The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-06

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Washington, Jan. 5.-Another day in
the House was consumed by debate
over the Carlisle currency plan, in
which Representative Cochran, Of
New York, was the most conspicuous
figure. Mr.. Cochran held the floor for
more than an hour, and spoke with
his accustomed vigor and eloquence,
provoking many questions from the OPP
position and holding the attention of
the members and galleries throughout.
He opposed the bill and declared him
self in favor of the Baltimore plan.
Mr.. Lacey Republican, of Iowa),
also spoke in opposition, while Mr..
Boatner, Democrat, of Louisiana),
and Mr.. Catchings Democrat, of Mis-
sissippD, eGhorted the party TO unite in
support of the measure.
The debate on the currency bill in
the House today began by Boatner,
Democrat of Louisiaua), who express
Sed surprise at the opposition to the
measure on the Democratic side of the
House. He paid a tribute to the abili-
ties of Secretary Carlisle and dwelt
upon their duty in supporting him,
Gratis
In the course of Boatner's speech
Bland put several questions to show
the administration mad adopted a gold
policy, and finally declared its finan-
cial platform was fraud if there was
no intention to carry it out. Asserting
that platforms should mean some
thing, Boatner asked if Bland had not
been a supporter OF President Cleve-
land in the last campaign. wheTeupon
Bland responded that he had support
ed the platform and had voted for the
candidate and the party that had gone
down in ignominiOuS defeat for its
Treachery and fraud. Pence brought
upon Secretary Carlisle's advocacy of
silver while a member of the House in
supporting the Matthews resolution
and asked If, soon after accepting the
treasury portfolio, he had not an
nounced his intention of paying some
OF the governments obligations in sill
Yer, and had not been called down"
Boatner replied it was useless to re-
TiVe free silver as a factor of the cur
Tency question.
Bland retorted: you can't run the
Democratic party on Republican lines,
and no mugwump can change its pol
icy"
Mr.. Boatner continued that it was
the mistake OF the century when the
administration failed 10 nav Nobliga-
We should no longer keep ourselves
on exhibition Mr.. Boatner concluded,
as unable to agree on a single meas
ure that promises relief to the people,
Mr.. Lacey CRep), of Iowa, followed
IN opposition to the bill.
Cochran Speaks.
There was the usual filing of seats,
when Mr.. Cochran rose in the first
aisle Of the Democratic side. He de-
plored the tendency to treat the meas
ure as a party one which was likely
10 wreck it on the rocks of political
eEpediency. The vote Of confidence in
the Democratic party in 1892 had been
reversed, he said, and he did not think
the constitutional provision which al
lowed the party to retain power until
March was granted for passing party
acts
An agitation without result which
would ruffie restored business tranquil
ity had better be dropped. If this
House succeeds in establishing a mon
etarY system based on human reason
and experience of experts. its last days
will not be without profit or devoid of
honor. There were, in his opinion,
questions on which legislatures could
divide along party lines with advan-
tage, but this was not one of them
He said there were many questions on
which mankind had differed from the
beginning of civilization and the cues
tons connected with The finances and
political economy We're among those
over which there had been most dis
pute. Nevertheless, he cOntended, the
laws controlling these questions were
tmmutable and to obey them was to
bring blessings, to ignore them. the
reverse. I'VE can" he declared, "no
more affect the economic laws by our
legislation than we can by the same
means affect the laws governing the
nations"
He asked that the question now at
issue be considered CT the basis of
these economic laws. re thought he
saw evidence that this Judgment of the
generation has been warped by the
superabundance Of talk on the crime
or 1913, when silver was demonetized.
which had involved the use of a host
OF employees and much mystery. but
had brought up very little practical
good TO the people generally. The ten
dency 10 treat political economy as a.
mysterious science had enabled men 10
pose as statesmen who, if they had
talked common sense, would have been
discovered; but We're able to confuse
the people by shouting platitudinous
nonsense.
Double Standard Absurd
An ancient astrology was no more
absurd than the double standard: but
when we reflected that this generation
had allowed its daily affairs TO be af-
1ected by the nonsense OF imposters.
our charity toward the ancients broad
ened and our sympathy was touched
by the sight of our own people listening
10 men who said that the payment of
wages in a bad dollar was better, than
IN a good dollar, and that taxation
was the handmade Of prosperity.
when Mir. Cochran alluded sarcasti-
cally to the free silver fight of Messrs
Bland and Gray and what he termed
the change of attitude of Mr.. Boatner
who was about to retire TO the calrer
fields of Jurisprudence, Mr.. Bland in
terrupted with a question re.arcino-
Mr.. Cockran's prediction that the re-
peal of the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act would restore prosperity.
and Mr.. Cochran challenged him to
produce a. word Of his to that effect.
Il am not one" 0Ir Cochran re-
sumed. who pretends that prosperity
- can he forged in this chamber or by
the law Of the land. / believe all the
law and gospel on the subject of polit-
zeal economy was revealed to the first
man when a just God told him that,
BY the sweat of his brow he must
earn his bread
Prosperity was in the earth and
charlatans, who said they had it in
their clothes or their brains, and who
had cursed the country for twenty-five
years, it was my chief object 10
oppose"
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