Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-22

can uapers IN aDoue a. "t'h' put thht
recently he was for silver. CProlonged
applause) The Interpreter again turned
70 me and remarked that the Viceroy
sstd that 1 should change my opinion. I
saId. No. I had formed my opinion upon
tbot matter many years ago. and thought
"a etick TO it. "Fhe Niceroy says you
are RIGHT: he was only trying to test
you
senator Daniel declared that the Demo-
cratic Marty had in its platform recently
adonted at Chicago offered the only sug-
gestion of A remedy for the hard times.
The Mckinley platform only offered n
contraction OF the currency ana a higher
rate of taxation He said the gold-bug
Boilers and Republicans were charging
that the silver dollar was a dishonest
dollar. and that we she lld wait for In
ternatjonal bimetallism. IF the silver
dollar IS a disonest dollar, | say that all
the agreements on earth can't make it
honest"
on INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT.
"We are told as n we were some little
nrincipality or dukedom, or some little
state off upon the borders continued the
Senator. wthat this great nation, tull OF
schools and colleges, doing more WORK
than anv other nation i'm the world, and
ico6inq civilization in arts and arms and
setting an example 20 the world of free
snooch and free thought, should sit SUI
niuelv down and wait for a thing un-
hard of i'm the past and dubious in the
future an international agreement. Now
N auv Of YOU imagine that you are going
TO have any better times II Mckinley IS
elected. let me tell you that honestly be-
leve that YOU will have new and re-
vised edition Of the hard times you had
In 1890 under NcKinleyism and HARRISON
ism" The speaker then reviewed the
history Of the Republican party, Wnen'
among other pieces Of legislation, they at
ternpted TO fOist q force bill upon the
neonIe "In the middle Of that struggle. "
he said "when the liberties Of the people
stood trembling I'm the balance, there
came to our relief Stanford. Stuart, Wal
cot and Teller. and the Democratic
marty I'm the Senate. putting shoulder to
shoulder with those liberty-loving sena-
tors from the West. remembered the in
junction that the Son OF Man shall bruse
the serpent's head And when we had
got done bruising the head Of that SER
pent. which was coiing TO strike and
polson the very blood OF American liberty
there was nothing left OF the Harrison
force bill but a radical Republican snake
skin hanging In the doorway
THE TARIFF BILL.
"There was another bill which was
horn i'm the Same year" he said, for the
Republican party had triplets that year
The triplets were the force bill. the Me
Kinley tariff bill, and the Sherman silver
law"
The speaker then told Of the condition
OF the Treasury when Harrison went in
the White House, and how deficit
stared the country in the face This
srrplus decreased. Notwithstanding the
Mckinley tariff bin. until i'm 1894. where
! had lowered UP a mountain OF sur
plus money. there was a hole in the
| ground as deep as a chasm Of an extinct
| volcano"
! The speaker then went into an explana-
J tion OF the Sherman law. Every Demo
! crat I'm Congress. he said. voted against
/ that measure. for there was a fly In the
! ointment" They opposed it, because II
left with the Secretary OF the Treasury
the privilege Of paying the certificates
| I'm gold. lie said that though the bill
was fun of faults, sull be would not
| hide any Of its virtues. IL supplied sixty
! millions more money 10 the people, VINO
| were hungry and thirsty for 1t. lie said
| "Alr Harrison was so proud Of what hi'
/ administration had done for silver thai
be congratulated himsoif and his party ~
/ q MESSAGE. which he didn't read 10 yOl
when he made a speech here "a week ci
so ago CaughtoD. but which, / conclude
/ vas simply an oversight on his part. Bu
| think so much of that message that
| rave brought a part Of it down to rea'
| 10 Won tonight and We viii see tha
! Alr Harrison. like most Of the Boilers
has been denouncing things which he wa
| recently praising. Now. here Is wha
| BENNY said. "lhe enlargement OF our cur
| rencv by the silver bill undoubtedly gav'
! an upward tendency 10 trade, and had
! marked effect on prices but this natura
! and desired effect OF the silver leglsla
| lion was by many falsely attributed q
the tariff act" The speaker then men
toned the fact that Harrison voted OF
! the Bland-Allison act, which was passe'
over the Presidents veto
TALK ABOUT MONEY.
"Now. we want 10 talk a little abou
| money" he said. "Noney-what is 1t
| There IS natural food for mankind q
| eat-apples. persimmons. walnuts, black
| berries-an prepared by nature Their
| is natural shelter for mankind-hOlO'
| trees. caves In the eround-but there !
no such thing on earth as natural money
| Money IS the invention Of mankind
Money Is a value, aided by law, to per
form the Office Of exchange. and to be
legal tender for debt and taxes. None
is the creature OF law
To show that the value OF q dollar di
not depend upon the intrinsic value q
the metal contained I'm it. Senator Dani,
laid a coin upon the table. and said
.gThere is a Mexican dollar laying upo
that table. That Mexican dollar ha
got 37i grains of silver in IL. There
an American dollar. with 81 IL grain
of silver I'm it. Now then, If the yalu
of money is dependent upon its intrinsi
quality. YOU would rather have the Mex
can dollar. because it has three grain
more Of that intrinsic quality in II. Bu
the fact is this is not the case, and yo
can 20 into Mexico and buy two MeXica
silver dollars for one American silve
dollar. Now. why is that? No matte
what may be the reason for II. il Is ev
dent that the two dollars are not resi-
ing on their intrinsic.
NOT REDEEMABLE IN GOLD.
Now. a gold-bug viii tell you. espe
cieIv ~ he IS pretty hard run-as he Ger
tainlv will be-that the reason the Amer
can dollar is so much more valuabl
than the Mexican dollar is because the
redeem our silver dollars I'm Washingto
in cold. and Il Is because the silver DO
lar has got a gold reieemer Well, nov
there is just one little objection to tina
little argument There is not a wor
OF truth in IT, Two years ago ] spok
pretty hotly about free silver. And
certain newspaper hereof course, M
body can imagine what paper it wa
hlsees)-came out and criticized me- an
said that Mr. Daniel was not entirel
ingenious in his argument; that / ougi
10 have told the people. because N
government redeemed It. Wen II / IA
told them that l would have told thei
one of the biggest would have mad
one of the greatest mistakes of my lif
And / wrote 10 Mr. Carlisle 10 show tha