The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-02

than this "cowardly" compromise.
If the Democratic congress has not
the courage and honesty TO give ih''
Noodle free coinage, then let the re-
peal ball pass and the issue Will be
sauarely fought in the next cam
paign and the people will east their
verdict at tn. polls. But Cleveland
who At first agreed 10 the c"mpr"-
mise. suddenly changed his mind
He sent orders TO the Senat" that b"
must have unconditional repeal at
once. We suppose he had gotten
hi. orders from the gold trust that
put M the money To nominate and
elect him. At his orders. the Sen
ate. which was about 10 pass the
comDromise bill, turned its face
again 10 unconditional repeal. On
last FRIDAY Senator Voorhees, called
for Il vote on the repeal bill accord
ing TO Cleveland's orders. There AT"
A number Of amendments offered III
the bill. The first vote was taken on
the amendment Of Senator PETER 10
revive the free coinage act Of Jan.
IS. 1887. This would have given the
country the same silver law that was
in force from 1897 to 1873. That Ii
the same law that was repealed by
the "crime Of 1879 by John Sher-
man. The vote on this amendment
was as follows:
Yeas Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry
Blackburn. Butler. Call, Coke, Dan
iel, George, Harris, Irby, Jones
ARK. }, Jones (Neb.) Kyle, Martin,
Pasco, PETER, Power, Pugh, Roach,
Shoup, Stewart, Teller, Nance, Vest,
Walthall, Wolcott-28.
Nays-Aldrich, Gallery, Camden,
Carly, CuIlum, Davis, Dixon, Dolph,
Faulkner, Frye, Gallinger, Gibson,
German, Gray, Hale, Higgins, Hill,
Hoar, Lindsay, Lodge, Mcmillan,
Mcpherson, Henderson, Mitchell
wis.,, Morrill,, Murphy, Palmer,
Perkins, Proctor, Quay, Ransom,
Sherman, Smith, Stockbridge, Tur-
pie, Villas, Voorhees,, Washburp, and
White (La.)-39.
This is the first test vote on free
silver in the Senate. Notice that it
was defaeted by II majority in a
Democratic Senate. If the Senate
had passed this amendment it would
have given the people free coinage
at the ratio of Is to |. 1t would have
undone and wiped out the crime of
1873 by which silver was killed by
The people will remember
how for twenty years the Democrat
lc papers, platforms, and speeches
have denounced this piece of Repub-
lican iufamy and asked for chance
to wipe it out The people gave the
party ''chance" and it has betray-
ed the trust. The Democratic party
IS to-day lead by John Sherman and
stands just where the Republican
party did twenty years ago.
The next amendment was one by
Senator Perkins of California. Il
provides not for free coinage, but
or the coinage Of the silver mined
n America only. On this amend
nent Senator Teller made one of the
hortest yet one of the strongest
peeches that has yet been made in
he Senate. See it in next weeks
ssue. This amendment was voted
lown by ten majority. An amend
nent was then offered by Senator
Berry of Arkansas, to revive the
Bland law of 1878. This was voted
own by a majority of eleven.
After several more amendments
he vote was taken on the Voorhees,
I'LL for unconditional repeal. 1t was
assed by a majority of -. The fol-
owing is the vote:
Yeas - Aldrich, Brice, Caffery.
'amden, Carey. Cullom, Davis, Dix
n, Dolph, Faulkner. Frye ,Gallinger,
ilbson, German, Gray, Hale, Haw-
~, Higgins, Hill, Hoar, Hunton,
lindsay, Lodge, Mcmillan, McPher-
on, Henderson, Mills, Mitchell, of
Wisconsin, Morrill,, Murphy, Platt,
rector, Quay, Ransom, Sherman,
ninth, Squire, Stockbridge, Turpie
'ilas, Voorhees,, Washburn, White.
f louisiana 43,
Nays-Allen, Bate Berry, Black
urn, Butler, Call, Cameron, Cock
ell, Coke, Daniel, Dubois, George,
larris, lrby, Jones of Arkansas,
ones of Nevada, Kyle, Martin, Pas
0, PETER, Perkins, Pettigrew, Pow
r, Pugh, Roach, Shoup, Stewart.
eller, Vance, Vest, Walthall and
The following were the pairs: Nit
hell of Oregon, and Allison; Chand-
'r and White of CALIFORNIA;; Colquitt
nd Wilson; Palmer and Hansbor-
ugh; Gordon and Morgan.
Thus "the crime of 1873" is en-
orsed by Democratic congress.
There are 45 Democrats in con-
ress. Twenty-three voted against
liver and q for silver; there are SO
republicans, rs voted against silver
nd II for silver, There are four
opulists and every one voted foi sill
er.
When this bill goes into effect che
ountry is down to a single gold
'andard. The Democratic party is
OF only guilty of the same crime of the
republican party, but also of hypoc-
acy and fraud. They went into
over denouncing Republican legis-
alton and promising to give the peo-
lie relief. The have betrayed the
eople. At the next election the