Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-09-07

sssvsrt IN me -~nas- In tsTRss these wsrdss
wAst the standard gstt and no paper unoa.y
that Is not r~feemahae In COLA Wy this process
80 shall ccne N q specie nAsts and when ths
lahcrrr .Asil receive hi. dollar IL shall have
the sane PURCHASING power - q d,liar Of gold
the universal standard Of the worid Every
ooiy knows that
The citing Of these quotations. showing such
a remarkable change on The part % Mr.. Stew.
art. provoked general laughter At The expense
81 that senator. VII looked -cmswha, h>wii
dered. but only siroaed his long beard Sun~e~
qu~asly, however he promised 10 reply to Mt.
sherman On Friday newt
Mr. sherman foilow~i up hts advantage ow~e
the Nevada senator BY rxhtbittng . newspaper
published tn that state. one Whole side %
which vas occupied with notices Of assessments
on silver mining stocks. all paysbi. in United
state. gold coin Then he came back to the
main suhiec, 81 nj, speech. aud said Il don't
think that The steppaxe Of silver coinage vac
the end OF silver. We have proved that the
mere purchasing Of silver by a. on q de-
Ginning market II an improvtarnt use OF the
ras!se rses-y ssa ea<hs - - abandoned al
least suspended until a time Which may conc.
when hy an International Agreement OF By
some provision Of Law. We NAV guard against
the possibility Of eomiax TO . siaxie standard
% silver. mat ran BE- soae. What 10 We do
nov but simply stop the purchase % silvers
We dont saw when Ne vfii renew 10 again
We simply .ay that now. In view Of tne possi-
biiity Of . panic. Il would 10 unwi-e Tor Us TO
buying that which must lie In the
c~lisrs OF the treasury. II was In
order 10 give assurance that wc 10
not intend 70 destroy the silver minlngindu-try
o. the west that We pot into the hin reported
~ the COMMITTEES the provision proposed By
The senator from Indiana. fnsteai Of aiding 70
strike down silver would like 10 build u az.
and any measure tha, viii do 80 and will not
demon~ux- gold viii meet my approval and
support Hut I woulf not discover The nnau.
ciAi business. OF this great country. with it- -.
AMEN Of people. from the standards that are
nov recognized ~ all the Christian nations Of
Europe. would not have sny other measure
cf v.lss- than that ,e the prcad~s, and haashti-
est country In the world This ls not . aues-
ton Of mere ints-~-t to Nevada or Colo
rsdo. II II not . question OF What Wall
street viii do Wall street will be always
totnx some devtiru~nt or other. IL makes No
difference Who - up OF dowu. take that - .
matter Of course The question Is what should
BE- done for the people Of the United state. IN
all iss length and breadth. and therefore ifeca-
gross will say that in it, oriniou ~ l. not wiss
now to continue the purchase % silver bullion
there will he no injustice TO Colorado OF Ne
vafsA
Are We bound to build M the interest Of one
section Of the country at the expense OF the
tFftF W. y H'htft hFafhAtt .hN hEAhf hhas
the best thing we can DO now Is 10 suspend. for
the time at least. the purchase Of silver bull
lion.
Recurring to the suggestion % aathoririn.
the issue Of bonds. Mr.. sherman said 4 Am
willing To trust to your executive Officers. ~
you are not. tt - . strange attitude In political
Affairs would give them power to protect the
credit OF the government against all enemies
at home and abroad N the axht must b. foe
the possession Of gold I would a-c eur cotton.
our corn and our wheat, ! would protect our
or itt against all mankind A. 10 silver. l
would say that wr prefer IN walt awhile until
the skies ar. clear snd until We see the ~f~rss
OF he suspension OF silver coinage. and see
what arrangements ear be made Tor an
other monetary conferenre. In the mean
time he'd the United STATES stand on its
strength and credit. 1 think that SOMA all
these clouds viii diSsipate and that We may
go home 20 oar friends with the conviction
that We have fone a good work for our coun.
try al large Applause
Mr.. Shrrman concluded 1T : Is. having eccu-
| pied TIVE hours aud ten minutes Portions ri
/ his speech were rad frofn manuscript but the
great part Of 10 vAs delivered ert~tnpor~ snd
stfh great raptfttv AMI force. He was II,
tsnsd % throas hout vita unnaggiag attention
and interest