The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-09-03

notice OF by the Repuo!ican congressional
Committee and that committee is to send out
the official position of Senator Stewart on the
money question in 1873 and for sometime after
ward, along with Senator Sherman's speech.
In bis speech in the Senate in August, 1893,
and again at Columbus short time ago. Civ
ing history Of the act of 1873, Senator Sher-
man charged Senator Stewart with voting for
the demone: izstion of silver in 1873, and with
having favored gold standard. Senator
Sherman quoted few words of a speech de-
lirered by Senator Stewart in 1874, just after
the demonstration of silver. In recent
letter Senator Stewart declares he was mis-
quoted and that the use of the word gold
in his remarks were inadyertent, and should
have been " COIN"
This statement of Senator Stewart is where
he is liable TO become very much mixed up
with the campaign documents of the Repnbli-
can Congressional Committee The enterpris-
ing writers and historians at these Headquar-
tiers have searched the Congressional Record, and
have come across the speeches of Senators Stew
art and Jones. They state that they do not see
how the Senator could have used the word
gold inadvertently for COIN" At any
rate, they are going TO publish what the Sepa-
tor did say, and let it go out to the country as
campaign document. along with the speech
made by Senator Sherman. The following ex-
preston of Senator Stewart will he printed
in black letters in the interesting document,
which will be ready for distribution to the
public in few days: II 90 not care how much
= - Init vnts
pass; you must come to the same conclusion
that all other people have-that gold is recog-
nized as the universal standard of value"
II
The speech Of Senator Jones from which ex-
tracts have been made was delivered April j,
1874. Although it was made on that date. the
Republicans do not seem to think it was an
"April fools joke" and are going to give the
utterances of the Senator great circulation.
Senator Jones is quoted in that speech as say
ing that "gold is the articulation of COM
merce."
We have an interesting man in our midst Ii
Hung Chang. When Gen. U. S. Grant in 1879,
returned from his tour around the world he re-
marked that Of all the prominent personages he
met during his travels there were three that
made the most impression upon him, Bismarck,
Gambetta, and Ii Hung Chang, the three great
est statesmen of the world Although Ii Hung
Chang no longer stands at the hight of his
power in China, he remains the most influen-
tial public man the Celestial Empire ever pro-
duced, and aside of all political or mercantile
objects his journey may have in view, it is Of
paramount interest to the present generation.
All that has been attempted or accomplished
during the last few decades toward introducing
modern civilization into China is owing to his
initiative and support.
+
After suppressing very serious rebellions and
| re-estabiishing the Imperial power, Ii opened
treaty ports for trade with Europe and Amer
! ica, encouraged coal mining telegraph and rail
road lines armed parts of the Chinese army
with rifles and created feet. A better regu-
lated custom SYSTEM under the supervision of
Europeans was adopted through his interven-
! tiop, and ali treaties of commerce, amity. and
peace with foreign nations were concluded and
signed by Ii as the Emperor's Plenipotentiary.
| Occasional failures attending the long course of
Governments confidence, but he never failed
| to regain favor, influence and honors on the
part of the Imperial dynasty. and the China
| men of to day look upon him as the greatest
statesman Of their country.
X
The practical failure of the Treasury Depart
! ment TO keep the standard silver dollar in gen
4 1cir laftn is chaw hv tho #
| Departure One Of the officials says tina,
| the Department has treated these coins more
generously than any other form of money evel
| issued by the Government, and has offered I'm
| usual inducements for their use in business
transactions, but that experience has shown
that, with exceptional cases, the people viii
| never take the dollar Of our daddies" wher
they can get gold, its paper representative, O.
| other currency equally as good. An idea of til,
| weight Of silver in bulk is given by the follow
| ing figures: Seventeen silver dollars, on,
pound; a thousand dollars, So pounds; "a, 0O
silver dollars. one ton and 1000 600 silver dol
lars, % tons. The weights given above ar
avoirduPois. 1t is said at the Department tina
with free coinage of silver at the present mar
ket value of silver, the proportionate weight
| would be doubled.
r
The construction of powerful coast defense
and the necessity of enlarging the artiller
branch Of the Army may make it necessar
to abandon the post here at Washington Bal
racks aud convert it into an infantry station
Gen. Miles recommends this change, and poss
bly, it may be carried out next Spring shoul
Congress decide to increase the artillery fror
five to seven regiments. The abandonment {
the post, however, would not interfere with tll
station at Fort McHenry, as in view of the larg
defenses soon to be located for the protection
Baltimore City an increase in the artillery st,
toned there will follow and Fort McHenr
, | in time become one of the important Arm
| stations of the East. A full artillery regimen
, will eventually be in the vicinity of Baltimor
! and possibly within three years if the defeus,
S are completed within that zine.
5
While Mr.. Bryan is going up and down I'll
country running down people to talk to, it wi
be observed that Maj McKinley's audience
a continue to gather at his own freside.
8 There was q fine opportunity last week
h compare speeches of ex- President Harrison an
. would-be President Bryan. Both were at the
: best. Both spoke extemporaneously. But VIII
{ a contrast ia manner aud matter and the art
d putting things. Harrison's speech was full