Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-22
FOR REPEAL FIRST.


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tender qualities, which enabled her to
maintain the strongest financial credit in
Europe.
A Law without Parallel.
He said he had referred to these things
to illustrate the power and duty of the
government in furnishing sound. reliable
and constitutional money for the people
AT this point he said he was confronted
by law without precedent or parallel in
American history: law which for months
ana pens. and in whose name financial
panic, alarm and distress had been invok-
ed, and for whose repeal this Congress had
sketched the birth Of the law which result
ed from compromise and said that In
evi! hour the worst and darkest that ever
befell the cause of birnetallism or the honor
and existence Of silver money, this pernic-
ious compromise was accepted and fastened
The Senator from Ohio, Mr.. Sherman. IL
was true, now claimed credit for his repeat
ed assertions OF late. that there had never
been an hour since the compromise was
erected that he had not stood ready to
violate II by voting for its repeal. In other
| words, having induced the producers of
| silver 10 surrender their right to its free
coinage. in exchange for the right TO sell
| four-and-a-half million ounces per month
OF bullion, the Senator from Ohio and his
| followers on that side Of the chamber had
been willing and anxious ever since to
break the compact. repeal the consideration
on which the compact was made, and leave
their victims OF misplaced confidence empty
| handed. without either the privilege of
| coming their silver or selling II as a mer-
camille commodity to the government The
act was not intended in good faith for the
coinage OF silver at all On the contrary.
| money. and its purpose was to degrade,
dishonor and disgrace this one of the prec-
lous metals until II could no longer hold its
place with gold as part of the specie
| basis of this country and OF the world. In
reducing silver to merchantable commod-
ity , on level with the products of the field
ana farm and issuing treasury certificates
| on II according to its market value there
| could be but one effect on the dignity and
reeled and staggered under the blow until
| now It's enemies predicted with JOY its
speedy and total destruction.
| Mr.. Voorhees, said that he spoke in no
| partisan vein, but yet it was with great
satisfaction that he quoted from the record
that not single vote on his side of the
| chamber was cast for the act which bore
the name of the Senator from Ohio to such
peculiar eminence
He then quoted the yea and nay vote by
winch this most dangerous makasnift''
| ever known in our financial history passed
| the senate. He wanted the grave response
| bility for the violation of every sound prin
| ciple of finance, which such a measure Gre
| ated. to be met before the American peo-
pie by those who were shown by the rec
ord to have assumed IL.
| A Believer i'm Bimetallism
As firm, unfaltering believer In BIZ
metallism, and as an undertaking supporter
of the coinage and use of both gold and
silver as the standard money Of the conn
try, without discriminating against either
metal. Mr.. Voorhees, said he voted against
/ the passage of the Sherman act, and for
! the same reason he would vote for its re-
peal pea; The outcry In certain quarters at
peal of this measure are enemies of silver
as money and in favor of its demonetiza-
ton was not only false far as he was
concerned. but in the light of what rad
+ happened in the past it was absurd. Be
ginning with the first speech he had made
In the Senate and down TO the present
hour he could recall no vote words on
the subject of the coinage and circul ltion
OF silver which he would now charge or
blot from the record IL he could. And ~tw
in this. the darkest day ever known for
silver, he avowed his mistaken faith hat
great and potential factors In finance com
merce, traffic and daily business transac-
lions.
1t would neither be demonetized nor
driven away from the habitations Of the
| laboring masses of mankind. 1t had come
down from immemorial ages and would
| continue to exist as one of the precious
metals. upholding the credit of nations and
| bringing blessings to the sons and daugh-
| tiers or toll when the scenes through which
we were now passing had grown dim I'm the
light Of progress of distant centuries. He
should vote to repeal the Sherman act as
he would remove dead fly from a box of
sweet ointment; he would abate nui-
sance and wipe out an obstruction TO ra-
tional wholesome legislation. 1t tainted
! and S.tiated the entire financial system and
| destroyed confidence in all business trans
actions every hour it remained a part of
the law.
Repeal First.
| The question had been asked whether a
vote should be given for its unconditional
repeal or whether before a substitute must
be agreed upon. He Voorhees) would at
| once eradicate this confessed evil from the
body OF our laws. with no other condition
| imam MS right and free agency TO support
and to secure. in connection with its re-
peal, or afterwards by an independent
measure. as the success of its Immediate
repeal. The primary duty of the hour might
at the time dictate sound financial sys-
TEN, embracing the coinage OF silver on an
equality with gold. In making this state
ment he only repeated the declaration of
can people restored to the presidency, one
of the strongest, ablest, purest and most
patriotic characters ever known to Ameri-
MT VOORHEES, at this point quoted the
and. saying that the record did not stop at
this point, quoted from President Cleve-
land letter Of acceptance which he said
was In no wise modified or contradicted by
| the s1ngularly able message delivered a
| few days ago. He said in four brief sem
| fences 1t contained every sound wholesome.
IN the history OF the most prosperous ma
| ton OF the EARTH Who dared in the face
| OF the cledr ana explicit words which he
| read to charge that their author was a
| monometallist in disguise. believer in the
| use of gold and gold alone but wearing
| for the sake of an election to the presidency
bimetallic mask. His fearless frankness
| in the expression of his views on all public
questions without regard TO their effect
| upon himself had long been conceded by
| friend and foe to be the leading Character
| istic of his mind. He had never recalled
! retracted or explained a single word of his
| letter of acceptance, and il was Just as
| binding as when first given to the world
| He lNoorhees) was willing to stand or fall
| by his faith in the truth and honor of
Grover Cleveland. and in his well-known
fidelity to pledges when once they are made
John G. Carlisle was the peer in intellect
and spotless integrity of any of the illus
| trious statesmen who had held the folio
of finance. including Hamilton, and he
made no mistake in placing him as a BIZ
metallist. Said Mr.. Voorhees,: LAS a demo-
| crat, as an American citizen, as a man
| loving and believing in justice fair play
and common sense, i appeal to those around
me, and to the great body of the people TO
| know whom We can trust whom we can
believe at such a time as this IL we are TO
| turn our backs on such men as Grover Cleye-
| land and John G. Carlisle. God help the
| democratic party and the country IL such a
stupendous mistake is to take place"
| Continuing, Mr. Voorhees, said that such
| questions as ratio were matters of detail
| but the American people had declared that
| silver should not be demonetized and con-
| traction take place on the basis of mono
metallism. Congress would establish a fair