The Lamar register., 1893-08-19
PENCE WINS DISTINCTION.
He Makes His Maiden speech on the
silver Question and Brings
Down tho House.

t1tc IN the nbA-c Vi
Pence Of Colorado distinguished himself
To Mr. Pence the speaker gave the honor
Of following Mr.. Bland, and when ;he Colo
rado member arose there was a hush OF ex-
pectaney, the house not knowing Just Whai 70
expect Mr.. Pence acquitted himself Win
honor to himself and credit to the people ne
represented His delivery vas good MS
yolee clear and penetrating, his gestures
graceful. and his speech, although entirelS
srtemporaneou.. fun OF hard, solid facts that
carried weight with them as they fell upon
The House. Mr.. Pence achieved something
shat seldom comes even To 4 citizen OF thls
-reat country where the possibilities arr
Soundless A new momber, unknosn In the
East and among Statesmen, within less than
week of the beginning OF his career as
congressman. be plunged iuto the leadership
Of The sllverites and delivered a speech that
ron for him the plaudits Of those who be
ueved as he did, and the Admiration aad re-
,pect Of those who differed with him As he
,rose To speak. the speaker recognized him
IS "the gentleman from Colorado" snd a
aumter OF members started to leave the ball
The nrs, words that fell from his lips, how
,yer arrested them, and a moulen, later
statesmen began 10 al the alsies and form
.hat familiar attitude Invariably seen whcn
popular speaker hA. the floor. Ton kee'i-
coming IN from the corridors, heard Tie voice
and stopped In the middle OF the main Sisie,
sherc he llsteacd Attentvely Tor feN
moments, and thea walked sioEiy 10 seat
aear By and rcmziaed oae Of Mr. Pcaee's
mo.t attentive iisieucrs untIl be had naished.
Mr.. Peace began with beautiful word
picture. IN which he presented the present
,oudition o, Affairs in Colorado sud the West,
and told bo~ an1io,isly TIC people Of the
west we're waiting the Aetioa OF Cozgress,
hoping almost zgAias, hope for that verdict
Whleh would start up thcls mlnss again, open
the smelling furnaces aud bting prosperity
where now wzs desolarion and rula- hs thea
entered lnto the merits Of the question before
The House, rspndiAting the theory that the
present hard Zines ~crc In Aay vay the re-
sult Of the bIii Eor sought 70 he repealed.
His reference 70 the gentlemen % the ise
sides o; the chamber werc marked b. an ah-
senee OF malice, hui his shoss Invariably pro
voksd laughter and applause
I, vas almost beyoad belief be said dgrins
tho course OF his speech, that Ne. Rayser OF
Maryland. Who spoke for the soi4 bugs, and
Mr. hl.ad OF MissoaTf, kad been elected on
the same uoket Aad standing ideaiieAiy on
the same platform.
Eleetel last fan By a people brsTc. bnoTant
aud hopeful be knew that their Industries
had been prustrAted b. ihe coarse Of the pass
two Edmlnisifafions-tly the basc surrcairr
Of those Eho bad bera elected on a silver
platform and oa silver pledges 10 ihis Goa.
uecgon be quoted fcon a speech made By Mr..
Carlisle Ia the House In ISIS to the eject that
the striking down os fron threc-sevraihs te
vAs The most gigantic crime Of this OF zay
other seacraiios, aad he eonirAssed hat
declaration vita the prcscai position OF the
secretary on the silver qaest!ou- The speech
wAs made, be said, ~hen the gestleraAH pAs >
leader, not follower, ~hea he u-s sezslei
OF messages, not a bearer Of ihem. ZAP
plAnse.
Mr Pence then called upoa the Democrats
to kaos whether they believed Mr. Carlisle al
the time uttered the truth or, ~err they pre-
pared, under the inaueaer o. the poser Of the
administration. 30 surrender to the present
demands OF the secretary OF the treasury.
Turning to the Republicans he asked then
how ihey eoalG 20 back to their constituents
and answer To the charge Of falling iato line
al the beck and call OF Democratic prrsi-
dent MIR. Peace declared that he did noi
Cleveland ia the Chicago convention and
who voted for him were with him oa the
platform as he construed It, Aad Il vas ic
these people and not to The President thai
these members mus; make answer
Mr.. Pence alluded TO the census statistics
of wealth, which showed that the wealth Of
Massachusetts had increased s561, ,Qo0, 900 dur.
ing the past decade, when the states OF ms
nols, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and the state
OF the Mississippi valley, all empires with 50
perior resources and population, had ouly IN
creased $50 900, ,ooo, $40, ,ooo, 600 less during
the same period "Of course" said Mr.
Pence, Massachusetts, the only state where
the platform OF the Democratic party de-
elared in favor of the gold standard, viii get
her share Of the debt wrung fran the debtor,
of the West and South, as she has co,ien II
before"
Mr.. Pence made pertinent alluslon TO the
fact that Democratic majority In the House,
pledged TO the reconciliation OF silver, SET
aside the Stewart free coinage bill. and this.
followed by subsequent acts OF tha, majority.
operated to drive him, among others, out of
the Democratic party. The Independence of
the people wiped out Of existence party lines
in Colorado, for voters in that state felt
bound 10 demonstrate the faith that was in
them. The political rising there and else
where was iraceable to this Issue and not TO
the tariff. The Democratic platform of 1854, |
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