St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-26

cause they did not see the natural ten
dency of a course of measures which
every day left the government more
and more in debt, and every month
the necessity
Mr. Harris: "Why does not the SEN
ator from Ohio advise the treasury de-
partment to coin the $55, 900 of seign-
forage, and the balance Of the silver
that lies in the treasury idle, and util-
iZe it to answer the purpose Of the
treasury"
Mr. Sherman: '"The senator from
Tennessee wishes to divert me to the
question of free coinage of silver That
has been tried and tested, and if ever
that question met it's final solution, it
was in the house Of representatives
elected by the people, where, by ma
jority of almost two to one, the judg-
ment of the house, the representatives
of the people from equal and exact dis
tricts throughout the country, pro-
nounced their denunciation Of the most
foolish and
DANGEROUS POLICY
of departing from the lawful stand
ards of money in the country. Sir, 1t
is not enough for the senator to say
to me that the senate could provide
remedy by providing. for the free coin
age of silver, when the fact is that
ten states whose twenty senators vot-
ed for the free coinage Of silver con-
tain less population than two-thirds
of that of the state. of Ohio. The SEN
ate does not represent the people. 1t
represents the states and rightfully SO,
and I do not complain about 1t. But
in the house of representatives the
people are represented according to
their numbers in every portion of the
country. Let me prophesy to my hon
orable friend that his remedy will
never be so strong in the future as it
has been in the past. In my judgment
the sober conviction of the people of
the United States will settle down in
favor of having the best standard
that can be found or that is yet known
as the standard of value, with ample
paper money always maintained at
par with gold to circulate in all parts
of the country freely and without dan
ger of it's breaking up.
''Mr President, 1 have said great
deal more than I intended to say.
will merely add that 1 shall not con-
slider my duty in the senate discharged
during the present session until some
action is taken according to the wishes
of the president and the secretary of
the treasury, not their form of action,
but until we give them as the eXecu-
1--WE department Ol Tie SONeIHIleit
sufficient money collected from the
people of the United Stats to carry on
the expenses of the government. If
we go home to our constituents with
out performing that duty, every man
who can be held responsible for that
condition will be severely dealt with,
as 1 believe, by the people Of the Unit
ed States"
WILL NOT ACCEPT FREE COIN
AGE.
Mr. Allen asked Mr.. Aldrich If the
Republican party would accept a tar
iff bill with a free coinage attach
ment.
Mr. A1drich replied that he would not,
and added that he desired to have it
understood that he made the state
ment With as much emphasis as he
was c:lga5le of.
Are there" asked Mr.. Allen, "any
circumstances under which the Re
publican party would accept free coin
age?"
To this Mr.. Aldrich replied that
there was none except under an inter
national agreement.
Then" responded Mr.. Allen, ...the
Republicans have lied. I speak meta
phcrically' He quoted the Republi-
can platform Of 1892 to prove that the
party did then pronounce for bimetal-
lism. Senator Aldrich interrupted to
say that the party stood by that plat
form now, but he added that 1t was
more becoming to allow Republicans
to interpret the platform for them
selves.
Mr.. Palmer asked Mr.. Allen if his
party would accept a change in the
tariff with free coinage, but without
waiting for a reply went on to say that
there was danger Of a combination be-
tween the tariff and free coinage advo-
Gates.
Don't be alarmed over that pros
pect," shouted Mr. Aldrfch, to which
Mr.. Platt added, There is no danger
Of that" Mr.. Platt continued by say
ing Mr.. Aliens only definition of BIZ
metallism was found in the demand
that America proceed alone in the free
coinage Of silver without cooperation
of European countries, and asserted
that the declaration made in the
Republican platform in 1892 was the
only honest pronouneement which has
been made on that question. 1.-THE BIZ
metallism of those who stand with the
senator from Nebraska he continued,
is SILVER MoNOMETALLIsM.
"The Republican party is going into
the next campaign on the same declara-
ton that it made in the last on gold,
silver and the currency generally.
can, of course, only speak for myself,
but believe I voice the sentiments Of
the Republican party when I say when
the silver monometallists undertake to
antagoniZe the tariff with silver ac-
cording to their theories, they strike
the death knell sef their delusion OR
craze
Quoting the Renublican platform of
1892 he said: That is where we stand
today and we won't take any system of
finance which will make one dollar
more valuable from any other dollar. -
He predicted that the silver Republi-
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