The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-15
SENATOR PETER.



Free Coinage OF silver ut 10 to J.
WASHINGTON, Sept Sat $50 the
senate resumed its legislative session
and Mr.. PETERS amendment to the re-
peal bill. providing for free coinage be-
ing the pending question, was read.
preparatory to Mr.. PETERS addressing
the senate
Mr.. Jones republican, Of Nevada,
moved that the senate adjourn On
this question Mr.. Hale demanded the
yeas and nays, and the motion to add
journ was reiecsed-yeas 10, nays 81
Mr.. PETER then resumed the floor In
advocacy of his amendment He said
the administration was not proposing
to discuss the philosophy of finances;
they came to congress with demand
for a particular act, the repeal of the
Sherman law. They suggested no
policy which will admit of the usual
compromises in legislative proceedings
It Is this or nothing. and that so far
concerned the people be represented,
they accepted their movement in the
spirit in which it was given. They
proposed TO give no quarter; his
people proposed to give none He
called attention to the fact
that a very large majority of the
farmers in the south were members of
the Farmers Alliance, and that one OF
the cardinal doctrines Of the alliance
is the free and unlimited coinage OF
silver at the old ratio The alliance all
through the south had. he said. cate
chised all candidates for office upon
the cardinal tenets Of their creed and
they had supported no one for any inn
portant Office who was not in sympathy
with their views, and who was not
willing to so express himself
Mr.. PETER read letter from Senator
Gordon, who is now in favor of repeal,
written to the alliance, expressing his
sympathy with them and his approval
of their doctrines
Comingto 1892. he said that North
and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas would
all have voted for the populist candi-
date for the presidency and vice prest-
dency had it not been for promises
made by the leaders of the democratic
party that while Mr. Cleveland was per-
sonally opposed to silver, he would APP
prove free coinage measure when pre-
scented by q democratic congress, as it
would be-
Mr.. Palmer, of Illinois, wanted to
know what measure the senator from
Kansas proposed to secure the parity of
the two metals?
De- razl;aI 4hat he rrO,,11 do
SO by the re-enactment of the old law
providing for the coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 TO 1.
Mr. Palmer asked If that would pro-
duce the result of equality in value
Mr.. PETER said it would; that il al
ways did it before.
"will it now?" asked Mr.. Palmer.
ut will now" replied Mr.. PETER. 'If
the senator from Illinois does not agree
with me, let him try it and see."
Mr.. Palmer asked whether it was
not on trial now, in reply to which
Mr.. PETER said 1t was not
It was time, he said, that the part
nership existing between the govern
ment Of the United States and the
spectators in Wall street was dis
solved.
THE leaders of the democratic party
are pursuing precisely the same course
that the leaders of the republican did,
and senator's, you are on the breakers
There is bright young, vigorous
party upon the map of politics which
is ready to strike hand with men OF all
parties to make the fight for silver.
The members of that party cared not
whether it was called populist or
national or what Ii was called but
there was coming a union of hearts
and hands upon both sides of this great
question and that in the very near
future. In lecture which he had de-
livered in this city before he had taken
the oath of Office as senator he had pre-
dicted that both old parties would soon
be under the leadership Of Grover
Cleveland They were there now"
The senate adjourned before Mr.. PEI
fer had concluded his remarks with the
understanding that he should precede
Mr.. Stewart to-day for the purpose of
finishing his speech