The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 26, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXX._NO. 26. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TILLMAN'S FREE SILVER SPEECH, New Yorkers Listen to Ar- guments for Free Coinage. CAPITALISTS ATTACKED President Cleveland' Proclaimed to Be a Tool of Wall i Street. [ | AN APPEAL TO LABORING MEN. ‘\ | | Free Silver and New Precautionary | Coin and Gold Certificates Demanded. | | NEW YORK, N. Y., June 25.—The sil- ver mass-meeting at Cooper Union to- | night filled the large anditorium and all the available standing room. The audience was enthusiastic. Senator Ben- jamin R. Tillman of South Carolina oc- | capled a prominent place on the platform and was cheered lustily when he entered the auditorium. George F. Keeney, founder of the Ameri- can Silver Organization, presided. He said tbat the object of the meeting was to get resolutions adopted declaring for the free coinage of silver and urging the adop- tion of free coinage by the Chicago Con- vention. | After Senator Bixby had made a few | remarks, in which he said the country | needed free siver and was going to get it, | Hon. Alexander Delmar was introduced | as a recognized authority, the world over, | on the money question. He made a| lengthy speech in which he said that the | capitalists were not content with the high | rates of interest, but wanted to bind the | people to pay in gold, of which they | had a monopoly. The country needed a | medium of exchange. Gold would not do, | because it would flow out of the country. Silver and greenbacks would do, because they would stay here. Fifty per cent of the business of the country, the speaker | said, is done by note, proving that there is not sufficient money counting in both gold and silver, for the volume of business. “This nation, if it is to remain inde- pendent, must devise and maintain its own system of money,” said Mr. Delmar, “and I saw, with the monetary commis- sions of 1876 and 1878, that all attempts to render money international are doomed to disastrous failure.” It took several minutes for the vast crowd in the auditorium to get through cheering when Senator Tillman was in- troduced. He began by paying his re- spects to the mewspapers. He said that the night would give an opportunity to show the members of the audience that the newspapers were unconscionable liars. The owners of the newspapers, he | said, were prostitutes of journalism, and | not a paper in New York would dare print | his speech in full. The speaker said that | although he had been much talked about | and lied about, he had written his name | on a page of South Carolina history in | sucha way that it would remain there alwaye., Coming to the money question, the Senator said: “If the Chicago Convention does not give us Democracy and return to the faith of | Washington and Jefferson I will have | nothing to do with it afterward. The | money question isup and has got to be | settled. It is as important as was the | slavery question, and if enough of you can get together to reverse the verdict of the | two millionaire conventions yon will de- | serve the thanks of the whole country.” | | | troops in case of a strike.” | shall be reopened to equally unrestricted coin- | to receive, if they prefer, in lieu of coin at | the coining value, coin of the United States | which shall be redeemed on demand, in gold T “Then where is the gold gone?” asked Sepator Tiliman. “You have not handled | | it, although $450,000,000 or $550,000,000 in | Government bonds were: sold on Manhat- tan Island.” The Senator said that if he were in the Senate committee investigating the recent bond sale, he would ask President Cleve- {1and why he made a private contract to | sell bonds at 104}4 per cent, when they | were selling on the public market at 117. He then talked about unemployed labor, | which he said was a lever by which those employed were ground down toc low wages. | “Youseeon your own streetcar lines,” | he continued, *‘cars labeled ‘United States | Mail.” These cars don’t carry any mail. | They are put on tkere so the car lines can | claim the protectjon of United States | Senator Tillman characterized John Sherman of Ohio as the high priest of ammon and the joint-owner with Hanna | of William McKinley. “All of you who are going to vote for gold, hold un your | hands,” concluded the -Senator. Five | hands were held up. . ! “All thcse who are going to vote for ! silver, regardless of party, hold up your hands.” Over half the audience raised their hands. The speaker said, as he sat down: “America for Americans, and to — with England and all other countries.” Clarence Ladd-Davis read resolutions which were adopted by acclamation. They demand the incorporation in the platform | of the National Democracy of the follow- | ing: First, A—That the mints of the United States age of goid and silver into unlimited legal tender money oi the Unitea States; the gold to issue in the present standard goid coins, and the silver to issue in the present standard silver dollars. B—Depositors of gold or silver at the mints or silver coin at the option and according to the convenience of the United States. C—As & safeguard against panic and money stringency the Secretary of the Treasury shall be empowered to issue coin certificates addi- tionally against deposits of interest-bearing bonds of the United States, the interest accru- ing on the bonds to indre to the United States pending their re-exchange for the coin certifi- cates, which coin_certificates when returned | shall be canceled, provided that such addi- | tional issues of coin certificates shall not reduce the percentage of coin and bullion reserved for coin certificates and silver certifi- cales below 60 per cent of the aggregate sum of coin certificates and silver certificates out- standing. The now outstanding silver certifi- cates, gold -certificates and treasury notes of 1890 to be retired as they come into the treasury. This (A) is free coinage at 16 to 1; the convenient gold certificate (B) to take the place of gold certificates, silver certificates and treasury notes of 1890; the safegnard (C) would provide for a temporary in- crease of $327,000,000 of paper money against the silver reported in the treasury Jupe L Becond—We demsand provision for direct legislation by means of the optional initiative and referendum. It was resolved that a committee attend the Populist convention in 8t Louis to urge the adoption of the above demands as means to -harmonize all elements of reform, in order to unite all reform forces for the pending camoaign. i e B GEORGIANS FAVOR SILVER Ten Out qf Eleven District Delega~ | tlons Are Pledged to Its Support. . MACON, Ga., June 25 — Georgia’s | Democracy adopted the unit rule in con- | vention to-day and seat a solid delegation | to Chicago for free silver. Hon. Steve Clay was elected cha irman of the conven- tion. The delegates at large to Chicago ate: | E. P. Howell of the Atlanta Constitution, | Senator Patrick Walsh of the Augusta Chronicle, Hal Lewis and J. Pope Brown. Out of eleven Congressional districts there are ten solid silver delegations, and the eleventh is bound to vote fora 16 to 1 bi- | metallic platform and bimetallic candi- | dates under the unit rule. The platiorm deplores lynchings and | favorsithe enactment of such laws as will | effectually prevent the same; declares its devotion to ‘‘pure Demoeratic faith, which demands that the primary money of the Senator Tillman referred tc the moneyed | country shall be the gold and silver coin- men of the East as timble-riggers, and re- | age of the constitution and which favors a peated his assertion that Cleveland was a | circulating medium convertible into such tool of Wall street. The Senator called on | money without loss”’; and demands the all those who had handled gold within a | free and unlimited ccinage of both silver | year to hold uptheir hands. Half a dozen ‘ hands were raised. Then he called on | those who had not handled gold coin to raise tbeir hands. Possibly a thousand hands went up. I and gold, independent of the action of any other Government, at the ratio of 16to 1. |, It also condemns “‘a financial policy which | necessitates the increase of the bonded debt of the country in time of peace, to MRS. WILLIAM McKINLEY. s, 3 U Wy //fl// 7y ) \.Wi' e / { st \ This portrait is reproduced from a recent photograph presented to John Paul Cos- grave, correspondent of “The Call,” on the occasion of his visit to the McKinley residence at Canton last Satu rday. maintain a gold reserve, or to pay the cur- rent expenses of the Government.” It demands the repeal of all laws **which clothe a Secretary of the Treasury with the more than imperial power to issue | bonds and increase the public debt at his | will and nleasure without specific anthor- ity from Congress.” It favors the payment of the public debt as rapidly as practicable; a tariff for rev- enue only; the repeal of the unconstitu- tional tax upon State bank issues, and advocates the adoption of the constitu- tional amendment which will authorize the collection of a graduated income tax. The entire list of State officers was re- nominated excepting the State Treasurer, who declined the honor, so the Assistant | Treasurer, W. J. Spear, was named for the office. The others are: Governor, W. H. Atkinson; Secretary of State, A. B. Cand- ler; Attorney:General, J. M. Terrell; Com- missioner of Agriculture, R. T. Nesbitt; Comptroller-General, W. A. Wright. DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA. The Democratic S:ate Convention Entirely Controlied by Free Sliver Men. RALEIGH, N. C., June 25.—The Demo- cratic couvention here to-day was one of the most largely attended ever held in the State. The silver men were in abso- THE RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM McKINLEY AT CANTON, OHIO. The photograph from which the above picture was made was presented to “The Call’s” correspondent, John Paul Cosgrave, by Mrs. McKinley on the occasion of his visit to Canton in the interest ~ S A e == e T T S 2 " of this paper last. Saturday. lute control. The afternoon was devoted to speech-making and there were scores of declarations for free silver, in which two prominent Federal office-holders; Revenue Collector Simmons of Raleigh and Dis: trict Attorney R. B. Glenn of Winston, heartily joined. Clement Manley was elected permanent chairman. | The platform adopted appeals to the | people to sustain the Jeffersonian anti- | centralization principles. favors inde- | pendently of other nations free and’ un- limited colnage of silver and gold without discrimination against either at the pres- ent legal ratio of 16 to 1, condemns pay- ing Government debts in gold which were specifically made payable in coin and-in- structs the delegates to Chicago to advo- cate as a unit the restoring of silver. Thbe resolutions further declare in favor of a graduated income tax and oppose all monopoliés and trusts. The resolutions are fervent in their indorsement of the State administration, A resolution was adopted by the con- vention extending sympathy to the Cubans struggling for liberty. Oyrus B. Watson was nominated for Governor on the first ballot to-night. SR McKINLEY IN DEMAND. He Is Wanted In a Score of Places to Act as a Fourth of July Orator. CANTON, O=nro, June 25.—Meajor Me- Kinley is in great demand as a Fourth of July orator. Invitations from a score of places have been received asking him to take part in celebrations. This evening a very strong delegation from Columbus, Ohio, headed by Mayor Allen, urged him to come to Columbus on the Fourth, not as a Presidential candidate, but as an old friend among his own people. It is proposed to have an old-fashioned muster and Fourth of July celebration, and it is expected that 100,000 people will 2o to Columbus to participate in it. Major McKinley is strongiy inclined to accept. Among the callers at the McKinley residence to-day was Mrs. Robert Peer Fuller of Cheyenne. She told Major Mc- Kinley that she would vote for him and that he would receive the ballot of every woman voter in Wyoming. “The women of the country like your quality of manhood,” said, Mrs. Fuller. “It appeals to us all. We believe in you, and you may be sure.that the influence of the women of the United States will be exerted in your behalf.” Other callers were Charles A. Moore, a widely known 'Brooklyn manufacturer; ex-Governor Sidney Edgerton, E. : P. Whiteman of New York City ana Mr. and Mrs. G- A. Crittendon of Brooklyn. Colonei Thomas Ochiltree cabled his congratulations from London this even- ing. Colonel Tom Allen, the Democratic Mayor of Columbus, pleased McKinley’s friends to-night by declaring he would vote the Republican ticket if the Demo- crats made a free-silver platform. Mr. Allen is a manufacturer and a large em- ployer of labor. AR P MONTANA SILVER MEN. Rousing Reception Accorded Con- gressman Charles S. Hartman by Butte City People. BUTTE, Moxr., June 25.—Congressman Cbarles 8. Hartman visited Butté to-day and was given the greatest reception ever accorded a public man in this State. Sev- most prominent citizens of Butte, pulled the Congressman’s carriage from the depot to the hotel, a distance of over a mile. The city had the appearance of a holidav celebration. Bands paraded the streets and buildings were decorated in honor of the visitor. To-night Hartman addressed between 4000 and 5000 people and declared that the silver Republicans had deserted the National organization for good or until the party returned to the people. He pre- dicted 'a sweeping victory for the Demo- cratic party in case it nominates a free- silver man on a straight 16 to 1 platform. est man the Democrats could nominate. He said the tariff could not be made an issue in this campaign. s, WILL CARLISLE BOLT? ‘He Denles a Positive Statement - That He Sald He Would Vote for McKiniey. KALAMAZOO, Mich., June 25.—Harry Smith, ex-journal clerk of the House of Representatives, in an interview in the Telegraph, says that Secretary Carlisle told him last winter in the presence of ex-Secretary Foster that if the Democrats put up a free silver ticket he (Carlisle) would vote for McKinley if nominated. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25.—The Continued on Third Page. IADDRESSED AS eral hundred nien, including some of the | He favored Henry M. Teller as the strong- | MRS, NETTIE R CRAV 1§ do G FAIRS WIDOW, Upon Her Oath the Lady Thus Declares Her Legal Status. “MRS. FAIR” - BY ALL IN COURT. Marriage Contract Drawn at 1823 Sutter Street, September 22, 1892—Graphic Account of the Writing of the Pencil Will. Before Judge Slack last evening, under oath, in the presence of a crowded court- room Mrs. Nettie R. Craven made the statement that she is the lawful widow of James G. Fair—that her name is Nettie Craven-Fair. The incident was the most dramatic and sensational that has yvet taken place in this most remarkable case. Mrs. Craven had come into court in answer to & subpena requiring her to produce whatsoever documents she had in her possession relating to the estate of the late Senator Fair. The courtroom was crowded, for sensation was down on the books to appear, so far as sensation may at any time be scheduled. There was with her all her intimates in the case—her adviser Roberts, her attorney Williams, her friend and the only other witness to the pencil will, Mrs. Elizabeth Haskins. Her daughter was with her also. The ladies sat in a group at the counsel- table with Mrs. Craven’s counsel, W. W. Foote and Mr. Brittain. The army of lawyers for the Fair children flocked at the end of the table in front of the witness-stand. Only two of the number figured actively in the proceedings, however. They were George A. Knight and Charles Heggerty, upon whose motion the subpena was issued. None of the papers were submitted—none were called for, in fact, until an appoint- ment was declared. But for rore than two hours Mrs. Craven was subjected to a most searching, and at times impertinent, questioning as to her relationship with Senator Fair. With the first question the big courtroom full oi people was on tiptoe of in- terest. 3 ) Mrs. Craven's siory in brief, as was told, was thatshe is the widow of James G. Fair; that they signed a contract on September 22, 1892, binding them as man and wife. She was then living at 823 Sutter street, and it was there that she herself drew the contract, and that they two signed it. There were no witnesses. From that time Mrs. Craven said she lived with Mr, Fair as his wife, but they kept the secret to themselves. Mr. Fair, she said, did not wish it to be made known, as his children would not like it. He was winding up his business affairs so that he could leave the State for a year, and then he intended to make the marriage known. His death interfered. He bad made several wills in her presence. The will of the 24th of September, 1884 was written in her rooms at 2007 California street.Mrs. Haskins called in during the writing. Mr. Fair wrote the will twice, first in pencil and afterward in ink. At the time of Mr. Fair's death Mrs. Craven was at her own home. She received, the intelligence by telephone. She did not attend the funeral, but sent a bunch of roses to be laid upon the casket. | After the funeral Mrs. Craven sent the will to New York for safe keeping and the | interesting stary of her journey to bring it back at the instance of the attorneys for the Fair chitdren—Mr. Lloyd in particular—was interrupted by adjournment. She promised to produce the contract of marriage, the deeds'and any other of the papers called for at the hearing to-night. The lawyers and R. V. Dey, subpensed on the other side to produce the $500,000 compromise contract, were in court and sworn, but they will not take the center of the stage for some days, if they are not to be heard until Mrs, Craven’s side of the story is tola. Mrs. Craven was addressed by Court and counsel last night as “Mrs. Fair.” This appears to be in some degree at least in accordance with the custom that obtained in Judge Coffey’s court during the Blythe trial when attorneys called Alice Edith Dickinson Mrs. Blythe. ‘The night’s proceedings were begun by W. W. Foote stating to the court that subpenas had heen served 'upon the fol- lowing witnesses, directing them to be present in court at this time: George A. Knight, Russell J. Wilson, C. Heggerty. R. beats. Then Mr. Knight leaned forward in his chair and asked in that loud, inci- sive tone of voice that belongs to him, | *“What is your name?” | The witness had evidently been think- | ing of this question and was ready for it. B. Mitchell, Reuben H. Lioyd, W. S. She settled herself in the chair as she Wood, Garret W. McEnerney, William F. | answered without hesitation: Gibson, Richard V. Dey and others. “Nettie R. Craven-Fair.” Those of them who were present were| ‘When were you married to Mr, Cra- sworn in form and then Mrs. Craven was | ven?” called to the witness-stand. “In August, 1871." When Mrs. Craven took the stand and| “When did you change your name from was sworn a deep silence ensued in the | Craven to Fair?” courtroom for the period of a dozen heart- | Mr. Foote now made a protest. “I sub- ~il George Knight and Charles Heggerty, the Attorneys Who Subjected Mrs. Craven- Fair to a Long ' Examination on the Witness-Stand, R. V. Dey, Who Holds the $500,000 Compromise Contract, and Russell Wilson, Another of the Counsel,