St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-25
SILVER I'M THE HOUSE.
Humorous Speech From Pence, o
Colorado, the Feature.

Humorous Speech From Pence, of
Colorado, the Feature.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Only forty
! eight hours more remain Of the two
weeks allotted to the financial debate in
the house. and the members are making
the most of the brief time now allowed
| under the five minutes rule. The feat
ure of the day was the speech of Con-
! gresham Prince, of Colorado.
The first speaker today was Mr..
| Waugh, who said he would vote for the
repeal of the Sherman law, although he
did not believe it was the cause Of the
| present depression. 1t had simply out
! lived its usefulness, and its repeal
would be the shortest road TO true BIZ
metallism. Mr.. Somers favored an in
| ternational conference that would bring
the countries of the earth to the free
coinage of gold and silver at fixed
ratio.
Mr.. Picker asked unanimous consent
| that on Monday next when the bill was
| taken up for action he be permitted to
| offer an amendment if the substitute of
Mr.. Bland is defeated, providing for the
free coinage of the American product at
the ratios indicated i'll the substitute,
but MIR. Wilson, in charge of the bill,
objected.
The gentleman from South Dakota
| then asked consent to Introduce on Mon
| day, Aug. IS, an amendment providing
! that if all the substitutes and all the
| amendments be voted down, and If the
Wilson bill be passed, the house shall
proceed to vote on House Bill No. 2.pTo-
viding for the free coinage of silver,
limited to the American product, at
ratios from 16 to up to 20 TO 1. This was
objected to by Mr.. Tracey because it
| changed the order agreed upon. Mr..
| Fickler contended that the proposition
gave the gold men everything. Mr..
| Cleveland he looked upon as the greatest
convert to the ranks of the gold men. a
convert backed up and supported by the
London Missionary society,"" The gold
men, he said, were greater calamity
| nowlerS than ever came from Kansas.
| The bankers OF the East were crying out
against the dishonesty of the farm urs of
| the West ard South, when the fact was
that the bankers OF the East were the
dishonest men, and were violating the
la W at the present time.
The following members also spoke !:
Mr.. Lucas, Mr.. Hartman. Mr.. Bartlett,
Mr.. Houk, Mr. Heard, Mr.. Carruth, Mr..
| Dingley. Mr.. Johnson and Mr.. Hager.
Mr.. Pence said, in promising very
humorous speech, that when he bad
| m Moo hinartnn no had IA, 4
to find warm corner and cOmfOr table
seat in the old McCreary Jun. But he
had been shown the door; and on IN
quiry he had discovered that the old
boStelry was being run on the European
plan. Laughter. He had been told
that he would receive a cheerful well
come, because he had been told that
MIR. McCreary Ill 1891 had been rendered
vote of thanks by Kentucky conven-
ton for his advocacy of the free coin
age of silver. He (Mr. Pence was allied
to Kentucky by marriage, and he had
believed that he could rely upon Ken
tuckians; but he had been com
PEELED to telegraph to his people
or rather his wife habitat
he had been fooled Laughter anC
Applause. He had been taught by
Voorhees,, Cooper and Bynum. and RICH
we'll they had taught him. Laughter.
His lessons had started him upon a
course from which he would not turn
his face by reason of the offer of pie
from the administration. Applause.
Standing here as a member OF the Peo-
pies party, he might look with JOY on
the probability of the Democrats sur
rendering at the command of the eXecu-
tive, of the Republican minority heing
chained absolutely to the executive
chariot: but he hoped that he wa
prompted 10y higher motives. lap
plauSe He had people at hom
more deeply Interested in thi:
question than any other people
in the Union. He then turned his at
: tention to the gentleman from Indians
(Mr Bynuml. and his illusions to tina
gentleman put the house in a hilarjou
mood. lie protested against the abjec
t surrender which that gentleman ha
made. Applause 1t was not neces
sary for him to read any number 0
speeches made by that gentleman undo
the prior administration. He woul
content himself with referring to wha
: his own eyes had witnessed. lie woul,
t not go back into old history. He woult
t go back only 10 October, 1891, when MI
Bynum, OF Indiana; r.Black, of Penn
t sylvania. and Mr.. Wilson, of West Vii
I ginia, were advertised TO make a tOu
2 through the country for the purpos
J of organizing Democratic clubs. Ho7
warmly the people of Denver la
treated these gentlemen-they had bee
t treated to bed and board. Laughter
V Then the gentleman from Indiana (Ml