Show r i CO CONGRESS I TH THE THE MINING S Sit Political Independent It t Declares for of ol Action for or the Purpose Acton I I Aiding Sliver Silver Siver In inS Congress opened J The National Mining with Champion helena Montana on the S Governor chair In the 0 G. Chase of Nebraska address of welI wel- wel I foole Toole of Montana Montana made an C come J I Thero There were dele delegates ats In the J being Ar Arizona ona ton on the states represented I Colorado New Mexico exico Michigan Indiana 1 t California Idaho I Nebraska Nevada Oregon Ore Oio- Missouri Missour Montana gon Ohio New Nose York Pennsylvania Uh II Washington and Wyoming Reports from the committee on credentials credential mad mads J and Ind rules rles and ord order r of business were and ind adopted without debate Francis 8 S. of Nevada Nevada was i permanent chairman with Uh B. B Brown Drown and C. C D. D Greenfield Greenfeld of Montana as secretaries I Mr Newland made me a aI On n taking taing his seat r. r stat status the mining s st strong silver siver speech urging I the party to Io the Interest of silver before put siver t te ba bain Interests He lie advocated an agreement bo le that the tho in tween een political parties part s providing electoral vote of the mining states should be Le cast cut for tor no person as President who woul J not agree to permit any silver siver act passed by Congress to t become a 8 law His Ills view was wa that ll l three of the national parties partes in the mining states should instruct their electors to act In Independently ins ins- dependently In the electoral colee college I In the Interest In l- terest of ot the silver siver cause rather than In the interests of any candidate In this way their entire electoral vote could be aggregated In Inthe Inthe inthe the electoral college and would probably hold the balance of power The Te subjects outlined far lor fa discussion are the silver siver question queston miners' miners rights on lands granted grant grant- gant- gant ed to railroads townsite on mining lan lands landi smelting milling and reduction of ol restoration and preservation ton of ol our forests mining and mining lands Tine The Te majority report of ol the platform commIttee committee com corn reported They declare the ton of ol sliver silver siver to t have havo been a great national calamity and urge the tM tbt passage by Congress of ol ofa ola law lass The resolution a free silver coinage reviewed the silver question queston at length de de- de- de the temporizing policy of ol the old parties pates The he platform touches on a number of ol subjects subject but the m most st Im important was vas the tle following I That wisdom and patriotism bo both h require that that the people of ol the silver siver states and the tho state conventions of ol all al parties paries therein shall so 50 shape their action acton as a to t secure the balance of ol power If I that be possible in the tho electoral college to the end that the electors selected by the people of ol such states stats may so lct let independently in the electoral electora college as asto asto asto to to defeat the election electon of ol any any man as af pre president l ent who inho will wi not alree agree that the will wi ol ot the pe people lu future ol of In as n expressed In any ture act o Congress relation to silver siver shall stand without executive executive tive Interference or veto that in order ordet to t meet the contingency ol ot a po possible sll election electo of ol a president by the present Houte Houie of ol Representatives Representatives the constituents of c all al members ol of the present House louse be appealed to t to demand pi of ofal all al of ol the members of ol the te present House Rouse who are arc candidates for lor re their theft promise promie that they will wi support no man f lor fr r president Who teho trill ivill 1 not permit tho the will ol of f the pe people a as expressed In the future acts act of ot Congress ss upon the silver sUver question queston to stand n without h ut executive S SAt veto At the session on Friday the die platform as reported the day before was wa adopted A message was inca wa sent to eo congress concerning the free coinage of ol silver The message closes as follows r We declare the free meta bl-meta metallic bl-metallic lc coinage of gold and silver siver at the existing rato to t be tho to most Important public question queston now uns unsettled In the United States as a IOn long as a there Is alack n Q lack of ol sound metal money upon which which- to dethe do de dothe dothe the business of the country and arid upon which to base bae a 0 full ful and fair volume of governmental paper money We urge uJ tb at t In everl every sec section l n of ol the country North as Well We'll wel as a South thAt thit true tre friends of ol he bl-he bl bi Coinage b inage age s stall make the unquestioning trl friendship ol ot e every ey ry c candi candidate dl- dl date lor office In ha-In having any an relation elation what et ett to t legislation upon the subject et as a one of ol the chief chef tests of ol the worthiness to to receive theIr suffrages That It is only by cl clearly arly discounting dis die counting the right and acting Independently denty and unflinchingly to undo the great grat wrong of ol silver siver that the conspiracy to t force lorce the tho United States tates to use ue the gold st stand standard nd- nd ard and of ol money can be tw thwarted S |