The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-29

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Congressman Bland. 1t Is we'll
known that the prcsc4. administration
is opposed to any silver legislation,
We have no way whatever of securing
the legislation necded except by a bill
repeating tic Sherman act. Any other
would be vetoed, hence those who nd
vocatc an unconditional repeal of the
Sherman act cannot expect To be re
corded as friends Of silver. Our pol-
icy will be to substitute. The Presi-
dent and bis friends are not oppos cd
10 the Sherman law for the rea.c. that
it is bad silver law, but, simply be-
cause it is silver law, and they would
for the sas,o reason be opposed to any
and all silver legislation. W. aye OPP
posed to the Sherman act because it is
bad silver law, and we want to sub
stitutc ? good one for it. That i- the
issac, md the only issue, and the ses-
sion will have to confront it. be-
iicyc the present panicky condition is
the result of a conspiracy and that the
condition is attributed to the Sherman
law in order to bring about its uacon
ditional repeal. They accomplished
the repeal OF the Bland act by the
Sherman act, now they don't propose
TO put it back to the Bland act by re
pealing the Sherman act, but to leave
us without any law on the silver quo.,
tion, except the act Of lS.a, which to-
tally demonctized it, We propose to
meet them in this fight as We did be-
fore with the demand for the free
coinage of silver We don't defend
the Sherman bill, nor any law short of
free eoinsge, aud free coinage must
preeedo all silver legislation,
r Congressaa" fcncc.-Wc find be.
fore us an administration and a cabipe,
and perhaps house of representatives
now under the whip and spur which
seem to be against us, but say that il
members of the cabinet from A.abama
or Georgia or Kentucky or Nebraska
oppose silver they arc standing. living
libels on their states. Be not fearful
OF the effect of truth on parties when
your homes and fresidcs are in danger.
Every man who can write-and every
man in Colorado can write, even the
Dcmocrats-or who can buy postage
stamp, should burden the mails with
truthful and pleading letters to his
Eastern friends. This year, happily.
we have one advantage. Some who
claimed to be bi-metalists last fall are
now in the opposition. Bourke Cock
ran announced recently that the one
purpose of the President and secretary
of the treasury is to secure single
gold standard. Had Mr.. Cochran or
any other accredited spokesman last
fall made that public declaration Mr..
Cleveland could not have carried
Texas or Alabama-ccrtainly not Hi
nois or Ohio. We have the advantage
that they are out Of the ambush from
which they fred on us-.hc ambush
of doubtful and meaningless platfor,ns
never redeemed aud never meant to be
redeemed. 1t is not very long time to
another election, and the members of
the Fifty-third Congress who, under
the whip of patronage, who arc offered
on one hand the policy they despisc
and on the other the patronage they
feel they should get for their eonstitu-
ents; | say that not congressman
sitting in the Fifty-third house from
wheat, corn or scotton-raising states,
who bows to the administration OF to
the whip of Boss Reed in tho Repub-
!icsn canous will warm seat ID the
Fifty.fourth Copsress.