Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-05
INTERESTING HISTORY.
<eInted b. Member OF the Confer
ence Committee.
'rHoRs orrHE SHERMAN LAW
zx-Congressman Walker of siassa-
ehasetts Asserts That 1t was Franz
"a 10 Prevent Free Coinage---Inci-
dents Behind the Certain.


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Nr" 1urh' Jul! -
walker of Massachusetts, VINO was APP
ointed nv Sneaker Reed member of
~. t..,,.,,' .e,.,,,... committee which
W i,""9c ''n.'' H., ....l,.,
Famed the sherman snfe' Pui'4'"so
lW. has published the following article
al.fix. IN the circumstances of the
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aopuop OF ih"t i"i"'"9
H'-Sir:4-ln answer TO tile request made
IL. 4 : one OF the committee of con-
7-.V =, IN, mar, az tina bo,,se which
y" ,Nn
f4trf4 the silver bill OF July Ii, lSoo,
n0uA' as the Sherman silver law,
X ..-..i..f u,oI.. Nnt, Al stnt,uieut of how and
40. -. e,,.1 ,.l ~. ,;,i,,,
was h"'"eu' "'N .he 'i'''''
eid und expressed In regard to the pro
osAd luw by those who drafted il al
81 tit,e I, N,ns fr,met
f...S /" We" a.,
tNt house huu passeu II pih Pro-
idiug for "A larger use of silver by thu
|afuitAI States rha hilI was amended
49, -. ,.,,.,.' ~, III g..
'ns senu.e ~ suiNins oul 9'i 49,
4, rhavtlus ciuuse' nnI i! u'itns a.. -
~ tor the free ana unlimited eoi ,i''iE
suf'r ~ WYE vi iVrt! Nv" a" '"Nn
cave That bill was sent TO me cuhl-
nttr ON coiuhge ana Feporlsu uHch ~
re- nouse wlth reeohinellda,lvh 'liul
tc house Insist ON It's bill ana ask Tor
cenlmittee of cohiereiice' Inc vote
the house. substantially on the tfee
image OF silver as provided III me SEN
le Dill, gwen, however, on SUBSIDIARY
iotion. WAS $50 yeas anu To- nays
me hundred and sixteen Democrats vot-
u for free coinage and nineteen Repub-
cans. One hundred and thirty repub-
cans Voted against free coinage and
Wenty-fwo Democrats.
The house committee of conference
X In,tuiufed by Speaker Reed was COngpr
n lywa. Walker Of Massachusetts, and
| Bland OF Missouri, the latter of inr more
IAbility Than Eastern men give him cred
for. bud AZ thoroughly familiar with
| he Nterature OF the silver question us
.nr Of its advocates. ON the part of the
enate Sherman OF Ohio Homes of Ne
Ieadn. Aud Harris of Tennessee. wcro
ppninted. NH amonps It's very ahlrst
iAemhers. Jones. Hurris and Bland were
lost drtprn,iupI advocates of free coin-
~. Shermnn rn,,.s,. and Walker ns
fterminedly opposed.
On I'M. ,iI,y - Inc npnointincnt of the
p5mtnittep lilo sounI money members fa,t
iat Al least three waters ont OF five IN,
ID country would probably have voted
IA hAl The nuastIon of frnn anil tinliinit-
cojllnRe bpan submitted ia "A unnnlnr
1tf Whey nl.n 10 n,ttnllv nssur.d that
N. i,,nS,h',.s ~ r,,,,i,.' c',,lI ~, i,a,,,
ON irrevnrnhlv ct,n1nitting fbsms,lv,.s
I'm and s1unre v"te f9. - lin nro'
llinr' for ,h,. FREE ana tniimit.J coipn,,,,
silver nnfiI inter tna nr,i nrnsiGsnfini
lection, The results of The election wonii
axe fhe passage of a free coinage mi
sposslble They WE'RE equally assured
at sof the ;sj2 members of ia. house
smajority of at least forty did not per-
uaiiy believe in the policy of the free
lnnge of silver, while majority of the
Nflstitucnts OF at least sixty members
caau eould be relied upon TO oppose the
se coinage Of silver by indirection earn
tly desired it. A part of them had al
'ady Noted for free coinage IN many roll
wills, And ~ least forty or fifty of The
Nf you'd teel complied to vote for
were NE ISSUE sgugrely brought before
a'eM- hyS Would thus be compelled at
neAl erection 10 ne eiiliSsnrics OF the
Mee volnnge propaganda IN their desire
y returned 10 congress The moral
may c,oondelnn this state of things as
Hal. ne average congressman Justi-
me nihlseli IN such actions by saying
Jay ms Is government of the people.
NJ nv People Tor the people, aud that
the right or duty of Il congressman
VA fiolate NE personal conviction by vOt-
tfA Aul u law luut The majority of his