Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-01
Mr.. BIands's SDeech.

MI. Op0dh6r: IL would Dc q curious
thing for the country and the members
of this house to observe the vote upon
this cloture resolution, to ascertain
how many men upon this side of the
house who last summer, when the free
coinage bill was up for consideration in
the interest of the people, planted them
selves upon the high horse OF democrat
ic principles and announced that it was
undemocratic to vote for cloture.
1t will be interesting, say, to aseer-
tain how many of these gentlemen are
going to come down from their high
horse and vote clotue in the interest
of Wall street to demonetize silver.
We will watch the roll to see how gen.
tleman can-in one instance raise HIM
self above the people and pure democra-
cy and vote in favor of Wall street, and
yet deny the principles of democracy as
approved by the people when it comes
to bill of such a character.
What is this bill, Mr.. speaker The
gentleman talks about coming silver.
Why does he not report bill to coin
all the silver instead of bill to stop
the purchase and coinage both?
A bill sir, processing to carry out the
democratic platform which demanded
the repeal of the Sherman law, mis-
homer, for Sherman never liked the
bill himself sndis now trying to have
it realed, which is one good reason why
this side of the house especially ought
to stand by it and sustain it.
That part of it which may be in the
interest of stock gambling and bond
blllipg in Wall street. must come here
with eloture rule. But what BECOMES
of the rest of it? The free eoinage pro-
position in that platform is utterly ig
nored; the peoples voice is not heard in
the introduction of that bill. The
measure is a monstrOsity, yielding to
The national banks further privileges;
increasing the circulation in the inter-
est of the bondhoiders; to defeat none
tization of silver in behalf of the gold
gamblers and spectators.
When we want silver legislation in
the interest of the people we will take
action upon it in a proper way here and
not at the dIetation of the gold spscu=
lators. When the democratic party in
the last campaign, and especially gen.
tlemen on this side presenting this bill
now, went before the people, they said
that the frae coinage of silver and the
silver question was nothing ip eompar-
ison to the tariff question. That was
the overshadowiBg aud paramount is
sue which the people had to face. But
as soon as the election is over we hear
nothing OF the committee on ways and
means, aud they have actually subsidized.
The tariff question is reiegated to ths
rear III this body. We have betrayed !
every pfohaIss made to the American |
people in that campaign GA the tariff |
and silver question. and up to this mo-
ment. sir, in this house, the people OF |
This country have been deceived and |
were deceived "a the last election if |
this bill is passed. applause Ne
promised first of all reduction of the |
tariff and relegated the silver question
to the rear. Now let the silver question
alone until We get little tariff redyc-
ton. Let 1t go where it was said that
II ought to go until " . revised and re-
duced Tie tariff. Let it remain until
we reform the federal election laws and
takEe action upon other measures which
all agree. II, eentlemeu, ypu wish
to press tie silver question in the dem
ocratic party you are N danger of los
ing tariff reform; you ire in danger Of
losipg reform in ycur election laws and
reforms IN Alaay othe. directions which
are demanded by The peopie.
we can then take mp silver and, !
hope. secure free courage, that is, after
We have reformed the taritF, the eiec-I