The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-23
THE FREE SILVER DEBATE.

The Stree silver" debate which began in
the lower house of congress yesterday
will be watched With interest by the
thoughtful, intelligent men OF both the
great political parties The brains OF both
the great parties are against "iree silver"
No Republican of eIninence su.tains free
silver; Senators Stewart and Jones, who
represent the rotten borough of the state
of Nevada; Teller and Wolcott, OF the
mining state OF Colorado: Mitchell, Of Or
egon, and Stanford, Of California, are the
only Republicans who vote for free sill
yer. The best friends Of these gentlemen
will not pretend that they stand for the
conspicuous brains or leadership of the
Republican party. The Longobardian
lunatic PETER and the clerical crank, Kyle,
are among the Farmers Alliance friends
of free silver. In the House Reed. MILL
ken, Bouteile, Burrows. Henderson, Ding
ley, Lodge. are all foes 10 free silver. No
Republican congressman conspicuous for
ability has declared for free silver coin
age.
The Democratic senators opposed TO
"free" silver include Mcpherson, Blodgett.
Gibson, Villas, Carlisle, German. Palmer,
Vest and Brice, with David B. Hill ''sit-
ting on the fence" In the House ''free
silver" Is opposed By such Democrats as
Raynsr. Tracy, Andrew, O'Neii, Hoar,
Williams, Cochran, Hsrter and Mills.
Outside Of congress free" silver is de-
nounced By Cleveland, Whitney. eI-Min-
lister z. J. Phelps, eI-Secretary FairchiId,
William z. Grace, Ex-Governor Campbell
OF Ohio, ex-senator Thurman, Ex-Governor
Hosdly. and the entire Democratic Mug
wump contingent, represented by the New
York Erening Pot, New York Herald, New
York Tiu>s, Boston Herald and Springfield
Republican. The intellectual and CONNER
cia. forces Of both the great political par
ties in the doubtful states Of the East are
clearly against free silver; the brains
of both parties al the West are clearly
against free silver; Carlisle and Vest,
the ablest Southern men in the Senate,
are against free" silver; and Mills, the
ablest and most independent mind from
the South. is at least opposed TO its pres
ent enactment, and SO is Springer.
And yet with the brains of both parties
opposed 10 It's enactment, free silver" has
clear majority in the House today and
probably in the Senate, situation that is
fatal to our. arrogant claim that We are
a highly intelligent" people. We
are not; We are only people
OF great courage, enterprise, en-
I'D
developed passion and talent for trade and
money-making. Cur general intelligence
is very shallow and superficial; otherwise
It would be impossible 70 get majority in
either house of congress for such trans
parently idiotic measure as the free coin
age OF debased silver dollars. The passage
Of the Bland silver bill by the House will
be fatal TO the Democracy in the doubtful
states. An Iowa Democrat writes the
leading members Of his party SIS follows:
l know enough OF local conditions 10 know
that, OF this issue shall certainly lose almost
iae entire German vote Of this state; aad you
know better tnaa myself Hhs; that means a.
70 mEj0ritiss.
the tariff issue, and probably an enti-s recon
st-octioa Of parties. Ny own view is that it wi
enable the Republicans 10 fully recover all their
lost ground in this state.
The New York Stats Zeittnr. the lead
ing German-American newspaper in the
United States, and s Democrat in
politics, warns the Democratic majority
in the lower house of congress, that n
wholesale German-American detection
from the Democratic party throughout
the entire North will follow the indorse-
| ment OF the Bland free silver craze by
the Democracy. We quote:
The Democratic party must elect its candi-
date for the presidency without the assistance
Of the German vote Il i passes the Bland silver
| bill o. adopts free coinage plank il the
| national convention. The balk Of the Ge-nzn-
| Americans Will vote the Republican ticke: IN
| less ths Democrats nominate man who is
certain to veto free coinage bill, should il he
passed By both houses and submitted ~ him
Throughout tbs country, from one end 70 the
| Other the Germsa-AneT.csn press is solidly
s-rcyed against sl silver legislation Of the Kind
| proposed N congress CO this moment
The New York World (Dem.l confirms
this prediction. The German-American
vote is always she friend Of honest money.
and in IS7+76 during the DAYS of the green
| back craze the German-Americans voted
solidly sgeinst fat money. The Scandi-
nsvian immigrant today knows that there
is choice between the paper promise Of
the United States 10 pay one dollar in
| gold and the paper promise OF the United
States, in shape OF Bland silver certificate.
70 pay one dollar in silver. He knows that
| If he sent United States greenbacks 10
| Sweden they wonld be worth more than
United States silver certificates payable
only in silver. He knows that free coin
age Of the debSse6 legal tender silver dol-
lars called for by the Bland bill would Ill
l timasely place gold st 3 premium and