Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-07
Senate Refuses 10 Repeal the
Sherman Bill.
MILL MAKES A LONG SPEECH
Hs Arx H.s Views On Bs-Msssnlsn,
sad Prsslsss onm. o.aas Ruin.
wHhoss Avail.


"a coaDeetlen VITA The presentation of
TIE pstsioa ne dssiFed 70 sabmst to tns
coa=iderAll "a Of tue senate sons re-
masks on whktw4s knosu - the silver
q4-s-ion-
Ihs wee pfrsdsa, asked 4 there Was
any ohlect.oa.
Mr.. -ueFmsn--t suggest % the cen
stor from N-~ Yorx % allos toe or.
dlnafy fezinai business - be coucinded
nsst. That s0o!d probably hs better
ant sou.d be more "a coneeetion with
tie usage n the sraate.
Tie routine ba.nsss VAS resumed
and concsaded. Ine senate ban 10
aashorke me Homestead aud ftts-
burg bridge company % construct a
bulge over the MoloagAaesa r4ve-
from Pisss0ars 10 Homestead Vas
tsxea from lbe calendar aad passed.
Sir. usll took tns floer and b~gaE ms
speech. he sa,d tat when the sner-
msa at xas passed, two and nslf
years ago. ne ns1 tesa snoc&ed and
a.srlne1 snd tast four months before
his eitcioa % t1o senate &c hs1 gene
% tne cIty Oh New York. and there
oabiciy l4ken i.sue against the prin-
cialc o. tie pciicy embodied IA that
law, entcasOflaS 10 Arouse . pubic
s>at.ment tuat would demand lss re-
pea - tilat instead OF silence and
apathy. there w@- now y New York an
SATIRE nnaninlty "a favor of The repeal
Of tac SaerMa1 At.
The sh~ra&a ls~ nsase~
-.
of the tao great nat.onsl parties ..
CsicsSo knd Minneapolis. both Of
winch, ne .aid, demanded tae use 4
bath gold and s.lvera-sisndafd money.
Il rss ~ d1ty. 10 ssl1. 10 the c.ty and
state Il >e~ 4orx - AK. ia their be-
hAif. the mined ate. unconditional re-
peal ~ t1e ~hcrrasn lts. shica repeal
would brigs inAncia caiei inst Al OF
Nid spread fear ~ a moo tsrY pans.
It's recesi 49, necessary. safe and
sutaclen. sep toward free b.-nletal.ic
Con age.
>sver purchases. ne sait. could never
prove their profos.ed object 10 rss
clear Enxt silver purchases were the
poiar opposites OK free silver coinage.
hlt tney were worse than oppos tes-
Taey were contemporaries 10 tree b.
metallic coinage. waein~E tney were
maintslne or not. Mnst earthly rsa-
soas nst tao parcnss, q silver u -.
party WITH zoisi or waA, eafthiY res-
son na3 t4c par1as.e Vi ko41 Ia -
parity witu silver
Four years AZ ns -ail. the treasury
had s2is 3oO.9t0 n ko.i bow that sum
h4s1.ln1le1 ~ $ll1. ~ Dca. A revival
oi the B.and Alison as roaid < sep np
tne sariakase. Tnr SagrmAn las wss
unlerminiLg the power 81 Toe tress.
ufy. 4 noi - dsscoatinDe tns Discharges
IL the nstionai 1so.. ~ east 70 meet
fne party Obligations ot - govern
meuf. sn1 49, operating al enormous
saru <ago ia thsl as nes- i..tas country
s1- - toftl circulating medium.
Bilkht ofenlsrps.-e. tas dread.of tins1-
esi Disaster sn1 consequent snrlnxage
hsd caused the export ~ Sold.
wouia nrtax ri-sssssili.m.
When tree bl-notalI|c coinage ceased
ia is1&. parity ceased. an tie gold bat
AZ the money became 4 isiocafrd from
tae SILVER naif Nneu THIS coupling
would bs renewed theif st,oic party
No1id be rensNed. >otning eauii
e<1stisii 1arty except free bl-metssi.e
coinage, that ~ncl asd created snd
mslotslne1 tnclF parity ~ the pact
lie bad preferred fnet solution ot ths
question 81 any tDtAa<lifsx alAsncc
- mssus Of Al saferust.0nsl arrange
msnf. Ie pie did not L..f realize iAe
osersnslmirg power of the tnitec
states. By n'eans OF free hi-mets -
eofnzzr. the United states had been
able 10 conffr upon ali nat ons tae
rour1less benriiss 81 the gold ot tal.
f4rns. and BY means of i sgsin tns
Juiied states ~oaid Dc snAhisd - con.