Gold Men Look On

tPKiNGFlEl.D, IlLs., Jane 6.- The free 6ilvor convention of the Democratie party was called to order by Seeretary of State Hinrichsen. AH around ihittered banners with the nnr-cry "10 to 1" emblazoDed ou them and the seats of all Mie delegates were full, with a largo crowd of more or lcss interested on-lookers on the floorand in the galleries. There were but few gold men in the legislativa chamber when the hour for calling the convention arrlyed, and they aoted as spectators and not as participants in the proceedings. ''Buck" Hinrichsen was received with a volley of cheers as he wielded the gavel and called the convention to order. His speech was a clarión cali to the Democratie p.irty for the adoption oí the frep silvor policy. Defended the State Commfttee. Hinrichson devoted himself mainly to a defense of the action of the Democratie state comimttee in calling the convention, and in the course of his remarks he took occasion to make a few sly thrusts at the national administration and the "gold bug" members of the party. In accordance with the arrangements of the ëtate central committee the tollowing temporary organization was named: Chairman, Judge Mouroe C. Crawford, Union county; secretary, Hon. A. C. Bentley, Pike county; assistant secretaries, Williara J. Cochran, Cook county; W. P. McDowell, Vermilion county, James D. Breckinridge, Fulton county; Robert J. Hunt, Macon county; William Stoeffel, McHonry county; H. T. Eberlein, Green county; sergeant-at-arms, Thomas Manion, Jefferson county. Delegates to a National Coitvention. The diffurent congressional districts were called on next, and they handed in ;heir lists of their committees, also of delegates to the proposed national monetary convention. Then the committees on resolutions, permanent organization, etc, were named, two of the resolutions committee being Judge Henry J. Miller md ex Judge A. J. Hunter. A recess to 2 p. m. l'ollowed some discussion of routine business and at that time the convention reassembled and the permanent organization was effected with Judge S. P. McConnell, of Chicago, as permanent resident He made an extended speech on the money question, every line of which was as radical free silver as any free silver men would desire, and every paragraph of which was loudly cheered. "Machinatfous of the MiUionaire." The judgo said near the close of nis speech: "A finan cial system devised by Hamiltou, Jeiïerson, and Washington, under which we had prospered as a peoplO and grown great as a nation, was suddenly overthrown by the machinations of a mülionaire senator without any appeal to the people. Jeiïerson eujoined us to often return to a consideration of flrst principies. And therefore it seems to me that the greac party of which he was the founder very properly leads in the great work of restoring to the people a flnancial system which met all their neeJs, and which was as much a badge and a guaranty of their independence as immunity from the stamp law or the tea tax." Among the speakers were also A. J. Hunter and Richard Michaelis, of the I Chicago Frieie Presse.