. Don't make any more mistakes. When you get l your silver we will fix the ratie. Interruptions followed with rapidity and exceptions to the speakers views and the | debate became heated. Waiting a moment | for quiet, Warner continued: T tell you the question of 16 to l is going to cut little figure in the campaign The issues will be anti-imperialiSm and trusts and what we | should do for humanity, and the question l of ratio will sink into insigniicance. 1 An excited speaker in the rear row l shouted if General Warmers ideas prevail | ed the party might as well tear down the l flag of the campaign and the election of 1 Mckinley would be inevitable. | General Warner said he would not take up further time, all that he had said he l stood by. MT. Harvey leaped upon a table I and, repeating his former statements he added: If the people do not instruct Con- l gress before the election on the question l Of ratio, Congress will never agree And I l stand here to say to you pointing to Gen l eral Warner, ''l6 to l has been demanded l by our leader, Colonel Bryan, and we will | follow his lead'
 | motion made to add General Warner 1 to the committee resolutions brought out several objections, and General Warner 1 settled the problem by declining to serve. vote asking General Warner to address the convention tomorrow at 10 O clock on 1 the currency bill was unanimously passed and the convention adjourned until that l hour.
 After the convention General Warner 1 was Wayla1d at the entrance by many who l nad been present and some of them de- l nounced him politically and in some cases l personally. Ex-Governor St. John was the
 first speaker of the afternoon. His subject 1 was What Constitutes Money?" J. R. | Sovereign of Arkansas spoke on "Mone-
 tary Reform. ''The best money this coun- try ever had" said the speaker, twas the sort that did not want to go away from home
 w. H. Berry of Chester, Pa, spoke on ! Freedom for the Working Men" MT. 1 Berry compared MT. Bryan to Moses as a | leader.