Show I SILVER SPEECHES Independent Party Action Urged at San Francisco San Francisco Aug 20At the forenoon fore-noon session of the nonpartisan silver convention1 called by the American BImetallic BI-metallic league fi47 delegates were seated seat-ed by the committee on credentials The temporary olllcers George W Baker and George P Keene were made permanent chairmen and secretary secre-tary respectively In view of their services ser-vices to blmetallsm George W Baker Rep T J Clunle Dem and Alexander Alex-ander Majors Pop were recommended recommend-ed for appointment as National com mltteemen of the American Bimetallic league for the State of California and were instructed to proceed without delay de-lay to organize bimetallic Itagues throughout the State The balance of the session was devoted de-voted to addresses on the silver question ques-tion by speakers selected by the pro gramme committee Assemblyman Timothy Guy Phelps excollector of the port said the convention had met to right a great wrong the crime ot 73 He said by remonetization our paralyzed paraly-zed Industries would be revived and American laborers raised to a higher plane Ho said that demonetization I benefited the creditor and hurt the debtor class It disturbed the rights of contracts Robert M Beatty of Nevada thought that silver would not be restored as long as its friends depended on either of the old parties He believed that the Peoples party was alone sincere towards to-wards silver 11 A Hurley of Calaveras held that the United States should immediately proceed to remonetize silver Irrespective Irrespec-tive of the action of European countries coun-tries which he thought would soon follow fol-low such an example set by this country coun-try He maintained that the only way to secure the remonetization of silver was by the election to Congress oj men pledged to silver regardless of party A sliver education was necessary allover all-over the country At the afternoon session Delegate Thompson colored of Sacramento be lieved that party alllllations should be thrown aside and men should look to their own interests He had left the Republican party although he said it had freed his race He considered the negroes had paid their debt to the Republican Re-publican party by twenty years of ralthful allegiance and henceforth he would vote tor the man pledged to free silver MR ESTEES SPEECH At the evening session Miss Phoebe Cousins and lion M M Estee delivered addresses Mr Estee said The rock upon which tillS Government stands In credit and creuit stands on commence Tlio fundamental proposition is tnat tne laborer may receive lull pu for his work and that no siiah hax continuous employment It is useless tu say that thirty or forty years ago some DuUy robbed tne Government me yutb lion now is wnat is tne remedy In me last three ycars there HaS been a los iu values more than the wur of the rebellion coat The value of labor has depreeiateu U per cent They answer tnat tills cull not be because silver was demonetized twentytwo years UKO Why arc we bo glnnlni to leel tho effects now of tint demonetization Three years ajjo our imports im-ports begun to exceed our expOl IS and lu pay this excess we had to pay in tHat Kind of money that England wanted Our Government concluded to borrow money to borrow JlUOWuuuO trom Belmont Bel-mont and the Itothsuhlids They allowed the bankers to make a little profit ot iOOGOyw on thoU transaction us they promised to protect this country Imagine three firms of bunkers protecting a nation na-tion of 70WOotW or people und Jubt think of tho SOlt of protection they ould give us No wonder all these banKers are gold monometalllsts In 1S73 when silver was demonetized wheat was 86111111 in Chicago at Jl a bushel In 1KM wheat was selling In Chicago Chi-cago at We a bushel Sliver and wheat went together and when silver was worth a food price the price of wheat was good likewise This Is u great contest between the debtor und creditor classes and the way the creditor gets tho advantage is by declaring de-claring that silver Is not money for lie knows it Is the current measure of value of tho everyday produce of the farm and I the shop After Mr Estees address the con vention adjourned until tomorrow morning I |