| Show THE MINING CONGRESS IN the mining congress Congre aa recently held at helena mont inathe following resolution was adopted by a vote of to 27 resolved that wisdom and pa pariot riot ism boh require that the people of the silver states and the state conventions of all parties therein shall so shape their action as to secure the balance of power it if that be possible in the elect mal college to the end that the electors elected by the people of such states may mav so act independently in the electoral college a as to defeat the election of any man as president who will not agree that the will of the people as expressed in any future act of congress Cung reea in relation to silver shall stand without executive iner arence or veto ap that in order to meet the contingency of a possible election of a president by the present house of Representatives the constituents of the members of the present house be appealed to to demand of all members or of the present house who are candidates for reelection election re the promise that they will support no man for president who will not permit the will of the people as expressed in the future act of congress upon the silver question to 8 tand stand without executive veto mr lowlands new Now lands of nevada a republican was the author of the above resolution in a long speech he outlined the scheme embodied in it and how the silver states could obtain the balance of power between the old parties he wants the nevada plan adopted in all the silver states there a 8 convention representing all the silver cluba was held and three presidential electors nominated nonina no urinated uina ted two republicans and one democrat these it if elected will WAI go into the electoral college pledged to vote for none but a candidate who advocates the free and unlimited coinage of silver the helena journal OM mci says this plan if adopted adopt eJ would demoralize the electoral college that it would render electors independent of party obligations gat ions and make the ballot box a bowling farce |
