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Show NEWS OF A DAY. Tennessee Democrats Adopt a White Metal Resolution. DUBOIS- TALKS SILVER In the Senate and Creates a Sensation 'Until the Mints are Opened to the Free Coinage of Silver, the Failing; Price Will Remain With TJa." Washington, May 16. Senator Dubois Du-bois created a sensation today in his speech demanding immediate action upon the pending bill, either its passage pass-age or its defeat, as the quickeet means ot restoring, at least temporarily, commercial com-mercial proeperitv. "Until the mints are opened to the free and unlimited coinage of silver as well as gold," he said, ''the falling prices and stagnation of business will remain with us." There could be no permanent prosperity pros-perity until there was a return to bi-metalism. bi-metalism. The republicans would win the elections this fall-and, as a purely political proposition, he advised the speedy pasning of the pending measure in order that the temporary prosperity might subside and the country coun-try settled down to the condition of low wages and contracted business that would surely follow after the passing pas-sing relief had expended itself. By the time of the presidential election, elec-tion, the country would understand it was the currency question, and not the tat iff, that was the cause of the trouble. In conclusion he 8a;d: "I will close by repeating that 1 am a firm believer and advocate of a local and consistent system of protection. The highest and most ttable prosperity will come to us, however, when we unite projection with bimetalism, and not before." FOR FREE SILVER, Chattanooga, Tenn,, May 16 The demooratic convention of the third congressional con-gressional district at Cleveland, Tenn., today adopted a resolution favoring the free and unlimited coinage of silver; sil-ver; the Wilson bill; the repeal of the ten per cent, tax on state banks, and tabled resolutions endorsing the pres ent administration, but idopted resolutions reso-lutions endorsing the course of Senators Harris and Bate. At midnight the convention was balloting bal-loting for congressman, with the pros-pectoi pros-pectoi an all-night session. |