St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-06
BOURKE'S BROAOSIDE,
Vigorous and Aggressive
Speech From the New
York Congressman
On THE CURRENCY BILL.
he Says 1t Will Prevent the
Very Thing 1t Is Designed
to Accomplish.
A MONUMENT TO FOLLY.
His Ideas Of Methods for
Remedying Defects in FL
naneial System.
On THE CURRENCY BILL.
A MONUMENT TO FOLLY.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-AnGther 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, spoke with his accus-
toned vigor and ei0Quence, provoked
many questions from the opposition,
and held the attention of members and
galleries closely He opposed the bill
throughout, and declared himself in
favor of the Baltimore plan.
Mr.. Lacey rep, IO.) also spoke in
opposition, while Mr.. Boatner Dem.,
La and Mr.. Catchings Dem, MisS.)
eXhOrted their party to unite in sup
port of the measure.
The only business done by the house
during the morning hours was concur
renee in a bill for the relief of Zimri
Elliott, of Kansas, and resolution to
pay the funeral expenses Of Col. Will
lam F. Fitch, for twenty-one years a
dOOrkeeper in the house, and who died
Christmas day.
The debate on the currency bill was
begun by Mr.. BOatner Dem, La, who
expressed surprise at the opposition to
the measure which has developed on the
Democratic side of the house. He paid
tribute to the abilities of Secretary
Carlisle, and dwelt upon the duty of
supporting him, which, he said, rested
upon the Democrats.
In the course of the speech Mr.
Bland (Dem., Mo- put several questions
to show that the administration had
adopted a gold policy, and finally de-
clared that its financial platform was a
fraud if there was no intention to carry
1t out. asserting that the
Platforms Should HEean Something
Mr.. BOatner asked if Mr.. Bland had
not been a supporter of President
Cleveland in the last campaign. where
upon MI Bland responded that he had
supported the platform. and had voted
for the candidate, and that the party
had gone down IN ignominious defeat for
its treachery, and Mr.. Pence Pop, COLI
brought up Secretary Carlisle's advO-
cacy Of silver while member of the
house in supporting the Matthews res
OutiOn, and asked if. soon after accept
ing the treasury portfolio, he had not
announced his intention of paving some
OF the governments obligations in sill
yer, and had not been "calIed down."
Mr.. BOatneT replied that it was use
less to revive free silver as a factor of
the currency question. Mr.. Bland re-
torted:
You can't run the Democratic party
on Republican lines, and 10 mugWump
can change its policy"
Mr.. BOatner continued that 1t was
the mistake Of the century when the
administrati0n,refu to pay obliga-
tons in silver as well as gold. I'VE
shall no longer keep ourselves on eXhi-
bition" Mr.. B0atner concluded, las
unable to agree on single measure
that promises relief to the people,"
Mr.. Lacey rep, lo.) followed in op-
position to the bill.
Cochran Speaks.
There was the usual filling of seats
and galleries when Mr.. Cochran dem. q.
n. y. rose in the front aisle on the
Democratic side and depl0red that the
tendency to treat the measure as a
party one was likely to wreck it Oh the
rocks of political eXpediency. The
vote of confidence IN the Democratic
party in 1892 had been reversed, he
said, and he did not think the cOnstitu-
tiOnal provision which allowed the
party to retain power until March was
granted it in passing party acts. An
agitation without result which would
ruflle restored business tranquility had
better be dropped. If this house sue
ceeds in establishing a monetary sys>
TEN based on human reason aud eXpe-
TienCe OF experts IFS last days will not
be without profit or devoid Of honor he
declared. There were. in his opinion,
questions on which legislators could
divide along patty 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
questions connected with the finances
and political economy were among those
over which there had been most diSpu-
tation. Nevertheless, he contended
that laws controlling these questions
were immutable, ana to obey them was
to bring blessings; to ignore them, the
reverse. We can, he declared, no more
affect the economic laws by our legisla-
ton than we can by the same legiSla-
ton affect the laws Of the seasons. He
asked that tine question now at issue be
considered on the basis of these eco-
monte laws. He thought he saw that
the judgment of the generation had
been warped by the superabundance of
talk on tile crime of 1873" when silver
was demonetized which had involved
the use of a host of empty phrases and
much mystery, but had brought but
very little practical good to the people
generally. The tendency to treat pO-
litical economy as mysterious science
had Ell abled men TO pose as statesmen
who, if they talked common sense,
would have been discovered, but were
able to confuse the people by
Platitudinous Nonsense.
A single standard was no more absurd
than double standard, but when we
reflected that this generation had all
lowed its daily affairs to be affected bv
the nonsense of impOstors, our charity
towards the ancients broadened and our
sympathy was touched by the sight of
our own people listening TO men who
said that the paymentOt wages in a bad
dollar was better than in a good dollar.
and that taxation was the haudmajd of
prosperity.
When Mr.. Cochran alluded sarcas.
tcally to the free silver fight Of Messrs.
Bland and Bryan and what he termed
the changed attitude OF MIR. Boatner.
who was about to retire 10 the calmer
fields Of Jurisprudence, Mr.. Bland i'll
teWupled with question regarding
MI. Cockran'o prediction that the repeal
81 Tie purchasing clause OF the Sherman