The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-08
Mr.. BLAlNE'S SPEECH.
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Washington Star; In tho United States
senntc, February Z. 1878, Mr.. James G.,
blaine, OF MhlnG. delivered u speech up!
on tho blil thon pending to authorize tho
free coinage OF the standard silver dollar
and 10 restore lts full legal tender value.
This speech Is now being reynmpcd by
both the silver men ana tho gold hdv0-
cntcs In the pending campaign, and por-
lions Of the speech are used In support
OF free silver coinage and OF tho gold
standard.
Mr. Blaine handled the subject from
tho point or q blmGtalllHl. and therefore
hlN rGnnrlSS taken In pnrt IN certain
places and without tho qualifications Of
tho succeeding paragraphs can be con-
strued to mean exactly opposite 10 the
sentiment, expressed In another section,
After paying tribute TO the value or Sill
YER In the monetary system OF the cOun-
try and dcplorlng It's decentralization, he
declares against the adoption uf the sln-
gln silver standard, He then opposes
Just rs vigorously the single gold stand
dnrd md expresses tho desire that silver
might be remonctiscd, but dcprccatcs
the effort OF the United States to attempt
this taslS alone 'und at the 10 to / ratio,
md ~cclares TINT It must be done by in-J
tGrnatiOnal action. z
Careful reading of MIR. BlaInc's
speech shows that In the summary OF
his contentious he places himself sub
stnntlally in tho position that Is nov
taken BY tho Republican parry
through the declarations Of the st.
Louis platform, which ~pladgGa, the
party To endeavor to secure intcrna-
tShal bimGtallisnl, and which opposes
independent free coinage OF silver at
10 TO |.
Free Silver Mems Work.
The free silver men have extensively
circulated throughout the west some
quotations from that speech OF Mr..
Blaine, This Is done In the form OF
small handbills containing two para
graphs from the speech, as follows:
II believe gold and silver coin 10 DO
the money OF the cunstitutlon-indecd,
the money OF the American people an
terlor 10 the constitutions which the
great organic law recognized MS quite
independent OF Its own existence. No
power way conferred on Congress to
declare that either metal should not be
money. Congress has. therefore. in my
Judgment, no power to ]dCmOnctIZe sill
yer no more than to demOnetize gold;
no power to lcmonetlze either than to
dcmonetize both.
Few persons can be found, | np-
| nrchtnd. who will maintain that Com
Srcss possesses the power TO demon
etize both gold and silver or that Con-
Eress should be justified in prohibiting
the coinage of gold: nnd yet In logic
and legal ~cOnStructlnnN 1t would be
difficult to- show where and why the
power Of Congress over silver Is greater
than ever gold. greater uver either
than over the two. II, therefore. sill
yer has been dCmOuetlZed, ! am in
favor OF accommodating It. II its coin
6 has been prohibited | am In favor
or having II resumed. II 1t has been
restricted ] am In favor OF having It
enlarged"
This VAS the phase from Mr.. BlaInc's
remarks, which the free silver people
have set up. alone and unqualified by
subsequent expression. and have cast
1t bIoaasldc through the west rs
words from the lips OF one OF the
greatest Republicans who ever lived.
!ndorsing their position. 1t was cx-
pectcd to work we'll among the silver
Republicans and prove the clInchihg
I NNhN "a - ~ - tdOANAA lllGIll
To the free silver ticket. :,
Connteruciimg Its Eject.
The Republican congressional COM
mittce was Informed a week { OF
the circulation OF these one-sIdcd
selections from Mr.. Blalne's speech
and proceeded at once to counteract
the ercct by causing the distribution
OF the whole speech with the qualify
Ing remarks.
Representative Tawncy. OF MInncso-
II. who * In the city. tells a story.
showing the effect OF the m]isyeprescn-
tatiOn in II case.
Minnesota IS n great Blaine state.
you know said Mr.. Tawney, "and any
utierancc of that statesman receives
attention. heard that Il prominent Re-
publlSan III my section was talking OF
voting the Bryan and Sewall ticket. /
went TO him and asked him what on
earth he meunI by such talk as that"
Silver is all right he said, and
you fellows arc wrong
why do You think 500 | asked.
u am with Blaine on this question.
He was for silver, and his opinion is
good enough FOR any Republican TO fol-
low
with that the fellow dragged out Of
ms pOchet one OF those Democratic
handbills and quoted Blaine On ME, tri-
umphantly. | told him he had been Inn
posed upon. n then produced the
speech IN full. He quickly discerncd the
true position Of Blaine. and became fur
iouS with his Democratic mIsluform-
crs.
IN they will lie about one thing,
they will lie about another he said,
and with that h. has taken the stump
for the Republican tlattorm. rs stated
by Blaine and reiterated by the 81.
Louis convention
WON'T PRINT TIE TRUTH.