People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-10-06
ARRAIGNED
THE Willy SENATOR CHALLENGED TO
DEFEND HIS RECORD.

surreptltious ana frahu on congress
and the Country.
Our esteemed friend, John Sherman,
made another explanation of the crime
Of 1878, which does not explain, in the
course of his speech on Wednesday.
Among other things he said: There was
nothing surreptitious about it, and no
fact can be proven more clearly. That
statement so often made to the country
is falsehood and a lie, care not by
whom made" The Sentinel joins issue
with Mr.. Sherman now. 1t charges that
there was a great deal that was surrep-
titious in the passage Of the bill. It
charges that no adequate explanation Of
the act has ever been made. 1t charges
that in his attempted explanation John
Sherman has done nothing but evade,
bubble and lie. To make our state
ments perfectly plain and explicit, we
submit the following specifications:
First-The plea that the original John
Jay Knox bill omitted the silver dollar,
which has been SO often made by Mr..
Sherman and his defenders, is an evasion
intended to deceive, and therefore a
falsehood, because the bill as reported
from the committee by Mr.. Hooper on
Feb. 10, 1872, considered and passed in
the house and sent to the senate, did
provide for a silver dollar equivalent to
the French 5 franc piece.
Second-That the senate amendment,
by which Mr.. Sherman says the silver
dollar was dropped, was not printed in
The Congressional Globe as it should
have been, and as all the other amend
ments were, and therefore the ordinary
source Of information as to the alleged
change was shut off.
Third-That Immediately following
this alleged amendment, by which the
silver dollar was dropped, Mr.. Sherman
introduced another amendment prOvid-
ing that the figure Of the eagle should
be omitted from "the silver dollar" and
other coins, and that on the reverse side
of "the silver dollar" and such coins
should be inscribed the weight and fine
ness of the coin, which amendment was
lost on objection from Mr.. Casserly,
who summed up his argument by say
ing, Il wish to retain the American
eagle on the silver dollar, half dollar
and quarter dollar"
Fourth-In the debate of the question
of emitting the eagle after the alleged
amendment dropping the silver dollar
had been passed, Mr.. Sherman said:
"This bill proposes silver coinage ex-
aCtly the same as the French and what
are called the associated nations Of
Europe. who have adopted the interna-
tional standard Of silver coinage-that
is, the dollar provided for by this bill is
the precise equivalent of the s franc
piece"
Fifth-That the explanation that the
silver dollar was dropped from the bill
because it was worth more than gold
dollar" which has repeatedly been made
by Mr.. Sherman and his friends, is a
falsehood, because the dollar provided by
the house bill was worth lessthan a gold
dollar.
Sixth-That the explanation made by
Mr.. Sherman and his defenders that the
silver dollar was dropped from the bill
because it was announcement in size and
form" is q falsehood, because the same
bill provided for the free coinage of the
trade dollar. which was more "incon-
venient in size and form" than either
the dollar of the fathers" or the dollar
of this bill.
Seventh-That there isnot a statement
!. of any kind, either in debate, in com
, mittee reports or otherwise, in the rec
ord of the proceedings on this bill in TIT
Congressional Globe from which any
! one would suspect that the silver dollaI
had been dropped.
t Eighth-That the provision by which
: free coinage of all silver coins but tn
trade dollar was dropped was never con
, sidered by either house, but was first in
troduced in the final report of the con
g ference committee as new matter ant
D was passed without any statement or ex
PLANTATION of any kind in either house
= that this report was made to the senat
c by John Sherman, and the change wa
+ made by inserting the words "and L
= deposit Of silver for other coinage shall
e be received" in the middle of long an
!. complicated report, where they coul
f not be expected to attract any attention
= or to be understood as to their effect.
S Ninth-That John Sherman full
S knew tine effect Of the changes mad
= and intended 10 demonetize silver an
d put the coinageof this country on a col
|, basis; that he did not intend to pU
q the United States in harmony with ii
S Latin union, as he professed, but wit
a England and Germany, and that b
|. never made any statement to that effeC
it to his fellow congressman either publ,
If ly or privately, as is shown by the test
IS mony of senators and representative
+ including members Of the finance con
mittee, and that President Grant, VIII
lie signed the bill. was equally ignorant {
u its effect
IS We challenge John Sherman OF any
y his defenders to confront these ccarg,
L or any one Of them. They are absoluf
d truths, for the proof Of which the re
9 ords are plain and clear. They sho
u that the passage Of the demonetizatiC