Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-10-02

When it got to the Senate, enough new
States had been admitted to give the Re-
publicans a good working majority there
too. and it was under these surroundings
that the famous Force Bill, Of which John
nv Davenport Of New ork was the author
made it's appearance in the Senate.
There stood the bill to subvert the hber-
ties of the people of this country. And
there, tie only thing between it and these
liberties, stood the phalanx of Democratic
Senators. A free government if they stood,
a subverted government if they fell. But
they were there. (Applause). They were
there, as one Senator said, to ''stay till hell
froze over" (Applause). We intended to
have the free speech given us in the eonsti-
tuition Of our country, and to use it. When
Senator German asked me how long I
thought l could speak against the bill, 1
replied that l thought I could make few
introductory remarks of three weeks length
and speech of perhaps some three months
duration. Great laughter). And it was
free speech that killed the Force Bill.
Thanks to that phalanX of Democrats and
to the great West-those noble Western
Senators Of the Republican party who felt
that a free country was something higher
and dearer than party. The men from the
West that were for free silver were also for
free speech and free elections, (appIause),
and [ give Walcott and Stanford and the rest
of these patriotic men credit for their help.
But not to them alone. There is Arthur
P. German. (Applause). There is Dem
ocrat to tie to Great applause). He is
a man of business, a cool-headed man, and
he never for an instant lost his head. He
has been page in the Senate, clerk, a
Senator, and if meritorious deeds are re-
warded he will never stop till he reaches
the White House. (Applause). [ believe
IN promoting men for meritorious conduct
and believe the promotion ought to come
on the battle field. (Applause). Don t
understand me to say that I have declared
for any man for President in 92. The
Democratic party is greater than any man
I have only stated to you what l think OF
him in a great emergency, and in order tC
recognize what QUIZ country owes him.
THE ALLIANCE PHASE.
And now to turn to another subject, ]
want to talk about the Alliance. [ don't
think the farmers of Virginia. OF the South
OIL many of them in the West want any
third party. I have in my life seen five
political parties come and go, and yet see
''the party of the first part" still in the
feld-the grand old Democratic party. Gap
plause.) The third party in Ohio is moi
very encouraging for anybody around here
[ see it has resolved that as the soldiers
were paid in greenbacks when paper money
was at a heavy discount, the government
ought to go back and even them up by pay
ing them the difference now. If you dt
the soldiers that way, of course you must
even up everybody else at the North The
same way. This just gives us double tax
alton to pay another war debt. A thirt
party experimenting on our pockets in thai
sort of way is too expensive luxury for q
farmer, OF for anybody else that has to earn
living.
The Lynchburg platform adopted by the
Farmers Alliance in Virginia is the mos
scathing criticism Of the Republican part,
and the greatest tribute to the Democratic
party that has been written. Some one
said to me on the cars: Daniel the Far
mers' Alliance seem to be getting mighty
strong" Give been taking notice of it,
said l. Are you going to join it?" sale
he. I replied II have been waiting to SCI
if the Alliance is going to catch up will
me. 1 am ten years ahead Of it, and whe1
it catches up IL step along pretty lively.
(Applause). But want to say now, looking
i'll your eyes here to-day, that if 1 was to be
relegated to private life if l didn It do some
thing that my conscience told me should
not dol want to say to you now that
would not do it. (Great applause). The
Alliance platform calls for free silver. The
first speech | ever made when / got to The
House of Representatives was in, favor Of
the free coinage of silver. [ was in The
minority then. We free silver men only
NUMBERED Sc out Of the 325 members of the
House. But in five years l have seen free
silver go through q Republican Senate by
almost tWo-thirds vote. And as the Dem
ocrats and the Alliance men have major.
ity of $50 in the next House, 1 think thai
in the next Congress you'll see free silver
pretty freely circulated.
This country believes in equal coinage
1t always had it. But in 1878 when the
South most needed money, congress moi
only commenced contracting the paper
money, but it demonetized silver. You
ask why should the money! power want tt
make money scarce? Well it's just this
way. A man has $780, 900 and his income
from it is, say 6 per cent. OF $4,000. Il
money is plentiful it won't bring pei
cent. it will only bring say per cent
That reduces his income to $4,000, and il
money is a little more plentiful and he cal
only get 3 per cent. for it, down goes his in
come to $4,000. Now if money is scarce
he can get even more than 6 per cent. anG
his income will run up to 81, 900 and IS 1000
And that is the whole story. After victo
~ all conquerers make money scarce.
After she whipped Napoleon in 1915 Great
Britain demonetized silver. After Sedan
in 1870 Germany demonetized silver and
France had to pay her two milliards OF
francs in gold. After Appomattox the
money power Of this country demonetized
silver. But Republican France has always
stood by silver and fought back the gold
standard, and her people have more money
per capita than the American people have
to-day. 1t is perfectly logical that Great
Britain should want silver demonetiZed.
She buys the products of the United States,
and the scarcer money is the cheaper she
gets them. You hear awful predictions