Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-25

Only forty-eight hours more remain OF
the two weeks allotted 10 the hnsncial
debate In the House, and members are
making the most Of the brief time now
allowed under the five minute rule.
The feature OF the day was the speech
Of Cons sVessmau Pence. OF Colorado.
He asked that when the bill was next
taken up for action he be permitted toof-
feran amendment II the substitute Of Mr..
Bland is defeated, providing for the
free coinage Of the American product at
the ratios indicated 10 the substitute,
but Mr.. Wilson in charge Of the bill
objected.
Mr.. Pence said, in preiacing very
humorous speech, that when he had
come to Washington he had expected
10 find a warm corner and a comfort
able seat in the old McCreary Inn.
But be had been shown the door; and
on INQUIRY be had discovered that the
old hostelry was being run on the Euro
pean plan. Laughter he had been
sold that he would receive cheerful well
come because be had been toic that Mr..
McCresry had In 1891 been rendered
vote OF thanks by a Kentucky cOnven-
tIon FOR his advocacy Of free coinage Of
silver. He tMr. PENCE, was allied 20
Kentucky by marriage, aud he bad be-
lieyed that he could rely upon Ken
tuckians, but be had been compelled 70
telegraph 70 his peOpls-Or rather his
wife habitat be had been fooled.
Laughter and applause.
He had been taught by voorhees,,
Cooper and Bynum; and right well they
taught him. Laughter. His lessons
had started him upon course from
which he would not turn bis face by
reason OF the offer OF pie from the ad-
miuistration. Applause Standing
here as a member OF the Peo-
ples' party, be might look with
joy on the probability OF
the Democrats surrendering at the
command Of the executive; the Republi-
can minority being chained absolutely
60 the executive chariot; but he hoped
he was prompted by higher motives.
TApplause. He mad people at home
more deeply interested ia this question
than any other people IN the Union.
LAU kUNM NAA nC4 us GNhNhhtNA w r@-N
gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Bynum)
and his illusions TO that gentleman put
Ne Rouse in a hilarious mood. He pro-
tested against the abject surrender
which that gentleman had made. Ap-
plause. IL was not necessary FOR him
TO read any number Of speeches made
by that gentleman under the prior ad-
mfnistratiOn. he would content him
lah hHa
own eyes had witnessed He would
not 20 back into cd history.
He would 90 back only 10 October, 1892,
when Mr.. Bynum, Mr.. Black, Of Penn
sylvania, and Mr.. Wilson, Of West Nlr-
glnia, were advertised 70 make tour
through the country for the purpose of
organizing Democratic clubs. How
warmly the people Of Denver had treat
ed these gentlemen. They had been
treated 70 bed and board, laughter. ]
Then the gentleman from (Iudianal
Mr.. Bynum, had addressed the largest
audience that ever assembled in Dem
yer. In the Rocky Mountain NelCS
was a stenographic report OF his speech
In which he said:
II have always been 10 favor Of the
free coinage OF silver.
have voted for free coinage from the
time the question has been before Con-
gresS, and / will do so every time the
question comes up" Laughter and
applause Mr.. Pence trusted that the
teacher would not rebuke the scholar
when he ventdred 20 tell him that the
question had now come up. Ap-
plause.
There was a portrait Of the gentle
man from Indiana published In the
paper, but as he (Pence) was c little
man and the volume a large one, ne
could not hold it up for the inspection
OF the House, laughter, but be would
ask unanimous consent 30 have It re-
produced in the Congressional Record.
In this picture was repre-
sented silver dollar aud
II was suppOTted-how? BY the manly
feet and legs OF the gentleman from In
diana. Whose arms were those that
helped 90 support it? The arms OF the
gentleman from Indiana Laughter.
Whose face was this? Whose eyes were
these? The face aud the eyes Of the
gentleman from Indiana, and beneath
the picture was the inscription, ~ have
always voted for free coinage and
always will Laughter and applause.
The gentleman from Indiana had taught
him (Pence) his lessons. and be de-
clined to retreat from this teaching.
TApplauSe. But he began 90 under
stand why and how it was that Demo
cratic President elected on q silver
platform absolutely and without fear Of
contradiction commanded majority to
surrender.
Mr.. Pence then paid his respects to
Senator Voorhees, and criticised him for
the position he mad taken. He could
not but be reminded (since Voorhees,
had taken the same stand as Shermsn)
of an article written by the Senator and
published 10 the North american ReUielC,
denouncing Sherman as the financial
weathercOck OF the nation. Laughter
and applause.
Mr.. Bynum replied 20 the structures
made upon him and upon his seeming
Inconsistency, but he did so in joculsr
vsin and with evident appreciation OF
the Colorado mans humOr.
ae admitted that be had spoken in
Denver in 1891, and that he addressed
one Of the largest audiences that be
Lever faced. He had had in the
OF that year the pleasure
~ making a tour Of the continent with
several other gentlemen in order TO es-
tahiish DereA-~ clubs, EveryWEere