The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-15
yss ELOQUENT YIrgiHlaD Makes an Appeal
Tor Free Silver.
OPPOSES REPElL OF SIBERIAN LlK.
n,mocratic senators Pronounce II One oil
ths Ablest speeches Ever Made
synopsi. Of the Address
q,,oes PuREAu. RlrLrY Buup1No,
" .sn7xc-ox. September IL. 1898.

xe.k 10 portray N+'r 4'N'''
-,,, NJ thought and speech. and nothing
~, nature itself can stand Tor the match
-. tsanty Of SIS incompatible delivery.
~. -FOUR auick hours Senator Daniel ad-
s..sss4 the Senate Of the United States
49,, the question of the free and unlim-
..s coinare Of silver. and whatever may
3. the oDlaion of any man on the subject
NV. there is no question that children yet
.rl.,rn viii be taught to read and recite
ne wonderful words OF wisdom ana
E,ggence that were as inseparaole as
,be rose from its color and as grand In
themselves as the blliow and foam. !
|srrot describe IL. everybody should read
n the world should have heard H.
n was but "a little past noon when the
ernectant look upon a comparatively
,~J1 6lod Senate clearly Indicated that
somefhiug above the ordinary was 10 oc-
c,tr but even those who knew Senator
mattel was TO speak were scarcely pre-
Dsred for the speech that followed.
Tga-e was no crimiuation or recrimina-
.i,r in the great address, II was simply
a. r,atchless presentation Of the firm con-
,t-.,3ns and the honest opinions of one
brave and unc0mpromising man, ana as
De- ci-sed in O peroratiOn Of SURPRISING
beauty. the crowded galleries, lost to sur
y1Yrlinrs by force Of eloquence, burst
irto tumultuous applause, while the proud
V'-gnian with flaming check and nashing
a-a stood more than the peer OF those
a-1apd him. a Booth upon the stage OF
men. a CauHne In defiance
Three times during the speech Vice
Yr-gfdent Stevenson was compelled 10
send the Sergeant at Arms to the gal
lsrles 10 suppress the applause, and as
many times were the listeners carried be-
.oud control
AT the close OF the address Senator
Stewart. filed with tn emotion that
checked his speech, grasped b0th hahos
OF Senator Daniel and looked what WORDS
would have but feebly conveyed.
No speech made in years has been so
camplimented. and the general verdict was
that Senator Daniel had eclipsed himself
and successfully rivalled any effort ever
made before the Senate.
Senator Voorhees, said, 1T was spien-
did speech: all has been said Tor silver
that the human mind can master and the
tongue repeat"
Senator Blackburn, In reply 70 my ques-
ton. said, "No man ever occupied a seat
in the Senate who could have surpassed
that speech
Senator Morgan replied, THAT was the
best speech ever made in the United
States senate"
Senator Bate Of Tennessee, and Private
John Allen, who left the chamber to-
gether, agreed 1--WE have never listened
TO a more eloquent speech in our lives"
Senator Vest said Il have just listened
10 the greatest speech ] have ever heard
Ia an my public life"
Senator Hunton said: 1T was the speech
of speeches magnificent eloquent, spien-
did"
And thus the verdict came not from men
only who entertained his silver views.
but all united In proclaiming II a splendid
speech, which win pass into history a
credit alike 10 the country, the State and
,he Senator who made it.
Senator Daniels Speech.
Senator Daniel began by saying that
DE acute stage Cf the panic was now
'yer. and although depressed conditions
might long remain. trade was now IN d
State OF cOnvalescence. He then showed,
By citation from the Bankers Magazine,
If this month, that the tide Of gold had
.et into this country faster than it had
gone out. and that I'm August we had
t'| +'rNAAtt'A AilN NlNAg -tlrMA lllllnUI6
exported between January and July The
Cause OF It's expectation he traced 80 |
.hc expectation Of our agricultural pro-
ilcts and TO the collapse Of the corner
o provisions, and their expectation in |
larger volume than In any preceding |
month. Tie gave his opinion that the |
'"li-Wide monetary cCnyulsiOn was due, |
.isl 10 the enormous increase OF debts: |
e.'ad. TO the Unprecedented fall Of prices |
'-ilis q quarter Of a century; and third, |
~ lae contemporaneOus destruction of /
Ne bmetallic base OF credit. He then |
-'-'aied That Great Britain was the lead /
. 'i ilr European movement 10 aggrln-
'1e ihr creditor classes. 10 depress the |
.I,ts OF agricultural products, and 10
.sIoy our silver interests I'm the aid |
\ lHe development of the Australian
I mines ana 10 make America "A |
y tendency like Egypt and India Giving
.ausiics, anc quoting from the opinion
C' the members of the international
O'ni,rence recently held at Brussels.
showed that the Royal Commission
" prtat Britain. on the depression OF
.,@le. had attributed IL 10 the dislocation
p values caused by currency changes !
G1i,h dated from 1873. when silver was
.lonelized.
.a Nt"N* A'aA w. AActleNVA Aiif Aftit%dit
, Great Britain at the international /
~'.e,4ry Conference. TO show that Eng
4 Was stlll in the light Of depressed /
1-e. inal a new factor had oppeared
'1e worlds industry. aud that the foun-
',ln had given way upon which trade
s.13 and that the alteration In the
"Iaid " value was the cause. lie cited
'1eht Benjamin Andrews. Of Brown
.''ol'ily, also a delegate. 10 show that
NJ. v'tiiastiug fan OF prices or the act Of
,>".t' was the accursed thing
s. 'N'ught the incidental causes of
t."ic, such as the lack Of confidence |
n n'Nlhley tarin bill. and the element
gay. ildlnty now existing as 10 the |
..te 'aflH, had tended 10 precipitate il,
lo mat an fundamental changes OF |
Asd hitherto produced panics. but
la pa 1875. which was for revenue only.
La treated the least perturbation. lie
.. 'ne panic had begun in South Anne
.a "N'ie there was so sherman law.
,.. swept over Gr az Britain. a gold
..,.,.i' country. where Englisn corsols.
'ie ..'e lh gold. sank in price. where The
,..,. standard did not prevent gold from
W q premium OF thirteen per cent.
"a 'uS' h had swept on 10 Austria
49,. eO'''slandard country. with the
IA . 'pIe la the WO.li per capifa.
- Nsypl Austria ana India. and
..f,,'.'V,M VM giving Europe the cold chils.
~, the frisld presence OF q sherman
saiu the premonitory symptoms Of
g.,i were visible tn isSS. when the |
.f -, i"hhfcs Increased In Europe
atniti,-''i ah w7h os the amount Of
''i.s. that the movement of 0o1d |
'"e United States Commenced IN |
,. ourng these failures. and tbat soon
Tue balance Of trade Was against
ne traced the movement 81 goid
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