Nevada County picayune., 1892-03-10
CRISP, MCRAE AND FREE
COINAGE.

pHSahSi N'i'ob Stthaihi1 oohiN
to the core on the silver question
and a few months ago every Demo
cratic paper in the South and West
were earnestly urging the passage
of free coinage bill--Arkansas
Democrats have been unanimous for
1t, and it was mainly upon this
issue that large majority Of the
Southern and Western Democratic
congressman voted for Crisp for
Speaker. II we mistake not, the
platform upon which Hon. L. G.
McRae was elected declared for free
silver in the. strongest terms, and he
was elected mainly upon that issue.
II these things be true it seems very
inconsistent in any of the Democratic
papers in Arkansas to be bounding
Mr.. McRae because he voted for Mr.
Crisp.
Certainly no one doubts Speaker
Crisp's loyalty to free coinage, as
the committee appointed by him,
with Mr.. Bland Chairman has al
ready begun active work, with which
committee, Mr.. McRae, true to his
pledges to the people, is in full ac
cord.
And MIR. Crisr, we believe, is also
true to every principle of the Demo
cratic party, and Notwithstanding we
hoped for Mr.. Mills election as
Speaker, we have no facts to
warrant us in doubling the genuine
ness Of Mr.. Crisp's Democracy.
Tariff reform is neccessary-is a
grand Democratic idea, but the
silver question is of equal importance
and must go hand in hand with it.
While we do not care further to
discuss the speakership contest, it
really 'makes us tired to read
some of the attacks made upon Mr..
McRae by papers pretending to adj
vocate free coinage.
As stated above, Mr.. Crisp and
Mr.. McRae are for free coinage; Mr..
Mills may be, but the following clip
pings from the Democratic papers,
at least, throw some doubt upon his
silver record.
| The Washington Post just after il
had been announced that Chairman
Bland and would report a free coin.
age bill said:
1.-The free silver men were jubi.
liant yesterday in the belief that il
would not be long before their pet
measure reached a vote. The anti.
free coinage men, on the other hand,
were preparing for fight although
it is not true that all the anti-silvel
members occupy this position. Rep
resentative Tracy for instance, than
whom there is no more earnest OPP
poneRt of the free silver idea, said tC
The Post yesterday that he would
not filibustcr against the consider
alton OF the Bland bill, nor did he
favor the employment of such tao
tics by any other members. "This
fight, he said, was fought in tht
Speakership contest. Mr.. Mills was
in favor of laying aside the silver
question and Mr.. Crisp was not. Mr.
Crisp won and appointed a coinage
committee which had a majority o
members in favor of free silver. 1t
ed now and l, for one will not fill
buster against bringing the bill to |
vote. My idea would be to have tn,
Committee on Rules fix day anC
then let the measure be debated fo
three or four days and be voted
on"
Representative Tracy, and almost
the entire New York and New En-
gland representatives oppose FREE
coinage, while those Of the South anC
West favor it.
Again, we suggest that the paper
in this district that have SO earnestly
favored free coinage, and now MAKE
war upon Mr. McRae for voting TO
Mr.. Crisp, refer back to the associat,
ed press reports, and see what Rep
resentatives Hoar and Williams
Democratic Congressman from
Massachusetts had to say in explain
ing why they went into the Demo
cratic caucus and voted twenty nine
times for Mr.. Mills for Speaker an,
then after Mr.. Crisp was nominated
by handsome majority of Demo
cratic representatives, refused to vot
for him on the lloor of the House.
Mr.. Sherman Hoar, of Massa
chusetts, one OF the representative
who did not vote for any one 70
Speaker, said;