St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-12

Ocratic nomination.
Mr.. Bland (Dem., Mo-, the great sill
yer advocate, was then recognized by
the speaker. He expressed his regret
that a number of gentlemen had.
changed their opinion on the silver
question. The gentleman who had just
taken his seat tMr. BROWN had been
regarded as one of the most ardent
and abe advocates OF bimetalliSm.
lie had retFcated from part of the
Chicago DlattOrm--fr0m that part of all
others that had contributed to give him
a seat in the house. He had turned his
face towards the East ana back towards
the West. The Sherman law was the
only law on the statute books that
looked 10 the use of silver as money
of the country. He knew at tile
time of its passage that the element
that was striving to secure its passage
was the element opposed to free COIN
age. He knew at the time that that
element would demand it's repeal at the
first moment it saw its opportunity.
The repeal Of the Sherman act had
been
Part of tlae Chicago Platform.
Another part had been a declaration
for the use of both gold and silver as the
money of the country. Speaking for
the people he represented, he under
stood that the free coinage Of silver in
accordance with the platform neces-
sarily repealed the Sherman law. The
two laws could not exist together.
They were inconsistent.
MIR. Bland then reviewed recent sill
yer and financial legislation, and con-
tended that it was an apprehension that
the United States would repeal the
Sherman law induced the British gov
eminent to recommend to the govern
ment OF India the suspension of silver
coinage. Why was there being rushed
in now, he asked, proposition TO re-
peal the only law which sustained for
the moment, at least, the value OF sill
yer?
Mr.. Bland appealed to members to
stand by bimetailism and not to obey
the commands of the ShyI0cks. France,
he went on to say, had afforded me-
dun of exchange for all the world
during seventy years at a ratio Of 1874
of silver to ] Of gold. At that ratio
France has been able to maintain the
parity of the two metals all over the
world. That was proof that the gov
eminent of the United States could do
SO al the ratio of il TO l. II Europe re-
fused to accept that ratio the effect
would be to divert from Europe all the
trade of every silver-prOduclng country
in the world. Could England, he asked.
withstand this withdrawal Of trade?
Eertainly not. 1t was bimetaliSm that
made the manufacturers Of England SO
strong and propersoIs. Western Europe
would. have TO come to the American
standard or abandon its commerce with
the United States and with all civilized
countries. The United States was the
Best Market I'm the World
for the manufactured products of
! Europe; and that naritet Europe could
| not have unless it recognized ana aci
/ cepted silver at the same price the
| United States did. The mouometalists
| of Europe knew that if this country
went into the free coinage Of gold and
| silver at a fair ratio, it would settle the
| question for the world; and hence their
| interests and determination to prevent
| it. 1t is not only a serious question for
| the United States, but the oppressed
people of the old world appealed to
this country TO settle the question for
them, and for the whole world.
The money requirements of the
United States, with the vast wealth.
Industry and energy of It's people. were
\ equal to those of England. France and
! Germany combined, and the whole
! civilized world would have to look to
! this country for its: future. monetary
supply. And yet" he said with vehe-
mence, 1--WE are asked here today to lay
| the bloody hand Of contiScatiOn on mill
| ions of our population in order 10 sat
! isfy the greed of England. VIII con-
! gresS do it? Will you trample down the
interests of your own people. and de.
strOy the value Of one of the'precious
metals, simply to crafty the greed OF
! WALL street, a mere agent of Lombard
street? 1t cannot, it shall not be done.' d
Applause.
! Speaking for the mass of the people o
| the Mississippi valley and of the people
west of it. l say 1t shall not be done
Renewed applause.l And anybody, OIL
any party that undertakes to do it. will
/ In Gods Name,
be trampled-as. it ought to be-in the
dust of condemnation, now and in the
future. Continued applause On the
| floor and in the galleries.
/ II speak as Democrat, but yet as an
| American above Democracy. Cheers.
! We do not intend that any party shall
survive, if we can help it, that will lay
! its contiscating hand on America IN the
interest of England or of Europe. Tha
may be strong language; but, in spepk
ing to you OF the Eastern Democracy,
we will bid you farewell when you dc
ii. [Applause.l
/ "NOw you can take your choice of sus
tanning America against England, Of
sustaining American Industries anC
l. American laborers against English i'll
dustries and English Iaborers, or of our
going apart. We have come to the part
ing way. do not pretend to speak fol
anybody but myself and my constitu.
| .ents; but believe that can speak fo
the masses of the great Mississippi
valley when l say that we will not sub
nit to the domination of any pOlitica
party. however much we love Democ.
.racy, if it lays its sacriicia! hand upon
silver and wounds it in this country.
Flor myself will not support such {
party here or elsewhere; but will de
nounce it as
UndemOcratIc and Un-American
and the Democrats engaged i'll it will
ask the people of the country to con
denim as the agents and toos-no. l viii
withdraw that epithet-as the repre-
! sentatives of the mOneyed power anC
nioneyed interests instead as of repre-
sentativeS of the American people. Yol
cannot hold the Democratic party to
gether on that line" [Applause.]
In closing his argument (Which he
said he was entirely without prepare
ton for, Mr.. Bland declared
that the time had come to de-
| eide whether OF not the cOun