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Show SILVER IS SOVEREIGN Tlie Colorado Delegation Determined to k Secure its Recognition at L Minneapolis. Tk BIG TEMPEST IS BREWING. Mr. Wheeler on the Conditions That Con-' Con-' front Them-Will They Bolt Harrison? Harri-son? Declines to Discuss the Local ISmbroglio. Hon. B. Clark Wheeler, a member of the Colorado delegation to the Minneapolis convention, con-vention, arrived at aoon today, aud is this afternoon giving his attention to local investments, in-vestments, including The Times. Discussing the work that had been done in Colorado, politically and in the interest of silver the fight in behalf of the latter having divested itself of all partizan elements Mr. Wheeler stated that the past weak had probably prob-ably been the most eventful in the history of that matchless commonwealth. There was no politics in the silver convention. It was called for one purpose, nor were the eyes, said he, of that determined multitude for one moment taken from the mighty purpose for which they were assembled. It was silver in session, aud silver during adjournment, adjourn-ment, it was silver at the three meals, and silver during liquidescent indulgence indeed, it was silver from dawn to dark, and the result is that today Colorado's attitude upon the great issue thunders like the roar of artillery about the threshold of the White house. "We shall go to Minneapolis, " continued Mr. Wheeler, "espousing the nomination cf a man who is in sympathy with silvc, and to the end will use all the recognized measures of honest war." "And should Harrison be nominated?" interposed in-terposed the interviewer. , "The Colorado delegation will vote 'no' on any motion to make the nomination unanimous. unani-mous. We of Cololado are in our war paint this year. The fate of silver symbolizes the fate of Colorado as it symbo'izes the fnte and shapes the destiny of the masses." "Is there a possibility of your bolting the nominee Cf the Minneapolis convention?" "That depends on contingency and tempo tem-po i-ament of the west. They are worked up to a pitch that is well nigh combustible and will demand that silvef be given a show in the campaign. I don't know what strength the friends of silver will be able to poll but we'll bet Wall street now that we are on hand." It was Mr. Wheeler who led the charge in the republican convention upon the Mc-Neely Mc-Neely motion that aroused a veritable pandemonium. pan-demonium. The motion was as follows: tletolved. That tberepnb ica i party in conv.-n-fion assembled endorses the cleai . a) le and p t.i-o'ic t.i-o'ic administration of President Harrison. Speaking to this, Mr. Wheeler, as quoted in the Denver -VWrs, said: "As human beings our first duty is to our Maker, our second to the nation and our third to our state. If you take away the money of the country and reduce the circulating cir-culating medium to a small amount the people peo-ple become slaves. I say the resolutions we have adopted are not a stab at the administration; adminis-tration; we have let the administration alone. The paramount question to the great American republic is that of the free-coinage free-coinage of silver. It is the question not of Colorado, nor of the west, but of the nation. As delegates to Minneapolis you have instructed in-structed us, and it will be our duty and pleasure to follow the opinions and guidance of the three noble men who are now at their posts of duty in Washington. Cheers. Say nothing about Harrison today; let his name be forgotten." Enthusiastic applause followed. Mr. Wheeler added a few remarks re-marks upon the silver league. Though a few delegates only are named, all who are friendly to silver are invited to attend the convention at Washington, and he asked for 500 men to go and help along the missionary work, to show by argument to the east that the west is right upon silver. The same spirit and the same determination determina-tion to subordinate everything to the tight for tne white metal permeates all Colorado, and the coming engagements at Minneapolis Minneapo-lis and Chicago will be watched with profound pro-found interest by every friend of silver. Mr. Wheeler declined to be drawn into the etnbroglio in Utah and declined to express himself before hearing both sides of the question which will be presented at Minneapolis. |