Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-02-05

ing abundaltly. Our mines of iron,
coal, copper, silver and gold are yield
ing up their stores.of metal. Our man
ufactories are turning out finished pro
ducts of all kinds, and yet the people
are not prosperous. We have the rich
est, the greatest producing country in
the world, and yet the people are poor.
The gentlemen on this side of the
Chamber who are opposing this meas
ure must not treat us of the West as
strangers from strange land. 1--WE
are of your own kith aud kindred"
We are the sons and brothers of your
constituents, who have battled with
mountain and desert and savage, as
your fathers who We're our fathers did
to build up new States where your in
heritance is Us great as ours. You have
progressed to Il position of aflluence; we
are striving for it. Everything that
you have asked for we have supported.
You wanted protection that manufac-
tories might be built up and you could
be enabled to compete with other ma
tons in the market Of the world, but
while you asked for this you were will
ling that the tillers of the soil should
be protected as we'll, and we blessed
you for it.
We have sustained you even as Aaron
and Hur upheld the hands of Moses
when he prayed for his people. Now
we tell you that the people of the West
are asking for relief from the troubles
that embarrass them.
We ask for bread; do not give us
stone. The west has been loyal to you
and to your ideas. 1t is loyal to you
now-not only loyal, but we are proud
of you as well; proud of the statesman
ship you have shown in the past; proud
of the grand and heroic deeds you have
accomplished. 1t is not the silver
kings who are here asking for free COIN
age of silver. 1t is the people who
need more money with which to trans
act their business-more money, be-
cause more money will make prices
better; more money, because more
money will rescue them from the hands
of the usurer and the land shark.
Mr.. President, I suppose, sir, that I
ought to apologize for having taken
so much time in this discussion, when
ADLER men and older Senators than
myself desire to be heard. And I do,
sir, because 1 know it is violation of
one of the customs Of this body; but
Shakespeare said "Nice customs must
courtesy to great kings" Every
American citizen is sovereign in his
own right, and am here as the repre-
sentative of a number Of American SOW.
ereigns-these ''great kings"-and SO
have brushed "nice customs" aside,
that the voice of the people of Idaho,
the youngest and fairest Of the sister
hood of States, could be heard in behalf
of free coinage, as it will always be
heard in favor of everything that tends
to the benefit of the people and the
growth and glory of our country.
Senator Mcconnell has introduced a
large number of bills since his arrival
here, among which those for public
buildings at Boise and Lewiston and
for the creation of mint at Boise City
have already been noted. In addition
he has introduced a bill providing for a
commission to treat with the Nez Perez
tribe of Indians in the State of Idaho
for the purchase from the relief by said
tribe of that portion of the reservation
north of Clearwater River in said State,
and also bill for making surveys OF
Occur de'Alene and Kootenai rivers
and for removing distractions north OF
Occur de- Alene Lake. He will use ev.
cry effort to secure consideration for
these measures at the present session
of Congress and Is not dismayed
by the fact that only thirty-five work
ing days of the session remain.