St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24

issue In the house draws near. it is .ap-
parent that the silver men have been
outwlttcd to a slight extent by the re-
peailng forces in the matter of the allot-
ment OF time. The free coinage people
led off the debate with brilliant efforts
from their best orators. while the re-
pealerS have reserved some of their
brightest speakers until the last. The
result OF the somewhat haSty desire of
the silver members to get on the record
has been that most of them have spoken,
and the closing days of debate are being
largely consumed by the other side.
The following members spoke on the
silver bill: Mr.. Stone. Mr.. Covert. Mr..
Fitch. MIR. Dalzell, Mr.. Hatch. Mr..
Cummings, Mr.. Turner, Mr. Coffin and
Mr.. Taylor.
Mr. Cannon 1ll.) created surprise by
speaking against the repeal of the Sher-
man law. This country was in bad
condition, but he did not think that the
case had been properly diagnosed. Un-
der the Sherman act and under the
Bland act there had gone into the cur
rency S300,000,000 as good as gold. re.
deemable in gold, and circulating side
by side with gold. He wanted both
metals, and he wanted both 10 be kept
on parity. He would let the purchas-
ing clause of the Sherman law stand
until the Democratic side OF the house
would meet the Republican side and
would enact measure that would
utilize all the silver in the treasury
at its commercial value. He be-
lleved that this could be done.
His Judgment was against the Wilson
bill, and he would vote against it. Sill
ver' had been, was now, and always
would be, one of the metals of the
world. Applause. To what feast were
the Republicans invited? TO a feast
where 1t was proposed to strike down
an act which had been beneficial in its
operations. The Republicans had re-
ceived full notice that this would be
followed fast and furious by the strik-
ing down of the last vestige of prot &C.
ton, and the placing in lieu thereof a
law that would yield revenue only, but
no protection to any American citizen.
This was feast to which Repu blicans
were invited by their Demo cratic
friends. For one, he would go hungry
this evening. [Laughter.]
MIR. Walker addressed the house in
favor of the Wilson bill, and in advo-
cacy OF the unc onditiOnal repeal of the
purchasing clause.
MIR. Mcguire spoke in opposition to
the unconditional repeal OF the Sherman
law and protested against hasty action.
There were times when "doing some-
thing" was infinitely worse than the de-
lay necessary to secure the best possible
information on the subject.
Mr.. Bell spoke in favor of bimetallism
and in favor of the free coinage of
silver.
Mr.. Hicks, while advocating the Will
son bill, attributes the present depres-
sion to the fear Of Democratic tinkering
with the tariff.
The house then took recess until 8
O'Clock.
After the recess Mr.. Hunter (Dem.,
Illinois) took the floor. He said that he
would vote for the Wilson bill as an
alternative, although he greatly pre-
ferred the Bland substitute. Every
Democrat IN the house had been elected
on one of the party platforms, save one.
That exception was Mr.. Harter, of Ohio,
who posed as an independent.
Mr.. Dunn Dem., New Jersey advo-
Gated the repeal of the purchasing
clause.
Mr.. Ikert Dem. New York; held the
criticism of President Cleveland based
on the assumption that he was opposed
to the use Of silver as money on a proper
ratio was premature at this time, for no.
where had the president so declared
either in his letter or his message to
congress.
Mr.. Dearmond Dem. Tenn paid
hlgh tribute to the patriotism and in
tegrity OF the president, but regretted
that in this instance he was unable to
follow his lead. and should be obliged to
vote against the Wilson bill.
Mr.. Harris (Pop.-Dem., Kan.) did not
know that all knowledge of monetary
science was confined to the Shylocks and
Captain Kids, and that the agricultur-
lists of the West were ignorant. Even
should the country come to silver
basis he would not regard that as an
irretrievabIe misfortune.
Mr.. Pell Pop, COLI expounded at
length the circumstances attending the
decentralization of silver in 1873, which
ne undertook to show was done in the
interest of the classes who received
| fixed incomes.
The house then at II O'clock adjourned
until tomorrow.