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ENLIST THE PEOPLE Free Silver Democrats Hope to Draw Support. A PLAIN ADDRESS IS ISSUED Will Mukc a Determined Effort Commit National Convention to Bimetallism. to Washington, Aug. 15.—At the confer ence of free silver democrats today the following address to the people was reported by the committee on resolu tions and unanimously adopted. It was read by Governor Stone of Mis souri and in most respects was the same as that adopted by the democrats of Texas, Missouri and Misissippi. The address in full is as follows; At a conference between a number of democrats from different states who at tended a non-partisan convention recently assembled at Memphis, Tenn., for the purpose of promoting the cause of free silver coinage, which conference was held after the adjournment of the convention, a committee consisting of Senators Jones of Arkansas, Turpie of Indiana and Har ris of Tennessee was appointed and au thorized to invite representative demo crats from several states to meet them at Washington for consultation with view of securing the co-operation and con cert of action among those democrats throughout the Union who believe in ad hering to the cardinal democratic policy of actual bimetalism and who are opposed to committing the party to the plutocracy doctrines of gold monometalism. The present conference is the result of the action. This is purely a voluntary as semblage and therefore does not assume to speak with party authority. Disclaim ing all right to bind any person by our utterances, but profoundly conscious that the democratic party today confronts a crisis most momentous in its history and fraught with farreaching perils to the people and the country, we are assem bled as individual democrats to take coun sel together and for the undisguised pur pose of inaugurating and promoting thorough and systematic organization of democratic masses, so they may go for ward as one man with resolute purpose to rescue the old party founded by Thomas Jefferson from plutocratic domination. Therefore, with this object in view, this convention of American democrats, composed of representatives from 24 states of the Union, make the following declaration on the money question: The federal constitution names silver and gold together as the money metal of the United States. The first coinage law passed by congress under the constitu tion made the silver dollar the unit of value and admitted gold to free coinage at a ratio measured by the silver dollar unit. From the beginning of the govern ment, following the policy formulated by Thomas Jefferson and firmly established by Jackson, the democratic party has been the party of bimetalism, favoring free coinage of both silver and gold at the national mints and opposed to farming out to banking corporations the govern ment's sovereign power of issuing and controlling the money of the people. The act of 1873 demonetizing silver was sur reptitiously passed without the approval or knowledge of the American people, and from the time when the effect of this act in fastening upon this country the single gold standard was understood e democratic party has consistently and persistently urged that the grievous wrongs be righted. Failure to accomplish this object has resulted in the steady ap preciation of gold and a corresponding fall in* the price of commodities produced by the people, a heavy increase in the bur den» of all debts, public and private, en richment of the money lending classes, the parasites of industry, impoverishment of the people, and unexampled distress in all gold standard countries. a A DISASTROUS POLICY. Experience has shown that while under a single gold standard there may be an occasional revival of business activity, accompanied by enhanced prices of a lim ited number of commodities, such revival is due to artificial and temporary causes, and can not permanently alleviate the sufferings due to falling of prices brought about by the appreciation of gold and an inadequate supply of primary demption money. The rights of the American people, the interests of American labor, and the pros perity of American industry have a high er claim to the condition of the people and law-makers than the greed of foreign creditors or avaricious demands made by idle holders of idle capital. The right to or re regulate its own money system in the in terest of its own people is a right which no free government can barter, sell or surrender. This reserved right is part of every bond, of every contract, and of every obligation. No creditor or claimant can set up a right that can take prece dence over a nation's obligations to pro mote the welfare of the masses of its peo ple. This is a debt higher and more bind ing than all other debts and one that is dishonest and treasonable to ignore. The land and its products are the basis of all development and prosperity. The pro ductive capacity of a country must be the basis of its credit. In opposing the policy of contraction which must inevitably fur ther depreciate the value of land and its products, we are supporters of property rights and sound credit and stand be tween the homes and estates of the peo ple and the red flag of the auctioneer. ALL. SHOULD OPPOSE. The policy of gold monometalism has been characterized by repeated and dis astrous financial panics, have found their prosperity and indepen dence constantly waning under its blight ing influence. The manufacturers are in terested to oppose it, for they find the price of sales falling below the cost of production. Merchants should oppose it, for with falling prices they are often compelled to sell for less than they paid for manufactured goods. Neither the manufacturer nor the merchant can pros per unless the mass of consumers realize such prices for their product as to supply themselves liberally wdth the necessities and luxuries of life. Nor can wage earn ers prosper, for there is less and less com petition for their labor. The democratic party is the traditional friend and champion of bimetalism. Its strength, power and popularity have been largely built up on its steadfast opposition to demonetization of silver and its record of unwearied effort to restore it to its historic place as full money metal equal with gold. The effort at this late day to make it par excellence the champion of gold monometalism is an effort to dis honor its record, its promises and its principles. The moment the democratic party is forced into this position it heaps obliquy on its past and crowns its great adversary with glory and honor. Duty to the people requires the party of the people to continue to battle for bimetalism until its efforts are crowned wdth success; therefore, be it Resolved, That the democratic party in national convention assembled should de mand the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold into primary or redemption money at a ratio of 16 to 1, without wait ing for the action or approval of any other nation. Resolved, second, It should declare its irrevocable opposition to the substitution for metalic currency of a panic-breeding corporation-credit currency based on» a single metal, the supply of which is so limited it can be cornered at any time by a few banking institutions in Europe ana America. Resolved, third, It should declare its opposition to the policy and practice of surrendering to the holders of obligations of the United States the option reserved by law to the government of redeeming such obligations in either silver coin or gold coin. Resolved, fourth, It should declare its opposition to issuing interest bearing bonds of the United States in the time of peace, and especially to placing th6 treasury of the government under the control of any syndicate of bankers, and the issuance of bonds to be sold by them at an enormous profit for the purpose of supplying the federal treasury with gold to maintain the policy of gold mon »metal ism. The farmers Camden, N. J., Aug. 15.—One person wag killed and a score of others in .* ed in a collision on the Camden & . tis rai iroad in this city tonight, - accommodation train crashed into An «comm ^ excursion train me at Liberty Park station, Johnson, the 6-year-old Marshall Johnson of this city, was ^med. following are the most seriously in j ure( j ; Maggie Cannon, Daisy Ne j ^ an j ohn Wilson, L. Buckman, Matida i ' . Carr i e Quash, Quash, Larne w / REAR END TRÀIN COLLISION FATAL One Person Killed and a Score of Others Injured. Marshall son of Rev. THE HOVAS ARE FIGHTING HARD Perilous Day for French Troops in Mad agascar. Port Louis, Island of Meritius, Aug. 15 —Advices received here from Ma junga, Island of Madagascar, dated August 5, say the Hovas were then en trenched at Kinajy, on Ambohimena mountains between Andriha and An tananarivo. General Duchesne was ad vancing upon this position, and another Hova force, consisting of 4000 men, were pushing forward wKh the intention of cutting off the French supplies near Marovay. There has been heavy mor tality among the French troops on ac count of malaria, dysentery, etc. to IT STIRS PENDLETON Hotel Fire and Alleged Murder Investigated in Court. IT IS NO NEARER SOLUTION Evidence Offered So Far Not Sufficient to Hold the Men Accused of Crime. Pendleton, Or., Aug. 15 — Examina tion in the most sensational murder case ever tried in this section was be gun at 10 o'clock this morning in the court of Justice Parkes. The formal charge of murder was entered last Monday. Since that time the state has been collecting testimony and awaiting the arrival of important witnesses. The story first put out concerning the origin of the fire was soon thrown aside by the authorities, and a theory construct ed which made robbery and murder the principal elements in the affair. They contend that instead of a drunk tumbling about in the dark dropping en man burning carelessly and matches near cans of gasoline, great conflagration was started by con scienceless wretches who had gone to the room of a guest of the hotel, plung ed a knife into his breast or otherwise the the took his life, and then, to cover terrible deed from the searching invest igation which was sure to follow, fired the building and brought death to four human beings. No theory was necessary regarding the death of these p çrsons. for the firemen in a few hourshad laid out their bodies on the sidewalk* and the coroner had returned a verdict. In ar riving at that vei'dict, however, there brought out facts which justified murder had were the suspicion that foul been committed. The conviction grew in the minds of all, and there were heard loud demands for the minutest The district attorney, John inquiry. H. Lawrey, procured an efficient de tective from Portland to assist sheriff and his deputies. Since Thurs day, August 8, the day after the Are, this city has been a veritable beehive of industry as the various clues were followed, and everything unearthed which could possibly throw light on the tragedy. Every person in any way connected with the affair, every guest of the hotel, every person accustomed to frequent the place, and every stran- [ ger who was seen in town on that even- J ing who could in any manner be sus pected of connection with the awful crime was locked up, openly or secret People who little dream of such a thing have, been traced in their the evening of August The the ly. movements on 7 and the night that followed, heinous character of the crime rendered this sleuth-like ferretting out of all the details necessary. George H. Clacking was a young man of excellent character who had built up a good reputation in Cascade Locks, whei*e hé had resided for nine months. Being of a saving disposition, and re ceiving $3 per day at steady work, he was able to add to the $500 he took to the Locks with him, until he counted $1300 of hard and honestly earned had always been an industrious man, and as he had toiled he had looked for ward to the time when he could start in business for himself. Work became slack on the government contract of Day Brothers, and so he decided start out to hunt a business location anc^ realize his long cherished hopes. Boarding the train coming east, he rode as far as Pendleton. Here he stopped, and with a newly made friend went to the Transfer house, a hotel which has been patronized by all classes—working men loafers, gamblers, thieves and thugs. The proprietor, Rees Heycock, was, so all people here believe, an hon who merely neglected to up money laid away in the bank. Clacking was about 25 years old. He to est man, make inquiry into the character of his guests. There were good men and there were bad men among the guests. Clacking brought money from the Locks to Pendleton. He was known to have it in Cascade Locks, and on the same train with him rode a man just released from the penitentiary at Sai lem, where he had been for one and one-half years for a serious crime. That man has been traced as far as Umatilla, 44 miles west of this city, but there he was lost and it can not be as certained in what direction he went. This ex-convict was in Cascade Locks two weeks before Clacking left. Per haps he could tell about the affair if he were willing. Tr After the fire and on the same even ing, a young boy in a boarding house heard some men counting over a sum of money and giving indications that the money had been recently acquired. Their conversation, as remembered by the boy, leads the officers to think they had obtained that money from Clack ing, for it was evident that the young man had met with violent death at the hands of some one who had robbed him. Whetstone and Moore were there fore arrested, and the charge of murder entered. The examination continued all day. It was held in the circuit court room, on account of the immense crowds. One woman testified that the woman rescued from the burning building said she saw a man lying in a pool of blood. E. J. Bebb, a responsible witness, swore that he heard a man admit that he saw the same body of a man lying in a pool of blood. Thus far there is nothing tending to convict Prank Whetstone and Stewart Moore, 'though it is believed some one was guilty. DIAZ TO SEE A BOXING CONTEST Sports Think They Can Make Him Conn tcnance Such Exhibitions. El Paso,* Texas, Aug. 15.—Today M* T. McLeah. a prominent sporting man of Chicago, who came here a few days ago to see what arrangements could be made to have the Corbett-Fitzsimmona fight come off in Juarez, Mexico, in case it was stopped at Dallas, received a telegram from Joe Hampson, the big railroad contractor of Mexico, stat ing that President Diaz would under no consideration allow the fight to take place on Mexican soil. Billy Smith, the pugilist, has been sent to the City of Mexico to give a boxing contest with Jimmy Carroll before President Diaz's cabinet to show them the sport is not brutal. Tampa> plaA ug. 15.-Passengers from ç u t, a tonight report that on last -we^nes^y an insurgent band under ]yj a t a&as encountered a band of Span jg^ guerrillas near Colon. Eighty-five of the i at ter were killed, while the in [ surgents' loss was seven killed and 32 J wounded, j occurred Monday, | self and was sentenced to 12 years' im ! prisonment. Lopez Coloma, Mantan za's chief, who was followed to the field by his affianced, received the same sen ! tence. KILLED MANY SPANISH GUERILLA'S Cuban Insurgents Fell Upon a Hand Rebel Leaders Sentenced. The trial of Juan Gualberto Gomez He defended him \ Ignacio Lazaga, Amito Echivarra, ; Pe ( l ro Villamie and Eladio Arjola, j charged as being custodians of insur sent*' arms and ammunitions, were j sentenced for 20 years. EXPLOSION OF BENZINE CAUSED IT Findlay Foundry and a Great Amount of Oil Burned. Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 15.—An explosion of » benzine, resulting in; fire, consumed the ; Plant of the Peerless foundry at Findlay j with a loss of $60,000. William Adams and i William Bemis, still men, were probably j fatally burned. Ten oil stills and two j tanks of crude oil, containing 12,000 gal ions, exploded and burned. A mammoth tank of 30,000 barrels was fired into with a cannon, letting the oil run out, where it caught fire and is still burning. Committee Starts for Ku Cheng. Washington, Aug. 15.—Acting Secretary McAdoo today received a cablegram from Admiral Carpenter at Chee Foo, confirm ing the Associated Press cable of a few days ago that the outrage investigation commission had left Foo Chow for Ku Cheng and that Lieutenant Evans of the navy was a member of the commission. No Separate Receivers. Albuquerque, N. M., Aug. 15.—Judge Col lier this afternoon rendered an opinion de nying the prayer of the United State« Trust Company, trustees of the $16,000,000 first mortgage of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company bonde, for Cue appoint ment of separate receivers.