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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1891
Page
2
A large, nonpartisan gathering at Faneuil Hall in Boston protests free silver coinage. Speakers condemn inflationary money, urge Congress to pause proposed currency changes, and vow to press Washington with a united business-community voice.
A large public gathering in Boston fills the balcony and floor as leaders including Mayor Matthews and Henry L. Higginson address the silver bill sentiment. The Hon. Henry L. Pierce opens the session and introduces the presiding officer.
The Honorable Henry L. Pierce presided as he opened a Boston gathering to oppose a proposed Congressional measure. He urged unity with Massachusetts sentiment to protect the country’s moral and material interests and its international reputation. Henry L. Higginson, Esq. was introduced as president of the meeting and received applause.
Henry L. Higginson is introduced with praise and urged to act at the gathering. He thanks the committees for the honor and emphasizes the importance of decisive action over lengthy talks, informing the audience that speakers will be admitted to address the assembly.
The document lists the organization’s leadership headed by President Henry L. Higginson with a long slate of vice presidents including William E. Russell E F Emery William H Haile and many others. Secretaries Sherman Hoar and Curtis Guild Jr are named among key officials and trustees.
Francis A Walker argues for silver restoration as monetary metal and warns that free silver coinage by the United States harms the bi metallic cause. He notes three factions in the silver party, including those with selfish interests seeking higher silver prices, and critiques constitutional expansion that empowered mining regions.
The Hon. Jonathan A. Lane delivers a five minute address defending gold as the standard and opposing free silver. He cites Resuming Specie Payments, the Bland bill, and the 1877 coinage of silver as misaligned with true value, while noting the Boston Merchants Association endorsement of Senator Sherman on the silver issue.
The narrator recalls negotiating a sale of fifty cases of blankets at a low price despite tariffs. A manufacturer warned that if the free coinage of silver passed, further sales on favorable terms would be blocked. The speaker argues free silver will not raise wages but may lift rents and living costs.
President Higginson introduces Franklin Haven Jr. of the Merchants Bank as speakers at a Boston meeting arguing against free coinage of silver. He warns that silver certificates would devalue currency, cites John Sherman, urges gold standard and state action to require gold dollars in contracts.
Mr Curtis Guild Jr presented two sympathetic communications from the Dry Salters Club of New England and the Paint and Oil Club of New England. The Dry Salters protest against free coinage of silver, urging Representatives and the Speaker to oppose the bill to prevent national disaster. The letters highlight Massachusetts’role on the coinage committee and praise a poetically framed defender of national honor.
Edward Atkinson, president of the Boston Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Co, speaks to a crowd after Congressman Walker's letter. He denounces silver coinage and bimetallism as a false standard and recalls Grant’s inflation veto, urging Massachusetts and the West to oppose the measure. Webster and Sherman quotes sharpen the stance.
Congressman Walker labels the measure as repudiation in a Washington letter dated January 19 1891 to Curtis Guild Jr secretary. He explains duties prevent attendance at a meeting planned for Fenway Hall Tuesday next and objects to the free coinage of silver as compulsory.
William C Lovering and the Arkwright Club declare the silver coinage bill a calamity for business and wage earners. They warn of gold scarcity, market contraction, inflation, and a looming barrier to world trade, urging strong public sentiment against free silver.
Citizens at Faneuil Hall condemn the free coinage bill before Congress as harmful. They urge Massachusetts Senators and Representatives to oppose it, ask the Speaker to defer action, and appeal to the President to veto the measure. A copy is sent to the President, Speaker, Coinage Committee chair, and local representatives.
Congressman elect Sherman Hoar, one of the meeting’s secretaries, is moved to appoint a committee to wait on the Coinage Committee amid applause from attendees.
An advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla promotes its use for rheumatism with a price of six for 85 cents and 100 doses for $1.00. The copy lists Hood & Co as apothecaries in Lowell Massachusetts and notes a promotional claim of strength and vigor.
Henry M. Whitney voices Boston and Massachusetts opposition to free coinage, urging merchants and citizens to record their stance. He links trust in currency to nationwide business confidence and warns that passage would harm regional and national interests as the meeting ends after an hour and a quarter.
The notice states bids must be accompanied by a certified check of one thousand dollars. Bids use blank forms supplied by the Board. The sewer sections in question have an external diameter of about five to eight feet and other details are to be approved by Averngs Section.
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