Show MICHIGAN SILVER MEN will endorse bryan and sewall A convention of democrats republicans public ans populists lists green backers and all the people i lansing mech july 16 the abate silver convention met here today about delegates wore present including Green backers populists lists democrats and republicans irwin G walker of lonia county was made permanent chairman he eald he had been a republican up to the assembling of the chicago convention but was no longer an adherent of that party because of bia belief that silver should be restored as a money metal at the ratio of 16 to 1 and be asked all lovers of their country to unite with him in some arrangement whereby all dilver men could be brought to the support of one candidate for president and congress the report of tho committee on resolutions declaimed against the gold standard as producing a stagnation of industry the heaping up of enormous interest charges on the go the issuing of bunds in time of peace the heaping up of wealth in the hands of the few the impoverishment of tho people the increase in taxes and the obligation of debtors and concludes as follows therefore we the bimetallist bime tallise of michigan in convention assembled hereby resolve that we favor the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at alio ratio of 10 to 1 as it existed previous to 1873 by the united states independent of any other nation and all money minted or issued by the government to be a full legal tender in payment of all debts both public and private the government to exercise the option to redeem its obligations in either dilver or eoll as nay be most convenient we aleo favor the enactment ol 01 a law that will prohibit the making of con that discriminate against any oney issued by thu government the committee on permanent orgen tion recommended tho adoption of the ime of union silver party called for appointment of a state central committee and an executive committee of bour members tho latter to consist of members who had formerly acted with the democratic republican populist and prohibitionist parties the state central committee was in strutted ted to confer with the democratic and populist parties relative to taking united action on nominations tor state legislative and county tickets these delegates at laree to the convention at st louis were elected john mc birath detroit 0 R wash genaw 0 J covey grand lodge E jarvi benton harbor watkins lonia breynolds ER eynolds ingbar charlea H mcginley sanilac San ilac H E licht saginaw CJ shaddock Oh addock glober mecolata Me coata two delegates from each congressional district also elected the delegation will favor the endorsement dor of bryan and sewall |