The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-09
TWADDLE BY SHERMAN.
Senility Growing Rapidly on the
Erstwhile Very Able Senator
From Ohio.
The Confederate Constitution the
Theme Of Another Speech
by Him.
That Party Must BE In Dire Straits That
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That Party Must BE In Dire Straits Thai
M Furnish no Other Campaign
Argument.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. S~.-Senator Sherma
arrived here this afternoon and was net b
a committee of the Manufactured clul
who escorted him to the hotel where All i'm
promptu reception followed. This evenin
alarge audience assembled at the acndem
Of music at a meeting given under tn
auspices of the Manufacturer club. Sen
ator Sherman was the orator of the evening
and received al enthusiastic ovation
Senator Sherman said for the first time in
the history of the country q national party
dares to proclaim a tariff for protection
unconstitutional and \ fraud upon laborers.
This bold declaration Is as bold as the re-
bellion and should be met by the Amer
loan people in the same spirit. There
should be no tfuoe until the issue
Ia determined by the voice of the American
people. A significant fact appears to be
that the resolution was voted against in the
democratic convention by the great pro-
duciug states of the north and voted for by
late confederate states; that in substance
it was taken from the confederate constitu-
tion; that it was In open opposition TO the
opinions and acts of the great leaders of
democracy, living and dead. The senator
argued in support of the republican posi-
tion and said if the party succeeds at the
coming election the protective policy will
be maintained and the Mckinley law will
only be changed as the experience of time
demonstrate the necessity of amendment.
"If the democratic party succeeds we must
be prepared for violent changes in the tar
If without regard TO wages and the inter
ests Of labor or capital"
Speaking of silver, the senator said if the
coinage of silver was made free, then all
the silver now in existence. estimated at
81 900, 0O0, 600, and all hereafter mined,
amounting last year at coinage value to
1856. 600. GOO, and annually increasing. could
be brought to our minis and coined into
dollars ut the expense of the United States
and for the benefit of the owners of silver.
THE inevitable effect would be to reduce the
Purchasing power of a dollar TO 81 cents.
The dollar in gold would then disappear
from circulation and be worth in the mar
ket nearly $1.50. No man ought to be
elected to congress whose position on this
question is not clear and unequivooal.
What we want is both gold and silver
money, but always maintained at par with
each other. money of the same purchasing
power. How can we get it? Thu surest
answer 10, by putting enough silver in a sill
yer dollar to make it equal in value to the
gold in q gold dollar. Give the people an
honest dollar and thus settle the silver
question:
Speaking of the democratic proposition
to repeal the 10 per cent tax on state bank
issues, the senator said he was amazed that
any intelligent man, democrat or republi-
can. who has lived long enough to know the
truth or read the history of his country
could o be willing to again open the
doors to wildcat money The choice ia
between national money, backed by the
credit of the government. and the ex-
ploded, rejected. prohibited and %unconsti-
tutional bills of credit issued by local
banks, under the authority of forty-four
states, with powers as diverse as chose of
the animal creation. The credit Of some
OF these states is already impaired by re-
pudiated and some have very limited re-
sources, already crippled by debit
In conclusion Senator Sherman said it is
now the tendency of the democratic party.
dominated by the south, to revive all issues
cul rent before the war except slavery and
disunion, and destroy all the achievements
of the republican party except the preser-
walton of the union.