Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-12-26
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Governor David Il. Hius great SILVER
speech delivered at Elmiars, New York.
Our account was taken from the New
York Herald, which Is Mugwumpian o
unfriendly to the Governor. We are
since in receipt Of the New York Finan-
cial and Mining Journal, which is a sh-
YER paper, and therefore disposed to give
Governor Hill a fair hearing before the
country. The report Of the Mining Jour
nal is fuller and contains many strong
points that we're not given by the Her
aid. Taken as a whole no such forcible
silver speech as that delivered by Cover.
nor Hill has been made in this country,
not even by those representing mining
States. The Governor has proven him.
self to be one of our foremost statesmen
on the subject of finance. We make a
few more extracts from that admirable
speech:
1.-THE Democratic party asks 10 be en-
powered TO make the silver dollar as good
as the present gold dollar, and keep II 80.
The United States Senate on the l4th OF
Japuary, 1891, passed 8 free bi-metallic
coinage bill. For that bill every Demo-
crst present voted, except one from Della
ware. After fifteen years Of debate, all Of
these, our party's chosen men, studious.
upright men, voting upon their honor,
their conscience, their intelligence, voted
thus. l refer you to the World and Tri-
bune Almanscs for proof that the voting
Of our Senators, which followed the very
general, almost universal, assent TO the
principle Of free bi-metallie coinage, was
also in loyal compliance with fresh instrue-
tions from their constituents, and with q
popular demand exceeding party bounds.
Preparing for the elections Of the present
Congress last Fall, q year ago, Democratic
conventions in nearly all the greater States
west Of New York, from the head waters OF
the Ohio TO the Pacific Coast, had just yo-
ted, without dissent, in favor OF the
try's return to the free coinage Of silver as
Of gold.
al come now to the point Of exposing
before you the crafty scheme adopted last
Winter by the defeated Republican leaders
as their only chance to keep the Executive
branch of the Federal Government in their
own bands next year, despite such an over
whelming popular rebuke.
MANY Western Republicans, both in
the Senate and the Houae, shared the con-
viction which is SO nearly unanimous
among Democrats.
but there they were, down fiat, victims
Of q great peoples wrath in the Congress
sional elections of 1890, and plotting es-
cape from its logical completion in the
Congressional and Presidential elections
Of 1892. What TO do?
"They determined to try and detach
New York Democrats from their fellow
Democrats IN a single question. to try and
carry New York next year for a Republi-
can President, on a cry against free silver
coinage, the vote Of New York being indis-
pensable to Democratic victory.
"For this reason they concerted q policy
Of prevention and delay. For this reason
they smothered the Senate Coinage bill in
committee, refusing TO let it come to a de-
bate in the House. For this reason, their
Speakers partisan rulings; for this reason
boisterous threats OF the Presidents veto.
"For this reason, they called q halt in
their own party ranks, moving steadily to-
yard free bi-metsllic coinage.
For this reason were these things done
to divide, il possible, the Democrats OF
New York from their fellow Democrats,
snatch the Presidency in 1892, and 80 re-
tanning veto power over the acts of q Con.
gress Democratic after 1898, prevent re.
peal Of the Mckinley acts, prevent revenue
reform, prevent currency reform, and
deep the Republican teredo ever honey.
eombing and rotting the timbers Of the
Democratic Constitution Of these United
States.
The Federal plank of the Saratogs
tDemocraticl platform was adjusted tC
that difficult and dangerous situation.
"To begin with, New York Democrats
4 course, stand fast for sound finance
and they say 80 with the fret breath they
uttered in Saratoga.
Democrats stand fast for sound fl
nance, and Dur convention, in the plat
form which they built f~our-square to al
the winds that blow, raised their standard
high and unanimously declared, first. tina
he silver question is not alone a silver
question, but ia a gold and silver question
= question Of honest money. They bsrkec
back to their platform of 1874, upon which
samuel j. Tilden was elected Governor o.
the State of New York.
"'Goid and silver the only legal tender
"'No currency inconvertible with coin.
"New York Democrats therefore de
nounce the Sherman silver act OF 1890 as nj
solution at all Of the gold and silver ques
ton. II heaps up increasing impedimenti
TO the solution OF that question by free bi
metallic coinage, protested by almost al
10 be the goal to which at last we mus
attain.
~ say almost all, for / do not wish
to deny the numeral existence OF q morn
ing and an evening Mugwump in New
York who profess TO be gold mono-metal
lists with nothing but subsidiary fractiona
silver, but never yet have had the wit Il
discover that they are bound to demand
The sale OF our 400, 000, 900 full lega'
tender dollars, or else have never had tht
candor to confess it.
"New York Democrats, on the contrary
reject the gold mono.metallism OF these
Mugwump cranks. and the silver mono
metsllism TO which the Sherman Silver
act and the Silver State Senators partisan
politics ere driving us. The New Yorl
Democrats take pains to say that they re
ject both mono-metallisms, the British
silver mono-metallism OF India, the Brit
ish gold mono-metallism OF London as q
inality unworthy OF this great Republic
Of the Western hemisphere, stretching ont
her left hand to the commerce OF gold
coming Europe. and her right hand to the
silver. coming commerce Of all Asia and
the isles of the sea.
"New York Democrats standing fast for
sound finance, therefore, denounced false
pretence. therefore denounced srtful hin
drance OF q return to free bimetallic coin.
age. and therefore appealed to the people
10 renew this year, and again to renew mex
year, their verdict which will Dem
ocratic statesmen not only to guide the
peoples councils, but to execute the peo-
pies sill.
"The crafty Republican scheme tc
brighten New York from her devotion to
sound finance. from her devotion to the
hard money OF Democratic faith and ira.
dition. from her fidelity to the great doc
trine of Jefferson, The monetary unit
must stand upon both metals and 20 the
seventy odd years practice Of the United
States thereunder-that crafty scheme has
failed.
"The Democratic party is now a unii
for free bi-metallic coinage, and New York
has refused TO be d%isjoined from the hard.
money doctrine professed by the Demo