Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-26
The Texas Senator Talks on Free
Coinage.
The CAUSE OF DECLINE IN PRICES.
Tariff Reform He Thinks
the Only Remedy.
MONEY FOR MINISTER'S
TheDiplomatic Appropriation Bill
Up in the House.
THE SENATE.

After some routine morning business MI.
Coke addressed the Senate in favor of the free
coinage of silver. basing his remarks on MI.
Morgan's resolution on that subject. lie said
that the free coinage of silver was urgently
demanded by the great body of the American
people, but that il was resisted by an unholy
and wicked conspiracy Oh the part of the gold
monopoists. who wished to retain an absolute
control on their own terms of the products Of
labor.
The people voted rightly at the polls, but
'by ways that are dark and tricks that are (not)
vain they were defrsuded out of their rights,
cheated out OF the fruits OF their victories ut the
polls and left ed III the hands of their oppres-
until the time rolled around tor another can
vass and election. when the same performance
would be repeated and the farce How not to
do it would be re-enacted
Anti-silyer democrats mugwumps and repub-
lcans me. on Il common ground ard cooper
ated for the attainment of their ends. Those
democrats who looked TO a third party for re-
lief were pursuing an iguls fatuus- he
could imagine no poorer disposition that
q democrat could make of himself than to
organization There had never been room in
this country tor more than two great political
parties
CAUSE OF THE DECLINE OF PRICES.
He attributed the continued decline in the
prices of agricultural products since 1878 to
the characterization of silver in that year.
Silver having been deprived of its money func-
ton and debased to a mere commodity had
fallen in value, and with it had gone
down all other commodities, while gold had
gone rapidly mp; so tina. 66 cents worth of gold
would now buy as much particularly of agri-
cultural prOducts) as 100 cents of that metal
would have bought before the demonstration
of silver. This had been the work of European
bondhOlders and bankers, aided by their
II. - 4.1G I'D md ted
and beloved in chorus about the dishonest
silver dollar" and who characterized as revolu-
tionary and communistic the honest efforts Of
the people to undo $50 far they COULD the
robberies perpetrated upon them.
TARIFF REFORM TIE ONLY HOPE.
The only hope of extrication from the trou-
bles which he depicted was the reform of the
tariff and to retrace the steps Of legislation on
the silver question.
These two great policies went hand in hand.
They were inseparably connected and bound
together and the success of both was indis-
pensable to national prosperity.
During the first half of his speech Mr.. Coke
had many attentive ana apparently interested
listeners, among whom were Messrs. Allison,
Band had come over from the House
and taken a sea. behind him. Mr..
German. Mr.. Daniel and other democratic
Senators sat near him. But as the speech pro-
and all dropped away except Mr.. Mills and Mr..
Bland.
Mr.. Daniel was the next speaker on the same
subject and on the same side of the question.
THE HOUSE.
After three private bills were passed the
regular order was de handed and the Speaker
stated tie regular order to be the passage Of
the Walker expunsing resolution
Mr. Blount ga asked unanimous consent
that the House 60 into committee of the whole
for the consideration of the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill. There was 10 OBJ
jsction, bat Slr. Blanchard (La) gave notice
that On Monday next he would call up the river
and herbor appropriation bill
THE DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House then went into committee Of the
whole (Mr. Oates, Ala, in the chair on the
diplomatic and consular appropriation bill.
Mr.. Blount explained the provisions of the
measure. IL appropriated sl,5Si,s25,
rent law, and S55S.54I less than
the estimates. The reduction on missions was
S25,0OO; on coBsUls. S37 ,00U; IN the bureau of
American republics, Sl0,0JO. The number of
missions had been reduced by placing Den
mark, Sweden and Norway under one mission,
Colombia and Ecuador under one mission and
Peru and Bolivia under one mission.
sAIIRIZISd oCR FOREIGN MINISTER'S
He then proceeded to satirize the work per-
formed by our ministers abroad. and as he
touched upon our minister to Russia he
brought to his feet Mr. ONeiil Penn with a
defense of our minister to that country
Mr.. O'Neill referred TO the fact that
the Emperor OF Russia had, through the min
lister, conveyed his thanks to Philadelphia and
other cities for their contributions of food 10
the starving people of Russia
Mr.. Blounr, continuing. said that he had re-
ceiyed letter from the SIats Department
stating that II was informed by the minister to
Denmark that If this separate mission was
abolished Denmark probably would not make
an exhibit at Chicago.
He Mr.. BiOuIt) did not think that Denmark
would be SO silly as TO withhold her exhibl, on
account of this bIl. the committee
ON foreign affairs had gone but a
short way IN correcting the abuses
which existed IN our diplomatic relations. He
thought that the tine not Tar distant
when radical corrections would be made
ali along the line. In regard TO the con-
sular system the Committee had left
uudisturbed the salaries al ali the important
points of foreign trade. reduced them where
the business was small enough TO justify It,
taking some of the consu.ates out OF the
salaries lists and placing them on tie fees.