Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-08

to the test himself. The law can be
found in every good law library in the
state, and the Bland free coinage bill has
been published III many newspapers.
There might be some populists who will
blindly pin their faith to IN statement
Of law put forth under the headlines
attorney Generals Office, Bismarck
but it will be a wonder if some of them
do not between now and election look
up the law and read the Bland bill for
themselves and begin to lose faith.
What will they think of an attorney
general who thus deliberately f~alsities
the law Of the land for the purpose of
misleading the voters into the visionary
vagaries Of popullstic wilderness in q
matter that is so easily put to the test of
truth.
Better stick to the old imagination in
1amers, gold bug" "Wall street." "plu.
press" They are catchwords that have
rabble on general principles, and rs they
are indefinite there is no way of com
batting or d%isproving them.
ls Standish ignorant of law o. cor
rupt? Will the people of North Dakota
tblindly leap into the dark under such
leadership?
In connection with this matter--par.
t~icularly in contradiction to the charges
made against the great 6nancier by At
torney General Standish-the following
extract from Senator Sherman's speech
in the senate Wednesday will be read
with interest:
He reviewed, however, the legislation
of 1873 and denounced the amer in
which Ernest Seyd, the English
list, had been denounced in connection
with the matter. Ssyd played no part
in that legislation. The statement was
UNANIMOUSLY false that Seyd or any one
else paid $4,000 to congress to secure
the demonstration of silver. Seyd was
a bimetalllst, as was shown by reference
to his published books. He was one of
the leading financial experts of the
world. He occupied an honored posi-
ton in London, and an honored one
wherever he was known, and he be-
lieved him to have been an honest, sin
cere, interrupted man. Seyd had
never visited America until the bill was
almost through congress, and it was in.
famous that the charge should be so
frequently made that public men had
been bribed into passing the bill of 1873.
Hereafter" said Mr.. Sherman, "when
any man makes such q statement about
this legislation, I shall simply say that
it is q ~falsehood, and brand it 60"
ut is strange" said Mr.. Sherman,
"that on the vote on this bill that the
distinguished senator from Neveda
Mr.. Stewart) voted for it, and I, the
devil fish, voted against it."
The last remark was in reference to
an epithet applied to Mr.. Sherman dur
ing a debate in the house last week.
Senator Stewart retorted that in due
time he would explain how he came to
vote for the bill.
There was nothing surreptitious
about it." said Mr.. Sherman with much
warmth, land no fact can be proven
more clearly. The statement so often
made to the contrary is q falsehood and
a lie; I care not by whom made"
1t was some time said that Gen. Grant
know nothing of this demonstration,
continued Mr.. Sherman. What of it?
Gen. Grant Was not a inancler, but his
secretary of the treasury wrote a report
urging the passage of such q bill. In the
face OF such a report, how could mem-
beers of congress- plead ignorance? He'd
rather stand here and say he voted
knowingly and understandingly than
shirk responsibility by pleading the baby
act.
He quoted from speeches made by Nj.
Stewart in 1873 and 1874 these words:
Il want the standard gold, and no paper
money that is not redeemabIe in gold.
By this process we shall come to q specie
basis, and when the laborer shall have
his dollar it will have the same pur-
chasing power of adollar. Gold is the
universal standard Of the world. Every
body knows that"
The reading of these quotations,
showing such q remarkable change Of
opinion on the part of MI. Stewart, pro-
voked general laughter at the expense
of that senator, who looked somewhat
~bewildered, but only strcked his long
beard. Subsequently. however, he
promised to reply to Mr.. Sherman on
Friday next. MIR. Sherman followed
up his advantage over the Nevada sen-
ator by exhibiting a newspaper pab.
lished in that state, one whole side OF
which was occupied with notices of as-
easements on silver mining stock, all
payable in United States gold CON-.
OyERPRuDUCTION OF VOTES.