St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-16
HOUSE > ,4ssiON.
Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio, the Prin-
CipaI Speaker on silver.

Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio, the Prin-
cipaI Speaker on Silver.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 16.-The most
interesting speech in the house today,
because it Was really the first Repub-
lican protest against free coinage, was
delivered by MIR. GrOsvenor. of Ohio,
and was lacking neither in sarcasm nor
satire.
Mr.. SnOdgrass Dem J, from Tennes-
see. made bitter assault upon his col
league, Mr.. Patterson, on account of
the position taken by that gentleman
against free coinage.
Mr. Burrows offered a resolution Civ
ing Charles E. Belknap the right to con-
test the seat of George F. Richardson,
from the Fifth district of Michigan.
Mr.. Richardson (the sitting member)
asked that the resolution be laid over
until tomorrow. and it was so ordered.
The silver debate was then resumed,
Mr.. Hutcheson. of Texas, concluding
his remarks begun yesterday in favor of
free coinage of silver.
MIR. Blanchard. in speaking in favor
OF free coinage, reviewed the silver
Legislation of the cOnntry. and quoted
from both the Democratic and Repub-
lean platforms, and expressed his
opinion that, if the Republican plat
form meant anything, not twenty Re-
publieans would vote for the Wilson
bill. The Chicago platform had de-
clared tor the repeal of the Sherman
law, and then had declared for bimetal-
lism. That portion of the platform
ought to be carried out in single bill
and on bimetallic standard. If the
friends of silver yielded to the demand
of the
Gold People.
they yielded that whicn nothing but
revolution could regain. If the pur-
pose of the gold people were achieved,
the mints would be stopped to the coin
age of silver, and no method was pro-
posed to replace silver with other cur
rency. The United States had reached
point in wealth, prosperity AMI ind us
try that it could afford to lead. and not
follow. [Applause.] Thus country had
declared its polical liberty in the days
OF 1776; could it not now proclaim its
financial liberty?
''He who would De free himself, must
strike the blow.'
Mr.. Grasvenor said that it was to be
regretted that the president in his mes
sage to congress had not been SO void of
partisanshIp as he had asked the two
houses to be. 1T was unfortunate that
the executive of the country. looking
forward to the condition which por-
tended violent oppos tion to his vie VS.,
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and to unjustly proclaim to the people
that the present peril of the country
grew out of the legislation of the Re
publican party. If the pending debate
should develop into partisan discus
sion. its lnstigation would be found in
the declarations of the president himself.
FlRe President
had declared that the Republicans had
been responsible for the present con-
dition of affairs, and this declaration
would be the origin of political discus
sion-i If political discussion there should
be. Very little of the present trouble,
he said, could be traced to the Sherman
act. Referring to the sixteenth chapter
of Leviticus, he called attention to the
selection of a scapegOat, and said that
the Democratic party could not select
the Mckinley act as scapegoat, and so
it had devoted the lamb to the Lord and
sent the silver bill into the wilderness.
Laughter. The difficulty in which the
country now found itself was attribu-
table to the fact tn at the people feared
the tinkering with the protective tariff
by the Democratic party. The Demo-
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do what the Republicans had
attempted to do thirty years ago. The
Democrats were calling upon the Re-
publicans to stand by honest money.
For thirty years the Republicans had
stood by honest money, and they had
not lived in vain. The Democrats were
camping tonight where the Republicans
had camped thirty yerrs ago. He
warned the Democrats that they must
come together on this question. The
Republicans could be relied upon to
DO Their Duty.
This was their country, and they
could not afford to put it in hole.
[Applause.]
Mr.. Hall spoke in favor of greater
volume of currency, and of the free
| coinage of silver.
| Mr.. Snodgrass could not vote for the
| Wilson bill. 1t attacked but one SEN
| tence of the Sherman act. and did not
carry out the intention of the Chicago
| platform.
| The cry of the people was for more
money, and the best way to secure that
| end was to provide for the free coinage
of silver. He criticised the stand taken
by his colleague (Mr, Patterson against
free coinage, and contrasted his speech
of yesterday with those made by him
during the last congress. What new
light had broken in upon the vision of
his colleague (Mr. Snodgrass) would not
change his convictions. Not even a
letter from Mr.. Whitney could drive
| him from the support of the people on
this floor. His colleague had broken
| the record more times than any other
! man he knew of. He (Mr. Patters ON
would have great trouble in satisfying
his people as to his change of front even
| if he ate two dinners and smoked two
! cigars every evening. Laugh ter The
| present fight was between the debtor
| and creditor classes. The Shylocks were
demanding the pound of flesh, while
| the people were asking congress for
| relief, and the men who refused to
| grant this relief would be branded as
traitors to the people.
The house then adjourned.
| Visiting the Capital.