People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-07-02
SILVER MUST
Be RESTORED.
Evils Of the Single Cold
Standard Portrayed.
ADDS TO DEBTORS BURDENS.
Purchasing Power Of Gold Has In
creased Fifty Per Cent Since 1872.

CI6dsed ElIti EeT tent SiHC6 loGS.
Congressman Charles A. TOwne of Mime
sofa Makes Memorable Speech In Fs.
yor of the Restoration Of silver-Any
Great Commercial Nation Can Maintain
the Parity of Gold and Silver-Burder
of the Gold Standard Can Be Measured
Only In Blood and Tears-A Falling
Standard of Value Is Preferable to q
Rising One-LeSislation, Not Overproduc-
ton, Has Lowered the Price Of Silver.
MA, CHAIRMAS-If it were not for a
profound, an almost oveFpoWering, sense OF
duty, ] should not Oh this occasion vex the
ear Of the house nor venture to do violence
to that feeling Of embarrassment which |
assure yeu is most oppressive to myself
and, fear, all too evident to my auditors,
particularly when / must follow the dis
tinguished and eloquent gentleman from
Iowa Mr. Hepburn whom the house Is
always glad to hear. Under these circum-
stances 1 am reminded Of those familiar
lines OF Shakespeare:
As in theater the eyes OF men,
When a well grHced actor leaves the stage,
Are idly bent on him that enters next.
But, sir, conceive that the general sub
ject which is brought before this house by
the pending measure is by all odds the
most important one that will engage or
has engaged the attention of this body at
this session Of congress. The eminent gen.
tleman who opened the discussion upon
this measure Mr., DingleyL following a
metaphor that had Its origin, l believe,
with Aristotle and which has had fire.
quent employment since, well likened the
money Of the commercial nations of the
world to the lifeblood Of the physical
body. Sir, the comparison Is most apt, for
not more do the health and efficiency and
happiness Of thephysiCal organism depend
upon She quantity and condition of the
blood than do the welfare, the prosperity
and the progress Of society depend upon
the volume and character OF the money
that flows in the channels Of Its CONNER
cial circulation. This 1t is which gives
Importance and special emphasis to the
question now pending, because there are
hundreds of thousands of men In the Unit
ed States and elsewhere In the world today
who believe that there Is a studied effort
on the part Of certain interests BY subtle
surgery 70 abstract from the blood Of the
body polite its white oorpusclss and 10 al
low to atrophy one of the vensricles Of Its
great central heart whose harmonious pull
sations give power and energy and move
ment b its organization.
The question, siI, Is an imminent one
II Is question that, like Banquos ghost,
will not down. "Avaunt and quit nv
sight will not Danish 1t. Gentlemen may
CRY, Peace, peace" but there Is no peace.
Politicians may say, I'VE wifi make this
thing OF that thing or the other thing the
Issue" But sirs, Is Is issues that make
parties, not parties that make Issues.
Some gentlemen say! "Let n alone Let
the question settle Itself. Do not sgitate
st." Sir, that Is not the language Of brave
men; that is not the language Of states
men; that Is net the language Of the
whilom and customary leadership Of the
grand old Republican party. Its constant
rsiteration shows decline In the ancient
and salutary standards Of self government.
Our institutions are founded upon and
presuppose the fuAesc investigation, the
genuineness Of opinions fair, free and
fearless discussion. Had men In the past
neglected to ezemplify these requirements
and to insist upon their guarantee what
would have been the history Of Abertys
To what unhappy CONDITION would not
mankind have been reduced had John
Hampden besn afraid to srrsign his king
Tor the unconstitutional exsCtiOns Of ship
money; had Sam Adams and Patrick
henry been obsequiously silent as 10 the
stamp duty OF heSitatsd 10 affirm the great
principle Of mo taxation without repre-
psntation;" had Thomas Jefferson permit
ted himself to entertain potitio doubts
whether "all men are created equal" had
Washington deemed It safer 10 submit to
British tyranny than TO defy It; had Gar
Hson, LOyejOy and Phillips been frighten-
ID nom their high purpose by the calling
Of hard names and threats Of personal vio-
lsnce; had Sumner, Seward and Lincoln
thought IL indiscreet TO denounce the
treatment Of Kansas as q crims to assert
that the conflict between freedom and
slavery was "irrepressible," and to make
. new application OF the old proTsrh that
70 house divided against itself cannot
stand"
No, sir. Let US NOT abandon our duty.
Let US stand to it like men. Said Daniel
Webster in answer TO simiIa, argument
90 years ago;
IF any evil arises to destroy or endan-
ger this medium or this currency, our duty
Is to meet it, not to retreat from ito
remedy It, not to let 1t alone We are to
control and correct the mischief. not to
submit to It,"
An Era Of Investigation.
Moreover, question of this magnitude
and significance ought to be discussed In
apirit and manner appropriate to so high
ktheme To treat 1t as Il 1t were the
claim Of small private interest seeking
N avenue for self sggrandizement at the
expense Of the general good Is to show a
grave Incompetence to weigh and handle
he momsntous concerns Of the people.
That so many in this house are unable to
grasp the higher and only real issues in
yolyed is not complimentary to the stand
ord Of American craftsmanship. Similar
but much severer structures must be drawn
upon a considerable part Of the public
press. To call ones opponent 10 an argu-
ment "fool," crank, climatic, " "trai-
tor" is as Improbable as It Is impolite.
People are apt TO suspect one who doth
protest too much" Better answer your
antagonists argument than abuse him,
and II he really be a fool his argument
ought to be easily answered. Nor can you
h. o.dooi - oriX;o,l