The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-09-01
REED SPEAKS.
He Goes on Record for the Repeal on
the Sherman Law
The One Great Cause Of Our flnano'S
Troubles L. the "JndIscoNerable uncef-
tRinity" 81 what tho Democrats
Party WIN do with the rartn'

WAsHINGToN, Aug. %. In the house
Saturday MIR Reed, OF Maine, spoke 90
the silver question. There was breath'
less silence during the delivery. tci'
lowing Is a synopsis of his remarks;
In beginning Mr. Reed confessed doubts q
the wisdom 81 he house to deal satisfactorhy
With the qucsii ion before II, but expressed Ms
comfort at tcing ahlo 20 fail back upon ihe
vel established belief In the wisdom OF the 90
cisions Of congress- Cri,isDs like he present. ns
| said, we're iuscparabio acCompaLiments OF 81,
| human progress, which Il "a >, ries of upward
| starts and Of falls OF almost proportional
| length The former may be charac erized In :
| word confidence, g" the latter in another WORD
| 'distrust"
| These fluctuations occur almos, simuisans
| ously. always alphabetically. the word afsA
| ~ oiysciy - Busincss~si b. III ..sts<.1
| aud railroad Because Of The fact that thil
| drain Of god from the United States since th'
passage o. the sherman Law. in isp 3 carried Out
| Of the country an amount equal 20 the value OF
| he purchases OF silver under the law, y ople
saw ia a. the cause Of the loss Of the gold, and
distru-i Was sngchiered. aud q 50 ison Of hoard
Ing and depression set In, and to.da" the country
Is suffering oil the calauitiss Of re-tricted
circulate n IN the midst OF an abundant supply
Of money
The underlying cause OF the present condi.
ton Of affairs is: A. the last election the demo
ious comblua ion Of circumstances a. the re-.
suit ~ hundred causes, not with careful and
candid declaration. but as the result, IN a large
measure, OF the apathy Of the American pcopc
The vote shows what declare, and the reCoI
lection Of every Individual to whom ] an spcak.
Ing can be safely appealed 70 while this Thing
has not been specially manifest during this uIs-
Cuss on, while there has been little talk Wiz 70.
gard 70 it, nsvcrthcless. the conseiousress Of
N fact uudcrllcs our entire situation.
What the democratic party proposes 20 do
with the power which j. In their hands nobody
eau say They do not even know themselves. and
bcnce they are not able To i'm part the knosI.
edge 20 others For my part, DO not expect
N" democratic party % h" utterly bad / do
not believe they viii be permitted 10 be 20 II
they SHOULD desire
such Is the restraining influence 81 the peo-
pie, even after election, that / believe rHat
through all the dsguises, through all thc masks
which lhis election has thrown over the wishes
AZ the pcOp'c nevertheless those wishes vii -
carried out But at this present moment 10
man can kuos what viii be- the result q nc
action 81 this congress upon The Manufacturers
81 this country.
4 will not undertake 10 dwell AZ this present
time f'r ! 10 NO. wan n confuse the tssur.
upru iBus u.frrf. MT" PARTS o. a. p d,mHrra'Ic
nrrrr.rU so r1 are a' present q allegiance, like
I,. -ftuIl,hm. nj d state hanks and Other
uau,laI measures, which We may possibly
have to struggle with / can ohJraCtCr.7e o.
SINGLE phraS, the Cau~,. 81 ;hC Trps ~ r0uHI.
ton Of arairs II is the uudiscovcraH.D unC,r.
iaiu'y Of The future Of Iu.h IA" currency gus.
Ho.S and the questions Of protection and
revenue tlrn
IT, lIl be- seen from what I have SAID tina
do not regard IA" ShCrmtu act a., In ils,t
alone. responsible for cue present condition 4
affairs. that believe that %, cause Of our pre-.
cnt disaster unacrlic that that the necessary
s'Uppayr - hundreds and thousands ot m!lli,1s
all over this country T. AZ the hOrtom " our dis
aslcr Nevertheless do believe that ne Sbrr.
man ac'. with The accumulation Of silver IN the
treasury. was she earliest indicator 90 the dls
aS'or which We a.c approaching, and that IL has
p.nr cd a part not entirely unfortunate In warn.
ing " that w van he saved from SIN furfhs q
misfortune and doubt
Referring then 20 the new political conditions
which exist Mr. Reed said. IT Is perfectly
tue that 20, democratic party is r,s ousItle
Tor wha.Cyrr occurs In the future, and VIA y
ever does not occur They have The president,
they have an enormous majority ia the house Of
representatives. aud they snvr 'ho senate .
Themselves
Passing then to The consideration q the qges
ton 90 rrpogI. he said. that while be was Boz IA
ynruf g. De- uid not think 30 would BE- an lUms
date cause OF revival 90 the lr.~pcrity Of The
country N,CrihC.c,s d, would vote i'r re-.
real because. whether justly or ro', the Sher.
r'a.,uallc loaruirg o. currency throughout
tn country
In CONCLUSION Mr. Reed said. What then
is the ra'usay OF duiy' The unconditional re-
p"alf Thai VII either give rrlici or not II not
lh'n wc must Try ,0mclh ng else, and the soon.
rr The better
We stand in yDrr peculiar position, We re
pnh,tyans to-day. The representative Of the
democratic party, just chosen president OF tho
Tinted States. uuus n U ,,lf puWugtC>S iU H.
first great rec, mmnudslnu 20 rs own parry
Wcrr lrI,il 20 lt, teuGc~ mcrclcs the couu.v
would witness the spectacle OF n,
president o. Its choice ovCrth own
hY tho parry charged with This country
government wat wonder. 'Eca. that he aP
reals tot patriotism Of another party wh Sc
PATRIOTISM has never been appealed go in vain
Never. say 10 vain. 'hc pruU1r,t part Of
the proud record 81 the republican party has
boon it, s',,GftSt devotion 90 the cause o'
sound finance when m s. country was tempted
10 pay its bonds co. dcprc in.cd money, the r.
publican party responded with loud acclaim 20
that noble sentiment 81 Gen Hawicy that ever
bond was As sacred ~ soldiers grave. Il
cost ~ hard hEhtiug and sore struggle, but
the credit Of This country has 10 superior IN
the world
When The same arguments heard to-day
rri, heard IS years sEo, sounding 'h' PRAISE
81 a Deprecated currency and prOyaWiuc tho
ElurirS O.! fat money, the party ot Abraham
Lincoln marched steadily toward specie pay.
mrnt and prosperity. what We we're In our
DAYS Of victory We are IN our days OF defeat
champions Of true and solid finance aud when
the day comes, q, II surely will come, for us tl
lead this land pack to the pains II prosperity
and fame which we're trodden under republican
rule for 50 many years We shan take back with
us our ancient glory undimmed by adversely
our ancient honor uusullicd 10y defeat