The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-24
HOUSE DEBATE.
Amos Cummings Defends New York Dem
oCrats from Southern Attacks.

oCrats from Southern Attacks.
WASHINGTON, D. G., August 23,-As
the close of the debate on the financial
issue draws near 1t is apparent that the
silver men have been outwitted to a
slight extent by tho repeating forces in
the matter Of the allotment of time.
The free coinage people led off the de-
bate with brilliant efforts from their
best orators, while the repealers have
some Of their brightest speakers for
the last. The result OF this somewhat
hasty desire Of the silver members to
get on the record ia that the most OF
them have spoken, and the closing days
Of the debate are being largely con-
sumed by the other side.
Mr.. O. W. Stone was the first speaker
this morning upon tho silver question.
He said that had the present admins
tration instead OF acting in weak,
yacillating manner, sternly and un-
hinchingly announced its intention to
keep every dollar equal in value to
every other dollar, the apprehension
aud feeling OF danger throughout the
country would have been greatly al
leviated. He would vote for repeal be-
cause 1t might in some degree relieve
the distress, but he did not attribute to
the Sherman law the existing condition
OF affairs. Together with number OF
his colleagues he believed that the un-
derlying cause was the threatening atti-
tude OF the Democratic party towards
the protected industries.
MIR. Covert spoke generally, COM
mending the good temper in which the
debate had been conducted, referred to
the slurs cast upon New York in some
OF the speeches and vigorously resented
them. Silver was like faithful servant
who had served long and we'll, but un-
fortunately it was like a faithful seryl.
tor who had been unsteady in his hab-
its. For this reason it had been
Stunned by some OF its friends. When
q servitor got into this condition heroic
methods were necessary. Silver shonid
be restored, but he feared that the hab-
its into which it had fallen we're strong.
Nothing would accomplish this result
except the solid currency. Laughter
aud applause.]
CLEVELAND THE PLATFORM.
Mr. Fitch said he believed in party
platforms, but between the demands Of
political platforms made before the
present emergency arose and the dc.
mands OF tho workingmen aud the
starving people, II he had to make his
choice, he would let the platform drop.
[Applause. The platform upon which
the Democratic party carried every
doubtful state INCLUDING the decisive
state OF New York; was not contained
in wrltten words. The platform was
the rocerd and character OF Grover
Cleveland. Applause.
Mr.. DaIzell, (Rep.) Of Pennsylvania,
spoke for the repeal of the bill, but he
did not hold the Sherman law responsi-
bic for tho present business depression.
That was due primarily to the dc.
clared hostility Of the party now In pow
or to the great economic system under
which tho country had marched to un'
exampled prosperity. But tho Sherman
net should be repealed. It mattered
| not by whom silver had been demone.
tiSed-whother 1t had been done secret.
" or openly. To-day 1t is not condi.
tlon but theory that confront1 US.
Tho question was, "Could tho United
States singly aud alone remonotize sil'
yer under oxisting candltionsW He
thought not. But II tho Sherman act
was had in principle and in operation,
tho Bland-Alllson act was worse aud
should not be reenacted in Ito place.
The men, who BY their arguments sought
to arraign the poor man against tho
wealthy man, w0ro nothing more or less
than anarchists. BY tho FREQ coinage
OF silver, debtors would DO able to scale
their dobts from 40 to 80 per cont and
would defraud their creditors To that
extent. But this result could be accom-.
plishod only to tho eternal disgrace Of
the American nation. Appiau1c.1
MR. HATCH SPEAKS.
Mr.. Hatch was satisfied that tho pros
pority Of tho country aud tho welfare Of
all tho people depended on tho decision
Of CongrOIs OH this financial question,
iio did not believe that any finltO man
could moasuro tho consequences oil this
lerislatIon. On It's determination rost'
cd tho settlement Of tho financial prob
lem for the nOxt twenty-five years, lilo
would discuss this question from the
standpoint OF HE earnest and honest
convictions mud not only from tho
standpoint Of hll individual consccionce1
nnd duty, but from tho slandpoint ol
his duty 10 that great political party u
which hO had been his entire llie de-
VCtod. II hc was not on the Demo.
cratic platform to-day he wanted to gell