The Butler weekly times., 1896-02-20
Story Of the Eight SILVER Senators
Turned Against It's Author.
Repudiated by the District Predicted

Repudiated by the District Predicted
Misrepresentation Worse than
COwardlce.
Washington, d. c., Feb. 11.-De
Almond to day replied to Hall. The
speech of the free silver Missourian
was as sensational as that OF the
sound money Missourian. 1t was
an almost savage reputation of
Halls utterances as rejecting the
sentiments of the Missouri democra.
cy. 1t took up the story OF the
eight senators who had voted for
free silver knowing that the enact
ment of such a measure would mean
national bankruptcy and ruin. and
political misrepresentation and prac-
tical cowardice. DeArmond drew a
comparison, and then he denounced
his collease as a betrayer of his con-
stituents. He scored Hall for hay-
ing claimed the credit of authorship
of the income tax proposition when
that credit did not belong to him
For half an hour he poured out upon
him his scorn, while the free silver
democrats applauded almost every
sentence. Mr.. Diamonds speech
will make interesting reading in
Missouri. 1t is given herewith:
DE ARMoND's SPEECH.
1 was somewhat startled the other
day, Mr.. Chairman, to hear my col
league (Mr. HalD say that be had
heard from an official high in the
treasury department that probably
within the coming twelve months
there would be an issue of thous.
and millions in bonds. A thousand
millions of bonds! A billion Of debt
to be fastened upon the people of
this country! Why and for what? l
am not disposed to treat this merely
as the vapid defamation of sensa-
tionalist, because I have observed
that as gentlemen change their
views upon this money question,
and as they get closer to the views
that prevail at the treasury depart
msnt and farther from the views
that prevail among their constitu-
ents, they become daily better
authorities upon what is intended
and what is likely to happen about
the treasury department. Laugh
ter) Contemplate the picture. In
time of profound peace, with no ne.
cessity resting upon us, with coun-
try rich in all the resources with
which any people ever were blessed,
we are threatened with an issue of
thousand millions in bonds in sim
gle year to carry out a particular
policy to force upon the people,
willingly or unwillingly, a policy
which has no just support in the
ranks of the people; policy which
could net be upheld if submitted to
the people, believe, in any quarter
of the Union, not even excepting the
northeast; policy which is almost
entirely without support in the south
and west.
MIR. Chairman, my colleague sug
gested some other things, to which
it seems to me, as Missourian, that
l ought to give at least passing at
tention. l have nothing to say
about my colleagues conversion. A
mans conversion and change of
opinion are matters resting with
himself. l do say, however. that the
people he represents and the people
whom I represent, the democracy,
the whole people of the great state
Of Missouri, are not lacking in cour.
age; especially they do no not need
that politicians shall 60 abroad
among them telling them what is
right and what is wrong. They are
brave people; they admire cour.
age. They are an honest
people; they esteem honesty.
They are consistent people;
they have respect for consistency.
These people know some things and
will continue to know some things.
even if the politicians do not venture
among them upon the broad and
philanthropic and courageous mis- /
sion which my colleague would sue.
pest.