St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-02

alllsm which had practically bankrupted
Europe or re-eStabliSh the monetary
| system of the constitution. There might
be spaSmOdic revival of business now,
said MIR. Bland, but it could not last
In this country stocks have already
| BEGUN TO FALL,
and II anything should rise on account
| OF the repeal OF the Sherman law and
the going to gold standard it should be
stocks, for the legislation had been in
| the interest of stock j0bbing corpora
! tiOns.
The old world was in distress, how
ever, and American securities were
| sent back to this country, notwithStand-
| ing the repeal of the Sherman law.
| The law had been repealed in the in
terest of stock gambling, and wheat.
| cotton and the products of the farm
| had been depressed by it.
When Mr.. Bland had finished he
| yielded to MIR. Bryan.
He said: I'VE have been told that the
Democratic party demanded the uncon-
dltlonal repeal of the Sherman law. No
person has yet brought in a single word
OF any platform that substantiated that
statement. Gentlemen who favor this
bill may follow the leadership of John
Sherman and call it Democratic, but. so
help me God, until he is converted to
| the true principles of fnauce l shall
never follow him and call it Democratic
or honest. You have done this"
| Mr.. Bryan referred to the bimetallic
declaration declared in the bill as it
| passed the house, and said congress WAS
not established to promise but to legis-
| late.
AT the time of the Homestead trouble
1t was said that the means by which the
| American people remedIed their griev-
ances was the ballot. What would the
people say when the elected repreS-
entatives pledged to platform and to
| principles, and then found that those
pledges were not binding when the rep
resentative came to represent the
cause 1t was blow at representative
| government.
Gen. Joe Wheeler, of Alabama. was
allowed half a minute in which to
reiterate his opposition to the bill.
MIR. Springer, of Illinois, followed.
Mr.. Livingston Dem., Ga.) said he
was unwilling to submit the destiny OF
this great people to the whims and
wishes of Europe.
Mr.. Reed said: Il have not the
| slightest desire TO mingle in the dis
cuSsion so far as it has proceeded. nor
do | intend to make this the occasion
for any suggestion as to the natural
|
| preceded me. | told L, gentleman from
Nebraska some time ago that he would
find out the difference between promise
and performance when he came to
ACTUAL BUSINESS.
That the country is undoubtedly bet
ter off when the Democratic party dis
| appoints it, l do not doubt. In some
respects might nope that this disap-
pointment would continue. | have given
at length my reasons for the view which
have taken on the question which is
before the house. l have nothing to
add. With these reasons, and with the
result. L have not the confidence
which some gentlemen have who
either know more than | do or less.
I This is very serious and important
! experiment in the history of the coun-
try which had to be tried i'll obedience
| to the wishes of the people. Congress-
| has at last after r long time done Its
duty, bnt it has robbed the measure of a
very great deal of the advantage that it
would have had. For my part l shall
not be surprised to see great industrial
misfortunes happen to This country.
In my judgment it will be found that
under this situation is the general diff
Guilty that this country does not know
nor never will know until action takes
place what are the purposes ami in
tentions of the parties in power. The
| parties themselves do not know, and in
consequence the country is Frustrated
under uncertainty. Moreover, the whole
| industrial system is subject to change
1t will be found that this underlieS our
present condition, that it is the main
cause for the uneaSineSS that has hap
| pened, and Will happen in the coming
winter. However much any such mis-
IN o AE nnrfx ofl Ton
sincerely hoped that they may not
prove as great as those who are wiser
than anticipate" Applausel.
MIR. Tracey, OF New York, expressed
mis- gratitude to the gentlemen who had
entrusted him with certain amount of
| labor during the discussion of the bill.
He regarded the Vote which was about
to be taken as the eliminating event in
a long struggle for sound money, and
the American people had finally and in
| decided terms expressed their belief
that nothing but an absolutely sound
currency should be issued by the United
| States government
Our friends on the side opposed to
this bill, ''said Mr.. Tracey. have claimed
that we have been following the direc-
| tlOnS given US by one OF the senators
from Ohio (Mr. Sherman). will not
TAKE ISSUE WITH THEM
! as to what that gentleman'S opinion
may be, but, MIR. Speaker. as far as l
and those on the Democratic side who
have acted with me are concerned, we
know that we have been following the
| lead of a man whom the people of this
country elected by the largest majority
ever received by president-Grover
Cleveland" Applause.
! In the midst of the applause the
| sharp, Shrill voice of Mr.. Wilson, of
| Washington, yelled: Cuckoo, cuckoo"
and the house, amid perfect pande-
mOnium of mingled laughter and ap-
plause, was brought to its senses by the
strong voice of the speaker. Mr.. Will
sons ejaculation was an echo of Mr.
Morgan's remark in the senate the other
day that when the clock in the White
house struck the cuckoos in the cham
ber stuck their heads out of their boxes.
Mr.. Wilson. of West Virginia. closed
the debate. Which side was right the
future alone could determine. 81 loW,"
he concluded, demand vote upon the
| bill. :"
Mr.. Bland's motion to recommit the
bill with instructions to report back a
free coinage amendment took the prece-
dence and was first voted upon. The
motion was lost 109 to 175.
After the vote on the Bland substi-
| GutO WoO 0uhOuliIOo 4uls Dy Oil dShcu
unanimous consent to be allowed to
make statement in explanation of the
conduct of the silver men. This was
granted.
when the previous question was de-
manded," he began, "some of US be-
lieved that those who favored this bill
should take all the responsibility for its
passage. We felt justified in exercising
every right given US by parliamentary
law. We desired to compel the friends
of this bill to use every instrument to
force a vote, in order that no one could
ever say that we had acquiesced in
what was about to be done. l
was on my feet, I thought, in
time to make a dilatory motion when
the speaker put the motion on the de-
mand for the previous question: But l
Lave no criticism to make. We were
too weak to call for the ayes and nays,
and could not loug delay action in this
body. l hope that the results of this
measure will be better than we believe
| thew will hp Rut If yun ara riOht and