The advocate., 1896-07-08
MR.. CALDERHEAD AND THE HIGHWAY
MANS ARGUMENT.

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mated by his party friends for reelection
a few days ego. If the people of tina
district want gold standard man tt
represent them In Congress, they car
make no better choice. Mr.. Calder
head, personally, is unobjectiOnsble
He is affsble, q hard worker, and
thinks he believes what he says. But
his policy is full Of menace. It will in
time work a change In our form of gov.
ernment and bankrupt the people.
In his speech accepting the nomins,
tion, Mr.. Calderhesd referred to some
recent Congressional history. He is
reported as follows:
He said the President appealed to Congress
for relief Of the treasury and the House OF
Representatives promptly reported a bill
known ss the Dingley bill and sent It over to
the Senate EVeEybody-Republican Demo.
Gratis and Popullsts alike, admitted that this
measure would probably produce sufficient
AONDAuV AOA ehO V0pOnbOD Va VIC BOfOEuuoug v.
It was generally understood that it was such
measure % would receive the approval of
the President and the Secretary OF the Treas
uFy. The House passed 1t, not Ss q Republican
measure, but As measure OF relief for the
tre aSury. We understand very well that 1t
was useless to attempt to restore the Mckinley
tariff as a whole, even upon revised schedules.
along with the Dingley bill" said he, ave
sent another bill which contained in 1t pro-
vision for bonds at lower rate Of interest
than the existing law provided for, and be-
cause the Dingley bin, II 1t was passed, could
not furnish the revenue for immediate ex-
penseB, we provided In the second bill for
short time certificates Of indebtedness at allow
rate Of interest and provided for taking them
up when the revenue would come in.
"These measures went to the Senate, and
there FIVE or six free silver Republican Sens.
tors joined with the Populists and Democrats
who were In favor Of free silver, and laid the
House measure on the table in the committee,
and in place Of the Dingley bill passed the
Senate substitute for the free coinage Of silver
At . ratio Of 16 to1.
III want you to understand distinctly that
this was not the result Of free and fair debate
1t was the deliberate purpose Of five or six free
silver Republican Senators to force the coun-
try to the free coinage Of silver St 16 to /, and
they said to the House, You shall not provide
any revenue for the support Of the government
until you adopt this measure 1t was the ar.
gument Of the highwaymAn. They asked the
House of Representatives to surrender It's con-
victions and its judgment to their opinions
1t was not legislation for the common welfare,
but solely In the interest OF their faction Of
the nation. The House refused to surrender"
That is fair sample of what may be
expected from that school of states
men. Mr.. Calderhead knows well that
neither Of the two bills he referred to
was what the President wanted or
what he asked for. He knows that the
trouble with the treasury was not lack
Of revenue, FOR the President told him
that. He knows the President did not
want authority to issue certificates of
indebtedness, because the President
had told him that there was plenty of
money In the treasury, and that we
could get along among ourselves with
'such money as we have" but that the
demand was for "gold." Mr.. Calder
head knows, also, that the House,
under the direction of Mr.. Reed, who
was q candidate for the Republican
nomination for the Presidency, wanted
to "put the President In a hole" Mr..
Calderhead knows that the House did
not expect either Of the bills to pass
the Senate, and he knows that nobody
expected the President's approval Of