The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-09

zrA wrong nr93 t1rSr xFsaf Fcolesnfc
ouAsstanx. / am c-s4shly Informed that
49,. ..-s .-a rsxs.t senator's AZ the other end
:, rhts reps+a, who voted for this bin who
So ,hz- s,sev feslsxe the free aud uniira-
s..ss ~cTra~. or silver az Is TO would mean
ratsoraf fsrkrnpfcv ard ruin what does
!, ,,Sar- II means that our politicians
have conc 70 > pretty pass " neH, sn order
20 feather snsar own nests. N order 10
hola themselves In office. national. state
or county. they are willing 20 See great
nu,nfer og ssen wro have not the time 70
S.lva INTO tnese Qssestions turn their backs
,fnn, their uwn welfare; when they are
u5IlIrw ~ esoss sazeir hearts - eli graft
.nae For past favcrs ans ten those men
thai What really ieads 10 their obstruction
leads but to prosperity and hxeriness
know il is regzfde1 as positscaI ceaih TOT
a mar in A rural district not 81 throw up
his rat ard applaul these deiassons. but II
NV naopl4 want nan OF fhat Kind 10 rep
resent them thay en- get rid pf me. and l
viii willingly and eiAdiy retite from poiii-
ical nfe''
Hail also ieelsrxd that hinA official OF
the administrations bad said that the silver
agItation had slre~dy cost the government
S. essb, ,6oo IN hond issues. and IL the course
o. the next twesve months the bond Issue
would ircreass to e. .asa, go -
Tslterf-Did ron the gentleHsAE vote for
tbe fr., coinage paH IN iss3s / ask the
question for information
HaIl-The gentiexAan asks IL / did not
vote for the free roirage bIi IN the extra
session in 1888. I answer yes. but | will
tell the gentleman that have progressed
since that time. While ne Is standing where
l was three years ago. Q<2Aghterl
Iayton-I wish 10 ask the gentleman
question. / understand him TO make the
extraordinary statement thar he has been
informed that eight senators who had
voted for this bill had said they actually
believed that the free coinage OF silver
would lead to the bankruptcy and destrue-
ton of this country. / ask the gentleman.
do you believe any senator ever said that2
HALL told you that 1 was credibiy in
formed that they had said IL, and l be-
lieved it or / would NOT have stated 1t here
But want 10 say few words now on the
question OF consistency. i ind upon in
vestigation ia the bureau of education that
the Chinese, the Inhabitants Of the Indies
and the tribes Of Africa are the only hui
man beings that are continually consist
ent Q-aughterl The lower grades OF an
tuals are also always consistent. laugh
teri / maintain that reasoning. thought
full ciearheaded men, who pass through the
world with their minds open 70 the investi-
cation of truth. are ever liable TO change.
Where is the intelligent man In the United
States who has not a high regard for the
fame OF William E. Gladstone. the great
English statesman Listen to that grand
man express his regret that he should
have made the blunder that be did I'm lSs2.
bserve the course of Bismarck, the great
est OF German statesmen. When he was
advocating the sale of the silver OF Ger
many for whatever price could be oh
tained for 1t. and was approached by one
OF his friends. who said: Il am just where
you were ten years ago" the reply was:
THAT was the political biunder of my life,
and / have had intelligence enough 10
profit by 1t and move forward
notwithstanding to this doctrine we
can never tell where a man stands.
Hall-You can always tell. Mr.. Chair
man. how certain animals stand. and how
the Chinese stand. because they adopt the
doctrine Of Confucins. that the greatest
crime which chinaman can commit Is TO
attempt to do thing differently from the
way his ancestors did Ii a thousand years
ago. did not intend TO make an address,
further than 10 put myself on record as a
Democrat from a rural district west of the
Mississippi, in purely agricultural re-
gion. that dares stand up and say that
sound money is the salvation of the agri-
cultural and iaboria~ e1assss OF this gov
eminent. I unstersfsnd fail sefl thai tie
action of the National Bi-MefaIlic League
has put my district on the blacklist ! un-
derstand, AIR. Chairman, situated as am.
OF the question and all my speaking col
leagues on the Democratic side on the 9TH
er side of the question, that ii leaves me
standing alone practically and with a hard
row 10 hoe. And IL | shall go down 10 de-
feat i viii go with my own self-respecf.
and my friends viii be able 10 appreciate
that | was not too cowardly to tell my
people what | believed 10 he right when
their Judgment was entirely the other way.
Cox-Now, In view of the fact that we
have acted together and worked for free
silver. ! hope the gentleman from Mis-
souri, does not mean 10 say that any OF
his friends who happen TO differ from him
on this question, or who have not ad-
vsnced so far as he has. are a set of cow
ards or have no respect for facts
HALL do not believe the shoe fits him.
and do not want any man to wear Il un-
less IL does fit him.
Al 5:le p. m. the house took a recess until
5 o'clock
The considerable OF the silver suhsti
tute for the house bond bill was contin-
ued AZ the night session. and number OF
representatives took part I'm the discussion.