People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-01

WASHINGTON, Aug. &c The feature
OF the silver debate in the house YES.
terday was the speech of Mr.. Ponce of
Colorado, who said, in promising a
very humorous speech, when he had
come to Washington be had expected
10 nno warm corner and a comfort
able seat in The old McCreary inn. but
be had been shown the door. and an
inquiry be had discovered that the old
hosiery was being RIM on the Euro.
pean plan. he had been told be would
receive a cheerful welcome because he
had been told McCreary had in ISM
been rendered vote of thanks bv a
kentucky convention for his advocacy
OF the free coinage of silver. He INF.
Pence) was allied TO Kentucky by mar
riage, and he had believed be could
rely on kentuckians; but he had been
compelled to telegraph to his.
people - or rather his wife
nad-that he had been fooled
lie had been taught 10y Voorhees,.
Cooper and Bynum; and right we'll
they had taught him Laughter. |
lie then turned his attention to Sir
Bynum and his illusions to that gen.
tleman put the house in roar. IT,
was not necessary n him 10 read any
number OF speeches made by that gen
tleman under the prior administra-
ton. He would content himself with
referring to what his own eyes had
witnessed. He would not go back into
old history, lie would go lack only
to October, 1891, when NJ. Bynum Of
Indiana, Mr.. Black of Pennsylvania.
and Mr.. Wilson of West Virginia were
advertised to make tour through the
country for the purpose of organizing.
Democratic cubs. How warmly the
people Of Denver had treated them.
They had been treated to bed and
'oard. Laughter.
Then Mr.. Bynum had addressed the.
..argest audience that had ever assem-.
bed in Denver In the Rocky Noun.
lam News was a stenographic report
OF his speech, in which he said: 81
have always been in favor of the free.
coinage of silver. | have voted for
free coinage from the time the cues
ton has been before congress, and /
Will do so every time the question
comes up" He (Mr. Pence) trusted
the teacher would not rebuke the
when he ventured to tell him
the question had now come up. IAN
plause and Laughter
Mr. Bynum replied 10 the structures
made upon him and upon his seeming
inconsistency-but he did SO in jocu,
lar vein, and with evident appreciation
Of the Colorado mans humor. He ad-
mitted he had spoken in Denver In
1891, and that he had addressed one of
the largest audiences he had ever
faced. he had had in the fall of that
year the pleasure of making tour of
the continent with seve al other
gentlemen in order to establish Demo
cratic clubs. Everywhere they had
been Hospitality received. and by the
time they reached Denver he might
have been 'smillngly and jocuarly"
irresponsible. When they arrived at
Denver they were shown tho sights of
the city and more magnificent CITY
he had rarely seen He had admired
the beauties of the city and had asked
What II cans all this?' The reply
was 1T means silver, it is built on
silver" But" replied he, ~ ON
making tariff campaign" But Won
can say something about silver" and
he had done so. He confessed his sins
and asked forgiveness Laughter.
Pence retorted that he understood
the excuse the gentleman had for his
utterances that night. He hoped the
gentleman would OF have TO plead
any such excuse for his vote on the
pending question.
Johnson OF Indiana. and Avery
spoke in favor of repeal, and then the
house took recess until o'clock.