The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-27

little more and h,.,ily no worked M TO the
funniest Thing h IN n Sse SnnG Of applause
1his was, when he smoke ,nodesuy oi ms I'M
timate relation with President CavSiana, aPd
6 sges seG Spd sat pSea quesons and giving
their estimstes of the character OF mem Gi
Hrst term. had such a high regard i9r the
statesmen OF tho CAPITOL, and suggested that
what is needed more that q repeal of the
sherman act is new law to rest9re the party
But Allen got serious after while, and then
his argument became q little cloudy. and;
While be TRY. o to hs his u" snS
pred ON said he throwing out ms arms.
how wish had anu.heT hour AMI men no
Before tho echo OF Aliens stridcnt voice hnu
died away liourke COCHRAN rose to his ieet re
the House evidently nervous and eager 10 pc
Ein the great spccrh. on the writinRol which
his desk all the morning there wasa nig pile
OF books Indicating that II was no imnrnmptu
speech that he was TO make. ana me 'i Gteas "u,
was vast to " be hoard. Mr. COCHRAN has for
Of n brilliant and effective orator. lie has w%1
his SPURS AZ u political stump orator ana held
the hrst rank as IN advocate IN any rauso. re
tho speech Tint he made IN the House today
showed that he had studied the history OF
finance ms very few men in public lie have
studied It. THIS speech far outranks any Of
his previous efforts. and was. moreover. such
G for tho IN pnrr@se Of hufn
this country upnn bimetallic, LASTS tnht
It must OF necessity have changed me ppm,
great audience who listened 70 him. nr u ocR-
ran gave II most interesting history OF money
ing metium in all countries, AMI lacken NJ
every statement hc made tr9m unh;sru tsd
Locke and Mill. and Adam smith, and many
other philosophers VINO have wr mIn uroh
nosss to AMI SHOW 9oGhs % wha Ge" cou
try is suffering from now. as IT.
has suffered in other Ike rnnics; Is
ami was novel. il Tor no other reason than thass
/, was the lirst sreccl in this long dsnte that
showed evidences oi close study and historical
rrs,,arcn. He had no mannscrrt before him.
order in which they were used. and it was at
parent thar, while no had not committed ms
s II Ills 10 mind i1t that he vas the "%mre,e
master o! IN, Thoughts AMI o, his tongue iron,
start to finish. lie od the 1tory # ne use 81
In tne sinpo and mattcr-"f. tact way IN which
q Jaw professor talk. to his students, and made
clear His yoice to day was strong. hut husky.
As 1t always H.. and his gestures were more
pS"so. tina" @n sra'G rowe i ms "uen and
convincing one. and its E.rora!ion was
tribute to tho great mnnitnaIitIy "t New w
the farming commlunitY. and how the dwelIers
in the cities and the Hwellrrs on the farms
each RELY upon mo other lor existence THIS
pcrorntiun WAS delivered with most marvel;
lous rush Of words, u perfect torrent and
moment to be physically exhausted. As he
PRONOUNCED the last word AMI bowed 7" tbs
House the members formed "A procession NJ
the aisle TO congratulate him. and the confu.
sion became so great that Speaker Crisp could
only maintain order l,v srnaing the oIlicinIs OF
the House to compel the members to take
After order had boon restored Mt last. Mr..
II In, hat
began where he left oil at the close OF his
last speech to talk about the ''emissarirs, of
change The daddy Of tho dollar" knows
a vast deal about the silver Question ant OF
re m, Issed he ." Ss S
will not listen any moro. mt gn away and
como back nft"r he has finished. ,cxensinE
makes the sam" speech So il was to-day.
The only Interesting sr"aaet alter M MI Cock
The new leader Of the House. Chairman of the
Committee on Nays an! Means. and the man
H fp Me0 or .% T JAYS IS S9ed han
served only thirty minutes for himself. and he
stopped three minutes short OF thHt N ~ wilson
exalted feeling Of coming triumph that in
sprea Reed ant GockEan f too hHd an no
paper lyiaG nroa his desk; hu. never before in
so nearly. to tho standard of an orator and
successful parliamentary dictator as he did
% 5 n nf he s or
and against the repeal Of tho sherman law.
and made the m"muGrs feel that +. Speaker weaker
Crisp ma 10 no mistake in putting Mr. Wilson
in charge Of the parry in tho House.
The West Virginia member is n small.
irni! man. with ilne inteIectua! face.
To-day he was more han n STUDENT he was n
vigorous and pleasing henn.er r,, he ., stood
and critics and talked with great freedom and
force. He explained what the Administration
had done and what they honed to do. and an
clause, Of tn" sherman net, WINS directly re-
sponsible for the panic that had como upon, the
country and proved the falsty Of the silver
chases would hrln:. around prosperity. The
m"st important and significant statement in
questions that wsr" asked him by the Silver
men The first was this: will the uassage OF
tho Wilson ~ nec"ssitate tho sale OF bonds to
-" Answered by the light Of the experience OF
France, Scandinavia, Canada Holland. and
other countries. we think that the repeal OF
tho sherman law will ut once restore silver to
parity with gold and make 1t unnecessary to
issue II single bond.
to follow this law ~ with any measure look
Ing to the suspension # silver coinaEc:r To
which DO reply came; | THINK 1t is the desire
OF the American pcopr, although | have no
authority to spoak for any on" else and that
1t is the earnest desire 81 the Democratic Ad-
mniStrntion. t. increase tho issue of silver
currency among the pcop'" Of the Initial
States 10 the utmost extent Tint it Is safe TO do
ana yet preserve its rarity with gold without
the issuance OF bonds
Tho nnti-siveritrs arose as one man to np-
plaud this statement. coming direct from the
Administration, and Mt tho clos" Of Mr. vii:
sons speech tho House took recess un til
evening.
CLOSING THE SILVER DEBATE.
Reed. Cochran. blind. Nc MIilin. aud Wilson
West Virginia speak.