Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-04-07
The Administration Turned Over by a
Republican Senator.
TOLCOTTS SPEECH AT THEGRAVE
q. Free Slyg-Hs Scores It's Enemies and De-
s.-,ss Political Leaders for Shifting
and Eyaiilg the Issae-Belja-
nh Spit;si and Roasted.

svartion OF the influence OF the admin
i.rqti0n 10 prevent legislation for the
f-se coinage OF silver, and the Demo-
rr4ts were naturally interested auditors
-otbe criticisms of Senator WOlcott up
or President Harrison. The speech OF
rho senator from Colorado which is this
evening the topic of conversation was
delivered in a perfectly cool and coll
's.,ed manner and from carefully pre-
pared manuscript
Ee said: We may as we'll tell the truth
mn the silver question. The bill for free
coinage has been put 70 sleep in another
s,tv. and viii not be again resuSciated.
Nobody had expected the measure 70 be-
cone law under this administration. for
The present Chief Executive, in his public
u--arances last summer, fOreShadOwed his
vs.o in unmistakable terms, and those in
his councils have openly proclaimed il
s.r-a. His assurances were made while the
Stock market was depressed. The bull
O7erators were able 20 use them for
8 slight advance, and, therefore, some
TEMPORAL result was attained, but another
English banking house was reported in
trouble about Argentine securities, aud
the market, In the classic language Of ind
street. "slumpedn again. This was the
only net result of the intimatiOn made by
the President of the United States while
Congress was not in session, or what he
would DO if measure, which could not
then be pending, should De passed by both
Houses of Congress. The game was hard
Iv worth the candle, as the market on Wall
street showed.
Tbs is a procer time having practically
suffered defeat, 10 gather up our wounded
and dead, determine where the deserterS
are hiding, fortify our intrenchments for
the next encounter and stop IL possible,
rhe destructive rear firing which not only
damaged cut surprised US.
The first great force opposed 70 this bill
was iu this Congress, as il has been for
three years, the administration. No stone
has been left unturned, no efOrl unem-
p.0yed 20 compass the defeat Of the meas
ure Han it been an open contest 10
would have been easier % meet;
The Offices and patronage are much, but
tlep are not all. But people have
tee1 befOOled by the claims set forth in an
n18i messages. and elsewhere, that the ad-
ministrauon was really, at heart, bimetal-
ist 10 assured us that 10 looked forward
with ardent and hopeful anticipation 20 the
time when gold and silver would go hand
ic hand together. the sure defense OF Ma
u,nal credit. This was for Western con-
CuDtiOn. One little qualification was
ADDED: That IL would first be necessary 10
Ncure the consent Of other nations, Eng
and included; a consent we are apt 70 Sc
cure under existing conditions, and with
The methods employed, as we are 70 catch
lsrSs when the heavens fall.
The President might as well have said
tla- he was inclined 20 turn Quaker, and
would III the Pope would become Quaker
tool OF course there was no hope for this
result, and If there had been 10 was utterly
DESTROYED By sending as the agent 20 pave
the way, a prominent New York banker,
Identified with gold interests, who prompt
IS reported that they were not quite ready
yer 20 joinus. Thus. both sides were TO be
r.led, the East by policy or inactiOn, the
West bv the earnest assurance OF oi-metal-
Ism in the future, iu that tomorrow which
was never 70 dawn.
a National Convention is soon coming
0D, however, and direct answer on the
silver question seems rather embarrassing
aud better % Oe avOided-and 10 was neCes-
sarv o. prevent the necessity of veto n
possible And so the miserable work Oe-
Fa1, the Offices were parcellCd out, and the
party whip cracked, and the weavering
members were Influenced. lt has appar-
entity been effectively done, but, Mr.. Presi-
dent, there is always a tomorrow. NO
body is deceived, but it would have been
graceful act in an outgoing President 70
have permitted Congress 10 have voted,
according 70 its own inclination On one
measure of national importance.
A clear majority Of the present members
took the stump before their election, and
pledged t1elr constituents that they would
vote for free and unlimited coinage. The
sudden change would be ludicrOus, II its
effects were not tragic One prophet OF
Democracy announces that tariff reform IS
toe SLOGAN; another insists that being a
Democrats the test and watchwOrd- The
south aud West want free coinage, out
i1ese leaders think they must carry New
York and "a couple Of little States adjoining.
These States are lenders and not borrowers
anu want less rather than more money.
The friends Of the tariff refOrmer have,
H The North al least, the courage or their
convictions, and demand the putting aside
OF the silver question. The adberentS OF
the other Moses who is 20 lead his people
OUT OF bondage, want 70 crafty the popular
demand, but are fearful OF their Eastern
following. and so they let Il dare not wait
upon 81 would" and the Silver Bill is
Is shuhled aside Aud meanwhile the other
oe--wethers of that party, who coyly look
aaoout for a voice they hope % near. Ike
bre'r Rabbit keep on layin' low and say
ia nufiu.
Au0nga AN those shoals and breakers, our
oara is driven To the Eastern ear each
sde gives assurance OF undyiuC hostility TO
l-e "tO-ceut dollar as they designate IL
ald tell how the "silyer baron whoever
le may be. has been beaten and oafhed.
Wlle the West is assured that political
necessit ty required the p0stpOnemeut OF the
measure
In this parcelling cut OF the country, the
south counts for nothing. She is 70 be
Democratic anyhow. The heroic efforts
$40 has made for nearly a generation, uud
Which have brought her almost 20 the
oaven Of prosperity, are 10 De sacrenced
H-t the party may carry New York. be
cause OF the contraction Of the currency
eld the competitions with India, which the
eeSradatlOn Of silver makes possible,
southern cotton is lower IN price than ever
0elore, and almost drug in the market
ler Plantations are mOrtgaged, her railroads
~ impoverished that one reorganization IS
lot completed until another IS necessary
yer industries are paralyZed, but she must
submit because the New York Democracy
demand H. She has for a century fur
-sleo the brains OF the Democratic party.
40 section aud 40 nation ever produceo
slcn able and adroit political leaders. They
lave never known final defeat, and from
\ pparent disaster they have again and
,-alu piuckcd victory. And yet, because
ne salance Of Democratic power lies IN
North, they are called on 10 abandon the
erests OF their section TO those or party
- 4he dominant wing Of the RepuoncAn
Nrtv claim the fruits Of this substantial
victory, because their support, az critical
moment, brought defeat, while the Eastern
section Of the Democracy insisf inst their
ssperlsliye Efforts brought about tue oe-
s5ed result. One gifted Young man, me
sAlorescfnco ana crisht particular star q