Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1880 — GREENBACK CONVENTION. [ARTICLE]

GREENBACK CONVENTION.

Tho Jooper County National Greenback Convention mot Saturday, January 24th, at the Court House, Id Rensselaer*. The uwottogjirae sailed SUSAftItSSSMt mao of the Conventiou. Hr. Fierce was elected by the unanimous rote of the meeting, and prefaced his official duties with a few brief remarks concerning the motives of the organization. E. R- Pierce was elected Secretary of the Convention. Members of the Jasper County Greenback Central Committee were elected, as follows: Hanging Grove—John B. Gray, Bbenezer Peregrine. Gil lam McCay and Mason. - \ Walker Loronzo Hokum, John L- ( Hershmao. Barkley—Lewis Davisson, Geo. H. Brown, Br. Town of Bensselaer—T. P. Wright, Samson Erwin. Marion—David H. Yeoman, O. K. Ritchey. Jordan—George Seidzinger, A. B. Clinton. Newton—Jas. Yeoman, Alfred Barney. Keener—Albert Brooks, Pat’k Melaney. Kankakee—G. W. Cantwell, Thomas M. Jones. Wheatfield — J. M. Helmick, Augustus Stinson. Carpenter—Basil Huut, E. E, Bockwood., Remington—D. H. Patton. Christopher Hardy. Miiroy -Peter Foulks. Jas. H. Benson. Union—Chas. W. Harrington, Bob’t Swaim. The officers of the Central Committee were next elected. Jas. Burn ham was elected Chairman, and C. H. Prieo, Secretary. Dr, Rltche? then introduced the following resolutions: 1. Resolved, That the old fogy ideas fora “sure specie basis” foracircu lation, floating three dollars in paper on one of coin is a humbug, a delusion,.as must appear evident to every intelligent, thinking mind, and so long as we practice on this principle we may expect nothing but periodic flushes and crashes; expansions and contractions; good times and hard timesr“the rich all the time getting riaher, and the poor poorer.” Z. Resotved. That it is the sense of this meeting that the two or three thousand National Banks now in existence be wound up us their charters expire, and their circulation be sup plied by nou-interest-bearing legaltender government notes. 3. Resolved, That the national debt should be paid according to the ori ginal contract as speedily as it can be without detriment to the public interest; but, if the bondholders refuse to receive legal tendoi government notes sot the bonds, then let the government purchase with her notes silver bullion, and authorize the tree and unlimited coinage of that rnetul, and pay the beads according to the late contract or understanding. 4. Resolved, That we demand a faithful, honest, and impartial administration of the government in all its departments, extending even to its lower ramifications; and in order to this, we must have free general education, as ouly an intelligent and educated people can long maintain a republican form of government. We must also have free and honest elections. Every Citizen must be allowed to vote his own choice or couviction, uninfluenced by mobs, thieats, or the military on one hand, or bribes and rewards on the other. The man who would offer a bribe, and the man who would receive it should both bo disfranchised, and declared unworthy the name of American citizens; and we denounce the men who would {stuff the ballot box, or in any way interfere with it so as to change the honest expression of the people’s voice. The party that would sanction such outrages, if in power, should be hurled therefrom, us unworthy the confidence or trust of a civilized people. The foregoing resolutions were applauded to the echo, and unanimously adopted as the sentiments of the meeting. C. H. Price, James Burnham, nnd E. R. Pieroe were then cull„ed for by the Covention. and responded in a few remarks befitting the occasion. The Convention was undeniably a success. No funeral dirge was sung— no defunct party committed to the grave. At least one Republican editor is a false prophet. The outlook for the National Greenback Par ty for 1880 is a bright one. Each member of the party in Jasper county is expected to work diligently in the coming campaign. Tho Convention adjourned aftei passing motions to have vacancies in the Central Committee filled by that committee; to have a member of the township committee appointed in each school district, and to request tho Secretary of the Convention to furnish copies of the proceedings of the meeting to the Indianapolis Sun, Chicago Express, Democratic Sentinel r of Rensselaer, and the Rensselaer Republican.

WM. PIERCE,

Chairman.

E. R. Pierce, Secretary.

Various reasons are assigned for the overwhelming defeat in the House, of Buckner’s bill requiring national banks to keep half their reserves in their vaults in coin. The most hopeful of the explanation suggested is, that the sentiment against tinkering with the currency, and in favor of letting well enough alone, is steadily increasing, and has made itself felt. It is to he trusted that, in turn, every other measure in any manner disturbing the currency or unsettling the finances will encounter a similar fate.—lnter Ocean.