The sun., 1896-01-28
TWO MAIDEN SPEECHES.
ENUTE WILSON ADDREssES THE
SENATE AGAINST FREE sILVER.

sbHA1B A"H1NST FREE SihPhH.
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| Nc.th S,.ro,,r,. aa.oc.,.. I,n,,n,s.o
| S,o,unse-secretnrv Morton.. Action in
Csttiug or Free seeds Ii Criticised.
wAsH,soroN Ian. o7.-Tbs two Senators
fro,, ,ho ne,v state of rr,ah toot th,,- -,,c,a
| In tbo ssnat. to.dar r,otIno tho ,vboIs MN.
| hor of ,ncmbers NJ ,hot hodv e,ghtv. .nine tb.re
beInp atm n yacnncv from tb. state of D,la.
vare po,h oro o,oss,aod n. nennhlioon. and
aa fayorjno freo oo,nono
Tho ioint resolution r.norted FROM tho Conn
mittee on Agriculture. directing Tho Secretary
of Agriculture IN complv with the law reouirinp
tho nurcbase ond d,strihntion of soeds was de-
b,ted In tho sen,te
Mfr. Hansbrouvb tRen. N e, orcued in
favor of II. That tho Secretary deliber.
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ateV eet OUT 10 disooey the mandate OF loh-
gress, he said. there could be no doubt. That
distribution OF seeds of any character, whether
@ was n" w o".s,,nn "s ~ Ann 40 ,So somat. hod hcro
a.. T., ..,,,,,n -, o.. ,a,u,
,n wn'Sn n,sn h
retary VIVA oppo.ed IN tho appronriation MT tho
outss, nd a,,SS " tt' aa N.Y. ,o
do everything in his power to carry out the
law, he had placed every obstacle in the way
of its execution. and had finally refused to exc
cute It. The proper time to discuss the pro.
priety of the Government distribution of seeds
money came up before the proper committee of
was the contumac'ous conduct of the seere-
branch of the Government, who was in effect
III .,,,.,.a LII, aa,, , .,.,
refuse to carry into etree. the aet, @ Of Congress-
Of tho United States?
Az Allan Ipon N.,, ,,,, ,,.. =. s,..
Nhi' 1ioi Nop., f>eo'' et''u Iha' no ois
culture as to his duty. He thought 1t was tho
secrenry's plain duty to execute the law. and
to purchase the seeds required by the appro-
priation bill. Tho Secretary was distin.
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ui'neu ~ oiviAe,, Vi ~, Nhi. Aheh o. 9.a'e' anu
no one who knew him could doubt his great
always contne himself to agricultural mat
cial questions, usurpins to sons extent the
duties M of the Secretary secrets ' Of the Treasury.
Mr.. GeGrEe ~, DEM Mss made an n arga-
could not order an executive otiicer to carry
law into effect. 1t was not for Congress to con-
strue law. or to decide whether 1t had not
been carried into effect. Those were judicial
questions: Mr.. George gave the Latin names
from s25 to $50 pound. and asked sarcastic
cally. whether the Secretary Of Agriculture
he h had MT pure purchased such chi seeds. , '' ''N'''
Al eP: N: the Vice, President Pr es INTERRUPTED
M. Georges speech and iaid before the senate
stitntel
=, Mr.. Knute Nelson tRep., Mimi addressed
chamber. He said:..
The free and unlimited coinage OF silver. at
at this time and under existing, conditions,
will destroy the last vestige and last hope OF
genuine bimetnllism. and w.li reduce US to-
China. and Japan as our chief money associ-
ates., Complete bimetallism implies not IT, only to
of circulation. In this full and plenary sense
We have never III, had complete ,, bimetalilsm 1, In
law from which no nation Is exempt-that
where % two kinds Of metallic money Of equal equal
circulate side by side. that money which is in.
trinsically. and commercially cheapest Will
drive the dearest out Of circulation. unless the
vertible with each other. Our own experience
and our own financial history make this plain
perlence have we suffered the penalty Of this
law and sought TO overcome lts onects.
change. made in .se9 the
establishment OF the Mint IN leg down TO
war then in progress. and the silver dollar had
totally disappeared from circulation: In fact.
from 1887 till 1862 SO far US circulat on was
as completely as any country ever had It, In
conclusion. he said
to-
and say that by aiming to keep our money up
to the gold standard we arc merely knuckling
down to England. putting ourselves in her
grasp. and placing ourselves at her mercy.
England occupies the vantage ground. She
does because her exchanges are made in the
universal money of the world. Our form of
government. our climate and our resources.
OF our people. entite us TO stand at the head Of
the Industrial and commercial world. But
reducing our currency to the level Of Mexico,
China and Japan-the mere bullion value OF
silver II we would win and conquer, we
must sock tho best coigne of vantage. and