The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-14
HAUL DOWN OLD GLORY
0r Declare American independence and Pro-
nounce for Equality Of Gold and Silver.
COCKRELL ON THE FINANCIAL QUESTION.
We Should SuId 1sc Hoist the Gold
Standard Banner of Great Britain
and Cry Out long Live ihe Queen
OF Enginnd md the Empress Of
aneata-Grcnf Britain Avnrftious.

Washington. d. c., March 13.-With
the exception of one rather curious
episode at the opening OF to-day's ses-
sion. the Senate WAS entirely removed
of all consideration of the question of
the cuban bclligcrcncy. and had it's at
tentton turned to the financial question
An nllusion had been made in MIR. Sher-
mans speech on Thursday to a private
communication which Mr.. Lodge was
supposed to have received from the Sec
rctary of State and to have made known
contidcntially to the Committee on For
clSn Relations. Mr.. Lodge said Mr.
Sherman had fallen into an unlntention-
III error: that he had had no interview
With Mr.. Olncy and had received no
private communication from him, and
that the paper which had been sent
from the State Department and had
been read to the Committee on Foreign
Relations by one of It's members was
statement by the Spanish Minister Civ
ing the Spanish version Of affairs in
Cuba. Mr. Sherman admitted the mis-
tax" he had fallen into. and to Il slg-
ErStion that he should communicate the
paper to the Senate. he replied that it
was Il matter to be read in executive
session only.
Mr.. Hoar and MIR. Wolcott commented
upon the peculiar position I'm which the
matter was thus placed. and Mr.. Haw-
ley indicated his purpose 10 move that
the Senate insist on its disagreement to
III" House substitute for the Cuban resu-
luton and asked for Il further confer
ence.
The financial condition of the Govern
snent was presented in four hours
speech by MIR. Cockrcll in which he
argued that every Government obliga-
ton, with the SinGla exception OF gold
certificates. was payable in gold or sill
Yer coin. Al the option of the Govern
lncn'. ana he charged that Mr. Charles
Foster. while Secretary of the Trea surv
had in October, 1891. surrendered volun-
tarly, m.nkly and submissiveIy. this
riah: OF the Government 10 redeem the
United States notes or greenbacks In
silver, as well as in gold. Tha; action
on the par; OF Mr.. Foster he described
as the pandoGas box. out of which had
come all the financial Ills that had
since fallen uron The country.
Referring to Secretary Carlisle's re-
cent speech in New York NIr Cockrell
said that The disguise had btcn thrown
aside and that sound money" meant
gold and nothing bu; gold. He dccla red
that such monomc:allism was anti
Democratic, contrary 10 the entire re-
cord OF the Democratic party up 10 1873
and contrary to the Democratic plat
form. He dsclared shat gold was mon
archical, ar!s;ocrat, for the rich: silver
for the poor. When war lowered over
the country gold fed into its hiding
winged peace spread above once more.
Witness the Venezuelan message. he
said. sent here with a string lied 10 ii,
indicating the possibility of war when
the gold standard trcnrhled to its f"un-
dations. England, h declared had been
unable, with all the resources of tn"
Eank of England, to carry OUT It's gold
monOmctallic standard and twice had
TO borrow from France. He denied that
counaSes advocacy OF free silver would
divide iho Democratic party. Reading
from a list Of Democratic Representa-
tives elected in 1899 and 1894 he showed
that there had been terrible falling
Off of Democratic Representatives elect
cd In the latter year. due to the fact
that that election had been under the
gold monometallic standard of Presi-
dent Cleveland.
MIR. Cockrell quoted extensively from
the speeches OF Secretary Carlisle, and
spca king of his speech at CovIngton last
summer. declared that he was loath
to believe that any Secretary of the
Treasury could make such ridiculous
statements. until he read similar state
ments made by other tools in the en-
ploy of the gold bullion company OF
New York. 1t was ludicrous that Secre-
tary Carlisle should attempt to bolster
up" the theories 'to which he had be-
come Il recent convert" by reliance on
such stuff" a. that. the only excuse be-
zeal of converts.
He appealed for n re-esta blshment of
the conditions existing prior to 1873 for
the country could not be worse off than
il hnd been since the preparation OF
the crime of 1873 Ri-metallism was no
experiment. having been in use from the
time Abraham marched out OF Chaldca
until Great Britain drove silver from
use.
In concluding. Mr.. Cockrcll appealed
to the country to once more declare It's
independence and pronounce for the
equality OF gold and silver. or else as
sume It's dependence upon Great Britain
whom 1t had twice defeated, and ask
her to take II under her hvarcious and
selfish guardianship and protection
I'VE should he declared. haul down
Old Glory, the starry banner which had
waved over the power and freedom and
independence OF the country and hoist
In It's stead the gold standard banner OF
Great Britain and cry out. Long live
the Queen of Great Britain, and the
Empress OF India"
During the latter part of this speech
Sir Julian Pauncefote. the British Am
bassodar. had BEN an occupant OF the
diplomatic gallery and an attentive lis
tener to Mr.. Cockrell
Notices were given by Messrs. Chan
Gser and Platt OF the purpose Of these