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A Proposition That Meet with General Approval Thurman State Tils Posi tion and Powderly Declares All Knights of Labor 16-to-l Men Donnelly Hakes a Somewhat Lurid Speech John Bull Credited with the Trouble Senator Stewart Tackles the Question. Chicago, Aug. 2. The great silver-at-16-to-l national convention met in the Clark street auditorium, and the prelim inary speeches were not half over before there was a demand for new quarters. The room was packed past the limit of safety ajid new quarters were a necessity if anyfody was to breathe or if there was to be room to move. The convention was called to order by General Warner and the first thin- on the programme was a welcome fr m Mayor Harrison, which was delivered by that gentleman in charac teristic style. The mayor did not declare himself a 16 to-1 silver man. but he came ''very near it " Notables Who Were There. Notables in the Populist and independent political wo: Id were numerous, There was the redoubtable Governor Waite, Gen eral Weaver, Ignatus Donnelly, Terence V. Powderly, and a great many others whose names are less well known. T. M. Patterson, of Colorado, responded o Major Harrison and protected against classing Chicago bankers and brokers as gold bugs, asserting that they loved silver and were '"with us." He predicted that if any blow was struck at silver, and if anarchy and the looting of banks and busi ness hoiiscs in eastern cities should follov.-, nnti-silfrerites would be responsible for if. Judge llillcr. of Cliii-ago, was called to the chair by General Warner hikI the latter read a general survey of the situation fro n a silver staii.Inoint. "An Yuiimtirons" Man's Screed. During- tlie preliminary proceedings some gold bug who ti.oiialit he was witty hired a mr.n to circulate in the hall a screed signed oy '-L. l Xiuic"' and daled from Dloniningdale.. It demanded the free coinage of copp-r at n ratio of 4.30 to 1 and said: "The 'ghi bugs of the east and the silver bngs of the. west have low ered the price of copper r.nd prevented its proper use as a national currency. The time has arrived for the iroduccrs of cop per and the small aruiy of miners who are depende.it upon t his'metal for their living to raise the cry of free copper or free fight, and to pledge themselves to wade in blood up to their donkey's ears in assert ing their rights. The supply of copper is so gretit that it, better than any other metal, can meet the demand for an in crease of the currency. "If, with a free copper law passed and a fair trial of It had, copper does not become a9 valuable as gold and silver, and should its adoption ruin all the business interests of the country, we will stand aside and give others a chance to experiment with any put financial theory they may have. If foreigners decline to accept copper in payment of claims against this country, we suggest the formation of an army to be recruited from the stares of Colorado, Mon tana, and the Dakotas, and to be led by Governor Waite, of Colorado. This urmy to be used for the purpose of forcing for eign nations to accept whatever currency the United States may see fit to issue." . Its dissemination was rudely stopped Getting Into Working Order. It did not take long to adopt prelimina ries; the credentials committee aud others were appointed and got to work, while a committee which had been selected ns 6oon as the complaint atom the size of the hall was heard had in t he meantime se cured Central Music hall for the conven tion, and this fact was announced after the usual recess, when the delegates and and visitors made their way ever to .State street and soon crowded the hull neat ly as full as the church auditorium had been. Cential Music hall seats l.Si'tl people with out discomfort. The Permanent OiKHiiizalion. The meeting quickly came to order, nnd the committee on permanent organization reported the following officers: Chairman, Allen W. Thurman, of Ohio; secretary, Joseph Hutchinson, of Colorado; assistant secretaries, Lee Crandall, of Washington, and Amos Simpson, of Illinois: sergeant-at-arm, Champion S. Chase, of Nebraska. The slate went through with a whoop, and then Joseph Schilling raised a commotion by proposing a speech from Governor Waite, and insisting on having it, declar ing that if thtf gag law was to be applied he wanted to know it now. He moved that Governor Waite be invited to speak, and it was ruled out of order. He kept his feet, however, until the governor got u p and said that he would sjieak when he felt that it was the proper time. THSrtOHiO MAN'S REMARKS. Some Preliminary liusiiiesH That Caused a Little Diversion. The new officers were not immediately seated, but the workofnoming members of t he different committees was continued. A. J. t reeter was made Illinois member of the committee on order of business. Iu diana'siueuiberof the resolution committee was Mort Rankin, of Terre Haute; Illinois, Bn. Goodhue; Iowa, Judge C. C. Cole; Michigan, I'cn Colvin, Wisconsin, George Schilling. It was before this call of the roll was begun that the convention had its first serious diversion. A Colorado man wanted the committee to contain from each state one from each political party. This was rank poison to most of the del egates, but the Colorado man said ho wanted the convention to be free from the charge of being under control of oue of the great parties. A Nebraska man vocifer ously declared that they wanted a new party under a new name and with a new flag. Kepeated hisses and cries of "No" was tho response. Paul Vandercook de nied that the delegates were there to form a new party. They had nlready a party, the People's party, the only party that had -a plank in its declaration of princi ples for free coinage. This party was not cointr to throw . over .all the rest of its principles' for sliver, it was not, going into a new party, and if thar was the object and purpose of this convection any attempt to carry it out would result in a showing of very many empty seats. Hearty applause greeted this sentiment. Heagan of Texas poured some oil on the waters and the Colorado man's propo sition was withdrawn. Then Illinois got into a tangle as to its vice president, the fight being between the city labor dele gates ana country Populists, wno nnauj won by electing Taubeneck. Among the noted people who were made vice presi dents were Captain Jack Crawford, the frontier scout of New Mexico; T. V. Pow derly; Martin McGinnis, of Montana; ex Senator J. H. Doolittle, of Wisconsin, and Representative Bryan, of Nebraska. From the committee on credentials came a re port that 810 delegates were entitled to vote and that they came from forty-two states and territories. By this time the decks had been cleared for the permanent organization, and Allen V. Thurman was welcomed with rousing cheers when es corted to the platform. The chairman began his speech as fol lows: "The fight between those who be lieve that the circulating medium of this country should be hard money that is, real money, gold and silver, and paper re deemable in the same and those who be lieve in the use of soft money that is, pa per promises to pay money, redeemable In otherpromis to pay is on." He held that the repeal of the Sherman law without substitute demonetized silver for years to come, and reiterated the well-known argu ment that there is not euough gold to do business with. He was opposed to an irre deemable currency. There was no need of fiat money, for with gold and silver there would be plenty. POWDERLY AND DONNELLY. Substance or What They Told the Conven tion Other Kemarks. Thurman wasapplauded at every sentence nearly and then ca.ls were made for Pow derly, who responded and declared that the United States should decide to make its' own currency without regard to for eign nations. All Knights of Labor were in favor of free coinage at 16 to 1. Then Iirtititus Donnelly was called for and after declaring that this was an uprising in de fense of the imperilled interests of the na tion called for a show of hands as to John Sherman's reputation as a statesman patriot or !. nest man. Sherman was "not in it" of course. He drew a terrible picture of a ."fairs in Colorado.and declared that the f.ght u.ainst silver was conspiracy. He continued as follows: "Was there anything wrong in Governor Waite's it ference to blood and bridles?" Ixud cries of "Xo.'' I say that if those monsters of other continents are deter mined with their iron heel to tear down and crush the American banner of liberty then I say that before that banner of liberty is crushed to tatters let it De drowned in the blood of the whole people. Prolonged applause. Suppose the own ers of the ailver mines, finding their busi ness ruined, should get together and do as the old settlers did with the Indians give $10,000 for the heads of the Europeans who are responsible for the origin of this thing, and (1,000 for every congressman concerned in it. 'Suppose they offered $1,000 for each head of these scallawags, how the papers would roar and denounce us as anarchists. I don't propose anything of the kind, but the men who did it would be spotless angels compared with the scoundrels re sponsible for this ruin, and if they did it, it would be only a punishment for crimi nals who soid their country for filthy lucre. There can be no denunciation strong euough for the villains who have brought the country to this condition." Donnelly concluded with a declaration that there must be no compromise and no turning back. It was now 6 o'clock and a rec.ss was tueu until S. MASS MEETING AT NIGHT. Senator Stewart Lays tho Whole Trouble on fugland. When the convention came together in the evening it was a mass meeting and the big hall was packed from Door to up per gallery with an audience well dressed and of a high order of intelligence. Sena tor Stewart, of Nevada, was the principal speaker and he occupied the platform for au hour and a half, going over the silver question in legislation and diplomacy for a half century. We owe, said he, prob ably three thousand millions. We have unlimited resources to pay it off, but should the American people be allowed to mine and coin their own money, or should t hey be compelled to borrow it of Great Britain t Then he proceeded to charge Kugland with all the financial crimes in the calendar and added that the whole attat-k on silver was a conspiracy. Referring to Secretary Carlisle's refusal to purchase silver he said for the first time in this American republic a crime for which Charles II had his head cut off, the suspension of lavs, had taken place in America. Often laws are not carried into full effect, but never until now had any high official said to the American people "I will not." Should the crime for which that king died be transported to America ami used to tramnle uuon our liberties? Cries of "No" and "Impeach." At this j point a telegraphic dispatcu was delivered upon the platform. It was from the Col orado congressmen now in Washington, and said that they had called at the treas ury department in regard to the refusal to purchase silver. Carlisle had quoted Sherman when sec retary as justification for his course. The dispatch concluded by s lying that the people must arouse or become the slaves of the money power. This was 'greeted by loud cries of "impeach," to which the sea ator improsbivtly responded: "Ah, my friends, you don't know the money pow er. Cries of "Yes, we do." He would not buy because he was acting under the direction of the money men of England," responded the senator. Senator Stewart continued at length. He said there was no easier way to makejmen slaves than to make them poor. Then they became weak and submissive. The speaker concluded by asking with quaking voice whether it was possible that there were senators of the United States who could look unmoved upon the misery of the people. He could not believe it un less be saw it. Six months from now they might remember his words - and their eyes might be dimmed.. The question at -'i is one of our koines, our breadjof our future education, lor a civui.tiuuu Sutsu as ours would lje impossible unde. a gold standard. "Don't let them do it. Rouse up now before they strike the blow.' Representa-ive Bryan, of Nebraska, was ntr?dced a," "Poke at length. v hat did demonetization mean?" be asked, and several voices replied "Revo lution." "No,, my friends," was the re sponse; "not that. I believe that every evil has its remedy at the ballot-box." How was it that Secretary Carlisle was bo easily swayed? In 1878, on the floor of the house, be said that the conspiracy formed in this country to destroy half of the metallic standard would bring result worse than pestilence and famine. This country, the speaker declaied, could stand on its owa bottom, and the time was near when congress would legislate for our peo ple, regardless of ail others. The conven tion shortly aiterward adjourned. That Rome, O., Pension Case. Washington. Aug. 2. Deputy Commis sioner Oi Pensions Bell, referring to the case of J. P. L. Reed, of Rome, O., whose pension was suspended and whose friends there hanged Secretary Smith in effigy, says that if it is true that Reed has gone crazy his pension would "not be taken away from him, for he would be en titled to $12 a month for insanity even if he had no other disability. This dispatch from Rome, O., says Reed is 6K years of age. This is erroneous. His papers show him to be 60 years of age. If be had been 83, or even 75, his pension would not hare been suspended, for the reason that Judge Lochren has ruled that where soldiers who are pensioned under the act of July !7, 1S0O, are 75 years of age their pensions shall not be disturbed even by a suspen sion. LIVE STOCK" AND PRODUCE MARKETS Chicago. CniCAOO.Aug. 1. Following were the quotations on the Board of Trade today: Wheat August, opened b7c, closed 55)4c; September, opened Bio, closed SSHc; December, opened Ct-((, closed C6Uc. Corn Auuust.openeil 30?40, closed 36fc; September, oiwned 3SVjc, closed 3-c; May. opened closed asUo.Oats August, opened '-"He, closed 1 Ic; Septem ber, opened 23?)ie, closed 'SHc; May, opened 2be. closed "-Ho. Poi k August, o wned, 18.0J, closed 11.73; September, opened 18.73, closed 19.00. Lard July, opened 19 45 closed ili 13. Live stock: The prie at the Union Stock Yards today ramrod as follows: Hoes Estimated receipts for tho day 11,000; quality not so good, consisting mainly of the medium grades; left over about 7. W; market opened active and 10c higher, later receding to yesterday's prices; shippers out of the mar ket and not buying; sales ranged at J4.SOa3.75 pigs, $5.33afi-U Hunt, H.&J&V23 rougU pack ing, $3.3 ffl3.73 mixed, and 53.i3jij.ij heavy packing and shipping lots. Cattle Estimated receipts for the day, 5,000; quality fair; market moderately active on local and shipping account; prices without change; quotations ranged at f4.75ij5.25 choice to extrashipping steers, $4.304.95 good to choice do., (3.65,4.33 fair to good, 3.S3 4. 00 common to medium do, $3.25-3,3.90 butchers steers, 2.2.3&3.0U stockers, $;.7i&3.43- feed ers. 11.25&3.10COWS, IS-50&3.6J heifers, $2.00 8.75 bulls, (1.80(23.70 Texas steers, and S2.503 6.75 veal calves. Sheep Estimated receipts for the day, 6,000; quality fair; market rather active; prices were steady; quotations ranged at $3.25(54.75 per 100 lbs westerns, 92.&&i.m Texas, $2.0O".0J natives, and $3.00&3. a) Iambs. Produce: Batter Fancy separator, 20a per lb; fancy dairy, 1017c; packing stock, 1314c Eugs Fresh northern stock, 13o perdoz. Live poultry Spring chickens, 13 12Ko per lb: hens, ll&llHc; turkeys, lftj 11c; ducks, Vc; geese, $J.uoa8.00 per doz. New potatoes Early Ohio, $1.431.8 per bbl; 6U&(15 pr bu; rose, 51.93. Apples Sew, fair to good, $1.7531 50 per bbl; choice, $2.75 &'i.U. Black raspberries. Michigan, $1,103 1.25 per 16-qt case; red raspberries, Sl.00 1.25 per 4-qt case. Honey White clover, 1-lb sections, IjJITc; broken comb, lUc; dark comb, good condition, luvjlic; extracted 6330 per lb. , New York. New VonK, Aug. L Wheat Aasust, tj-iifJ-'G'tic; September. 6743.t.ic; October, 71 37140; December. 744374;-gc; Mny, 8Sc. Rye bull and weak; western, 543'tic. Corn Xo. 2 dull and easier; August, 46!aa,''4c; September. 4t3M'30?sc'; Oetolier, 40"se; Xo. 2, 464 47J4c. OaU No. 2 dull and lower; August, iit;&30c; Septembsr, 20?2'c; state, 3B2.44!jc; western, 3tf314$e. Pork Dull and steady; new nics tfs.U0il,s.7j. LarJ Dull aud weak; steam-rendered ,$.'.SJ The Loral 31arketH. enAiie.KTc. Wheat 74376a. Corn 40c. Oats S331c. Hay Timothy. $12.00; upland, $10an slcteb fb.Ou; baled. $10.00311.00. Batter fair to choice, 20c ; creamery, 80c Ege Freeh. H315. Poultry Chickens. 12!4c; turkeys uy docks, l-'Kc; geese, 10c. FKriT AND VEQBTA.BLE8. Apples $4 00 perbbl. ' Potatoes 8538c. Onions $4 .A per bbU ' Turnips 60c per bu. live stock. Cattle Butchers pay for corn fed Fteers 434Kc; cows and Deifcis. 'Vi'i'Uc calves 4j5c. Hoa- 7a7"4c. Sheep a&c. It is the people- DITOFCTI R I U1U.U1 AND AMD NOT THE TESTIMONIALS OF PURCHASABLE CHEMISTS L 11 m m 1 L LLJl. 5 pi; n ti 5 .i r : i If ! II 5 1 11 '4 i p. i, ji !. 1 ti u t f