The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-14
CRlSp's GREAT SPEECH
lie MaksS an Address on the Financial
Question Before the Georgia Legislature.
he is IN FAVOR OF BlMETALLISM.
the 'dpcaitcr said Tnnt The Demo-
"rntic Party wns Horn with the
@o'"rnmcnf, Economy in Public
Affairs With Equal RiShts,to to- All,
ana Special Privileges to None,

Atlanta. Gu, Nov. REX Speaker
Charles f. Crisp spoke before II joint
session of the Senate ana House OF the
NcorGm Legislature tonight He had
heen invited To address the Legislature
ON Tue present issues OF The day, but
confined himself almost exclusively
TO the silver question, coming out en-
phnticallS for the free coinage OF both
Soiu ana silver at he present ratio and
arguing that the United States with
icr O,OOO.OOD OF people was sufficiently
powerful To establish bmctaism the
world over. :,
Ills speech was received with the
greatest enthusiasm
MIR. Crisp began by stating that of
course II was understood he spoke as
Democrat. The Democratic party
was born with the Govcrnmrut--ccu-
nomy I'm public affairs, equal rights to
all ana special privileges to none; for
a low tariff, and. In my Judgment. said
he. 1T has always stood for bimctal-
lism and upon that subject intend to
speak. Anything short of the equality
of the two metals ut the mint is not bi-
mctalliSnl."
Mr.. Crisp then went into the history
of the coinage laws In 1879, he said
when silver was dcmonctizcd. the bull
lion value OF The silver dollar was three
cents more than the bullion value of
Il gold dollar. The law Of 1879 was
passed without the full knowledge of
tho pcople or lheir rcnrnsrntn,ivcs IJn
quoted from Thurman Allison Gnr-
field. Blaine. BrccItinridrc. and others
10 show that the fun character of the
bill was not known-that II was not
known at the time that the bill demon
ctiZrd silver. lie followed this with
an announcement from thai day to
this the majority OF the Democratic
party had been working 10 rrhnbili-
tate silver The single gold standard
was II Republican measure lie anal
wed every vote on the silver question
taken in Congress since 1873, ana show
ed that n great majority Of the Demo
Gratis had voted every time for the
free coinage of silver, except in IS93,
when the proposition TO repeal the
Sherman law was up, and at that time
they expected 10 have an opportunity
to vote subsequently for II substitute
measure. And even then there was but
two Democratic majority
Tile single gold standard has never
met with the approval of the majority
Of Democrats Of this country, he as
serted. There was no advantage in hav-
ing silver as money, he said, unless
ii stood upon its own feet.
He stated he did not intend To say
that II man who favored the single gold
standard was not Democrat, but he
did mean to say that the vast majority
been in favor OF the bimctallic standard
MIR. Crisp exhibited a small piece Of
silver bullion, which, he explained
could not be used as money In any
way.
II would not be used with which 10
purchase commodities, but If there was
"a law allowing it to be- taken to n mint
and coined then verSbody would want
it.
He agreed that the value of a silver
dollar should be !, dollar. The way la
establish the commercial value of silver
WAS to restore II by legislation TO Il
money status-to rehabilitatc il.
Coin II at the ratio Of 16 10 |; that
would rc-cstablish It's commercial value
Great applauSc). He Illustrated by
showing that when the Senate passed n
free coinage bin several years ago. the
bullion value of silver rose twenty
three cents an ounce in ten days i'm tic
London market,
..You need not he apnrobnnei,a ,r
any flood Of silver ne on,,ounc,I
There was no country In tho yo,ld th,t
would shin its si'yp, here IN cxch,n,n -
il for gold we had ruined yold nnIo,
The opprcssions of the .Rlnnd- .IIIeon
law and urdcr tba Shornnan 49,
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