Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-25


MIR. Wilson (Rep.. ohio) was In favor
OF tho Governments maintaining the
double standard. He would be glad 60
vote for q ratio that would maintain
a parity between the two metals, but
n this privilege were denied him. there
was but one course left 10 him, and
that was 10 vote for repeal
Mr.. Van voorhis dep.. N. " while
advocating repeal OF the purchasing
clause OF the sherman law. criticised the
Wilson bill. believing that all the money
the United States now had should be
maintained at parity.
Mr. Russell dem. Ga) was IN favor
~ free coinage II had been that Nero
fiddled While Rome was burning; and
now, when cotton and wheat we're down.
the American Congress was fiddling.
consuming time. telling the same story
over and over again. and the people
were In distres. This was not fight be-
tween the Republican and the Demo-
cratic parties. 1t was a fight between
the moneyed classes and the laborins
classes
Mr. Johnson Dem. Ohio.) vigorously
advoce ted the passage OF the Wilson
bin and declared himself TO be mono
metallist.
Mr.. Crawford Dem, ~ c. did not
believe that the Democratic party was
going 20 DO the thing that II was now
threatening 20 DO. lie believed that
when the vote was taken, the majority
OF the Democrats would be found voting
for free coinage.
Mr.. Pence, OF Colorado. made a very
humorous speech in favor OF free silver,
In which he avowed himself a pupil Of
Voorhees,. Cooper and Bynum. but he
said that he had not. like his teachers,
forgotten their lessons.
After several other gentlemen had
50 oxen. the House, at 4: 20. took a recess
until g o'clock
The first speaker after the recess was
Mr. Swanson Dem. Na). a new mem
Der. He was I'm favor Of carrying out the
Chicago platform. The people that he had
the honor 10 represent here had instruct
ed him 10 vote for the free and unquali-
fed coinage OF silver. There was no ex-
cuse for putting this nation on gold
basis The men who were advocating this
course were pretending TO be its friends.
but were assassinating silver In ac-
,ordance with the instructions which he
had received from his constituents. In
accordance with his own convictions.
1ut Of the various roads which met, he
would 70 the road that led 10 the double
standard. That was the only road that
could be safely followed
Mr. Maddox Dem, Ga) opposed the
Wilson bill and declared that the free
silver Democrats did not know how 20
surrender Mr.. Grady Uem., n. c. spoke
IN favor of free coinage Mr. Miliken was
for speedy repeal OF the purchasing
clause. Mr.. Ken pop, Neb.,) was in
favor Of free coinage, and contended
that II the President and the Secretary OF
the Treasury had performed their duty
there would have been 10 encroaching on
the gold reserve.
Then the floor was tken by George
Washington Murray. OF South Carolina.
Murray is the only representative Of the
-olorcd race i'm Congress lie did not be-
levc that the great troubles now existing
we're attributable TO the Sherman law.
He attributed the distress 10 contraction
II the circulating medium; and in his
opinion II could be relieved only by en-
,argcmcnt of the volume OF money. His
race believed there was not enough mon
py I'm the world 10 act as currency. II
was in favor Of making up the deficiency
with silver, and TO that extent he was in
favor Of free coinage and bimetallsm.
At the conclusion Of Murray's speech
he House adjourned.