The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-10-11
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1879 to Aug. 10, 1890, when the Sherman
law took effect, was S2S, ,6S5, $40 standard
ounces, costing $SO8, ,190, ,261, an average Of
$1.05 per fine ounce. The number Of silver
dollars coined out Of that bullion was 37S,-
166, ,T9S II the maximum amount of g., ,000,-
600 worth Of bullion had been purchased
and coined every month during the time
the law was in force instead of s., 600, $50,
the total number of dollars coined would
have been about 753, 600, 900, or an increase
Of about $375, ,0O0, 900 above what was actu-
ally coined.
heard the other day gentleman, not
connected with the party to which belong
either, say that the two great parties Of the
country will soon divide upon the Rocky
mountains. heard another man say that
Mason and Dixon's line will be turned half
way round, so that instead of lying be-
tween the north and the south it will lie
between the east and the west. Mr.. Presi-
dent, let US all here in this chamber, and
wherever our influence can extend, dis
courage all such language as that
Iwould not array one section against an
other. would heal all the wounds be-
tween different parts of the country. You
could not blot out the little state of MaSsa.
ChusettS without expunging part, and a
very important part, of American history.
You could not blot out of our history the
city of New York without taking away q
large part of our most valuable history,
nor could you sink the old Keystone, the
home of my childhood, without sinking to
very great extent the wealth of tAis coun-
try and its enterprises and its important
historic recollections. Let us be for the
whole country, and whenever we find q Gus
tom, no matter whether it be in the west,
or the east, or the north, or where 1t may
be, that is wrong let us expose it, let Us
fight against it, let US undermine it and de.
Stroy its influence.
Go out upon the magnificent prairieS Of
Kansas and Of Nebraska and you will hnd
che very best form of American manhood
and womanhood there. So it Is all through
that splendid region. We are Americans
all. There may be some, and there are AI
few, who were born in other lands, but
they came here to be part of this thriv'
ing and prosperous people. They have as.
simulated themselves with our populations;
they are citizens OF the states and of the re.
public; they vote with US; we elect them to
Office, they are honored and respected citi.
Gems.
In addition to the 100000 population |
ind that their aggregate valuation in 1890
OF taxable property-not the estimated but
Ehe actual valuation Of their property foI
taxable purposes-was nearly thousand
and aQuarter million dollars-$1, ,1S7, ,156, 900.
lind that the six New England states
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, MassG
Chusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut
have population OF 4,700, ,745, just little
more than the population Of the 10 states
t0whloh have called attention. The value
Of their property Is s., ,55S 215, ,4S0, just about
three times as much as that of the people
An the 10 states whose names have men
toned, and yet Kansas was admitted into
the Union in 1881, Nebraska several years
later, Colorado in 1875, and Idaho, the Da,
kotas and the other new states only few
years ago.
Those people have accumulated vast
amounts of wealth in the 10 census years
that have just passed, amounting in all ia
eT5S, ,7O9,711. Their progress, their indus
try, their loyalty, their energy, their 30
briefly, call for commendation rather than
for condemnation. They are yet in Their
Twaddling clothes, while New England Ia
$50 years old.
As to the representation in the house oi
representatives, those 10 states have "a
members, and they have 90 senator's, while
the Q New England states, with about the
same population, have 81 members and Il
senators, total representation Of A for the
10 new states against 80 for the 8 old ones
The area Of the 10 states is 991 800 square
miles, while that Of the 8 is little over &C..
600 square miles, proportion Of IA to1.
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