Show for fer international agreement Themore the more one observes the trend of national legislation the more convinced he is ia that the st louis louia bolt was a bad piece of business the enquirer began protesting against such a course when it was first proposed and said aid ts utah would simply bo be cutting herself off from influence and favors so much needed as a state and nothing would be gained gain edlor for the cause of silver that is proving true I 1 the republican senators had a caucus tuesday af afternoon te and the bolting senators stayed away senator wolcott an ardent silver advocate but one who believed more could b be e gained for the cause within the party ranks than outside attended the caucus and the first business i he pressed before the caucus was wa athe the following resolution which was adopted resolved that a special committee of five members of this caucus be ba appointed to recommend some plin plan whereby legi legislation elation maybe acay be had in this session ol of congress Co neresa looking to an international conference withe the leading commercio com merci a ai nations of the world on the promotion promo tiou of bimetallism when utah sought admission into the union during the trying times of the secession capt hooper and george Q cannon were named for senators I 1 on the platform our wrongs can be redressed within the gov government emment bet ter than on the outside that platform ought to nave been studied by senator cannon he ought to have known that when the republican party I 1 said id it would work for inter international national bimetallism ii bimetallism it meant iland that bolt bol t ing the party because the convention contention would not declare for the ruinous policy of independent free coinage could profit the cause of silver nothing he ought to have known further that such elements as W J bryan gathered around him in the cam campaign could botwin not win in in this country the united states is not yet ripe enough to assail its supreme court and deny federal power by a majority rote of the I 1 people the main elements of bryans strength having been defeated cannot be harmonized again forsbe for the contest in in I 1 1900 I 1 ven even e though the boy orator has opened the campaign for that t year we look to see this great nation succeed with other lea leading cling commercial nations in establishing the free coinage of silver the influence of the united states secured a liberal concession at the brussels congress the had agreed there to free coinage of silver as a subsidiary coin with debt paying qualities not exceeding five hundred dollars our delegation believed evem better terms could be secured but in the mean time president harrison was defeated and president cleveland who was not in favor odthe of the mone monetary iary congress resumed control of the government and by means of international ter national agreement fell through now the work will be taken up where I 1 this country left off four years ago as 70 1 and success will this time crown the efforts of tho the republican publican Ee party |