The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1893-09-14
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Senator Shoup of Idaho Ad-
dressesAthe Senate.
THE FAULKNER AMENDMENT.
1t Will be introduced in the Senate To-
day-Possibility of Opponents of Re-
peal Supporting Faulkner's Scheme If
Nothing Better Can be Secured.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-In the
senate today Stewards resolution for
committee to ascertain whether
senators were interested in national
banks came up. Stewart addressed
the senate in advocacy OF this. After
few moments he diverged into
general discussion of the silver ques-
ton.
Voorhees, suggested one week from
Monday as a suitable time for closing
the debate on the repeal bill. Unani-
nous consent is necessary. Dubois
of Idaho objected.
Shoup then addressed the senate.
Shoup began his address with lib
eral quotations from the presidents
message, and announced his failure
to agree with the president as to the
cause leading up to the present finan-
cial condition of the country. He
made review of the conditions OF af-
fairs as they existed twelve months
ago, and showed by facts and figures
cited that we were then prosperous.
He said at that time that both had
declared for a double standard, and
Cleveland, as we'll as Harrison, had
accepted the nomination for president
with full knowledge of this pledge.
When he became the standard bearer
of his party he became the defender
and champion OF the principles enun-
ciated by the party, and whether he
is seeking to violate one of the serious
declarations contained in the plat
form his party associates and the
country must decide. Shoup did not
pretend to know when Cleveland be-
came convinced it was necessary that
the country should come to a mono
metallic basis, but he did not know
Willard and others were posed in
Washington and began in the lobby
for the repeal of the Sherman law i'm
mediately after the election, and it
was fact that the rewards and pun
ishments of the incoming administra-
ton were invoked to influence that
legislation. The speaker did not be-
lieve the Sherman law had anything
to do with the financial crisis and it
injured no one except residents of
OF the silver producing states. In
deed, he considered it had been of
much benefit to the nation at large.
Referring to the criticisms made by
Senator Cullom, that if the silver
advocates were so much dissatisfied
with the Sherman act they should
join in its repeal, he said they recog-
nized that its disappearance at this
time was probably the means of the
permanent retirement of silver as
a money metal. The Sherman law
was now the only bulwark between
bimetallism and monometallism in
this country. He did not accept the
idea that silver coinage would degrade
the financial standing of this country
and made plea for independence in
the monetary affairs as in others OF
our concerns. He believed the pass
age of free coinage bill would i'm
mediately restore confidence aud en-
large our trade. Repeal would result
in moving this country from the
head of the column as producer of
precious metals, in the contraction Of
currency and in the weakening of the
country by destroying one of its great
industries. He drew strong pic
ture of distress that would be oc-
casioned in the silver producing states
and asked "Must the prayerful
appeal OF these people for justice be
passed unnoticed?" He declared
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