Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-16
CAUGHT BY THE VOTES.
Democrats Guilty OF Dishonesty and
Coward.ce.

bchtasOkJ Has rarely H6l SO many
votaries As now. BuL the attempts OF
the mngwumps and the few anti-silver
democrats to prove lie 10 DC the truth
have surpassed every exhibition of per-
sonAl and partisan hypocrsy hereto
fore made. Tnsy cay that the demo-
Gratis defeated the free coinage bill in
the house. it Is not true. Tne attempt
10 make the people believe such state
ment Is dishonest. There MAS = demo-
cratic quorum in the house and the
truth - that If every republican had
refralned from voting and only demo-
Gratis mad voted, the free coinage bill
would have passed the house by a
democratic majority. No demagogue
or chsrlatsn can 50 juggle the figures
as To make the contrary appear TO De
the fact
AnaiySrs OF the yoIes-
Taking the second vote the following
is the result:
Democratic vote for free silver. III;
democratic vote against free silver,
"a; democratic majority for free sill
YER, 33.
Republican vote for free silver, s; re-
publican vote against free silver, 90;
republican majority against free sill
YER, %.
III the republicans had not voted the
free coinage bill, with its menace 70
business interests. would have passed.
Except for republican votes in the
house, March "a, the Bland bill would
have passed. The democrats voted by
an emphatic majority for both these
destructive measures. The same rec
ord Is shown 10y ali the votes whIc n
have been taken IN Congress at this ses-
sion on the free coinage question, as
the following record shows:
Record III the house OF representa-
tiyes March 2i, 1892. on the Bland free
silver bill:
Democratic vote for free silver. 1870;
democratic vote against tree silver, 81;
democratic majority for free silver, 40.
Republican vote for free silver, o.
republican vote against free silver,
li3; republican majority against free
SILVER, 80.
Record IN the senate July l on the
free silver bill:
Democrats for free silver, so; demo-
crats against free silver. 10; democratic
majority for free silver, 20.
Republicans for free silver, Ii; re-
publicans against free silver, 81; re-
publican majority against free sill
yer, IL.
Dishonest and Cowardiy Trick
The truth is that the mugwumps and
Cleveland democrats have been en-
gagged IN dishonest and cowardly
effort to conceal the free coinage sentl.
ment In the democratic party. They
will not be successful unless they car
| prove the truth to be lie. They have
! by the threat that patronage should
be withheld In the event of Cleveland:
| election, induced some democratic free
coinage men to stultify themselves and
to vote against free coinage. But no
one of these free coinage democrat:
admits that he mas abandoned hi
free silver views, or that he vii
make any attempt 10 concea
them after election. In fact they
say that they have SO vote(
in the hope that they may help Cleve
land, and that they reserve the right L
assert their views after election. Tn,
silver issue. they say, has only beer
sent to the rear until after November
Cleveland has, undoubtedly. exerte,
himself TO AID IN the accomplishment
of tins fraud. Yet with all this blatan
pretense the record of the final vot
has shown that the democratic party 4
what Representative Pierce was homes
enough TO say II was-a free silver party
Done by Republicans.
The defeat of the free coinage bill il
the house - due TO the republican
members. Every one knows that tn
democratic vpte against taking up tn
bill was not cast exclusively, nor eve
manly. 10y democrats who are oppose,
To silver coinage. Much the larges
part OF It came from democratic repre-
sentauves who mean To- vote for ire
coinage whenever they think they ca
afford to do SO, but VINO do not dar
now. with a presidential election clos
at hand, to- face the consequence O
sncn a vote.
No vote in the house this year cpult
be expected to show the full strengt
OF free coinage among the democrat
Scores OF democratic representative
who would vote for the measure q
any other time have felt compelled I
vote against the bill this year on III
ground that Its passage would hurt tn
party IN the presidential election.
the language of Senator Vest they war
the democratic party To get full pcws
first, and IL will then settle the silve
question IN its own way. These me
want delay, but they would vol
for free coinage next winter or at an
future time. If these. with sms
minority of democrats who really oI
pose free coinage. prevent the psssae
of bal this summer with the aid OF r
pubiicsns, they hope 10 get stror
enough To pass free coiusge bill her
. after. and they do not believe that
democratic president will ever set hin
self against the declared wishes of h
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