The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25

I
honored me by reading some OF my ut
terances awhile ago. Let me read some
here:
"And IL is hereby declared to be the
policy OF the United States to continue
the use Of both gold and silver as stand
An Honest Pledge.
An honest pledge. Does somebody dare
TO say that will mean nothing after the
congress of the United States has ut
/ tered 1t as its official position?-
land TO coin both gold and silver into
money OF equal intrinsic and exchange
able value, such equality to be secured
through international agreement or by
such safeguards OF legislation as will in
sure the maintenance of the parity In
value OF the coins OF the two metals and
the equal power Of every dollar at all
times in the markets and i'm the pay
ment Of debts, And 1t is hereby further
/ declared that the efforts of the govern
ment should be steadily directed to the
establishment of such a safe system Of
bimetallism as will maintain at all times
the equal power OF every dollar coined
or issued by the United States I'm he
markets and In the payment Of debts"
Mr.. Morgan-If Il would not inter-
rupt the senator from Indiana too much
to ask him a question in regard to the
part OF the bill he is reading l should
like TO know what the reason was for
changing the language Of the bill as 1t
came to US from the other house con-
tanning pledge OF the faith and credit
or the United States government in Ia
vor of the reconciliation OF silver?
Mr.. Voorhees, have the floor and II
| the senator from Alabama wants TO
4 IL
that clause in bad faith he can make 1t
In his own time.
Mr.. Morgan-Mr. President
Mr.. Voorhees, decline to yield 10
the senator from Alabama. 1 will be
glad If he will just wait
Mr.. Morgan-Win the senator hear
| my question?
Mr.. Voorhees, decline TO yield to
] the senator from Alabama.
Mr.. Morgan-You will have an oppor-
tunity TO hear me.
Mr.. Northeastern will have plenty Of
opportunities; there is no doubt about
that.
The Vice. resident-The senator from
Indiana has the floor and declines to be
| interrupted.
Mr.. Voorhees-The senator from Ala
bama viii have an opportunity hereafter
| to criticise the committee on finance
Mr.. Morgan-I was asking question
for information.
Mr.. Voorhees-Mr. President
Mr. Morgan-The senator refuses to
! hear the question and turns loose upon
me as IL were casting an imputauon
upon him.
| Mr.. Voorhees-we had sufficient rea-
sons for what we did. 1 propose briefly
and tersely, not to speak at length TINS
| morning to discuss a few points MADE
| necessary in my mind by the senator
| from Colorado. But for him would not
be on the floor.
I say that we have offered something
| better. We have offered the high pledge
| of the government for the continued use
| and the continued coinage OF the two
| metals. 1t is well known, the senator
from Colorado is not in doubt about my
position. that when the pending measure
| is out OF the way. when the sherman law
no longer disgraces the statute books
| of the nation. am ready TO act prompt
| ly and with all the energy and force that
| i can bring to bear to carry out the
pledge which the bill contains.
Now. Mr.. President, word or two
more. In connection with what took
| place here in February last, what 1 said
| then have said since, and | reintroduce
| it because ii sounds well to my own ears:
"You might as well authorize circu-
| lating medium based upon tobacco by
| the hogshead or cotton by the bale as
upon silver in it's bullion shape. 1t must
| be coined into money, and such is the
| position OF the democratic party as de-
clared in national convention.
"I own no silver mines; L am inter
ested in none; the people / represent
have no interest in silver bullion; they
| are interested simply in the great dollar
with which their fathers bought the
country I'm which they live, cultivated 1t,
and made il prosper and bloom as 1t is
| blooming today"
/ further said in that connection:
"There are two classes of financiers In
| this country on the subject of the metals.
| The one is welded entirely to gold; the
other is practically solid for silver. Sir,
I am welded to both metals, and l in
| tend fair play for both"
If a gentlemans word is not to be
taken on this floor let us stop contro-
versy. / am for gold and silver money
! upon terms of equality before the law,
because conceive that to be for the best
interests of the business people of the
| United States.
Sir, knew was to be arraigned when
! this controversy began. I have studious-
| ly avoided putting any acrimony in this
| debate, nor shall I depart from that line
hereafter; but I wish to say word or
two more about my position on this sub
| iect. The senator from Colorado ar
raigned me, not merely today, but at
other times. not quite directly, but by
| high and amazed periods of inquiry OF
SuEReSuOn OF lnuueIuO, dS HdNlIB Detn
| false to the cause of silver money. Let
| us see, between him and me, who has
| been the best friend of silver money.
| Sir, in 1890 1 voted in this body for the
| free coinage of silver money. The sena-
| tor himself voted for this miserable
| "makeshift" 1.-The Sherman act" which
| has crushed silver money into the dirt.
| He thought IL was a bonanza. He
| thought it guaranteed the sale of all that
| the bowels of the earth contained out in
! his part of the country. knew 1t would
| destroy silver money, and said so at the
| time.
Who Is the Enemys
Let us see. as IL we were before his
own people. who is the enemy of silver.
| I would gladly meet him there. The
| Sherman act has come as a blight; Ii has
been destruction to silver money; 1t has
cursed the country; 1t has demonetized
| silver money nearly one-half; ii has
taken away the money value from silver.
/ Sir, when that measure was brought
| forward here as a substitute for the free
and honest coinage of silver 1 said on
| the Sth of July. 1890. speaking of the
Sherman bill then pending in the senate
as reported from a committee of con-
ference between the two houses:
What is the spectacle presented here
| in this body? I am amazed. / will not
| use offensive language. but / am amazed
| at the hardihood of senators who stand
up In this body to take back all we
| said and all we did, and all we voted
| for within the last three or four weeks.