New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-16

'""'"Hshi' Ihnt portion OF me platform ought TO De
carried out I'm II single bill and a bimetallic
STANDARD. II the friends Of silver yielded to the de-
mand Of the gold people they yielded that which
nothing hut revolution could regain II the purchase
OF IN" gold people was achieved, the minis would
be- stopped the coinage Of silver, and no method
was proposed to replace silver with other currency
The United States brd reached such point In wealth.
prosperity and industry that 1t could afford to lead
ana not follow. (Apllau>c.)
This country had declared Its political liberty In the
days OF 177G could IT not now proclaim it, financial
liberty! ale who would BE- free himself must strike
the blow Np,,lnrso)
Mr.. Grosvcnor Hcp., Ohio) said that 1t was 10
be- regretted that the President in his message to
Congress had not been void Of pariisanslp he
had asked the two houses to be. II unfortunate
that the Executive cf III" country. looking forward
to ia. condition which poicnced violent opposition
to his views had seen fit first TO appeal to partisan
ship and unjistly to proc lain TO the people that
the present pcrlls Of the country grew out Of the
legislation OF The RcpIhliCan party. II the pending
debate should develop into a partisan discussion Its
instigation would be found In the declarations OF
the President himself tn" President had declared
that the Republicans had beef responsible for the
present condition " affairs and this declaration
would be- the origin of political discu'sion-if political
discussion tnrrc should b".
He then rcod the message Of President Buchanan
to Congress In 1857. and inmated That President
Cleveland had been guilty OF plagiarism Ill MS
recent message TO Congress. President Cleveland
might hav. gene further and might have SAID 10 thc
country that there was IA condition existing not
only similar 10 that found by his predecessor, but
that there were many more factors not described Dy
President buchanan. Mr.. Cleveland might nave
stated that the unemployed men In this country 10
day numbered millions and that there were more
Idle In the country to-day than there haa Dech sii''
lsGi. Tie ma. riiy OF labor was unemployed ana
the greater part OF labor employed was working
on slor, time or on smaller wages Very ht,lc oi
the present trouble could be- traced 10 'hc oncr-
man act. He said that he Democratic parry 'o"id
not select the Mckinley act a. scal'Soa' anu ~
II had devoted the lamb 10 tho LoIu ana sent TIE
Silver bill into the Wilderness. (IhuShcr.)
Tic difficulty In which the country now found
Itself YVES attributable the fact That IN"
people feared the t.nker.ng with the protective
lariT By the Democratic party. lie hoped that
the Democratic party would be patriotic.
The Republican party would be patriotic always
and 1t had the strongcs, that the Democrats
believed that IT would BE-. or they would not dare
TO launch an Administration measure on the country
and clnl.ng" defeat. ba,ing their hopes on the
R"publcan minority. when the EcpnDlcah minority
had been treated 1t had been treated here This
question MOI question n 10 whether can OF
bcnzinc had been overturned by a serpent in the
cellar. or whether Tho lightning had struck III"
cupola Of the building. The question was how to
III, on, th,. fire. TIE Democrats came In now to
attempt to Do what the Republicans lad attempted
10 do thirty year, ago. The D'Wo'rHtN were CHI
Ing upon TIE Republicans TO stand By honest money
For thirty y.nss they had stood by honest money,
and they had rot nvcd in vain The Democrats
We're camping tonight where the Republicans had
canpcd thirty years ago. lie warned the Democrats
that they mrst CONE together this question. The
Eepuican, could De- relied upon to DO their duty. This
wa, their country and they could not nitOri 10 vote
against r. interests In order TO put av'"dy TITO
hole. lApplauscJ
Mr. Hall Dem. MOI spoke IL favor OF greater
volume If currency and OF the free coinage Of silver
I'll. present financial condition put the people of the
rrl,cd state. absolutely at the mercy Of men dealing
in Lrx uncia transaction, I'm the United States. or
In any Other nailo with which they held commerc al
r'lG un-.
VI. >ncIcrl.s Dem, T"nnl could not vote for the
wilson bill II attacked Dut on Sc t"ncr Of ihe
sherman act. and did not carry out the intention oi
/ Trmorrl.ic piriy hot only repeal the entire In
nm, nc'. Int To- 80. god and silver ~ party.
lie Try of IA" popc va, 70. m"r' NOM. ".n me
h,,: way ;o -ecrr Tint end WIS T. pT"'il" for me
rcc coinage ~ silver. H. criticised the stand taken
hv hi coll.agu, Mr.. Patterson against free collage"
made hy him during the last Go 'Sr"sS. what new
e. had hso'en IN upon IA" VISION OF MS 'oll",E s
Iic MI n deus-i would not chnng' ms convruo pi
Noi even q l'ior from Mr. whitney coulI drN" nm
rom the support e the people o. IN, moor nN
colleague had broken ia" record more Times than any
| other man h. know of. lie MIR. Patterson would
have great trouble in satisfying his people rs to III,
| change Of front. even # he At" two din'"rS ana
! ~ Nod cigar, every evening Laughter inr
rr..cn nci,' va. bet wron the debtor ana creditor
ia s.e- tn" former numbered by IN" millions ,
| ihr latter hy The thousand ~" >hy'ocSS m"r"
Ming Congress for relief. ana thu" men who refused
10 grant III, rlici would hc branded as traitors To
TIE llou,c then a, . o'clock. adjourned u'ti