The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-08-19

yer and gold This is because a panic
is upon the United States. The voting
masses of the country may become
panic stricken on election day If they
do, / am afraid those like the gentle
man from Indiana will feel the force
of the panic.
Bland sketched briefly the history of
the financial legislation of recent years
and asserted that the same cry of sgo-
ing to a silver basis" had been raised
against the bill of 1878, with which his
name had been connected. He sent to
the clerks desk and had read an ex.
tract from the report of British par
limentary committee on the Indian
currency, to the effect that in its opin-
ion the repeal of the Sherman purchas.
ing act would be followed by further
depreciation in the price of silver
I'VE are deliberately asked here
continued Mr.. Bland, t'to vote to bring
about decrease of Is cents per ounce
in the price of silver before providing
for the restoration of its coinage. No
man can de end that vote before his
constituency who is in favor of free
coinage"
Upon the question of ratio Mr.. Bland
argued in favor of ratio Of 16 to
IF the United States would main
tain the parity of gold and silver on
that ratio the world would buy our pro-
ducts We have property to sell and
should induce purchasers to come.
France had maintained gold and silver
at parity, on ratio of 1917 to l, for 20
years, because she had property to sell.
II we do this western Europe must come
to our standard. At that ratio, France
has been able to maintain a parity of
the two metals all over the world.
That was proof that the government of
the United States could do so at a ratio
OF l6 to l. If Europe refused to accept
that ratio, the effect would be to divert
from Europe all the trade of every sill
yer producing country in the world
Could England" he asked withstand
this withdrawal of trade2 Certainly not.
1t was bimetallism that made the manu-
facturers of England so strong and pros
porous. Western Europe would have to
come to the American standard or
abandon its commerce with the United
States and with all civilized countries.
The money requirements of the
United States, with the wealth, industry
and energy of it's people, were equal 10
those OF England, France and Germany
combined, and the whole civilized
world would have to look to this coun-
try Tor its future monetary supply, and
yet" said he, with vehemence, 1--WE are
asked here todayt to lay the bloody hand
OF confiscation on millions of our popu-
lation in order to satisfy the greed of
England. Will congress do it? Will
you trample down the interests of your
own people and destroy the value of
one of the precious metals, simply to
crafty the greed of Wall street, the
mere agent of Lombard street, 1t can
not, It shall not be done. Applause I
Speaking for the mass of people of the
Mississippi valley and of the people
west of it, l say you shall not do it,
lRenewed applause. And anybody or
any party who undertakes to do it will,
In Gods name. be trampled, as it ought
to be, in the dust of condemnation, now
and in the future. Continued applause
on the floor and in the galleries.
speak as a democrat, but yet as an
American, abovedemocracy. Cheers. !
Here Bland dramatically spoke the
words at the opening of this dispatch
In conclusion, Mr.. Bland said, address.
ing his words to eastern democrats:
eff you demonetize silver the RESPONSE
bility will be yours, not ours"
PENCE OF COLORADO.
Mr.. Pence, populist, of Colorado, was
the next speaker, and with his opening
sentences he obtained the close atten-
tion of the house and maintained it to
the close. No man has so succeeded in
impressing himself upon the favorable
consideration of his associates on the
floor at such an early period of his men,
bership. 1t was not his purpose to fol
low up evolutions of political parties.
Elected last year by a people brave,
buoyant an hopeful, he knew their in
dustries had been Frustrated by the
course of the past two administrations
by the base surrender of those who had
been elected on a silver platform and
on silver pledges.
Mr.. Wheeler of Alabama closed the
discussion for the day with plea for a
larger volume of currency, and the
house adjourned.
killing Fish with Dynamite.