St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-25

graded below the value of the green
back. Applause. Mr.. Cummings. of
New York, spoke briefly, saying that
his constituents were opposed to the
pending bill. and he would, therefore,
as the representative of the people of
his district. cast his vote against the
bill. Mr.. Dingley, of Maine, also op-
posed the bill, saying that its effect
would be to give the silver mine owners
of this nation S21,OOO,0OO annually more
than they are now receiving for their
product. In addition TO this. our minis
would be flooded by silver imported
from abroad.
The Republican Bland.
Representative Bartine, of Nevada,
the leader of the Republican free coin
age men, said that in his Judgment the
silver question was the most vitality i'm
portant question confronting the Amer
lean people today. It's ultimate decision
would bear for good or for i'll upon the
industrial fortunes and social welfare
of the entire human family. 1t was not
to be settled by sneering illusion to the
silver craze, 70-cent dollar and denun-
citation of the silver miners.
The ruling classes in the Eastern
cities. whose wealth had been piled
mountain high by special legislation,
were swelling into white heat of in
dlgnatiOn at the thought that the silver
miners would realize an enhanced price
through tree coinage, and were de-
nouncing them all as silver kings. If
they went out West they would
find the country full of men grown old
i'll the vain search for the wealth that
never came. The famous bonanza
mines were actually yielding more gold
than silver. 1t was these Infamous
miners who had furnished the country
over $500, 200. 900 in eoin with which to
pay the national debt and the balance
of trade.
MIR. Bartine devoted very interest
ing part of his speech 10 the PROPOSE
ton that the farmer has more at stake
in this question than the silver miner.
He said the bulk of wheat the American
farmer sells in the European markets
is sold in competition with silver-uSlng
countries and upon silver basis.
Hatch's Bold Stand.
Mr.. Hatch, oil Missouri, believed that
this question was a national one and
therefore of necessity party one. 1t
was utterly impossible for the Demu-
cratic party to ignore its past history, its
promises and Its pledges to the people
on this subject. No amount Of sophis-
try, no selfish or sectional appeal could
draw from this question the pledges
made by the Democratic party in
twenty-eight states, in which that party
declared that silver would be restored
to the place it occupied in 1878. The
gentleman from Massachusetts will
iams) had attempted to read him out of
the Democratic party. [Laughter.] The
gentleman, with an egOtiSm he had
never heard equaled in this house. had
declared substantially that only those
who agreed with him on this question
were Democrats.
"Why, my dear friend" calculated
MIR. Hatch, You have not learned the
first lesson of Democracy yet; you know
no more of Democratic principles and
the Democratic party than you know
what is going Oh in the world beyond.
Laughter and applausel. The first
duty of Democrat is to abide by the
decision of his caucus and his cOnven-
ton. and when the gentleman under
takes to read me out of the Democratic
party simply resent it with the indig
nation of Democrat who never
scratched ticket and never bolted a
nomination" Laughter and applause].
"Can you refer me to Democratic
platform that ever declared for free sill
ver?" asked Mr.. Williams. [Applausel.
when you want Democratic plat
FORM" replied Mr.. Hatch. You will get
it from Democrats, and not from men
whose swaddling clothes have not been
! off for week, OF a month, OF a year.
. Laughter.
"You want to read me out of the
,oSI To-, civ
said Mr.. Hatch, "but you stated that the
time was coming when the Democratic
party must choose between Democratic
New England and the Alliance party of
the South and West. l am ready to
take my stand now. will swap you for
the baretooted statesman from Kansas
loud and long continued laughter, and
l will take your colleague and give him
if can win back the young Democrat
from Georgia (Mr. WatSOn), who has
gone astray. Laughter.
Mr.. Castle, of Minnesota, denied the
right of any Democrat on the floor of
the house to pronounce policy for the
party in advance of party platforms.
They could speak for their own states,
but he objected to their speaking for his
state or for the party when it had never
pronounced on it. He represented peo-
pie VINO ldu D6Gll DelllOCIdlS Ill anu OuG
of season. His people were opposed to
this bill because it proposed to make
fiat money pure and simple. [Applaussl.
Representative English, New Jer-
sey Democrat, opposed the bill, and
Representative Taylor, of Illinois, sent
up to the clerks desk and had read
proposed substitute measure intended
to ridicule the pending bill. Mr.. Lind,
of Minnesota. said he took issue with
those who represented the farmers Of
his state as bound down by mortgages.
He could state from personal knowledge
that there never was year in which
the farmers of his district had paid off
as many mortgages as in 1891, and there
had never been a time when fewer
loans were made, Or at lower rate of
interest than the present. [Applausel
Mr.. Butler, of Iowa, being recognized,
closed the debate by saying that when
the act of 1878 had brought the farmers
of the country into condition of suf-
ferng, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr.
Taylor, millionaire, arose. and with
a comical substitute for the bill added