Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-31

else paid $500, 900 10 Congress 10 secure
the demonstration Of silver.
1t was infamous that the charge
should be so frequently made that pub
lie men had been bribed into pas sing
the bill of 1878.
thereafter" said Mr.. Sherman,
when any man makes such state
nent about this legislation, l shall sim
plv say that il is falsehOOd, and brand
IL so. Il is strange" said Mr.. Sher-
man, that on the vote on this bill,
the distinguished Senator from NeVa-
da, (Mr. Stewart), voted for II, and l,
rs devil fish. voted against il"
The last remark was 10 reply TO an
eplthes applied 10 Mr.. Sherman during
the debate 10 the House last week.
Senator Stewart retorted in due time
how he came 10 vote for the bill.
There was nothing surreptitlous
about it," said Mr. Sherman, with
much warmth, ''and no fact can be
proven more clearly. The statement 80
often made 10 the contrary is false and
q lie; I care not by whom made"
ut was sometimes said that General
Grant knew nothing Of this demonetiza-
tion," continued Mr.. Sherman. What
of Il? General Grant was not a tinan-
cier. but his Secretary OF the Treasury
wrote a report urging the passage OF
such a bill. In the face Of such re-
port how could members Of Congress
plead lgnorance?"
lie would rather stand here and say
he voted knowingly and understanding
ly than shirk responsibility by pleading
the baby act. Hequoted from speeches
made by Mr.. Stewart In the Senate in
1873 and 1874 in these words:
''I want the standard gold, and no pa
per money that Is not redeemabe in
gold. BY this process we shall come 10
D specie basis, and when the laborer
shall receive his dollar il will have the
purchasing power Of dollar Gold IS
the universal standard Of the world.
Everybody knows that. %
The reading Of these quotations show
Ing such a remarkable change of opinion
on the part OF Mr.. Stewart provoked
general laughter at the expense OF that
Senator, who looked somewhat bewil-
dered but only stroked his long beard.
subsequently, he promised reply to
Mr.. Sherman on Friday next.
Mr.. Sherman followed up his advant-
age over the Nevada Senator by eXhi-
biting a newspaper published in that
State, one whole side OF which was oc-
cupied with notices OF assessments on
silver mining stock, ''all payable in
United States gold coin"
Recurring to the suggestion Of author
ling the issue OK bonds, Mr.. Sherman
said;
''I am willing to trust to your exc
cutlve officers II you are not, 1t is a
strange attitude IN political affairs. l
would give them power TO protect the
credit Of the government against all
enemies as home and abroad. II the
figbt must be for the po session Of gold
l would use our cotton and our corn
and our wheat; and l would protect our
credit against all mankind. As TO sill
yer. I would say that we prefer to
walL awhile until the skies are clear,
until we see the effects of the suspen-
sion Of silver coi lage 10 India, and see
what arrangements can be made for
another international monetary con-
ference. I think that soon all these
clouds will be dissipated and that we
may 90 home TO our friends with the
conviction that we have done good
work for our country at large" APP
ulause.1 Mr.. Sherman concluded at
2:4O, having occupied two hours and
tan minutes.