| Show HAD A BAD EFFECT iha warner sibley visit to california stata silver league of that state resents ahe of sibley for president san francisco slay 15 instead of tue great results or tree coinage aimed at the visit to california of gen A J warner of ohio head 0 the american bimetallic party and congressman i joseph 0 sibl ey 0 pennsylvania named by that organization for president in 1800 lias apparently been productive of the opposite effect alie effect is the flat secession of the state silver league from general warners national organization the trouble was caused by the attempt of general warner and several congressmen for the of silver to make sibley the presidential candidate of the metal party in the next campaign the of antagonism toward general warners booming of mr 1 were so many and loud that a of the executive committee was called at loa angeles last saturday afternoon the entire matter was submitted to aub committee of five to report upon the report which lias been prepared characterizes the members of the sibley caucus as persons claiming the right to dictate the party nomination tor president of the united stacee and seeking a division of the bimetallic arty by a wrongful use of party ma cliine ry to force endorsement indorsement indor of the said candidate regardless of the wishes of others in the party as to what the issues should be when appealing from the money power to the intelligence of the american people it plainly insinuates that the warnar sibley plan of advocating silver is dishonest and sa s mr Sib leye adherents evading a vital issue the following excerpt is an indication of its tone they straddle the national bank question by pretending to give alie can cral government the exclusive control over the issue aul volume of paper money when in truth their platform can bo ully complied with by leaving the issue and volume of paper money wholly in the hands of the national banks they attempt to lead alie peo ile into the belief that choie who are urging mr sibley tor the presidency are opposed to government partnership with national banks that control the circulating mediums at the pleasure of their foreign stockholders the committee therefore recommended the adoption of borne plainly worded resolutions condemning general warner and mr appealing to sister states to orea nizo like the calidonna Cali fonna league and to against the caucus method and calling for a national convention of state leagues ti meet at at louis march to nominate candidates for president and vice president the resolutions charge general warner chairman of a belf styled national executive committee with establish ing rival organizations tiona in this and oilier states to force the favorite of alie condemned caucus upon the american people it all means eliat alio california organization proposes to move henceforth independently of general warner and the national party and eliat it will do its utmost to bring about a national convention of its own in st louis next march which it hope will adopt a platform and nominate candidates upon the lines it lays down the state silver league also finds fault with general warner for limiting ilia efforts to an attempt to secure the unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio ut 10 to 1 alie league contains a largo number ol 01 populists and they do not think any financial platform would be complete unless it included a provision for issue of greenbacks and an explicit declaration against the national banking ersted and the issuance of any more bonds |
