Show HEN they await populist action SPEECH unity must and will prevail Pi evail have the friends this great causa survived until now only to lose the fruits 0 their long sacrifice and service at tho moment of success the prevention of this consummation would seem almost crime st louie july 23 when the man called the eibner convention to or ler he said he waa borry to be compelled to announce that reverend dr who was to open the convention convan tion with prayer had been called arora the city congressman newlands New landa moved that a committee on ways and means be appointed to raise funds to defray the ex neuses of Con towne of the republican balters bol was then introduced mr towne en dispart din part the situation of our ie most grave men long entrusted with power have aeme to regard themselves of it and their own as the proper object of it every instrumentality that could minister to it has been pressed into service industrial social and political bove been adroitly availed 0 net only to bestow inch results upon the manipulators but to give the process ill the appearance of a natural and orderly evolution laws have bean compelled to speak the 1 of a class instead f the fiat of the people legislatures and administrations have been puppets and recently for the first time in of our the tide of suspicion has even risen about the j and threatened to undermine the very bulwark of the legislation while the press by the sacrifices and the wisdom of fathers made free as the chief guaranty of liberty has in great part forgot tenita noble traditions and become the pliant inspru of but the hour of regeneration is at hand we are in the vortex of great events we are history we are returning to the first principles of our government and on every side are been the portents of the impending change one month ago in thia city of a great and dominant party met in convention and for the first time in this or any other country a cereal party declared in favor of the silver abid standard I 1 make bold to say that in doing that convention did violen celo the opinions of a majority a its cons the bold and bald declaration for the gold standard has re aults events and agitation had prad bally prepared the public mind until it wan in a condition like that of certain chemical the of a eicele to cause ano the whole mass the declaration did it under CP COCI na whose and were never surpassed a num members of that convention lad iby the grand old man e colorado re but severed the bonds of party and followed their con vi clione into the freedom bod eno of original meantime bevente were developing in abo party and when its great convention cau ia ot a large majority maio rity was to be against the policy that had caetta ed its great rival and had once coupled on capturing it also fortunate iras democracy bo have been the kenefio lary of a rebirth re birth americanism and happy gold and silver to have keen able to remain true to your country without violence to the amiable prejudices of party but that convention knew its mind upon its platform it besau at aea for a candidate fellow it izene did our young lochinvar bome out of the born in the year of lection and in the detate aad community that had witnessed tho preparation of that matchless chief 0 us people and nation removing in aa early professional life to a more western of abe common people mowing their needs beef borrows eor rows understanding their ways nebout powerful connections and lack fifi wealth by abo sheer force of his caracter lar acter and the brilliancy 0 hie tal ets forcing himsel at thirty six spare athe candidacy of a great party nay to th crimcy of a great cadee for the of the un ted states who ehll a that win J bryan ie an acci vf not rather believe that he represents and continues the same conservation to high public duty that lincoln exemplified the same heaven bestowed ro lasian in behalf of hia country all tho masses af mankind yes it is as the exponent the embodiment of a cause that wm J bryan is significant and formidable the cause generally of the masses against the classee clas yee of great social progress of mankind and the cause specifically of the restoration of silver to an equal place with cold in the money system of the world ae the first edep in the line or general reformation and advancement this indicates the cold standard as an engine of incalculable oppression at the it encounters an army of defenders ot that standard who exhaust all the resources of ingenuity in avoiding a engage mant the merits of the question were ignored epithets take the place of argument and abuse substitutes dis cushion cus eion amon other desperate bilings which the gold standard compels ita defenders defend era to do is to invent a new principle of economy the gold standard advocate denies that there is any relation bet the quantity of money and prices mankind however will not consent to be made over again so as to make nonsense reasonable we shall continue to believe that when the quantity of real money diminishes prices must fall that falling prices means losi of profile the failure of enterprises idleness for labor and bankruptcy for borrowed capital that the infusion of n new cupply of basis money into the channels of trade would tend to check the decline in values raise the prices of our products restore lifo to business employment to labor and prosperity to our people but we are accused of trying to exchange the value into we do not claim we can lepic late value but you cm legislate opposition and opposition widens demand and demand raises value in 1890 the price of silver bullion under the influence of free coinage legislation in a short time roie from 94 cents to an ounce nina cenia more would have meant par which would have been reached had the bill become a law june the indian mints were closed to the coinage of rupees in four days the price of silver fell about 20 per cent law cannot regulate the quantity of product for which given weights of the precious metals eliell exchange but within wide it can by en dowing both metals with full money powers and opening the mints to their free coinage absolutely dx their rela eions to each other and make them thrown together practically one sub stance measuring 11 II values and equally flowing where they are needed A debtor country ander the necessity of paying an enormous interest charge every yer together with vast bums paid for freight in foreign vessels 1 and other sums ebent by our people abroad wo cannot go on indefinitely the price of our farm products in winch we must certainly pay these obligations without ourselves into national bankruptcy and cinder eich circumstances as to mean als ocial cataclysm constantly exporting more bushels and tons mercha olice but at that mean constantly smaller return in money our debt to foreign sources must by and by come to represent our total assets in we owed froba tc joithe rest of the woride today it is estimated that we oe o e 1 or although in the meantime we have tent abroad between 2 and worth more of bullion and merchandise diee than we bare received and this inter national equation constantly running against leae a people is paralleled byi i experiences of much vaster proportions whereby the automatic L of our standard w working a gradual but certain enslavement of our producing classes to the money power we do not preach a revolution we propose by arousing the people to a realization of their condition and pre bent a remedy to open the avenue to better thina in abe way contemplated by our institutions we are the frienda of peace we are the true conservatives the gold standard advocate who proposes to delude to defeat their just to balk their right impulses li the real fomenter fo mentor of discon ident I 1 sympathize with abe feeling abat actuates of our people s party in thie matter that party hae battled nobly for ite through and buffe tinge and great tribulations it has remained steadfast and it is a natural deposition thai inclines many cs ite supporters now when success tor lit most urgent contention seems within reach to insist that it euall be accomplished by certain to them a an organization but 2 cannot persuade myself that such dispo ution will be allowed to prevail to an extent to imperil the union of all the friends of in achieving for muning the mightiest political victory of all the abee have the friends of this great baue survived until now only to loee the fruit of their long sacrifice and service at the moment of the prevention of this consummation would beem almost a crime we are met in a temple of concord let every strain of selfishness be met and mastered by some divine chord 0 duty until alle hafl blend in a symphony of patriotism let every voice in both these great conventions attune itself to this high theme and as our mingled and harmonious utterance rises from thia fair city and spreads beyond rivers and to tee confines of be republic millions on millions oin abe chorus which day by day shall by november become a nations eone ot victory and grall tude like eliat of miriam by the aea when she sang praise be to the lord tor be bath triumphed gloriously there uproarious cheering by the delegates when towne ended begov arnor st john was called upon toe peak lie told how corn was bolth 10 cents a bushel and oats 8 cents and potatoes cents a bushel in minnesota this was why so many farmers believed in free silver A few months ago nearly every one believed that nothing could defeat AicKin ley for president but the surrender of american interests to great britain at the republican convention changed the of the whole country free silver at 10 to 1 would sweep the nation but a vast deal of missionary work must be done there were thousands of voters missed by the gold bugs A cry was raised that it free silver was adopted it would make this country the dumping ground for the silver of the world the speaker hoped it would if all the silver in the world were dumped on to this country and coined it would only make 60 per capita and that was not too much should this bo done it would make this the most proa country of the world never in in the of america had it been hard to keep gold here as under the present under it worth of bonds have been and tho working people plundered by wall etrest syndicates and english bond sharks alter st john mrs helen M of andiana made a speech she denounced thu gold bug lits li ts estreet plutocrats and english bond sharks and eaid the only salvation of the people from serfdom was to declare for free coinage of eiber she denounced mckinley and the plat torm on which be stands saloon keepers rum power end anarchists ehe said were with mckinley afo were the thieves of wall street As gurger concluded 1 caled on the band to aby and atie dek gates to join in which akl at the request ot the connecticut delegation judge joseph seldon was gwen the stand his cemarka were a review of the foreign trade relations affected by the silver issue delegate aall of said the boost potent influence upon the voters in behalf of silver would be the announcement that former affiliations were at an end he moved that of actions at ions be laken for publication th motion was carried and toll call on taken next the following were offered for the individual consideration of the delegates preparatory to official consideration next session that in the situation the or ie and logically must be in the coming peculiar and representative of the independent free silver republicans and the efforts of the national committee should be carefully directed towards combining aad augmenting asis republican Ee element as an independent line cooperating with others tor toe election at candidates who shall be nominated by tins convention for president and vice president and a free silver congreve cong reee R A cole milwaukee said while he had the greatest respect for mrs gouer of indiana lie did not think it wise to take up aba curry of prohibition to denounce brewing would be to loee strength among germans despite the cries of sit down he continued to talk the free eier question vas one that interested the masses and should not be weighed awn by prohibition be eaid when bo finished the convention took recess until 30 p m u u when chairmen st john called the convention to stated the committee appointed yesterday to con ifor with the liete had not yet been celled upon to exercise its offices owing to the delay of benr anent 0 o the populist convention it WAS ft delicate operation the committee had entered on mr st john and require patience and probably another days on the silver convention ven tion 0 G bradshaw Crad shaw of montana a resolution cf thanks to dr JJ mott chairman of the executive of the bimetallic league in appreciation of hie in arranging or the convention it as passed by unanimous rising rote Peep fora speech dr mott eya he hoped and the silver men would win the and expressed his chanka tahe vote bet gicca it that W II 11 harvey was in the hall ariee wre made for him to but on motion of a delegate from california H D lane a gold miner and delegate froan that state was invited to the convention lor five minutes this was mr lanes first public appearance lie first convention he ever attended producing cold by the ton every year mr lane said he would spend every dollar he in this areat and glorious cause of ac to 1 who bore a bayonet 0 steel he said was generous enough to ebare the widow and orphan but when the bayonet was of gold it feared neither widow nor orphan creat cheers the was a dilver man he arid was because he had risen to that level where he was above the impulse of ashness ish ness mr lanes maiden effort was a success mr shinn of kansas moved that the committee on resolutions be requested to make its report delegates were here they needed not to be educated on the silver question the busi should completed at the earliest et hour several gentlemen made urgent speeches epee ches for delay in cider that toe conference committee might have time to perform its duty several of the sneakers eaid they wera willing to remann here until the first of november if necessary to accomplish their purpose those who were not willing to remain eaid a delegate from california like the irishman should leave gone back before they started mr little of kansas said that the populist delegation from his elate advised him that if the silver convention wanted to help the bryan movement in that convention it would nominate him and sewal and he thought that should be done today applause Apo lause mr st john urged the prejudice of hie motion this convention had appointed a committee on conference and he hoped that it would not insult the populist liet convention by declaring itself upon the matter in conference A vote by filatea way denied and a motion by mr st john that when the convention adjourns this afternoon it be until tomorrow wae declared to have been carried amid applause an effort was made to have a call of etalea made by the terms of the motion of mr strong of illinois agreed to at the morning session to bhoj the previous political affiliations of delegations much objection was made however on the ground that delegations were not full and a delegate from missouri moved as an amendment that the result of the poll be handed the secretary of the convention and by him announced but it was lost and the roll call was ordered the poll as far as it was reported showed eliat one arkansan Arkan sau alio was a former republican now ie an ardent bryau supporter california reported 35 balters from republicanism to bry anieul ani eui colorado 64 illinois 36 indiana 16 lonii 21 kansas 43 michigan 16 minnesota 27 missouri 40 montana 6 nebraska 35 nevada 9 new 3 north dakota 6 ohio 6 oregon 10 pennsylvania 40 south dakota 15 utah 2 virginia 20 washington 17 wisconsin 9 arizona 2 indian territory 4 district ot columbia 4 total the bother former affiliations were reported to be |