The record-union., 1896-09-20
IGNORING THE RECORD.
Infamous Misrepresentation on an
Important Matter.
From San Jose Mercury

(FrOm San Jose Mercury)
Senator White in his speech Friday
evening in this city reiterated the state
ment which the PopOcrats have been
making all through the campaign that
the bill which dropped" the silver dol
lar-the so-called crime Of 1S13'-waS
smuggled through Congress, that no
opportunity was given for it's discus
sion, and that the Senators and Repre-
sentatives whose votes made it a law
hadn't the slightest conception Of what
the bill really was. All this Is pueriie,
and a man of Senator Whites intelli-
gence ought to be ashamed to stand be-
fore an audience of American citizens
and deliberately repeat such balder-
dash. Either he knows it to be unture
or he has repeated it so often that he
has really come to believe it. In either
case it is unworthy of him, and it will
not tend to raise him in the estimation
of rejecting men.
But in making this untruthful state
ment he is simply following the exam
pie of his leader. Mr.. Bryan, whose cam
paign method of gross misrepresenta-
ton, vituperation and all manner of in
cendiary speech appears to have de-
bauched the manhood and the honor OF
Democratic speakers who heretofore
have been disposed to be somewhat
frank and fair in their public utter
ances. Mr. Bryan is evidently con-
vinced that his only hope of success lies
in falsehood SANDER and abuse, and 1T
is natural that he should be initiated In
this respect by his followers. Only re-
Gently he declared: Every step that
has been taken has been taken by
stealth and without the approval Of the
American people. When silver was de-
monetized in 1873 the people had not
discussed it, and persons who were
members of Congress and voted on the
measure testified that they did not un-
derstand that the bill demonetized sill
YER"
How glaringly untrue the assertions
made by Mr.. Bryan and by Senator
White are may be learned from Pc
rusal of the record, which we here pre-
sent:
April 25-Bill submitted by Secretary
April 2S-Bil read In place and referred to
Senate Finance Committee.
May 2-Five hundred copies of bill ordered
to be printed.
June 25-Submitted to House with supple
mentary reports and correspondence.
Dec 19-Rill reported, amended and or
dered printed in Senate.
1871
Jan. 9-Bill debated in Senate.
Jan. 1O-Passed the Senate by 36 to IA, Sen
ators Stewart, Jones and all the silver
Senators voting for 1T.
Jan. 13-Senate bill ordered printed by
House.
Feb 25-Bill reported in the House with
substitute and recommitted.
March 9-Original bill reintroduced and
printed. 1879
Jan. 9-Bill reported and debated
Jan. 10-RecOmmitted.
Feb 9-Reported to the House by Coinage
Committee, printed and recomitted.
Feb. 13-Reported back, amended and
printed.
April 9-Bin debated in the House.
May 27-Amended and passed the House
by vote of 10 to 49, the Representa-
tives from silver States generally vot-
ing for it.
May 29-Bill as amended by the House or
.dered printed by the Senate.
Dec. 16-Reported, amended and printed by
Senate.
Jan. 17-Passed Senate without roll-call.
Jan. N-Ordered printed with Senate
amendments by the House.
Jan. circumference Committee appointed
by the Senate, consisting of Senators
Sherman, Scott and Bayard.
Jan. ZI-COn1erenC0 committee appointed
by the House, consisting of Hooper,
Houghton and McNeely.
Feb. 6-Report of Conference Committee
presented in the House and concurred
in without objection
Feb. Report of Conference Committee
concurred in by Senate withuot objec-
ton.
Feb. 12-Bill approved by President Grant.
For nearly three years this bill was
before the various sessions of Congress-
The printed debates in the Senate alone
cover sixty pages 1t was voted for by
Senator Stewart and Senator Jones; and
Senator Sherman, whom the free coin
age advocates look upon as the worst
kind of gold-bug. voted against it. It
is doubtful IL any Act ever passed by
Congress received more thorough con-
sideration. But Mr.. Bryan has no use
for records, and apparently Senator
White has none either. They and their
Popocratic conferrees will go on re-
peating this silly and self-evident false