The sun., 1893-08-12

Yves no ambralty about the platform; and and
tons il Imposed upon the, Dem ocratic party.
except by a base betrayal Of tho peonle. Ii the
night % be a lonr i time me- before It had another op.
portunity to betray them As lar ms he was
concerned, in this critical hour he was not In
sHirH guided TS5u by higher and pSrsr faith He be-
STsT oST creed ed tho eSgp snporston that nation grew
rich in proportion to the w9rthlessness oil the
+ eoSd Issue II 'cSh tho e hs pPeT
that we cherished our honor as much as our
liberty. ,.-
was frequently interrupted with applause.
FREE COINAGE MAN FOR REPEAL.
Mr.. Brown dem, Ind. ;, who followed Mr..
Rayner, expressed himself as In favor o. me
havoc to business brought about By, the Sher-
man law,and in view OF tho declarations OF the
hs c the Jaw IN Sn
not assume that tie President was opposed to
but the President himsoif who was ready
to express the opinion Of the President
at at ali ali as to what the. Presidents Views
wcre 1t would be that the President was in
favor Of the coinage Of both gold and silver
without discriminating against either metal.
and that tho President would redeem every
pledge aud promise which he made by arcrrt-
dencv. The Democratic party was pledged to
repeal the sherman act; tho President had
d"nS his 81 da ,hnfs pb T6o hs ,mS 1%o
ft% sy s SS% hs saSS%
hold IL TO a strict accountability Tor the re-
demption Of these promises.
MIR. BLAND PLEADS FOR FREE COINAGE.
Mr. Bland dem. Mo-. the great silver adyo
cate. was then recognized by the Sneaker. He
men had changed their opinion on this silver
question, The gentleman who had Just taken
HI hi lie se"t Mr. had Dsn as 81
metallism. He had read part Of the Chicago
platform and he had rotrsated from part.
e9ntributsd tor to give him :" seat in tie
House. lle, had turned his face toward the
East and his back toward the Tsst YES rhs
pooks that looked to the use Of silver as q
money OF the country. He knew at the time
posed pos to free coinage. apd would demand ito
repeal at the first opportunity. The repeal Of
the sherman act was part OF the Chicago
platform. Another, part was declaration for
tho uso Of both gold and silver as the money Of
resented. rs he undtrstood that the % free coinage
of silver. in accordance with the platform
two laws could not exist together. They were
inconsistent. Members were now asked to re.
peal the Sherman act ana take their chances ?,
mcct the pledge OF the platform to coin both
gold and silver
financial legi islation. and contended that it was
the light on silver which had precipitated tho
panic, 1t had been brought ahou. designedlyy
that. The panic hnd hegun and was alarming
the country: but he declared that II the de;
with the panic would become one in earnest.
He appe9ed TO mem bers to stand by bimeta!-
Ffanso 0Ss sd s aodsa modam H e
exchange for all the world during seventy
9e ysar q st Gold ra'S G that l' ratio Of Fsanse sgss
had been able to, maintain the parity
Of the two n metals all over the world ?, That That
States cou i'd do 50 at the ratio OF l6 to l.. ii
Europe refused to accept that ratio. the effect
would be to divert from Europe the trade Of
Could England Withstand this withdrawal OF
tsade2 Gertain,y tai not 1t was tme.alism
S ts with the United
Mr. Bland here sent to the clerks desk. and
had read nm extract from the report Of the
currency. to the effect that. in it's opinion. a
TepeaI Of the sherman purchasing act would
n decrease o: Is cents an ounce in the price OF
its coinage. No man can defend that vote be-
fore his constituepcy which Is In favor Of free
to follow the Presidents recommsndations
the ts, HOUSE q EsoFessntatlySes W. a. DO not
of Mir, Culberson Dem. Texas. it was ex-
t'rssS RSsamns nnsnlfsi' M Bland declared that the
money requirements of the United States. with
the vast wealth. industry. apd energy Of its
and Germany combined. and that the whole
civilized, world would have 10 look to. this
yet" said he, with vehemence. "We are asked
here today to lay the bloody hand Of conasca-
Sn Re RSp Of Of nand in consress SaF s
terests OF your own people and destroy
' t" crafty a u the greed r. q Wall street. mere
agent of Lombard street? 1t cannot: It shall
Se great Of the peope Of the M @
shall not do it. iRenewed applause Ard any,
will in Gods name. be trampled, as 1t ought
to be- in the dpst 9l fGndemnati,on now and and
After ! hoIan9g Up t9 ridl;ule the promises Of
SS oy and The shns om Eat tns
s s ths se %as one s
gold standard or the double standard. The
PEOPLE had expeeted that the Chicago platform
and nS that Rey reSson but
10 and behold! they found that they were
chambsr. ,Ho used that language Dc,
ern Democratic friends OF tariff reform
that that subject should be considered first
They wanted to lay their hands upon silver
and demonetizs 1t before they approached the
subject OF tarin reform. Coming back to the
question OF the ratio between gold and silver.
and repeating the statement that France had
been able to maintain the parity OF the two
metals ali over the world at 151s to !. Mr..
Bland asserted that there was no reason why
the AMERICAN ratio OF ~ to ] should be
changed. The average production OF the two
metals for twenty years tup to some four years
ago. was l5 :, or rs to l and that was. there
fore, the natural coinage ratio. But il that
ratio could not be fixed the friends OF silver
had another proposition. The ratio was fair
subject Of discussion.
In closing hts argument. Mr. Bland declared
that the time had come to decide whether the
country was to 20 o himetalsm. He thought
it the duty of the House ESPECIALLY Of his Dem
ocratic associatesl to settle the money Ques-
tion and to settle 1t on correct lines 1t would
not do to demonetize silver and then to UNDER
take to restore 1t alterward. There was time
enough now to arrange 1t according to the
principles OF bimetalism and In a manner
conformahly to the promises OF the Democrat
ic party. IL" he said in conclusion. address,
ing his words particularly to Eastern Demo-
Gratis. you do not do 1t. yours is tho RESPONSE
bility not ours" IApplause.l