The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-23
BYNUNI In THE HOUSE.

The "Grass Burner" Advocates Repeal, and
Gets n Scoring from Mr.. Hepburn.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-While MIR. Voor.
hees was speaking to crowded galleries in
the Senate to-day. Mr.. Bynum. of the Sew
enth Indiana district, was addressing them
in the House. The House and it's guests
had gone to the Senate. Mr.. Bynum spoke
for unconditional repeal. and declared in
favor of gold standard. He thought
silver's place in she monetary world was as
subsidiary coin. Mr.. Bynum's speech
showed careful preparation. and it will un-
doubtedly do the cause of unconditional
repeal q good service. He said that un-
questionably the vast majority Of peo.
pie believed that the Sherman law
was responsible for tho evils de-.
scribed by the President. Since the
passage of the act the price of silver had
gone steadily down. By this fall the gov
ernment was losing more than ten million
dollars q year. Gold was being ex ported In
large sums. He highly eulog lied the action
of Secretary Carlisle for his refusal to
issue bonds He did not believe that o
vote would be changed under the threat
that Represen tetiye would lose his seat
who voted for the Wilson bill. The time
had come W hen can't and subterfuge should
be driven from these halls and judgment
and reason restored. Applause. 1t was
value during the past twenty years. be-
cause during that time it had been under
fire. There might be some truth in that
assertion. The United States could not
open it's mints to free coinage at any ratio
with the mnts of all the other civilized
nv
could decide on no ratio that would give q
fixed value to silver. Ii the United States
should adopt free-cOlnage aot there would
pour into this country in one year more sill.
yer than the mints could coin in ten years.
The free coinage of silver at this time
would be the eeverest blow that could be
struck at that metal. Free coinage here
meant silver mOnOmetaliism. and no one
was arguing to destroy silver metal more
utterly than the advocates of the Bland
amendment. Free coinage would damage
our trade and commerce. and q fall in the
value of money would mean fall in the
value or the money In which the working.
man was paid. Should free coinage be de-
cided u pom he would BID farewell to any
hope for tariff reform.
Mr. Hepburn, who followed. ridiculed
the idea that partisanship could be elm
mated from this debate. and satirized Mr..
Bynum-a man who had detied Speaker
Reed in the most insulting terms-fOr ask
ing that cant and subterfuge be eliminated
from this discussion. He opposed the re-
peal of the Sherman law, and he protested
against the shifting process of legerdemaln
by which the Democrats attempted to
place the responsibility of the repeal upon
Republican shoulders. and to make the Re-
publicans admit that that the Sherman bill
contained all the iniqulties which the
Democrats. in their enthusiasm. charged
that 1t did. Applause. The banks the
boards of trade. the chambers of
commerce, the moneyed Institutions
did not rule the business of
the country. Their business began where
the business of the producer ended. AID.
plause. He believed that the Sherman
act, In it's operation. was beneficial at all
times. and 1t was not harmful to-day. The
true way to solve the financial question
was to compel by wise and Judicious lcRis-
lation the balance of trade to be in our
favor. lAuplauss. Let us buy less
abroad. let Us pstr0nize less the labor
fields of other lands, and more of our own.
[Applause. Let us. by judicious measures,
increase the merchant marine; let rs Sc
or bounty the production of all the
sugar we need. Applause. All bankers
were monometallists, and they recognized
President Cleveland az one. The metropol-
itsn press assumed to speak for the coun-
try, and assumed to say that the people
made the demand for the repeal of the
Sherman act He knew of but one Repre-
sentative from Iowa who had received q
petition asking for the repeal The Re-
publican party was asked to admit that all
the evils that afflicted the country came
from the Sherman law. For one he would
not do so. Applause
Other speeches were made by Messrs.
Mallory, Hopkins, Lane, Newlsnds and
Jones.
At the evening session speeches were
made by Messrs. Ellis. McCaig. Cooper of
Texas, De Forrest, Arnold and Williams OF
Mississippi. The House adjourned at 1880
O'clock.