The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-08-27
LAST day OF The FIGHT
ali The Big Cans 10 u, Hou;s Ars
Broush, Into Action
A BALLOT MONDAY NOON
Reed. Cochran, McMiiiIn, Fithian,
Bland. Wilson and Other Orator
icai Giants Engage In the
Great Silver Battle.


tho house were filed to-day. the people
being attracted by the fact that tho last
day OF the great silver debate will be sig.
nalised by battle OF oratorial giants.
The speaker announced the debate In
favor Of the bill would he closed by It's
author, Wihon OF West Virginia, opposed
by Bland of Missouri.
Clarke OF Missouri was the first speaker.
He believed II to be the duty of congress
to fix ratio of l8 to /. still he would not
cast vote that would continue tho pa.
raiyss of tho industry Of the country. 1t
was necessary to take immediate action
to restore confidence. Tho trouble was
due to the purchasing of silver under tho
Sherman law, as the people believed, and
whether the beliof was correct or not. he
would vote to repeal the law, or do any
thing to restore confidence.
THOMAS b. REED.
The next speaker was Thomas B. Reed
OF Maine. After sketchina briefly the
financial condition of the country and
declaring he had no desire to deal with
the situation from q political standpoint,
hc proceeded TO say that tho democratic
party was brought into power by a curious
combination OF circumstances, but In a
large measure by the American people.
The consciousness OF this fact. he said.
underlics the entire situation. He would
not raise the question as TO whether pro-
lection was wise or not, but the fact re-
mained. even il he admitted tho proposi.
tions of the democratic platform to be en-.
| tircly correct. that the system upon which
the manufactures of the country were
regulated for 30 years were threatened
with total change. Whether that change
| will be for the better or not no man can
know, and what tho democratic party bro.
| posed TO do nobody can saw; they do not
even know themselves. The sneaker did
not believe the democratic marty WAS
utterly bad or that they would be per-
mitted TO be so If they desired. III the
reformation of the thrift was In tho
hands even of its friend, who favored
protection instead of those who de-
nounce,l II. the business would not be
starnaut or at n stapdstill. But when it's
reformation in In the hands of men on
posed to the present system. the manufac.
turcrs of the country, built up on the pres.
| ent system, must necessarily call a halt.
| IL their goods are TO coma in competition
with tho manufactures of other lands
where production il on a different basis
and whose labor is differently rerardcd,
I nlanuIaetuFtf
more than absolute necessity requires.
He characterized in this one phrase the
cause of the present condition of affairs,
the uudiscoverable uncertainty of the
future of both the currency question and
the question of protection and revenue
tariff. He considered tho sherman act and
the accumulation OF silver as the earliest
indication of approaching disaster rather
| ,h,,, .l,., .h;.f c,us. Of 1, ua .,;l bo l;,l
not believe that the democratic congress
ever under the pressure of tho people
would revise the tariff SO that the work
ingmen would be brought back even to
the condition of tho workingmen under
the Walker tariff. but he had no doubt
there would be doubts and difficulties and
reductions. 1t was not to be expected that
| the democrats, after 30 years of criticism
| of the acts of others should be lifted a,
once to a higher level of responsible,