Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-14
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DUBOIS In THE SENATE.

tween the Qold-bugs and their allies
on the one hand, and the friends Of
honest money on the other, which
since the 7th of last August has been
raging in Congress, a review of the
record made by the junior Senator
from Idaho in that honorable body,
will no doubt be perused with inter-
est by our readers.
Senator Dubois was not only the
recognized leader of the silver forces
of Idaho and the West, but ranked
high in the silver councils of both
houses. His brilliant record in champ.
ioning the cause Of tho white metal
has given him q national reputation.
and pointed him out 80 among the
really able men OF the Republic.
His FIRST act Of moment during the
extra session was to present the peti>
ton Of Shoshone Assembly, No. $50,
Knights Of Labor, praying for the free
coinage OF silver at the ratio Of l6 to
l.
When the question Of seating the
appointed Senators from Montana,
Washington and Wyoming came up
for discussion, Dubois made an able
plea for their seating. not only be-
cause such action would be for the in
terests of the States involved, but the
presence of these Senators at this
crucial time was OF vital interest to
tho cause OF silver.
On the 22nd of August. he made
speech in tho Senate against the 70.
peal OF the Sherman law which, for
conciseness Of statement and graep
OF the subject, ranks high among tito
strong speeches on the silver side of
the controversy.
He opened with quotation from
some utterances of his on the came
subject delivered while a delegate in
Congress:
"We look upon the conspiracy
which eliminated in the demcne,iza
ton Of silver as the most gigantic
robbery OF modern times The in
jury i, more terrible, so far as pro.
perry is concerned, than would have
been an exhaustive war with some
foreign power"
He reiterated these sentiments and
said that time had strengthened. no,
weakened his opinion on this subject.
He scored snch traitors to the cause
Of silver as VOORHEES, most unmerci.
fully. and tore away the mask, Show
ing them what hollow Mocke,ies all
their pr st protestations that they were
the friends OF silver were. Under the
lashinss Of keen logic and terrible m
veotiye, the traitors writhed in their
seats. He affirmed that no national
party had declared in favor of the
single gold standard. He held up to
riaic:.ls the idea that the financial
>trlngenoy WAS caused, as the gold.
bugs alleged, by the Sherm law, as
It was owing to the operations of thi,
law that some s4,5o0.OOO monthly
were added to the money circulation,
OF the country. lie want-d to know
how this addition made money
scsrcer. and how tho shutting off of
THE supply would make money plen.
tier. AS to the fear expressed by
some, that we cannot maintain bi.
mesallism on account Of the ov pro.
duc.:on of silver, Dubois referred to
the statement. of Senstor Vest, that
whom the production of silver exoee ded
that OF gold more than thirty times,
silver was worth moro than sl.2s. lei
was unfsvorable legislation that
caused the decline in the value of sill.
yer. Dubois said there was not gold
enough in the world to meet it's grow.
ing business demands. As to tho
proposed change in the ratio, he said;
81 am opposed to any change in the