The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-08
Settle and Pritchard Claim to be
in Favor of Silver.
WHEN THEY WANT VOTES
But are Advocating Gold Men
for the Presidency.
Mr.. SKINNER PRINTS A SPEECH
The Great "Speil- Didn't Get
Chance to Display his Oratorical
Powers but he inflicted Them
on the Record

Washington, Jan. 6.-(SpeciaD-As
the Populists were allowed by Gar
Reed only ten minutes in which to
discuss the Coin Redemption Fund
Bill, and as that time was taken up
by Bell. who is the Populist leader
in the House, there was nothing left
to Congressman Harry Skinner ex-
cept to have his remarks printed in
the Record without having delivered
them. The Populists of North Caro-
lima may see how much the National
Republicans care for them as shown
in the opening words OF the FIRST DIS
trict Populist.
81 regret" said Mr.. Skinner, that
the representatives of the political or
eanization with which I affiliate and
which stands before the people Of the
country in their name for the protec-
ton of their interests have not been
accorded time upon the floor for the
consideration of the important meas
ure that we might have the opportuni-
ty of exposing before the country in
detail this false issue, &c"
And too, may it not be that in the
greenhouse of his heart, the loyalty
of Mr.. Harry Skinner to the Union
-blossoming itself in his effiores-
cent use of term which passes the
lips of Yankee bloody-shirts only by
way of contemptuous reference to
what in the South is commonly called
the civil WARP Hear him. I'm 1862,
there was a real emergency to be met
before which the present manufactur-
ed emergency pales into insignifi-
canoe. Not only the current
expenses of the government had to be
met, but an army and navy necessary
TO suppress a rebellion Oh! But if
Speaker Reed could but have heard
this precious word rebellion" from
young reconstructed Tar-heel, one
can almost fancy him flooding the
First District with his unctuous smile,
and exclaiming, Feed my lambsl"
That is the kind of recognition re-
ceived by the men to whom partly the
people of North Carolina have given
their voice in Congress; and as to the
Republicans of North Carolina and of
the whole State, for that matter, of
the SO committees Of the House. Reed
has given only one Craftsmanship to
any Southern man, and that one, the
fea-bitten affair of Committee on Ex-
penditures on Public Buildings, to
Thomas Settle, with not even q clerk
ship to it. Comparing this represen-
tation OF the South with that held by
it under the last Democratic Congress,
the people of the State yet give their
allegiance TO man who thus throws
to the whole South only this piece of
bacon-skin as if to some shivering
scurvy Sazams at his door
/ was talking this morning to Mr..
Settle. He says he will tomorrow in
troduce his bill for "the coming of the
American product" and then he will
go ~ome for a few days. The outline
of his bill has been given in these
columns before, namely: to coin the
American product of silver and to lay
an import duty, payable half in gold
and half in silver, on foreign silver,
equal to the difference between the
coinage and commercial value of our
silver, with discretionary power to
the Secretary of the Treasury to make
the duty as high as rs per cent ad
valorem. Mr.. Graft, Republican,
new member from the 14th district of
Illinois, comprising a part of EXON
gresham Springer's old istrict, was
present and said those were about his
views, and that he Graft believed that
the final solution of this silver ques
ton would be on some such basis as
this. I asked him did he think such
a solution would meet the views of
Mr. Reed He said no, Mr.. Reed, and
there was no doubt about it, was gold
man. Mr.. Settle said he drew this as
part of the last State Republican plat
form The question arises that if Mr.:
Settle opposes electoral fusion with
the Populists on the ground that the
national principles of the two par
ties are different, how can Mr.. Settle
consistently fuse with Gold-bug Reed,
being the silver bug that he is, or is he
a silver bug for Office only? And the
same question applies to Senator
Pritchard, who is playing his silver
ting-a-ling all over North Carolina, at
the same time trying to swing the
State for Gold-bug Mckinley. Would
Settles Reed, or Pritchard's Mckinley,
if either were President. sign a free
silver bill? Then what do the pro-
LESSONS of those Representative"
amount to when coupled with their
overt activities in behalf of Gold-bug
Presidential candidates? The whole
detection from the Democratic party
inNorth Carolina has thus put men
forward who, for the most part, give
the State the voice of silver, and to
Reed and Mckinley the hand of gold.
Popuiist leader Bell, Of Colorado,
speaking to me of the bond-circular
issued by Mr. Carlisle, said that things
were not at all changed; that Morgan
would still have his same chances to
coral the S1o0,000,000. Mr.. Bell said
il would be impossible for poor man
TO get gold from the bank, that the
bank didn't have to pay gold, and
that some of the banks in New York,
during the last few days, had threat
ened to close out the accounts of men,
who demanded gold. Mr.. Bell said Mr..
Cleyeland had practically had his way,
as the banks and big holders were de-
termined To retain possession of all
the yellow metal
As Mr.. Morgan, according to the
New York World, steps down from
fhe helm of the government, the World
seems to be taking to itself the credit
of running it, which recalls a story