Show IT WAS A FIZZLE THE 3IASS MEETING OF WORKINGMEN WORKING-MEN HELD LAST EVEVIXG The Irrepressible John Stubbs Doubtless Hoodooed It The Silver Sil-ver Delegates Palled to Appear But Several Addresses Were Uncle A mass meeting of workingmen was held last night In the square opposite the Metropolitan hotel for the purpose of discussing free coinage and the financial question generally Very few people gathered at the platform and those who did get together showed little enthusiasm Several of the silver sil-ver delegates were expected to speak at the gatheriiAr but notwithstanding the fact that Chairman John Stubbs was flitting all evening between the platform and the Knutsford none of the noted visitors put in an appear ance I I In the meantime Warren Foster was called upon to hold the attention of the audience until the orators should arrive arrve Mr Foster said he wanted to amuse them until the delegates came In the absence of a organ and a monkey I he had been chosen The people seem I to have lost hope Even the great silver meeting does not seem to have created any stir Machinery is pushing men out of employment The worst feature of it is that when men lose employment they do not lose their appetites ap-petites A man who has to depend upon others for a livelihood is a slave Many are in worse straits than the I black were before the war because slave owners had to feed them to keep up their value I Free silver is of the greatest importance im-portance to the west No one can tell what the two old parties will do Their platforms at the last presidential elec i I tion were almost identical on the sil i ver question The purchasing value of money is vastly greater than It was two years ago There Is not therefore there-fore anhonest dollar In the United States I I The financial question is what demands de-mands attention Tariff like Infant baptism should be laid on the shelf for more important issues The labor problem will sim time be settled by a fight If not of ballots then of bullets The only remedy for all these evils is the free coinage of silver at 0 1C < v > 1 ratio ratioN N B Dresser stated that the Work ingmens club propose to literally discuss dis-cuss the lad the financial and the transportation questions He wished also to give notice that several provisions visions in the constitution would be handled from that platform The workingmen are alive to the defects In financial affairs They want reform and above all things they demand sti vers restoration vers E W Reese said silver at t to 28 would never satisfy the laborer The 16 to 1 ratio is what they desire The constitution has been violated Instead of equal rights special privileges re I given to millionaires railroads and monopolies The city council he said only laughs II I I I at the appeals of worldngmen A city councilman said once In his presence 1 that not one dollar would be appro i i prate to create labor I believe i he went on frhat the Lord was displeased I I dis-pleased with that language for just I I then the lights went out Laughter I Nothing can be done until workingmen i ranks elect representatives from their ow John Stubbs declared that workingmen men should wake up to their duties He felt very much discouraged he said over the fact no silver delegates had come to the meeting In answer to his invitation Mr Stubbs sid he was dissatisfied with the proceedings of the silver conference and wanted to see more light on the question |