Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-12

1 silver producing country. Western Europe
 would have to come to the American stand
 ard. It was not only a serious question I for the United States, but the oppressed people of the old world appealed to this l country to settle the question for them and ] for the world
 MT. Bland declared that the money re- quirements of the United States, with the vast wealth, industry and energy of its people, were eqnal to England, France and Germany combined and that the whole civilized world would have to look to the public for its future monetary supply. And yet, said hs with vehemence, we are asked here to day to lay the bloody hand of confiscation on millions of our popula- tion in order to satisfy the greed of Eng
 land.
 Will you trample down the interests of
 your own people and destroy the value
 of one of the precious metals, simply to
 grstify the greed of Wall streeta It cannot,
 1t shall not, be done. Applause. Speak
 ing for the mass of the people of the Mis-
 sissippi valley, say you shall not do it.
 And anybody of any party that undertakes
 to do 1t will, In Gods name, be trampled,
 as it ought to be, in the dust
 of condemnation now and in the future.
 Continuous applause on the floor and the
 gsllsries) I speak as democrat, but yet
 ss an American above Democracy. Cheers
 We do not intend that any party shall sur
 confscating hands on America in the in
 terests of England or Europe. That may
 be strong language, but, speaking to you of the eastern democracy, we will bid you farewell when you do 1t. (Applause.) Now you can take your choice of sustain ing American industries and American laborers against English industries and English lsborers or of our going apart. l We have come to the parting way. I do not pretend to epeak for any body but my self and my constituents.
 After holding up to ridicule the promises of the democratic platform to repeal the | Mckinley tariff and the shifting of of that | purpose to what be called the purpose of I demonetizing silver Mir. tland said that l the battle was one as to whether the world | was to be put upon the gold standard or upon the double standard. The people l had, he said, expected the Chicago plat form of the democratic party to be carried out, and that they were to have tariff re- vision, but, To and beholdl they found | they were tricked; deceived. Applause. 1 He used that language designedly. It was not intended by the democratic friends of tariff reform that the subject should be considered first. They wanted to lay their hands upon silver and demonetize it before they approached the subject of tariff reform. "And here," said he, five are. Now, we know where we are at. Laughter tell you we are not going to submit to 1t; and now you may go ahead"
 Coming back to the question of ratio be- tween gold and silver, MT. Bland asserted that there was no reason why the Ameri- can ratio of 16 to 1 should be changed. The average production of the two metals for twenty years Cup to some four years sgo) was 154 or 16 to 1, and that was, the natural coinage ratio. But f that ratio could not be fixed the friends ,f silver had another proposition. The :atio was 8 fair subject of discussion. He asserted, however, that free coinage was enjoyed by the constitution. If con- ,ress refused to exercise it's power to coin | money and regulate it's value 1t should rel gate 1t to the states. MT. Bland declared hat the time had come to decide whether he country was to go to bimetallism. There was time enough now to arrange 1t to the principles of bi-metallism md in a manner oonformably to the prom ses of the democratic party. 'If," said ability, not ours." Applause.
 MT. Chance of Colorado was the next peaker and attracted the close attention ,f the house. He said the democratic party in convention in 1884 declared its 1 belief that gold and silver is ths coinage of he constitution, and in circulating me- Hum convertible into such money, without oss. That meant the remonetization of liver at it's old ratio But even before MT. Jleveland's first inauguration that platform lad been slapped in the face and spst upon. Applause. During the Cleveland admin stration there had not been, so far as the d administration was concerned, one sincere | fort to demonetize silver. Ths republi- I an administration which followed was no better in that respect. The industries of he people he represented had been pros- rated by the course of the past two ad- by the base surrender of hose who had been elected on a silver ! platform and on silver pledges.
 He quoted from a speech by MT. Carlisle o the effect that the striking down of 3-7 o of the metallic money was the most gigantic crime of this or any other gener- 'tien; and contrasted that declaration with he present position of the secretary of the le eaid, when that gentleman was leader, lot follower; when he was 8 sender of messages, not a bearer of them. Laugh ! CT.
 Mir Wheeler of Alabama, said the house vas commencing debate upon @ question | which involved the most momentous prob em ever presented to the people. He con- ended that the country needed larger ,olume of currency. If every country on arth, he said, except the United States ound it policy to demonetizs eilver, 1t nevertheless would be imperative here to maintain silver coinage in order to develop his great land.
 Before the conclusion of Mr. Wheeler's
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