St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-12

against either metal, and that the presi-
dent would redeem every pledge and
promise he made in accepting the Dem
Ocratic nomination.
Mr.. Bland Dem., Mo-, the great sill
yer advocate, was then recognized by
the speaker. He expressed his regret
that a number of gentlemen had
changed their opinion on the silver
question. The gentleman who had just
taken his seat (Mr. Brown had been
regarded as one of the most ardent
and abe advocates OF bimetallism.
lie had retFeated from a part of the
Chicago piattOrm-from that part of all
others that had contributed to give him
a seat in the house. He had turned his
face towards the East and back towards
the West. The Sherman law was the
only law on the statute books that
looked 10 the use of silver as a money
of the country. He knew at tile
time of its passage that the element
was the element opposed to free COIN
age. He knew at the time that that
element would demand its repeal at the
first moment it saw its opportunity.
The repeal Of the Sherman act had
been
Part of the Chicago PLATFORM.
Another part had been a declaration
for the use of both gold and silver as the
money of the country. Speaking for
the people he represented, he under
stood that the free coinage Of silver in
accordance with the platform neces-
sarily repealed the Sherman law. The
two laws could not exist together.
They were inconsistent.
MIR. Bland then reviewed recent sill
yer and financial legislation, and con-
tended that it was an apprehension that
the United States would repeal the
Sherman law induced the British gov
ernment TO recommend to the govern
ment OF India the suspension of silver
coinage. Why was there being rushed
in now, he asked. proposition TO re-
peal the only law which sustained for
the moment, at least, the value Of sill
yer?
Mr.. Bland appealed to members to
stand by bimetailism and not to obey
the commands of the ShyIOcks. France,
he went on to say, had afforded me-
dunn of exchange for all the world
during seventy years at a ratio Of 1874
of silver to ! Of gold. At that ratio
France has been, able to maintain the
parity Of the two metals all over the
world. That was proof that the gov
ernment of the United States could do
SO al the ratio OF l6 to /. IL Europe re-
fused to accept that ratio the effect
would he to divert from Europe all the
trade of every silver-producIDg country
in the world. Could England, he asked.
Withstand this Withdrawal Of trade?
'Certainly not. 1t was bimetallism that
made the manufacturers of England so
strong and propersols. Western Europe
would. have to come to the American
standard or abandon its commerce with
the United States and with ail.civiliZed
countries. iThe United States was the
Best Market In the World
for the manufactured products Of
EurOpes and that niarfet Europe could
not have unless it recognized and acj
cepted silver at the same price the
United States did. The monometallists
of Europe knew that if this country
went into the free coinage Of gold and
silver at fair ratio, it would settle the
question for the world; and hence their
interests and determination to prevent
it. 1t is not only a serious question for
the United States, but the oppressed
people of the old world appealed to
this country to settle the question for
them, and for the whole world.
The money requirements of the
United States, with, the vast wealth,
Industry and energy of Its people. were
equal to those of England. France and
Germany combined, and the whole
civilized world would have to look to
this country for its future. monetary
supply. "And YETI he said with vehe-
mence, 1--WE are asked here today to lay
the bloody hand of contiscation on mill
ions of our population in order to sat
isfy the greed of England. VIII con-
gress do it? Will you trample down the
interests of your own people. and de-
stroy the value of one of the'precious
metals, simply to crafty the greed of
Wall street. mere agent of Lombard
street? 1t cannot, it shall not be DONE"
EApplause.
Speaking for the mass of the people o
the Mississippi valley and of the people
west of it. say 1t shall not be done.
Renewed applause.l And anybody, or
any party that undertakes to do it. will,
In Gods Name,
be trampled-as it ought to be-in the
dust of condemnation, now and in the
future. Continued applause Oh the
floor and i'll the galleries.
II speak as Democrat, but yet as an
American above Democracy. Cheers, I
We do not intend that any party shall
survive, if we can help it, that will lay
its contiscating hand on America In the
interest of England or of Europe. That
may be strong language; but, in spepk-
ing to you OF the Eastern Democracy,
we will bid you farewell when you do
it. Applause.
| Nov you can take your choice of sus-
tanning America against England, of
sustaining American industries and
|, American laborers against English in
dustries and English laborers, or of our
going apart. We have come to the part
ing way. do not pretend to speak for
anybody but myself and my constitu-
.ents; but l believe that can speak for
the masses OF the great Mississippi
valley when say that we will not sub
nit to the domination of any political
party. however much we love Democ-
.racy. if it lays its sacrifcia! hand upon
silver and wounds it in this country.
|. For myself will not support such a
party here or elsewhere; but will de-
nouncs it as
Undemocratic and Un-AmerIcan.
and the Democrats engaged in it will
ask the people of the country to con-
demn as the agents and tools-no. l will
withdraw that epithet-as the repre-
sentatives of the moneyed power and
'moneyed interests instead as of repre-
sentativeS of the American people. You