Show NATIONAL SILVER convention A treating in washington of tho the friends of silver oliver the second national silver convention one ol of whose objects la Is the organization of a nat national lonal bimetallic aeto clation for the promotion of the tree free I 1 coinage irk in tho the united states metla hii on tc tie ithe the call tor for this 06 convention was wa ex cx U who favored the immediate restoration of col nago in the united states anil and each congressional district wu was requested to send two delegate and each state and territory too to send two additional delegates at large Far farmers mors alliance organizations Iz izat ions and all other political organizations were invited to send ono one delegate when chairman A J warner called the convention to toor order derat ateon 9 oon n about delegates vero were from all parts of the united mr warner delivered an address la in which lie he reviewed the progress ot of work for silver during the past part few ew years lie ile said that the of 0 silver la in 1873 must mast forever be stamped as the crimo crime of the nineteenth century the arguments ot of the silver men have never been answered the gold men however had bad tho the press prem of the country at their back both the conventions about to assemble should be called upon to come out squarely on the silver question the people of this country should be called upon to defeat the ho party that was wag against the free coinage ot of silver at the of mr warners Warn cra addre addrow the convention rose roee and gave him three hur lion 1 I B morris of indians was made tern horary chairman lee crandall of washington D C secretary and henry jones of georgia assistant secretary mr air morris said that in a monetary conference with the governments government of europe england and germany would insist on maintaining ing the gold standard because they are the t ano 0 great greatest elit creditor nations of the world and nl jold hold bonds lie ile condemned tho the ides idea as un american anil and said that we should adopt arid and maintain a distinct monetary system just as we maintain maln tola a distin distinct nt american taril tait t syi syb ilem teng addresses were delivered by senator stewart bartine Birt lne of nevada bryan of nebraska mr mortimer whitehead of now new jersey mr bajarin of connecticut and others at the opening of the eer cession ston friday tho called upon mr merrick of colorado aho be brought the somewhat famous test case before the supreme court of the district known as the allver brick case cam this case involved the constitutionality of the of silver and mr merrick briefly era slated the grounds which led him to believe that silver was unconstitutional no ile salil sald that nn an appeal to the united states so sn prenia prema court was waa being perfected and he expected that it would A oua 6 soon ou be completed among the sp speakers eakers of the day nere acre senator teller and judge symes the follow lug reo I CT were adopted L Raol ved that the free and unlimited coinage of silver on equal terms a u lui ith that of gold and on the ratio now established by law Is the paramount issue before the american people today to day clay and shall not be suppressed that we in answer to the demand for honest money declare that the debtor will have discharged ins his full duty I 1 to his big creditor by paying to him such money as was a full legal tender at the time the debt was contracted tr ji that we will vill not support for fora a legislative or executive office any candidate and declaration to the full restoration ot of the monetary system violently disturbed by the legislation silver in 1873 that white while we wo would hall with joy the operation cooperation co of other nations in the restoration ot of silver to its proper monetary position yet we demand that the united states right the wrong it has perpetrated upon the producing and industrial classes without regard to the action of other riat nations ions 31 IT 11 slater of colorado presented tho the report ot of the committee on the organization org of an american bimetallic le league nue tho the report recommended the formation ot of such a league the object ot of which should shoula be 10 to urge the ot of silver and to resist the purpose to fasten upon the country the single gold standard and nd to labor for the tha restoration of free coinage to tho the people of the united states stata I 1 the report wai waa the following officers of the league were elected by acclamation president ident A J warner ohio treasurer J P clings washington secretary lw lee crandall washington D C executive committee y F G nevi neit lauds laud nevada 1 J agrant BG 1 rant colorado richard lacey laccy new york L 11 rumsey ramsey missouri ex senator Reagan Texas representative cateon georgia IL II U C bird rj and senator john johni IV diel virginia Vire lnla I 1 the convention was wag addressed byi by T r M patterson ar others among whom was wa mrs silra of colorado who was the first to sign glen her name too to the roll of the silver league the delegates delegate to the silver convention met again sunday morning and the question of funds several large contributions unil and pledges feofil COI colorado oracho and other status states were received for needa I 1 I 1 it to is proposed to publish a irre irregular gular intervals for the interest Inter of arec I 1 coinage I 1 artor after the further discussion ot of routine and agad mattais v tint ano a choit hort address of and congratulation by M air r W rn or the adjourned alne did T r |