Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-26
LAST DAYS DEBATE.
wutrrnOs. REED OF MAINE SAYS.
A Forecast o. 20 the Probable Action
VI Congress on tie Silver
Question.

100 tNlhht hNAAANttA w ANt lati ANAi ANlH
g,sthc lat day Of tho great silver do.
bate. The speaker announced tina, the
H,bAto In favor Of the bill would be-
closed by IL author. Wilson, w. Va,
opposed by BlanJ, Mo.
Clarke, NO., was the fret speaker.
.lc believed II the duty Of Congress to
0x lhV ratio ut 10 10 D.. still he
would not cast vote that
Vonli continue tbu paralysis Of ibe
Industry Of the country. II was nee.
cssRry that immediate action 10 taken
to restore confidence. The trouble Is
uuu 90 the purchasing Of silver under
the 5hofman law, 90 people believed,
and whether that belief Was correct or
not be- would vote 30 repeal the law OF
10 anything 10 rcstogv confidence.
qHos. REEDS srEECu.
Tho next speaker was Hon. rhos. b.
Reed, Of Maine. Afer sketch ing
rflthy tho financial condition VI tho
country and declaring no had no de-
sifr 10 zeal with the situation from
IOllilcEl standpoint ho proceeded %
.iy TINT tho Democratic party was
ur.usht into power by curious com.
uiuhtiun ot circumstance, hut
u large measure by the
American people. The consciousness
.l this hCt, uo sad, underlleB the eniite
siiuatiun, He would rot raise the
question whether protection was wise
WI not, but the fact remained that
oven N IL were admittUl that he pre-
positions ~ the Democratic platform
were entirely correct, that hyftem
upon which the manufactures OF the
country had teen iegu Tor thirty
year,, was threatened with total
change.
Whether that change would be for
he b.ttur OF not, no man can know.
what the Democratic parry proposed
70 do, nobody eau say; they not even
know themselves. Tue speaker did
not believe tho Democratic party was
utterly bad; nor That they would be
permitted 10 be- 10 n they desired.
IL tho reformation Of the iarin were
IN tue hands even Of IA friends who
iav, red protection instead OF those
who denounced Il, business would be
ttagnnnt or at alandstill. But when
rs reformation was To- the hands OF
men opposed TO the present system,
tue manufacturers OF the country VINO
build on the present Byatem must
uscussafiiy call a halt. II their goods
ato 10 come Ia competition with the
manufacturers 81 other lands where
production IL on a different basit;
whose labor IN differently regarded,
no manufacturer Will dare 10
manufacture more than absolute
ngCesaity requires. He characterized
this cause OF the present condition Of
aiairr rs being thr uuiiscoverable
uncertainty Of tile future OF both cur.
tyncy questions ahd tho question OF
protection and revenue tAFin. lie
.onsidefed tho Sherman act and tho
accumulation Of silver IA the earliest
Indication Of the approaching disaster
rather than the chief cause, He did
not believe the Democratic congress,
oven under the pressure OF the people,
would revise the tariti or that working
men wouli be brought back even to tue
condition OF workmen unuet the Wal.
kvf tariff, but he'd no doubt there
would be- doubts aud difficulties
ana reductions, 10 was not 10 bu
expected that the Democrats after
tllt,y years u cfiticiam OF the acts "
uthtH should he lifted at Oacn 10 the
higher level 0i responsibility and per.
ilfmauCe. Time only could DO that.
on tie assistanCl Of the Republica
minority In tho direction Of sound
government ana honest administration.
the speaker wis sorry the Democratic
mlloriiy would not purmit lhe Rppub-
leans TO exhibit their wisdom In
tho way OF amendment but
mined them TO the Democratic
lrlp1hition. Ho would waste no time
Ia showing that the rights Of the mi
ruriiy are outraged. lie recognized
The uecgEsity and duty u the party In
lower Of assuming the responsibility
~ It's action. He was only sorry tue
question could not bo settled within
ne bounds Of tho Democratic party
self, but everybody knew the major.
yUt Democrats would decide against
The gGOu sense OF the nation. Though
he did NOT believe the repeal
o. the Sherman net would
Biyo immediate prosperity he would
vote for It because, whether Justly OF
rot, 10 Is believed to be the cause Of
boarding currency anu because only
by repeal could the nation hope 10
attack foreign capital, He character.
i1td the charge that the law Ui 1873
was "a trick as "nne VI tbs most sIu'
leudoue iabrioatiOus which ever eNist.
tu III pullllcAl me-"
Ihu pathway q duty 10 uncOndi.
iional ppeal. II that did not give
relief We must tfy something else aud
ne sooner tho better. The Rupubll.
cans ,ound themselves In peculiar
position, The newly chosen Demo.
vinilc President found h mtel, power.
lfts ia his nrst great recommendation
To his own party aud forced 10 appeal
10 tho patriotism Of another party,
whose patriotism has never huuu
appealed 10 in vain.
he speaker fkelched the salient
lnmts in tie financial history OF the
Il publican party anu closed 10y sayinl
That wheu the Jay came, as II surely |
would, Tor that party TO lead O.,
vountry back ~ property, II would |
TAKE back with it unUient gi0rF uu. |
timmtu by adversely, our anolunl
hulur unHuillCu uy uu' eat.
Netd's closing fenHrAs were received |
WIN prolonged uutuufs. oil appliance. !
lie was followed by Drhrmund, No, |
IN opposition 10 unconditional feloal |
DtarmOnd took Carlisle to task i0l |
following the ruin0ua financial policy |
~ his predecessor. Had the 5h rmgu |
Jaw been prupcCly executed tho parity |
nal been maintained. This might be |
tue, but he dil not believe the story |
that the Democrats aud Roi ublicans u |