St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-10

cessful attempt of the secretary of the
treasury to avoid existing law in the
purchase of silver. sit is serious
enough and unlawful enough, but we
are powerlesS, and we all know that the
zeal of the convert is proverbial, and
that the secretary of the treasury is but
the automatic register of the
WISHES OF THE EXECUTIVE"
The letter of the president to Gov.
Northen changed the entire aspect of
the question. Surely the friends of
silver who advocated repeal solely as a
stepping stone to the recognition of that
metal would not follow the executive
further.
Il appeal to the senator from In
DIANA" Mr.. Wolcott said, who in his
heart l know opposes the abandonment
of silver as a standard-who holds the
key of the whole situation in his hands,
and whose single word of approval
would bring us relief and save this
country from the cruel burden of mono
metallism-to stand with the people of
his own country and his own flag, and
against this proposed surrender to Brit
ish interests. The only hope for silver
is by amendment to the present bill.
There is no hope for an independent
measure. even if it should pass con-
gress.
1.-The step once taken will be irrevo-
cable, and the senate owes 1t to Itself and
to the country that it make no cowardly
surrender of the sacred interests with
which it is entrusted"
Mr.. Voorhees, said the constant as
severation that the pending bill demone-
tized silver was not fact. The pend
ing bill did not take from single dol
lar of silver its monetary value. With
out full consideration he had said in
February last that the passage of bill
repeating the Sherman law would absO-
lutely demonetiZe silver, and leave it
unsupported by any word of legislation.
In saying SO he was mistaken. Mr..
voorhees, then defended the declaration
of the
POLICY OF BINIETALIsM
! contai ned in the senate substitute, say
ing more had been accomplished by just
such declarations than by positive laws,
and he cited the Declaration of hide
pendence as ali illustrious example.
Mr.. Morgan Uem., Ala.) inquired
why the language of the house bill
pledging the faith and credit of the
United States to the reconciliation of
silver had been changed to mere
| declaration in favor of bimetaliiSm.
| 4his OOliCSo lSSoloSo IoO 4oNSllOli
as an imputation and declined to yield.
When the Sherman law no longer dis
grace the statute books he was ready
to act promptly and with all the energy
and force he could command to carry
out the declaration made.
"lf gentleman's word is not to be
| taken upon the floor" said Mr.. Voor-
hees, ''let us stop the controversy"
The senator from Colorado CWolcott,
arraigned him, said Mr.. Voorhees,, not
merely oday, but at other times, moi
quite directly, but by amazed periods OF
inquiry or suggestion or inuendo,as hav.
ing been false to the cause of silver
money. The senator from Colorado
voted for the miserable makeshift Of
$780, which had been the destruction oil
silver money, while he (Voorhees) knew
it would destroy silver, and so stated
He was willing to go before Colorado OF
any of the
SILVER STATES
and meet any of the senators from those
states in joint discussion and prove tt
their own voting population that they
were the worst enemy of silver.
Mr.. Teller (Rep., COLI criticised Mr.
Voorhees, for his change of views on thu
silver question.
II do not know what new light the
senator has" said he. 81 have followed
him heretofore, but will not follow
him any more. because ! do not know
when he will change his mind, and thu
influences that change his mind may
not be sufficient to change mine."
Mr.. Teller said if the pending bill be
came a law it was the complete ant
utter eX;inguishment of silver as stand
ard money all over the world.
That was what the night was for, AM
he did not intend that the senator from
Indiana nor the president should escap
under cover of q pretended intention +
do SON ething for silver at later day.
The resolution went to the calendar