The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-06
CARTER HEARD FROM
PAYS HIS RESPECTS To
GOLD MEN.
Republicans Arraingcd-Declares That II
the ST Louis Convention Fails to Nomi-
nate \ Bi-Metalist Candidate Republican
Success VIII be Impossible.

tME $50
to-day, defending his vote and the
votes of other silver Republicans yes
terday against taking up the tariff
bill.
He began by referring to the Sem
ate's action on February l3, when the
hrst motion to take up the tariff bill
was defeated. He said hat before
the motion to consider the tariff bill
was made and upon the suggestion of
a member of the finance committee,
he was trying to bring about a con-
ference which might result in adj
justment of the differences on the
Republican side of the chamber. The
motion of Mr.. Morrill, was unexpected,
and he, with other Repu b~licans, voted
mo-" and under the same %circul1-
stances he would cast a similar vote
again. II.
Then he gave his attention to the
House tariff bill. 1t was admitted
everywhere that bill was not a kepub-
lican measure, but he said that it was
a measure to meet an alleged emer-
gency which the chief executive stout
~ asserted did not exist at all. IRE
Gently self-constituted censors Of party
notion" Mr.. Carter continued, have
been pleased to denominate the Re-
pubiicans who voted against the bill
as consplrators against the public
veal; others have gone SO far as to in
vite them to relieve the party Of their
obnoxious presence"
But the silver Republicans believed
that they were right and were firm in
their party allegiance. The business
GenrpSSiID IN this cn11nt1.v yybiob fol-
lowed the election Of 1892 was caused
by tariff reform which meant free
trade.
Mr.. Carter then referred to financial
and tariff legislation favored by the
administration. He paid his respects
to the Republican Senators and Repre-
sentatlves who operated with the
Democratic administration to bring
about the repeal of the Sherman
silver law, and in speaking of the sug-
gestion of the President that the
greenbacks should be retired, said:
Again we hear the Republican mag
pie chatter. A horde of Presidential
a~spirants rush to political suicide veil
ing sound money The press of New
York city leads the procession. Sound
money is It's cry, and under the cover
of this cry the President protected
himself and his administration from
just criticism of the most shady and
Ubiquitous transaction in public
finances h world has ever Known
referring to the repeal of the purchas-
ing,clause of the Sherman act.
In due time the present Congress
assembled and the President does not
call for more revenue, pe%rtinaciousiy
insisting that the revenue laws are all
III r h r. hl1f hn .0ollc fc,. ~ +, ~,,; =, 1 - sr
sue bonds SO as to facilitate the retire
ment>of greenbacks and increase the
public debt. There is some doubt as
to the success of this operation. Nut
terlngs are heard about the previous
bond sale-When, 10 and behold, there
comes another exhibition Of genius.
"A venerable dispute of the age of two
score and ten, concerning a strip of
swamp land in Venezuela. is rushed
upon the country with a warlike DEM
onstratlon and we are proudly in
formed that the same hand hat or
dered the tearing down of the flag at
Honolulu will sustain the Venezuelan
government at all hazards. even unto
The horrors and terrors OF war.
11n the midst of warlilxe excitement
following on the evening of December
20, just three days having been al
lowed to work up Congress and the
country, another message followed.
renewing the call for the retirement
OF the greenbaclls and authority to
issue bonds. Under pressure of this
artlflclai but exactinsss and exciting
situation, The revenue and bond bills
were passed by the House.
The bill reaches the Senate, a sub
stitute is reported for it. Certain
patriotic Republicans forgetting the
platform of 1892 on the tariff question,
forgetting all the traditions Of their
party. seek to have Republicans in this
chamber who are devoted to binet-
allism and protection, two elementary
principles of Republican faith, put in
such a position as to be compelled to
vote against nj of their principles to
the success of the other. Some
gentlemen who pretended to under
STAND the situation refused to cooper
ate. 10 the candid judgment of hon
est men l leave the determination of
questions relating to the fidelity of
Republicans in this Senate to their
party principles.
1T is high time Republicans who
claim to be withinthe party take their
cues from the party platform rather
than from the White house. If it
shall occur that this senselesss crusade
against Republicans who believed in
good faith in the Minneapolis plat
form when it declared for bimetallism
as we'll as protection, shall be carried
to such an extent as may result in the
adoption of President Cleveland's
scheme by the ST. Lonis convention,
submit the Republican success will be
rendered utterly impossible. If the
platform of 1896 announces to the
: !, : f,Ir that the nlanls On hiinnta1lisr