The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-27
Fight FOR White Metal in the
House Ended.
4 VOTE TO BE HAD MONDAY.
Tom Reed and BOurk Cochran Advocate
Repeating the Law.
Wilson of West Virginia, Author of the
House Bill, and Bland the Father
of the Silver Dollar, Conclude
the Arguments.


day of the great silver debate. The
speaker announced that the debate in
favor OF the bill would be closed by its
author, Mr.. Wilson OF West Virginia,
and opposed by Mr.. Bland of Missouri.
Mr.. Clarke of Alabama, was the first
speaker. He believed it the duty of Con-
gress to fix the ratio at is to /. Still he
would not cast vote that would con-
tinue the paralysis of the industry OF the
country. 1t was necessary that i'm
mediate action be taken to restore con-
hdence. The trouble is due to the pur-
chasing OF silver under the Sherman law,
as people believed, and whether that be-
lief was correct or not he would vote to
repeal the law or do anything to restore
confidence.
The next speaker was Hon. Thomas B.
Reed of Maine. After sketcbing briefly
the financial condition of the country and
declaring he had no desire to deal with
the situation from d political standpoint,
he proceeded to say that the Democratic
party was brought into power by curl
GUS combination of circumstances, but
In a large measure by the American
people. The conscious ness of this fact,
he said, un5erlies the entire situation.
He would not raise the question whether
protection was wise or not, but the fact
remained that even if it were admitted
that the propositions of the Democratic
platform were entirely correct, that sys-
TEN upon which the manufactures of the
country had been regulated for thirty
years, was threatened with a II tai
change.
Whether that change would be for the
better or not, no man can know. What
the Dem ocratic party proposed to do, no.
body can say; they NOT even know theIa-
selves. The speaker did not believe the
Democratic party was utterly bad, nor
that they would be permitted to be SO if
they desired.
If the reformation of the tariff were in
the hands even of its friends who favored
protection instead of those who denounced
it, business would be stagnant or at
standstill. But when its reformation was
IN the hands OF men opposed to the pres
ent system, the manufacturers of the
country who build on the present system
must necessarily call halt. II their
goods are to come IN competition with the
manufacturers of other lands where pro-
duction is on a different basis, whose
labor is differently regarded, no manu-
than absolute necessity requires.
de characterized the cause of the pres
ent condition of affairs as being the I'M
discoverable uncertainty OF the future of
both currency questions and the question
of protection and revenue tariff. He con-
sidered the Sherman act and the accumu
lation Of silver as the earliest indication
of the approaching disaster rather thar
tie chief cause. He did not believe the
Democratic Congress, even under the
pressure OF the people, would revise the
tariff or that workingmen would be
brought back even to the condition of
workunen under the Walker act, but had
no doubt there would be doubts and diff
cuities and reductions.
It was not to be expected that the Demo-
Gratis after thirty years OF criticism of the
acts OF others should be lifted at once to
the higher level of responsibility and per-
Torrance. Time only could do that.
Until that time came they could rely on
the assistance of the Republican minority
in the direction OF sound government and
honest administration. The speaker was
sorry the Democratic majority would not
permit the Republicans to exhibit their
wisdom in the way of amendment but
confined them to the Democratic PROPOSE
ton.
He would waste no time in showing
that the rights of the minority are out
ragged. He recognized the necessity and
duty OF the party in power of assuming
the responsibility of its action. He was
only sorry the question could not be set
tied within the bounds of the Democratic
party itself, but everybody knew the ma
jcrity OF Democrats would decide against
the good sense of the nation. Though he
did not believe the repeal of the Sherman
act would give immediate prosperity, he
would vote for it because. whether Justly
M Ic . 10 ha he If
boarding currency and because only by
repeal could the nation hope to attack
foreign capital. He characterized the
charge that the law of 1873 was trick as
Zone of the most stupendous fabrications
which ever existed in political life.'
The pathway OF duty is unconditional
repeal. II that did not give relief we
must try something else and the sooner
The better. The Republicans found them
selves in peculiar position. The newly
chosen Democratic President found him
self powerless in his first great recon-
men6stion to his own party and was
forced to appeal to the patriotism of an
other party. whose patriotism has never
been appealed TO ir vain.
The speaker sl1etcLed the salient points
in the financial history OF the Republican
party and closed By saying that when the
day cane, as 1t surely would, for that
party TO lead the country back to pros
perity, il would take back with it ancient
glory undimmed by adversely, our ancient
honor unsu1lied by defeat. Mr.. Reed S
closing remarks were received with pro-
longed outburst of applause.
He was followed by Mr.. Dearmond of
Missouri in opposition TO unconditional
repeal. Mr.. Dearrnond took Carlisle to
task for following the ruinous financial
policy of his predecessor. Had the Sher-
man law been properly executed the parity
would have been maintained. This might
be true, but he did not believe the story
that the Democrats and Republicans of
the Senate had agreed to drop tariff re-
form TO secure the passage of the repeal
bill. BE would protest against such
arrangements. The dividing lines were
the money powers OF the east with foreign
backing against the toiling masses of the
west and south.
Mr. Williams, of Illinois, opposed the
repeal bill. He contended that the Shey-
man law was not responsible for the panic,
although the panic was the legitimate
offspring of the Republican party To
repeal the Sherman law would be to break
the last link binding gold and silver
He Waz followed by Mr.. Allen, OF Mis-
sjssippi, in opposition to repeal, IN
speech full of humor.
Mr. Cochran, OF New York, was the
next speaker. After some preliminary
uiterances, he said the Democratic plat
form did nos declare for free coinage Of
silver. An attempt was made in the con-
vention by q delegate from Colorado to
commit the party to that principle, but
he failed to secure ten votes. Colorado
and Nevada Were declaring that the party