Show SOLUTIONS ADOPTED aard crable Argiz arguments mants in support of the standard immediately otter after I 1 the lie convention was called to order for the afternoon ses slon senator J K X jones of arkansas as chairman presented the report or of the committee on resolutions which read as follows sliver silver and sola gold have in all ages aces constituted the money of the world were tile tho money of the fathers 0 of tile the republic tile the money of history and of the constitution the universal expel bence of mankind has demonstrated that the joint use of both silver and bold gol d coin its as one noney constitutes the most moat stable standard of values ind and that tile the full amount of both metals Is necessary as a ri medium ledlum of exchange tile the of either cither of these historic ill money motala metals means an appreciation I 1 in the value of mone money a fall in the price of commodities a ya diminution I 1 of the profits of legitimate legIt imato business a continuing increase Art in tho burden of debts a withdrawal of money front from the channels of trade and ind Industry us try where it no longer yields a safe rate and sure return and its idle ad accumulation lit in tho the banks banks and in the groat great money centers ofell of the country ahert jhc thc re Is no health or soundness pound neRS in a financial system under which a hoarded dollar Is productive of increase to its possessor while an invested dollar yields a constantly return and an d under which fortunes are made by the accretions of 0 idle capital or destroyed bf a persistent fall all in the price of c commodities and a persisting doln illing in the margin of profits in almost every branch of useful industry such 1 L system Is 19 a premium upon sloth and a penalty upon industry and such a dyste system Is 13 that which the criminal es eg Islat Is lon n of has imposed upon this country the bimetallic standard of silver and gold cold his has behind it the experience of ancs ages aal has been tented and ami approved by the enlightened and a nd deliberate decree of mankind manmed the gold standard is a departure from thy established policy of the civilized world with nothing to commend it but teven ty two years of depression and disaster to the people and extraordinary accumulation mu lation of wealth in the hands of the few significant FACTS there tire are some facts boarin tr upon this question recognized and adopted by all candid men whether advocates of bimetallism im or of the single gold cold standard among these Is tho the tact fact that tho the very year that marked tile the change chance from the bimetallic to tile hie single gold eold standard Is the yen year that marked the changing condi condition conditto tio n train from a i price large lares general conten tenement and great prosperity to a condit condition lon of falling prices diminishing profits insecurity of investments unemployed labor and a heavy depression in fill all branches ol of trade and industry it Is not a matter ot at dispute oven ever small among the honest advocates ot of the kold gold standard that general prosperity came to an end with the destruction of the bimetallic system and that hard times falling failing prices idle workingmen and widespread depression came in with the gold standard and pre prevails valls today to day wherever the gold standard ila has been adopted avery international monetary conference that has been called every demand in tills this country on europe for an international trent ment to re the bimetallic standard la Is a confession that tile the ot of silver was a blunder it not a crime that its consequences have been disastrous end and that tile the conditions that it ling has vr wrought ought are full a of menace and of pet pei if 11 the logic of facts establishes beyond intelligent Intelli gerit question that the destruction of 0 sliver silver as is primary mone money by a conspiracy at 0 interests Is the cause of fit the widespread depression and suffering that came with the gold cold standard there can bu be no restoration ot of pioppo rity xio no permanent relief relict from rom preva prevailing i ling conditions until the treat great cause has been removed by a complete restoration ot of silver to its proper plate as a money metal equal with v gold A STABLE STANDARD we belleve in a money of 0 s table stable v value alue we axe believe le least ast ot of all lit in an appreciating standard it is only through the practical operation ot of bimetallism that a stable standard of value can be secured A standard car con ot of money constantly con stanlly increasing in value Is tint not a sound FL single nr nor a stable standard but a constantly changing standard tile the effect of gold cold in Is to est establish ablIs h one standard for tile the creditor aitor and another for or tile the debtor an and d there can bo be no more dis dishonest honet monetary system than that w which eteh gives elves short measure t to the borrower and ion ions measure to the lender under tile the policy prevailing prior to 1813 there can be no violent change in tho the relative valus value ot of the two metals for a tire rise lit in value of one on metal la is c counteracted 0 by a decreased demand dent it nd and a fall in value by an ail increased demand arid under the operations of this beneficial law a stable relation was maintained between them in ill spite of 0 tile hie most extreme changes in relative productions duc duct llona ions front from the earliest period or of our history up to 1873 if the 1 e right of the debtor to lo choose whether e r ho he should ray ills his debts in silver or gold coin v as aa always recognized the subsequent policy ins has been to transfer tills alit to the creditor thus tending to constantly increase tile alie value of 0 lilt dearer metal and destroy the parity between them INI MEDIATE restoration Bel belletine levine it Is absolutely necessary nee essary I 1 to 0 averre this iniquitous and r ruinous policy we therefore resolve that we favor faor tile immediate restoration of allver to its former place as a full legal tender standard money equal just with gold fold and the free and unlimited coinage ot of both silver and gold fold at the ratio rail 0 0 at ag tu 1 and upon terms 0 ot f exact actuality that while we should welcome tile lie operation cooperation co of other notions nations we believe the united statts should not wait ments upon poll tild hie pleasure 0 ot foreign governments for the consent of 0 foreign creditors but should themselves proceed to reverse revel be the grinding proc process essl that is 13 destroying tin tile of tile the peo pie and should load lead by their example the nations of the earth RIGHTS or OF THU THC that the rights ala iltz of the american am airlean people ople pir the interests of american labor anil the prosperity perRy of 0 Arrit american rican lit industry have it a fid higher ber claim to tile the consideration side ratton 0 of the hie peoples lawmakers than h the greed ot f foreign creditors credi brei torm or op the demands molde made by idle of we idie capital the right to its own more monetary tAry system lit in tho the interests ot of its own pe people OTI le Is a light which no tree free government sovern ment ca can n barter adl ach or cr sol surrender render TI is reserved right Is 13 it a part ot of every edew bond ot of every contract and ot of every obligation no creditor or claimant can set act up it a right that can vike taho precedence over a nations nal tona obal ali ang to promote the welfare of the ni masses ot of its own pon plo this Is a debt higher blehr and more than hian all other jobs and one which it Is not only dishonest deshores di shores t but treasonable to lenore ignore PAUPERS ns AND under tile tho financial policy po aley that now low prevails we see tile lari land d filled with ulo idle and discontented workingmen and nn an ever growing army of 0 tramps men whom jack ot of work annl tin opportunity have made outcasts and bego gars cars at tile the other end wo nye find a few that thousand mand fain flics own one halt half the wealth ot of the country the centralization of wealth has gone hand in harld hand with poverty the pauper and tile the lAuto crat are twin of the same vicious and system the situation Is 13 full of 0 menace to tho the liberties of the people and the life of the Ile lubIC the jasue in 1 or servitude serl tude whatever tile the power of money can do by debauchery and corruption to maintain its grapp crasp on tile hie lawmaking law making power mi ali 1 be done we therefore appeal to the plain people of the country with perfect confidence in their patriotism an and d intelli rence gence to arouse themselves thein selves to to a full sense of hia lie peril that confronts thern slid and defend the citadel of their liberties with it a vigilance that shall neither clamber or sleep the read reading 1 ng of the resolutions was frequently interrupted by applause anti and they were adopted with a hurrah without discussion PERMANENT COMMITTEE the ollon ang resolution was also presented lind adopted that a committee composed comm of one m member r from ea each c h state be appointed by the he delegates thereof in fix this ahli convention whose w lose duty it shall be to col coi respond correspond with the advocates of bimetallism and bimetallic societies in the different sections of the union and devise measures to advance the cause se of bimetallism throughout the united states that this committee shall have power to call a national conference of whenever in III tile the a pinion opinion of nt the committee the cause ot of bimetallism can be advanced thereby sold said committee shall have power to illi nil all i vacancies senator harris then prevented pre ended letters from senators john T morgan of alabama pugh ot of alabama and jones of nevada endorsing the convention ond and containing words of encourage gem nt for the advocates ot of I 1 the lie tree free coinage 0 of silver JONES OF ARKANSAS in response to repeated calls from the audience senator jones of arkansas advanced to the front of the stage 1 I had no idea gentlemen sold said lie he a of f making EL a bleech the resolutions just presented contain ray my views on this subject as tersely ind and forcibly as they could be expressed lit in words I 1 believe that the people of the cou country gitry will digest tills great question before the next national election and find the fallacies of the arguments of the gentlemen ot of the other side GREETINGS FROM SALT LAKE ex governor prince was next introduced lie ile said i 1 I br you a g 0 wit ily colleagues end d dif if V er bent front from i the b bi bimetallic m agus ille convention 0 v all in sw it la to brine ii 1 you word w of good cheer b eer tho the people ile a a aro a ell all tit A her 0 is no IIO need out there for meetings or apa k pi we lye are all we westerners believe that the american people are as honest as aa they tire arc patriotic wo VVO dont believe the easl rn people want to lo set pot up up a dishonest dollar but we believe they have not been educated as they should be such a convention I 1 as ao this should bo be held in tho the east awant I 1 want to say a a tow few words on the topic of honest money we want money that Is hont honest indeed in proof and in fact I 1 conceive that mr fr carlisles idea that the best beet money ix is the highest pric priced c d money Js is not true tho the best money is the money that has had and always will havo have sta bleily the best dollar la Is tot not a high i aca t 1 I totua t inbur dollar but the best dollar t Is 18 the d dollar 0 ot of absolute stability and thu that li the dollar of bimetallism the th most moat absolutely dishonest dollar that tho the world has lia ever seen I 1 Is the constantly appreciating prec precia lating ting gold dollar SENATOR TILLMAN SPEAKS the next speaker was benjamin DenjA inin R n tillman the populist united states senator from froin south carolina to whose whore appearance everybody had been looking forward to with great interest as his speech was expected to furnish the sensation of the convention senator tillmans original manner and plain speech attracted his hearers it at once and lie held their close attention to for over an hour ile he said in part some three or tour lour fooks ago there as this a to toach teach the southern souther people tho the moaning meaning or sound money abug after pul putting lang in 1 motion all tal the secret r L feric ati and the use list of mi inimitable ant money 0 rt 1 find I arr drumming 11 9 ui ill dele gales from this chamber or C and that thai bank if they y assembled here to tell us UM what as the e ri caning of sound money and after having tho the people oi of thin city choso whoso ties loans irom from the banks banka made them to tho the banking turn out they succeeded in drumming up a large gathering Katli orinK and they lad had tho of tho the treasury Troa sury to 10 toll us tile tho dif terence between sound lound money now und and uund money in isa anti and go god save thorn them by request of tho the president they had find three cuel cuckoos coos who sold their birthright lor for the moss liters ot at pottage at ap plau jel thins congressmen en only and I 1 PAW baw in t the he paper lit in which I 1 read about it that there was waa not a a solitary r former armor in ill that party in III tills this south land where tile the proportion between tho the agricultural interest and the rest la Is seventy alve farm cis cia Is five of cl al lother interests interest q I 1 see ascii before ran mo tot too many suli sunburned turned faces not to recognize lit in this gathering those ulio Q follow the plough as aa I 1 do THE ROBBER DOLLAR what Is 13 fourd money la 19 tt it that money which 1 equller two pounds of cotton two bushela b u 5 licis of cheat w cicat to pet get tile iho sumo arno 5 quantify quan cluan tily uty of it it did u rov fow 5 ears card ill baal I 1 claim that such a dollar UK as that lii Is at I 1 lob ob dollar of two hundred cents they tell you about tho the lifty cent dollar le let t us fling into their teeth tho SW cent bol lar jar what Is tile iho condition in tile tho united states look east of tile iho ahlo life river ond and coith or of tho potomac and ail there you will find the hotbed of gold cold there you wilt will find the iho men will ano manupu lato laio your congresses and buy theta them thero ou u will find ane men who nominate your preside presidents n ts and control I 1 them hem tho tire arc the cic buor aitor states of tills union ny own on nearly nil tile creditors of ahir ahl fourr boult fr try out our basi bankers kers go there to kit their I 1 loan oata you farmers front from the country try furnish lm lie CoNate raf and tile hey acau eo re slid and get the money to lost loan you w whon hone if ft we had a sound souna system of k es a and d an conent president ind and a representative ind and patriotic congress Con gruss we c w walteq kulil hove such a of tho the money of oc tills country us aa would prevent its ha congestion lit in a few money centers THE UNSELFISH BANKERS EAN KEnS mr ir cui elslo in loic turIni tile tic despair a and fill that eliat v would follow the re 1 Abill tation of belver mentioned arion other classes who v a would be robb ifil and right there I 1 would illch illco to aliat question of jobbery tho we me 1 I lio 0 o uro tire lit in favor of elvei to pay our debts in hi lafty cent dollars aher whereas c as wo we ehnow that hint jt it bar ha taken A cents 9 to 10 pay them arnona other classes ft ito ho were u ere mentioned ly sir carlisle Curll Carli us being the lie great rant sufferers ers front from tills of I 1 11 I 1 ani an I of silver were those ahoise savings bank the alic havi bivings tore its banks banka could osmy pay oil off their r rc I 1 allons of dol dellere lere in nil lilt the iho |