Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-09-29
Shameless Don. Reads a Speech.

TO the surprise Of nearly everyone, ,Sena-
tCr Cameron last Monday submitted few
remarks on the silver question. For over
a week he had been telling his friends it
was his intention 10 make speech against
the repeal bill, but somehow his assertions
gained little credence. Few believed that
the anomaly of Republican Senator from
Pennsylvania voting for free coinage would
be overshadowed by the same senator max
a speech on the same line. But this proved
to be the case.
When Senator Stewart finished his re-
marks Monday afternoon the senior senator
from the old Keystone state was observed
to rise, adjust his glasses, unrol mass OF
manuscript and then address the char.
The other Senators mastered their suprlse,
and as Senator Cameron began to read in
low tone they left their seats and gathered
around him, anxious to hear how he Would
defend his queer position. But to their
surprise his main contention was that the
Sherman law had not been injurious 10 the
state of Pennsylvania and therefore there
was no necessity for its repeal.
The senator read in such low and mo-
uotonous tone that his remarks could not
be heard by the clerks. He appeared 70
he III at ease and was evidently glad when
the ordeal was over The Senator occupi-
ed only about half hours time, and when
he concluded he was congratulated by the
silver senators and his crony, Senator But
ler Of South Carolina. In substance the
| SENATOR'S remarks were as follows:
The chiet claim of our nation to pert Is
that America has asserted the most em
phatic possible negative to the policy ano
methods of the moneyed power OF England.
The official, ayowed policy OF England Is
to prevent the restoration Of silver 10 It's
function as money, because the moneyeo
interests of England require, or think they
reouire. a monometallic gold standard
Anv further measure, therefore, winch
tend. to discredit silver is at least for the
moment furtherance ofthe British poilcy
In voting against such measure, stanoi
therefore, on assured ground. Ii anyone
is to offer explanation or excuse ior Ill
vote II il not /, it is the senators who Vot
on the other side.
The much abused Sherman act does mol
ininre Pennsylvania. Under this act We
increase the currency now about Soo,ooV'
600 a year. barely enough to meet tns
needs of the natural increase OF fpopulation
Tn yery few years this act will unduly
restrict the coinage. The people OF PenE-
sylyania want even now, and expressly re-
duire greater increase than TINS.
If silver is sacrificed the manufacturer
will be responsible for it, and IN tnat cast
take it for granted that the silver sta.sf
will revenge themselves by throwing aL
their weight on the side OF reductlon y
the tariff Our manufacturers might Hour.
ish on low silver and high tariff; tney mus
perish on gold and low tariff
Nv propositions are these: propose
cold loan of so many hundred million dol
lars a. congress may decide, to be bought
at the market rate and held in the treasury
as the gold reserve il held in the bank o
France and by the governments OF 'he
Latin Union. =
propose to open our mints to the Tree
coinage of American silver, imposing a
duty on the import Of foreign silver.
| propose, further, to repeal the tax on
state bank circulation. II
would also press once more tor actiou
in favor of our shipping.
To meet, in part, the deficit of our In
come for next year, would impose the du,
tv Of cents a pound on sugar and repeal
the bounty. Then would wait year e., 70
see how the system worked and how iai
we were affected by foreign influence.
| a~o hntb in favor O