Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-12
THE BATTLE COMMENCED.

unc jnultinnHl repeal Ot Inc SILVER
purchase clause OF the Sherman Act.
Bland offered Tile agreement made at
tho Cduaus Dvsrdius tho deb Ute.
II linn ts the debate to n total Of four
teen days, from II An To 3 J.. NJ.
with night SESSIONS for .:ebate only il
desired. Bland also presented the
bill Of Inc free Coinage caucus. Blaud
demanded the previous question on
his order, but it. Wac antagonlzed by
Republicans, under the leadership Of
Cannon WIN wanted u debate the
question. Finally vote WAS taken,
resulting a. yeas 2l7, avs lou, 81 tie
previous qursLinn WAS ordered. The
Republicans generally voted with
the Democrats in support Ut The INT
tlou The resolution was then ad-
opted.
Raynur, DEM, Of Maryland, com
menced The debate IL support Of tia
Wilson Uiil In referring to the
Democratic platform, Ray nor said, III
closing: II know the declaraL ;ons
that The document has been differ
emily construed, according To the
views IL the gentleman expoundIng
item. Al for me, in this supreme
hour Of my couLtrys needs, Hm mol
blinded nur inJlmIduleu ny the gilt
teriug words of CONVENTION dec,ara
tons"
Brown, Dem, Of Indiana, followed
RayhJr. tle favors The coinage of
sliver, but IN view Of the havoc
wrought ny Lhe Sherman law and b
demands Of THO DeiliucraLic PLATFORM,
he would voUo tor u repeal with Or
without conditions. Iie Said the
PROMISES OF The Democratic pIatfol IN
To com Uuth gould and silver without
discrimination ag-ins! either must be
redeened. lie would not aLteInpt TO
spvaK tor the President, but il he
were 70 do Do, he would say that
Cleveland favored the coinage Of gold
and SILVER ia accordance with The
Democratic platform.
Bland Opened tho debate for free
colhnge. lie expressed bis Regret
that number of gentlemen, of whom
Brown Was one OF The most capable,
had seeu mt 10 change their position
on the question; to abandon Il large
portion U: the voters who had given
them the sehts they occupy and to
turn their faces TO the East and their
backs To the West. AS 10 thu derla
ratiUns in the Demorratln platform,
Bland asserted that it WAS understood
that the free coinage of silver ueces-
earily meant the repeal at the Sher-
man act. The two are su untngu.
nistic that they cannot exist aL the
same tiue. "But VIZ are met now
with a suggestion that we legislate by
piecemeal II d repeal the Sherman
law and take our chances Of securing
snything in it's place which shall
meet the pledge Of The platform TO
coin both silver and gold. This is
because u panic ia upon US. The
voting masses Of the country" said
Bland, "may become panic stricken on
election day. II they do, I'm afraid
those like the gentleman from IT,
diana will feel the force vi that pan
&C."
Bland sketched briefly the history
OF u o financial legislation Ct recent
years and asserted thut the Same cry
OF "going to a silver basis" bad been
raised against the bill Of 1878, with
which his name hud been connected
Hatsentto the clerks desk and bad
read an'extract from the report O,
the, British. parliamentary committee
on midas currency, and in it's opin.
ion the repeal Of the Sherm IN pur
chasing act would DO followed by 8
further depreciation in tho price o
OF silver, land yet we arc deliberateIJ