The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-09
MIR. CARLISLE'S PLAN.
1t Is Discussed at Length in til
House.

an hour, spoke with his accustomed yjgor
and eloquence, provoked many questions
from the opposition and held the atten-
| ton of the members and galleries closely
He opposed the bill throughout, and de-
clared himself in favor of the Baltimore
PLAN. Mr.. Lacey Rep., Iowa) also spoke
in opposition, while Mr.. Boatner Dem,
| La.) and Mr.. Catchngs dem NIisso ex-
horted their party to unite in support of
| the measure.
| The debate was begun by Mr.
Boatner Dem) Louisiana, who ex-
pressed surprise at the opposition to the
measure which has developed on the Demo-
| cratic 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 of Mr.. Bland
| Oem.) Missouri put several questions to
show that the administration had adopted a
| gold policy, and finally declared that it's
| financial platform was a fraud if there was
| no intention to carry it out, asserting that
| the platform should mean something.
| Mr.. Boatner asked if Mr. Bland had not
been a supporter of President Cleveland in
| the last campaign, whereupon Mr. Bland
| responded that he had supported the plat
| form and had voted for the candidate, and
that the party had gone down in ignomini-
| Gus defeat for its treachery.
| Mr.. Pence (Pop.), Colorado, brought up
| Secretary Carlsles 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 announced his intention of paying
| some of the government obligations in sill
yer ard had not been called down.
Mr. Boatner replied that it was useless to
! revive free silver as factor of the cur
rency question.
| RETORT BY BLAND.
| Mr. Bland retorted:
you can't run the Democratic party on
| Republican lines, and no mugwump can
| change it's policy"
| Mr. Boatner continued that it was the
mistake of the century when the admins
| tration refused to pay obligations in silver
| as well as gold.
1--WE should no longer keep ourselves on
exhibition" Mr.. Boatner concluded, "as I'M
able to agree on "a single measure that
promises relief to the people,
| Mr.. Lacy Rep., Iowa. followed in opposi-
| ton to the bill.
There the usual filing of seats and
| galleries when MIR. Cochran Dem, ~ W
rose in the first aisle on the Democratic
! side and deplored that the tendency to
| treat the measure as a party one was like
| ly to wreck it on the rocks of political ex-
pediency. 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
1T in passing party .aQtS.
An agitation without result which would
| ruftle restored business tranquility had bet
ter be dropped. If this house succeeds in
establishing monetary system based on hui
man reason and experience of experts its
last days will not be without profit or de-
void of honor" he declared There WERE
in his opinion, questions which legisla-
lures could divide along party lines with
advantage, 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 We're among those over
which there had been most disputation
Nevertheless, he contended, that laws con-
trolled these questions were immutable and
to obey them was to bring blessings, to
ignore them, the reverse.
We cam he declared, no more affect the
economic laws by our legislation than we
can by the same means affect the laws
governing the season. He asked that the
question now at issue be considered on the
basis of these economic laws He thought
he saw evidences that the judgment Of the
generation had been warped by the super
abundance of talk on the "crme Of 1872
when silver was demonetzed, which had
involved the use of host of empty
phrases and much mystery. but had
brought but very little practical good to
the people generally.
The tendency to treat political economy
as mysterious science had enabled men to
pose as statesmen who, If they talked
common sense, would have been discovered
but were able to confuse the people by
shouting patitudinous nonsense. Ancient
astrology was no more absurd than the
double standard, but when we reflected
that this generation had allowed it's daily
affairs to be affected by the nonsense Of
impOstors, our charity toward the ancients
broadened and our sympathy was touched
by the sight of our own people listening to
men who said that the payment of wages
in a bad dollar was better than in a good
dollar, and that taxation was the hand
maid of prosperity.
When Mr.. Cochran alluded sarcastically
to the free silver fight of Messrs. Bland and
Bryan, and what he termed the changed
attitude of Mr.. Boatner who was about
to retire to the calmer fields of l,srispru-
dence, Mr.. Bland interrupted with a ques-
ton regarding Mr.. Cockrans prediction
that the repeal of the purchasing clause of
the Sherman act would restore prosperity
and Mr.. Cochran challenged him to pro-
duce word of his to that effect. II am
not one" Mr.. Cochran remarked, who
pretends that prosperity can be forged in
this chamber or by the law of the land. l
believe all the law and gospel on the sub
ject Of political 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 in their brains and who
had
CURSED THE COUNTRY
for % years, it was the chief object OF his
speech to oppose
Taking up the blinking and currency bill
| he spoke briefly Of the claims of the COM
| mittee that it would promote the ends of
trade He claimed that instead of promo
| ting it would prevent, forbid and obstruct
| the very thing it was hoped it would.
| For local and . economical purposes
Mr.. Cochran said he would not be afraid
of silver as a standard value. but his OBJ
| lection to it was based on the fact that
| throughout the wosld every thing is meas
| ured by gold, and even if we had a local
or national silver standard the products
of the farmer and of other producers must
| ultimately be measured by the standard
value.
Mr.. Hutchinson Oen.) inquired
! If the note was based on the
| notes of farmer wherein it
was better than the farmers
| note, and Mr.. Cochran replied because
commerce would accept it. The hand of
| the government had been disastrous to
commerce, and he was appealing to the
house to turn back to sound principles
where money was based on properly. All
! that banking means was to increase the
capital that could he used in commerce.
Il am opposed to any tax on currency
| he replied to a question concerning the 10
per cent tax on state bank issues. 1T is
| like taxing blood like taxing the speed of
locomotive. it would be to tax everything
or value, to retard progress
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