The Lamar register., 1893-09-09
EORDS OF WISDOM.
,...do's Junior Senator Reads the Riot Act to
Eastern Republicans
MAGNIFICENT PLEA FOR SILVER.

people. Many and varied have been IN.
remedies he has proposed. but until las,
week n consistent In nothing els.. he has
every here and al all times found oeea
sion 10 denouncr the national hank syx-
'efn- and 70 advocate the free coinage OF
silver. have been examining the
hle7 OF the Record for the past decade
and lonEer, with the view OF reminding
the senator ot the days OF which Charles
Lamb ~rotc. thoss red letter DAYS. now
eeeonse 20 all intents and purposes desd
letter days" But what Is the u.e7
Banks were moloch, and everything else
that sounds bad and wicked and no mat
ter what other gentlemen might do. he
would never vote 20 extend their char
ters or cnlsrEe thsir powers, aud looked
forward Win hope tp the time when they
~oud - Siped out altogether. He even
opposed an amendment permitting them
20 Issue notes NJ 70 - per csnt Of
their bonis on deposit with the treasury.
During AL these years he has b-rn also
apparently. the uHyaryinE friend OF FREQ
coinage
IN. Record contains speech after
speech In which b. shows the necessity
for and the availability os the use Of
silver Our 0f th-se spe-chez was
delivered only last year. since III, pas
sags q tho sherman act ia which he
uttsrE no word % rcpruacA respecting
that Law. but. urges the continued and
tncr~asinE usr OF that metal as coin This
- brief summary of the utisranees Of
tha senator from Indiana on these sub
iects. hut hts words were writ In
water ani the pltifui outcome OF Il all
l. th- Two buia now before us. the btll
TO permit national banks 70 issue notes to
par of thrir b5tsla and the bin for the
uncansitionai rspeaI Of the purchasing
clause q ths sherman act. For the hrst
time In the iseislAi.ve history Of either
% them. tks senator from Indiana and
the senator from ohio Csh-rnani are In
eompist- accord "a financial matters.
Two of = hins-
Fpr the generation they have both
served Ia pallie ufs. one. In public esti-
naiiaa. standing for the Masses. the
ashrr faF The classes. yet both meet at
gacs sa eoFnmaa ground II has not been
aiways % II Is tI1ereat noN The
~olr - dwelling villa the lamb and the
ieoTsri - lying sS~n vita the Kid. This
hArrnSay / fear. vii no; long eoatinaa.
Ana ~h~n they arise they viii ts fsv-
In numt-r. Thsrr caH be bat one chair
usAnsaip o. the finance committee and
~sfha.s IN tns least undertaking the
abilities es the senator from Indiana
fha-.- as us Nho hare watched the
course or financial legislation Tor
the past - Yeas cSmm-netaE with
tA- a~u1anetfrstlou Of silver in iS3.
must be psrioa~d u ~s look forward TO
,ae resumption Of the eontrot OF the
eosnmiite- b. the srnstor from OHIO.
ana n ". r~can tn this connection Phs-
raah's dream % the lean kline. In what
I have sali l b~x 70 be understood as
FN-ar ~ H.
ato- from Indiana lie has eeca 50 lons
A A.vooat- o, SILVER that cannot yet
believe h- Nnt desert the cause or cast
MS vote for unconditional rcp~al only
vs-.tur> 20 remind aim. IN view OF MS
mast ,.tt-sanc~s that ODD solomon did not
t.-gI- h.~ reputation for vision when ne
aid It's better that thou snA4lst not
.on rAat that thou sit9ritss No~ and
not nav.
IN, report ot the nnance s''n,.''''ee-
signed by two Democrats and -FOUR iseP1o
ue.us and not concurred IN bS io1E be'N
s,--,,. .nd one Republican. Is bedecked
With plumage which II has no
- The issue Is clear enough and
,,,,s,sv 4. deceived by the verbiase OF the
,.,,,t SILVER Is to b. dsmonetized. the
,,'sr-n.n law to BE- robbed Of It's ptir-
-h..t,x clause. Ther- h. always a to-
,,,arrp~ and u is unWise TO Close or ey Is
10 the character OF the proposition 10
,,.n can be a bI-mciaiilst IN the sense
th.t he believes In the further coinage
., both gold and silver by the unlted
states and s1vocate the bill. The
nr-siieni will undoubtedly veto any lnae-
r-ndent measure for the free coinage OF
silver and there is not senator in THIS
body Who does not believe This to be true
Tn only possible chance 70 save silver
IL to couple any provision looking TO
change In the sherman Gct with some
measure recoSnizing and establishing sil-
yer coinage ANY who viii Nouch
for Ar Cleveland as n bl-metallist would
Iouch for the man In the moon. IL Is
urged upon US that We have been called
together for a specified purpose. and that
II L. our duty to accomplish that
aad that only, and then go home
II Is .eyerywhere admitted that We
need further legislation respecting
silver but It is siibIy said thai we can
have that later why no; pow2 Con-
s-ess Is In session to deal with the hnan-
clal question We are all OF us advised
as to the situatien. We shall never
know rrorc than we know now about sill
yer.
settle the silver Question Now.
1t is conceded on every hand that the
Sherman act had nothing 10 do with the
existing financial panic. Then why NOT
at this time determine II policy which
this country should follow and bring the
subject 10 nnaiityy We are told that 1t
is essential that we act quickly. Very
true. and II we are AL bl-rnetallists and