Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-27

take their cues from the party plat
form rather than from the White
House. II II shall occur that this
sensclcsa crusade against Republicans
who believed in good faith In the
MINNEAPOLIS platform when II declared
Tor bimetalllsm us well as protection
shall he carried 10 such an extent as
may result In the adoption OF Prcsl-
dent Clevelnnd'a scheme by the st.
Louis convention, | submit that Re-
publican success Ia rendered utterly
impossible.
m the platform Of 1896 announces to
the country In conjunction with the
action OF reports bearing on the two
conventions that the plank of BIZ
mctnllism adopted at Minneapolis was
o deluSion, fraud and q snare 1t
would be just as well for the Repub-
| Ilcan party to make nomination at
st. Louis at ALL"
Mr.. Carter closed at 2.i5 O'Clock and
was greeted with hearty applause from
| the crowded galleries and congratula
| tons from number of his colleagues.
Mr. Hnar Immediately rose TO tlues-
| tion Mr. Carter The Massachusetts
senator prefnced his question by re-
ferrlng TO his long continued support
| OF protection to wool. even when
| The representatives Of Western wool
| growing states voted for free wool
| MIR. Hoar took up the charge of Mr.
| Carter that eastern Republicans had
been false to the platform OF 1892.
| Mr.. Hoar closed with question ad-
! dressed specifically TO Mr.. Carter,
| namely; 81 ask that senator whether
| we are to understand him to say that
| n he fails TO convince his Republican
associates he then proposes to gay 20
J us; You shall net pass any protective
tarin bill unless you surrender your
convictions to us II n protective
! tariff Is hereafter reported. fair nnd
Just on wool, lead ore fruit and the
various Industries Of the west does tho
senator mean to say that he Will not
let that bill pass unless we surrender
our convictions TO him?"
Mr.. Carter secured the floor ms soon
rs Mr. Hoar closed. and amid impress
slve silence, began a measured and
liberal reply.
Mr.. Carter stated that the nterpreta.
tlon placed on the Minneapolis platform
10y the Republicans OF the east would
lead them TO wipe ont the last vestige
OF legislation favorable to silver. with
such n construction Of the MINNEAPOLIS
platform the silver Republicans were
NJ war now and would continue to be
at war
At this point Mr.. Gear lntcriccted the
question: Docs not the senator know
that the Minneapolis platform was
largely drawn by two senators now
on tina floor. one Jones NJ Nevada and
the other Teller. md that thcy were
satisfied with that PLATFORM"
Admitted" responded Mr.. Carter,
but neither Of those senator's UNDER
stood TINT the platform could be con-
strued into total uhliteration Of all
legislation on the statute books In favor
Of silver"
Mr. Gear; Rut the senator from
Colorado Thought he could carry Colo
redo for the Republican ticket on that
platform
Mr. Carter-Ycs and that he dld on
the reputation the Republican party
had for redeemlng Its pledges and
promises and that It would carry out
In good faith the platform.
Mr. Carter made brief reply TO Mr. !
liuar's question whether If defeated In
their efforts at receiving such leglsla-
ton as they demanded at the hands of !
the Republican party, the silver Re
publlcans would sever their connection |
with the party by saying that the !
Republicans OF the West who construe
the platform of 1892 MS favorable Ia |
silver would be the last to desert the |
ship and that II others who take |
dlhsrent view OF the question should I
find 1t incumbent upon them To leave |
the vessel, the Western men then would /
gaze with sorrow upon the singular |
spectacle
with this remarE Mr.. Carter took his |
scat and Mr. Hoar declared IN earnest !
people % the East would 70 with /
Grover Cleveland. We are not gold
mono-mctallists he was proceeding to
say, when interrupted by Mr.. Teller
with the rctort that this was strange
IN view Of the support that majority
OF the Eastern Republicans In congress
had given the president.
we deny that" retorted Mr. uoar
who then went on to contend that the
Republicans Of the East live In n dou
BILE STANDARD of value in accordance
with the constitution and the doctrine
as promulgated by Alexander Hamil-
But the Colorado senator. he sail
had no moro right to characterae him
as gold mono-metallist than he had
TO characterize that senator as a silver
Mr.. Teller obtained the floor to ex-
pam his connection with the formation
or the Republican platform Of lsae.
Ito SAID that he had drafted the first
mart OF the principal plank OF the plat
form, reading:
he American people from tra1i-
ton and interest favor bi-mctallism
nnd the Republican party demands tho
use OF both gold and silver as the
standard money"
Its Insertion In the platform had
been secured by the Joint efforts Of
- .''7'il anu SfUhtOl Jones or nevada /
after they had lhhorcd with the com
mon resolutions all night to SECURE n
declaration for free coinage. He was
he said. not responsible for tho mollIa,
cations Of this declaration He. how
yer considered this position favor
aa,nie 10 silver because OF n demand for
me recognition OF the two metals aa
,iRndard money, stlll he realized M
ne time that the qualifications after.
ward ndopted would be jugglcd with bv
prove IT, NV az
Mr. Gccr here interrupted to say that
W. Teller had voted for the resolution
Is II went Into the platform. notwith.
tendlng his opposition
MT, Teller admitted that he had voted
or u IN the convention because ho l
you'd not get anything better bnt
le mad not voted for 1t In commit.
Mr.. Teller went on to saw TINT ,ht,
for bi-metalllsm was
'eylaration for silver coinage and no
sserted that Mr.. Sherman was the
my nigh financial authority who con. :
ended that bi-mctallsm could he SO.
ured by any other means than nv tho
pnlase or both metals on euunl ferr,.
no ne INSERTED that any one who hnI5
contrary View was either Ignorant nr
wanted to deceive. UT
He then quoted from n newsnono- c
'cport OF speech made by MIR sber. c
nan on the opening OF the iast q
n =