Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1895 — TALK FREE SILVER. [ARTICLE]

TALK FREE SILVER.

Advocates of Unlimited Coinage Present Their V.iews. The Denver open air meeting addressed Tuesday afternooh by the silver champions was the largest ever asseinbled in that city. Sibley was the first speaker, and plunged deeply into the subject at the very beginning. He advised the debasement of partisanship and the elevation of patriotism. Frantic appeals have been made to educate the people in regard to “sound money,” but he thought there were so many people who needed education in that way that the goldites had a hopeless task and one that was daily becoming more so. The speaker told many amusing stories illustrating the points made, but the burden of the entire speech was that it was necessary to unite if hope was to be entertained for the ultimate redemption of silver. “Shake off party spells,” he said, “and unite under the free silver banner, not as Republicans, not as Democrats, nor yet as Populists, but as free-born American citizens.” General Warner was the next introduced. “We are face to face,” he said, "with the question what is to be our money—how is it to be supplied?” He undertook to show how the money question is the dominant one in politics to-day. “The line of battle is drawn, monometallism on one side and bimetallism on the other. He proceeded to analyze the chances of the restoration of silver within party lines and attempted to show its impossibility. He warned his hearers against putting their trust in an international conference. “As well,” he said, “for our protection friends to propose an international conference on the tariff. America must and will take care of itself.” Both speakers were frequently interrupted with bursts of applause.