Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-21

yer worth 80 cents, the day Of their prosptfi,x
VA, m MS opinion, forever gone INA rcl.
~ value OF silver and gold would be auct1e'.
must maze e ,1,nrc asIn ,ne past Cotton growers
eeauction wae made from ne value ~ cotton
iof r. lght, weighing. etc AID the diFcrrsc -
n,, s,,ps oesween silver here ami gold In Liy
70 the man Who sold H. Ue askca
we gentlemen who represented Southern can
sutnentr 70 consider well before they adopted
Wh,ee tenued 70 turn their agricnitur.
nc could see no reason why Tho poor man
should be paid IN different do lar from h,s
r,cn neishoo., wherein Is the justice 81 psying
,he gold In which Is worth 100 cents
~ every part OF the world ana
a . set IN another dollar, the silver In
are compiled TO accept by force OF N r. avn
Avs. There seem TO be some me . D cweyer. In
.nls world so excessively fond OF the y or
nan ui eiat ,hey are willing 10 make him poor
and Keep him poor just that they may have
we pieasu g Of gushing over him and taking
auout MN IN public, But hey never go any
inrlher. II he extends his horny hands Ia
want they drop into IL few teSrs
With some wei-turncd eentcncna M
unailoHed demagogism OF standard weight
anu nnents., ard with these he Ia cxpocied 10
sally say nis wants. tApplausel II we take
some o. the speeches we've heard fron the
osner side about the poor man and strip them
OF ineif elOquence and rhetoric wha ever may
no .hei, Intention their rolley IL TO pay the toll
ing mi hons of the countr, for au honesi dny'e
labor in n dishonest dollar, aud The told Winds
~ Wluter are not more CALI or more nnkind
lnbt are these men who would treat these
pp U,0. people In this cruel manner under The
nlnsy pteteNt OF doing them a kindness He
oeleved itthe great body ~ the people OF the
conntrp npprohended the facts connected with
lis Issue, and nnderstood what WAS being
upho IN the same thing, they would repudiate
the whole thing as a siam and humbug
PIT bynum OF Indiana. member OF the com
mlttoe on coinage, weights and measures, sup
ported me minorl y report, which fayors the
sessing, as he did. the greatest conf
uence In the integrity and patriot.
Ism OF the president and secretary
OF the treasury, he expected whenever and
wherever he could to support their views and
uphO'd their policy; but on this question he
was compelled TO di sent from the views pre-
senlea IN me message of the pr sdent aud the
reporter the secretary. Commenting upon and
sustaining the original act, he declared that
had the spirit and Intention OF that law been
no os.,hy carried ont, It is more than
poeslble mat the problem would have been
settied long ere this, either by free coinage
or by suspension, but the administration OF
tne iaw had been In hostile hands, and the
elect OF the poll followed only tended IN
further deprcclate the market value OF sllyer
DnlllOn. He was In favor of free coinage be-
cause he believed 1t 10 be a palpable vocation
Oh the constitution, and OF The rights OF the
states and OF the people, to limit or rcstrlot the
coinage OF either metal. To take away silver
was TO destroy business To give plenty OF
silver TO American labor was tn stimulate
trade, and gold would not be driven out Of
me country MS long as the balance of trade was
Ia our favor. IL tile people were confined 10
the single standard OF gold, periods of de-
preston more lasting and terrible than ever
before experienced would be our portion The
friends of silver should not be decided by the
declaration that su, pension OF silver coinage
would lead TO the adoption Of International
himetalism. suspension OF coinage meant
the decentralization OF silver, while free
coinage would make the silver dollar Worth 100
nts. IL wout do more; It would make even
cotton, pork and beans, homes and farms. sweat
and muscle, worth leo cents on the dollar lie
referred TO the labor question as the most im-
poriant problem OF 1he day, aud said that IN.
less there was a change ia the II ancial
and other policies OF the gov, rnment, the
struggle of labor would be hopeless. lie
pointed out the danger which, he declared,
would attend the suspension OF silver oinage,
the contraction OF the national bank currency
and the locking up OF gold Ia New York banks.
and asked in the name OF the iaborer, nf tue
West tina the great, strong arm OF the govern
ment should not be raised to strike them down.
lApplause
Mr. Stone OF Missouri addressed the house,
and announced nj nsclf In iAvor OF any mess
n'e which won tend 10 restoro silver to an
equality with gold.
The house hen adjourned.