Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-17

enteen columns Of debate In the Congress
| sional Record in which 1t was stated or
admitted that the bill then pending would
demonetize silver.
MI. Davis ReJOinder.
It then came Mr.. Davis turn to close the
debate. He pitched into that undertaking
with will. promising to make 1t brief. He
recalled Mr.. Hutchins' claim that gold is a
coward and never fights and asked. IL that
were SO. with what has England achieved
all her victories. This sally was applauded
by the gold faction in the audience and Mr.
Davis turned to a reference to his own po-
itical position. He explained that when he
said that he did not stand on a silver plat
| form In 1892. 1t was because the convention
itself straddled. He admitted that It was
| a straddle and a shameful one. He vs-
| serted with emphasis that the most clean.
| fair, decent and manly platform ever
| adopted by political party was the one
| which was adopted recently by the gold
democrats at Indianapolis. He said he was
too much Of man to be scared Of half Of
vote for Mckinley. He said he was per-
fectly willing to follow Palmer in his
changed views, because he wanted to be
| convinced that the thing which he Is asked
to stand by today is right, and not the ira
dltion of some party. He would spurn any
doctrine In which he had lost faith. Loud
cheers greeted this statement. and Mr.
| Davis then passed on to one Of Mr.. Hutch
| ms references.
England is the owner of Argentine"
said Mr.. Davis. Certainly she Is. and
| why! Because she Is the trade mistress Of
the world. The city Of London is the set
| ting house for the worlds trade. There is
not a grain Of wheat grown on the Virginia
shore across the river the price of which
Us not hxed on quays at Liverpool"
He said that England is not an ogre to
/ from. Trade dc
| conditions. and the undoing of the so-called
crime OF 1873 will not rub out facts. He
had asked Mr.. Hutchins how the remone-
| tization of silver would help things and
| Mr.. Hutchins had given him the answer of
| the New York Journal. He was glad that
Mr.. Hutchins had not given Bryan's an
| smsi. bryan says tnat good times will
| come again because these philanthropic
| silver mine owners, these generous men
who own the bullion. the silver kings
| would spend their money in opening up
| shops and putting every man to work Mr.
| Hutchfns had not given that answer but
| mad given the one that gold is a coward
| ana that az soon as free coinage of silver
commences gold will come out and tight
MI Davis contended that free coinage of
| silver VIII drive every dollar Of gold out of
| tne United States and that the currency of
this nation would be contracted by exactly
| Inc amount of gold which went abroad
| he denounced the claim that free COMA pc
VIII pring higher prices fallacy SO
plain plain. that Mr. Hutchins would not ever
| IF he had done So" said Mr. Davis al
| wouid nave asked him this question: II
higher prices should prevail. how wouI1
'ns r heip the man who has to buy things ~
| mat IT, Hit him again." shouted the
gold men. That's what we are interested
How is the farmer and the laborer +.
age?" asked Mr.. Davis. '''"-
| audience Vic III inc
| You've struck It, my FRIEND" cried Mr.,
| Davis. He will have to work for in and
| therefore. what we need is a change Of
condition OF industrial affairs that will
give me iaborers the chance to earn the
Mr.. Davis said Mr.. Hutchins. in denic,-
| ing the prosperous financial condition of
| england. had not talked of the. Door men
| OF that nation. of the laborers and farm
ers ne mad referred to the rich men who
could capitalize great business concerns
| the Nanderbilts Of England
| ny, Vanderbilt and 1 own a hundred
| milicn dollars between u.s." said Mr. Davis.
a., SoW .hat sounds very prosperous. doesn't
| II! But Vanderbilt owns 1t all and L don't
| see where my prosperity comes in.
| Inc advocate Of free silver coinage cam
not bring back prosperity to this country
| by cheating his Gig hbor and dealing In
| 53-cent dollars" said Mr.. Davis. some of
| the audience applauded this and Others
| missed the statement. One man near the
platform declared it to be chestnut"
1 I
| statement of facts
| Inc dollar of free coinage is a dishonest
ooiiar because 1t proposes to make 53-cents
| pass Tor LOO cents" said Mr.. Davis Mr.
into effect silver will Immediately adj
| vance In price to $1.29 per ounce If that
Is so, then what becomes Of your cheap
| dollar that you are clamoring for.'
Mr.. Davis said that If free coinage of sill
yer Is coupled with legal tender provision
| 1t will mean the destruction of every con-
| tract now In existence. England took our
| bonds because 1t was expressly unders 90 1
| mat they were to be redeemed in gold
| Ihat contract would be violated as we'll as
| all of them.
And now want to say a word abou, my
| self. said Mr.. Davis. Il have been tainted
| on the streets Of this. my native city: have
| been taunted In the press, in the highways,
| the byways and the alleys, because of the
stand which have taken in this campaign.
1 don't care that for it," cried Mr. Davis.
| swapping his fingers contemptuously. Gap
plauseD Il had rather belong to no party
| at all than to one that breaches repudia ton
| hisses)
The party that belong to is the grand
est, truest-
And smallest" interjected a man Lear
| the platform.
Mr.. Davis was not diverted from the line
| OF his argument, however, and when the
| laughter had subsidized. continued that he
| belongs to the democratic party because he
| agrees with Its principles. He said that the
| party represented in the Chicago conven-
ton was not the democratic party. (Jeers
| and hissesl
| Never mind" said Mr.. Davis. Mark my
| words 1t will not be many months before
| will be found in the foremost line to well
| Gene my ~erring brothers when they re-
| turn. "
| Mr.. Davis closed his remarks and the
evenings debate by likening the democratic
| party to Athens and its influence as de-
| scribed by Macauley.
/ BRYAN BREAKS A RECORD.