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Show Paper Sloocy Convention lu ' the Garden City llial aeter j Wuntn. Chicago, 23. A greenback ratification ratifi-cation mass meeting was held here to-day at which many prominent party managers were present, including includ-ing Samuel F. Carey, nominee for vice president; Stewart, democratic and greenback nominee for governor of Illinois; Moses W. Fitid, chairman ol the national executive committee, and several nominees for state ofll-ces. ofll-ces. In the afternoon a meeting was held in the Exposition building,! at which Sidney Myers of Chicago was chosen chairman. Ho mado a lengthy address, alter which General Bayne read a letter from Peter Cooper expressing regret at his ina bility to be prt sent, and saying he had waited ioug aud vainly in the hope that Tilden'a letter would enable en-able him to retire Irom the field. He said : I find myself romuelled to agree with Senator Joi es when he says the present is the acceptable time to undo the unwitting and blundering work of 1S73, and render our legislation on the 6ubject ol money consistent with physical facta concerning the stock and supply ol precious metals through the world, and conlormablo to tho constitution of our country. He furthtr says : Addressing our i:resiut senate, a::d as I think with great propriety an.l force, we cannot, we dare not avok! ppecuy llCUUll Ull LUIS SUUJCUI. AUi only tiocs reason, justice and authority author-ity unite in urging us to recover our steps, but organic law commands u to do so, nnd the presence o! peril enjoins what the law commands. He reviews the financial condition of the , country, compares it with that of Great Britain, and concludes with the opinion that contraction will bankrupt bank-rupt tho country and produce universal uni-versal misery. General Carey was next introduced and made a two hours' tpecch, in which ho arraigned both political parties for frauds, mismanagement aud wickeduesa. Ho denounced especially es-pecially the financial legislation of I ho last eight years, and declared that unless a speedy change was made in the management ot public all.irs, universal bankruptcy would result, ; General Carey's speech was tlixjuciU I and frequently applauded. j Kesulutiona wero aduptfd appruv-j ing the nomina'ion ot Cooper and j Carey, and pledging their support; j approving the Indianapolis platlurm,! denouncing the act of congress of; February 2d, 1S73, eliminating from : theJist of silver coins that which had been a full legal tender for the payment pay-ment of all debts and which was tue ole uuit and standard of value in the United Slates, and diniatulii:g the repeal of so much of that act iu atlccts the coinago and slainhn ! the silver dollar; also declaring the great work of the independent parly Was to secure financial rei'urni, A resolution was adopted fur the appointment ap-pointment of a committee o( twenty-fue twenty-fue to address letters to 'Iddcn ai.d Hayes, askiug them ifcleuUd wiitt e. r they will, providtd cj;igri.cs p..tf a bill to remonetize silver coin, by olficial action prevent it? beouiir.g a law; also, if provided ih.-.t cougr.s pass a bill providing for government paper currency ami gradual. y tc'.irn all bank currency mak'tig hu b gov-lirumeut gov-lirumeut currency full legal lendt r, interchangeable with goveruiut nt registered bonds at r-uch a rateuf g.iM interest as will maku currency tiju.il value with coin, whether he wuuM sign or veto the bill. A motion is a also carried for the appointment of a national greenback committee, with a member tor each Btate and terriu ry, with the headquarters at Chicago, lu organize voters and clubs. Tne meeting then adjourned till 7 o'clock, when an audience of hum 1,000 to 1,500 assembled in Iro.-il ol the Tremoui house, an.l h-teiml to speeches from Carey, Brick I'om.'ruy, Sidney Meyers, BuiifisM, 1L: :i, Boyne and others. Tnere n a I.-;. - torchlight pruceijem in tue lv..:i::.. |