The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-04-02
THE SILVER BILL.

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gress is an absolute majority Of fifty
in favor OF this inquitou, bills, and
a record upon which the Democratic
Party must stand upon before the
country. The death OF the free and
unlimited Coinage scheme says that
conservative Democratic journal the
Philadelphia LcIgc, if it has really
met its death once and Tor all, was
not wholly unexpected, but it was
not expected that il wouli be laid
to rest by Speaker Crisp, who, it
has been generally understood, was
made Speaker chiefly by the votes
OF those Democrats who advocated
the peculiar financial policy which
vas embodied in Mr.. BANDS meas
ure for the initiation and debasement
OF the national currency, and Tor the
impairment or destruction OF public
and private credit, Yet it Was
Speaker Crisp, who Was only the
other day, as it were, chosen captain
of the hosts who contended for the
tree and unlimited 70 cent dollar,
and who, on two different occasions
during last Thursdays contest,
preserved It by hi vote, that has
since dealt it what is generally con
sidered, even by its most sanguine
friends, its death clout, There is
something stranger in this conduct
OF the Speaker than is accounted for
by anything which appears upon
the surface, or which the dispatches
OF the last few days clearly explain.
But even d Democrats Speaker
OF the House may undergo d change
Of heart, OF of head, upon a matter
SO important as this, especially if he
find that large proportion OF his
party is not upon his side Of the
argument with regard to it. All
things being taken into considera-
| ton, there may be found good rea
son for Speaker Crisp refusing to
cali the Committee upon Rules to
make a rule OF Cloture, shutting OFT
ali debate and ordering an arbitrary
vote upon certain ill, unless asked
to do SO by majority of the Demo
cratic Representatives. The state
ment made by Nh Bland in respect
OF the Speakers inconsistent change
OF position since Thursday last may
be quite true, and yet the change be
not considered unwise or iniudicious.
1t is the wise who change their minds
for reason, and who recognize that
when right they cannot be too radi,
cal, or when wrong too conserva-
tive.
No doubt, since Thursday MI.
Crisp has heard something, has
learned something to induce him to
make change OF front with reference
to the Bland bill. On that day both
the supporters and opponents OF the
bill. were surprised by the large vote
of the latter, the former having gone
about beating their drums and boast
ing Of their certain majority Of from
! 50 to 10 affirmative votes. 1t is not
unlikely that when Congress met IN
early December their boast was true,
but since that time the Campaign OF
Education las been proceeding, the
people, especially the wage and
salary Gamers, have been slowly,
yet surely, learning the true import
OF the free and unlimited coinage
bill. They have learned that It's
real purpose, most th;nly disguised,
was to substitute for the reliable,
safe and steadtast gold standard The
unreliable, unsafe, shifting and dis
honest one OF a silver standard The
supporters OF the Bland scheme
aimed to make a metal which is
lneariy All the world over l.rpeI,, .