Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-09-29
BATTLES FOR SILVER
Senator Dubois Speech at Mos
COW on That Subject.
AT A LATAH COUNTY RALLY
Republicans Meet at Moscow and Indulge
in TorchlIght Procession and
Disten to Silver speech.


| in Torchlight Procession a&nd
Disten to a Silver speech.
| Moscow, Idaho, Sept. 22.-Latah
county republicans had q grand rally
this evening. AT ! o'clock there was
torchlight procession. the streets being
ined with people. At O'Clock the
opera house was jammed to the doors.
1,Coo people being present. Senator
Dubois spoke as follows:
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentle men:
| This is a time when the voters of Idaho
who have an Interest in the prosperity and
| standing of the state should seriously con-
| slider before casting their ballots. The re-
| su its Of the pending election certain to
| have great effect ON our future.
The republicans party has been the steady
and consl stelt friend OF the west. 1t is the
| party which We must look TO in the future
| for aid I'M our material development and
| growth. That party gave US our home
stead ad mining laws. 1t gave US state
hood. 1t gave us 4, 900. 00u acres of land to
support our schools, penitentiary, asylum.
and other public institutions. No substan-
tlal benefits have come to our far west, no
/ legislation has been enacted by the general
/ government for the assistance ana develop
men1 OF our young and struggling, aeuntry,
! which IS not due to the republic 4n party.
/ This is Is pretty broad statement. yet it is
true ONE, The democratic party has not
always opposed legislation in our interest.
| but they have never proposed it. They
| have always been against the admission
of our territories to statehood. lr, the case
OF Idaho there was not democra i'll either
/ branch OF congress who favored The grant
ing to us Oh the great boon of statehood.
They carried their opposition to the ex-
tremest limit, and refused to vote at all,
! thus forcing the republicans to furnish
/ quoruME.
Silver at 1G to L.
Every saaH, woman and chill in the state
of Idaho, SO far as | am advise d. is in favor
of the free coinage of silver at a ration Of
IL ounces of silver to l oun ce of gold, so
that there is no occasion tss nj que to an au-
dencs in Idaho that it woulfd be to the ad-
vantage Of the state or 5hs country to get
away from the gold stan dard and adopt
silver as one of our mooe metals. 1he
only question that concern us is how best
we can reha bilitate silver hat is the phase
of the question which ! @.esire to discuss
with you tonight.
President Cleveland. was inaugurated
March 4, 1893. ON that d,ly the control of
the n tied States senate Il nd house of rep
resents tiyes passed inEo emocratic hands
for the first time since 1860 Mr.. Cleveland
was elected as a tariff refe rmer. The dem
ocratic campaign Was conducted almost
entirely on that issue. They had adopted
at Chicago platform which the democratic
| nsasses understood tG be a declaration in
| favor of silver. It was the general expecta-
/ ton that the president would convene
! congress III extraorai nary session IN
order to reform the tai if in accordance
| ri,o >},Ie SyIrhi ine ha had fn n
people, and the platform ton which he was
| elected Instead of that he called congress
together on the 7th day OF August follow
ing his inauguration, and demanded OF
them the unconditional repeal of the Sner-
man silver act, the only legislation favora-
bic to silver which was on the statute book.
majority of the dem ocrats who were
members of the United States senate and
house of representatives were in favor OF
the free coinage OF silver
Repeal of tho Sherman Act.
The Sherman act, which was passed IN
1890, Mhen the republicans were i'll COM
plete control Of the government provided
for the purchase and col mage OF T. 50o, uOO
ounces of silver each month. BY this act
$50 600 600 year was added to the currency
of the country. While 1t was not all that
the silver meE desired while it was not a
full recognition of money as silver, yet it
added steadily to the volume of currency
and was of great benefit to- the country In
general.
During the silver debate the silver repub
licans contended constantly that the repeal
! of the Sherman act would not bring pros
perlty to the country. Their prophesies
were more than fulfilled. ami the result Of
! the repeal caused our party associates IN
the east to look more closely into the silver
: question, with the result that the repu alcan
- party is more friendly to silver today than
} it has been for many years.
know of several New Eng aud republi-
can senators who would ha Qe 10 hesitation
! in adopting free coinage tomorrow Sena-
tor Cameron of Pennsylvania is an out
. spoken free coinage man. Senators Lodge
QUAY, Galiinger, Chandler and others are
about ready to go to any length. Mr.. Reec
of Maine has publicly proclaimed his belle
\ that it is necessary 10 restore silver to it:
= proper place to insure prosperity to TINS
y country. The indications all point to the
adoption of free coinage by tha republican
party.
= Popul1sts Hurt the Silver Cause.
S | desire to say in this connection, and te
f mphasiza the tact, that the people OF the
4 east, and especially the republicans, art
+ more alarmed by the attitude OF so-cailee
9 SILVER champions on other Ques tons than
d they are of the effects of the tree coinage o
J. silver The popuist party in my Judg
o ment is the worst enemy that silver has
l. Their Omaha PLATFORM their state ant
= county Platforms the action OF their repre-
sentatives IN congress. their pubic record!
J. ali demonstrate that they have no use fo
either gold or silver, but are STRIVING To-
e jrredeemabIe paper money. You can neve
q induce the people of this country TO pu
N such a party in power | will leave out o
the count entirely their vagarles IN regarC
to other matters. The populist party ha
no strength outside of the Rocky mountain
states. They have never succeeded IN car
rving southern state. although they have
p made great claims in that direction. They
were arnihilated in Alabama and Arkansas
- a few weeks ago, where they protessed tt
/ believe they would tie successful. yea
e ago they made determined effort IN Vlr
- glnia and were reinforced by the repuollcal
= vote there, vet were beaten 0GO0. In thl
- campaign there is but remnant left OF tha
IT narty in that state. They are an unknown
It organiza tion almost in the middle western
% anu eastern states. Their only strength, a
, | have said, is in the silver states OF tn
Rocky mountain country, and IN thes
- states they have no use for any one who i
II sjmpIv an advocate of the tree coinage 0
D silver: they demand of him also that he b.
in favor of irredeemabe paper money.
le The Difference.
D. The true bnetaIlist. the true silver ad
~ voeates who are represented by the silve
"a republicans in congress, want the govern
ia , ment,s promise to pay redee mab.e in tn
~ money metals of god and silver. In
he nopujists want the governments pronls
e. 70 nav redeemab!e with a promise to pay
or perhaps to be more Just and accurate
thew want no promise to ray but the sim
pie assertion OF value on the part OF tn
Government to be sufficient as money.
ia The hat mon.y people are fanatical, an
being that way they are quick to see seltis
and personai greed behind the advocacy
n. anv proposition advanced by those who d
or not agree with them. Ii the silver me
ar could have fair fight with the people wh
or neIieve in gold as the only money meta
al thare would be no doubt as to our speed
an Triumph; but when we are incumbered wit
sss elements believing in government loans
he money direct to the people. government
le- storehouses, governmental reapers, thress