The Wilmingtonian., 1886-08-14

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Senator Gray in bis speech said ''that h
was for paying the bond-holder in homes
money" When the Hon. Thos. F. Bayard wa
in the Senate it will be remembered that il
campaign times he was pregnant will
solicitude for the poor, dear workingman
but the moment the campaign ended and Mr.
Bayard resumed his place in the Senate
he was deaf to the appeals of labor and paid
court to the Bemonts on Wall street-Sc
Senator Gray signalizes his entrance to the
Senate with an appeal in behalf of the bond
holder. 'Pay the boud-holder in honest
money" cries out Bayard's protege, but the
implication which Senator Gray sought to
make was unworthy the Junior Senator.
Gray knows, or at least he ought to know
that the act issuing those bonds referred tl
by him, plainly and emphatically states that
said bonds shall be paid in the lawful money
of the government, gold and silver, silver
and gold was the legalized money when
those bonds were issued and the bond-hold.
ers are entitled to be paid in gold and silver
This is plain presentation OF the case and
the demonetization of silver in order to en-
hauce the value of the government bonds is
antagonistic to the interest Of the debtor
class of this country.
For years Mr.. Bayard was designated the
"Wall Street Senator and Senator Gray's
earnest espousal of the ''money bags inter
est will be very strong argument in favor
of his final retirement from the Senate
Chamber with the ending of the sessions
of 1sS6s7.
Meanwhile Senator Gray had watchful
eye on Delaware. His communications must
not be cut.
When the question of State Attorney for
Delaware was under consideration, Senator
Gray stoutly opposed the appointment OF
John H. Paynter, Esq, under the ostensible
plea that cit ought not, must not be made, +"
because Mr.. Paynter was the sou-in-law OF
the Governor. "Never," (and the ground
shook with Pecksuiffian thunder, cried SEN
ator Gray, ''should the suspicion of nepotism
taint the record of the Democratic party of
Delaware" This statement had an IN
doubted classic intonation, but shortly
when the appointment of Mr.. Black,
the brother-in-law of Senator Gray, as Con
sui to Nuremberg was made, the Senator
preserved an ominous silence upon the ques-
tion of nepotism.
Oh CONSISTENCY thou art iewel"-but
it does not drape the senatorial collar of the
Hon. George Gray. It's just a question
whose OK is goied
But now the great debate upon the Sun
dry Civil Service app opriations bill was
looming up. The question upon the $500, 900
Post Office appropriation for foreign mail
purposes suddenly injected itselfupon both
houses of Congress. 1t assumed the form
Of the most intense interest among Senators
and congressman. Speech after speech was
made replete with the closest argument
showing the hidden patriotic incentives for
the growth of American commerce and the
desirability of the passage OF this appropria-
tion in order that American commerce might
retain and hold the little it had remaining of
foreign trade. 1t was shown that ''trade
follows the flag" 1t was demonstrated that
where 'the mail goes, there trade follows. -
1t was shown that this was the initial policy,
exactly that of establishing ocean mail
routes that has given England more than
half the trade of the world
1t was demonstrated that this $500, 900 ap-
preparation was not a subsidy in the con-
temptible disingenuous explanation of its
opponents.
Among the opponents of this appropria
tion was the Hon. George Gray of Delaware
We quote the WILMINGToNIAN of last
week upon this point
"There is small minority in Congress who
claim at every session that this Govermen,
augbt to aid in the development of this
country. There is a majority, especially in
the Senate which persisteutly clogs and op
poses every measure for the improvement OF
our commercial development.
We must meet issues fairly and squarely
if we ever hope, as one of the leading nation
alities OF the world, to take and hold our
proper position among the people of the
earth.
AS inferred, there is a small minority in
Congress who look far afeld, who use theh
eyes for comparison, see what is needed, and
have the courage to vote in Congress accord.
ing to their honest, patriotic convictions.
Among this small minority in Congress
who always hold before their eyes the more
comprehensive needs of their country is
found the name of Chas. B. Lore.
Delawareans should be proud of the fact.
People are getting to understand now
that the $780, 900 postal appropriation was