Evening star., 1896-01-29
The President Arraigned for Action
in Issuing Bonds.
SLME VERY SEVERE LANGUAGE USED
Dem ocratic Party Said to Be Dis
honest and incompetent.
A DAY OF RECKONING

'Mr. President" the Senator began, at is
not saying too much, and I feel warranted
in charging that the arrangement in our
finances and all this cry about sound money
and maintaining the honor and credit Of
the United States are all part and parcel of
a damnable scheme Of robbery, which had
for its object. first, the utter destruction Of
silver as money metal: second, the Increase
Of the public debt by the issue of bonds
payable in gold, and third, the surrender
to corporations of the power to issue all
paper money and give them monopoly of
that function"
Senator TilIman referred to the Sherman
silver law in 1890, and in this connection
said:
1.-The silver republicans of the west, who
bad deserted the silver democrats of the
south, and accepted the compromise offered
by Senator Sherman may take warning as
to what faith or trust they can put IN any
utteranceS or actions of the Senator from
Ohio as to legislation in regard to our
finances The time for another presidential
election approaches. They must under
stand that the election of any man to the
presidency who shall veto free coinage
bill means defeat. 1t means more; it
means continued disaster TO our industries
and increased poverty to the masses of our
people.
Under the Sherman law" he continued,
there was a diminution of the amount of
free gold in a gradually decreasing scale,
but not enough to cause any alarm. Dur
ing the entire year of 1891 and the entire
year 1882, there was approximately as much
gold as there was during 1884 and 1885.
Secret History of 1892.
IF the secret history Of the year 1892
shall eve" be written, it will disclose the
fact. which cannot be proven now, but of
which / have not the slightest doubt, that
the gold ring Of New York, which embraces
nearly all the bankers in the eastern and
middle states and the stock gamblers of
Wall street. controlled the presidential
nominations of both the democratic and re-
publican parties and had an understanding
with the managers or with both the candi-
dates themselves in regard 10 what policy
should be pursued toward Ldr finances.
They contributed money for the booming
of Mr.. Cleveland as the only available dem
ocratic candidate, and they abused and
ridiculed every other democratic asEirant.
Anyone who was present during the demo-
cratic convention at Chicago could see that
there was large band of organized boom
ers in the lobby of the Palmer House.
where they kept up such noise and racket
that one would have thought that pande-
rncnum had broken loose and all the
demons of hell had collected in one group
! to shout for Grover Mr.. Cleveland was
undoubtedly very strong with the mass of
the peoplea ard his patriotic and sympathetic
utteranceS, during his first administra tion
in behalf Of the agricultural classes gave
him great strength; but there is no doubt
that money was used lavishly and that
there were pledges made in regard to the
distribution OF patronage as a means of
controlling delegates and securing votes
'There was plain evidence TO show that
the President himself had weakened on the
question of tariff reform, and the financial
plank was cunningly drafted so as to satisfy
both gold and silver men, with the intention
that 1t should be interpreted, If Cleveland
was elected, as meaning the cessation of
silver coinage and the forcing of a gold
standard upon the people. Interpreted ac-
cording to the plain use and meaning of the
English words, the platform means bimetal-
lism but there are conditions and ambiguous
| phrases which have afforded an excuse to
| the elastic conscience Of the bull-headed
! ard self-idolatrous man who holds the reins
| of power to pursue the policy he has. Wheth-
| er the scheme was agreed to by the PreSi-
dent in person or not, and whether he bound
himself In plain terms or not, will, perhaps,
rever be known. His course has been un-
| swcrving in the absolute contradiction of his
| public professions ard letter of acceptance.
| The expectations and interests of the peo-
pie have been forgotten and ignored. The
party which elected him has been betrayed
and its banners, which foated so trium-
phantly in the breeZes of 1892, now trail in
the dust of defeat The practical destruc-
ton of the party has been accomplished"
/ There had been no trouble with the gold
reserve. the Senator asserted, and no hint
| of any loss of confidence in the national
| CreQlI untll ABOUT the tlme OF the last pres
| idential election. Then, for the first time,
we got glimpse of the conspiracy which
| he had referred to before Mr.. Foster gave
the holders of greenbacks and treasury
| notes the option of having government pa
per cashed in gold or silver, and as they all
| demanded gold, the gold in the treasury
| rapidly ran down. The financial papers took
| up the cry Of the country going to a silver
| basis and the first premonitory breezes of
| the panic of 1893 swept over the land, and
| the conspirators fomented it by every pos
| sible means
| Aided the COnspirators
Instead of endeavoring to stem the tide
Of ruin and redeem the pledges of the
| democratic party to give the people relief
| President Cleveland lent aid and comfort
| to the conspirators by his utterances and
| official actions in continuing the policy of
his predecessor.
1.-THE people by their votes had demanded
a change from the republican policy. A
| democratic President gave them a change
friends who controlled the newspapers, and
| thus directed the current Of public opinion
| to hurry up their operations of robbery
| by means of the panic and to accelerate
We had fondly hoped for relief. We elect
ed President to give the people bread
and he gave them only stones"
The Senator quoted from President
l
| notified him of his nomination the last
time, and declared there was nothing in
| it to warrant one to expect that the leader
| of the democratic party would ignore the
platfcSm and treat with contempt the
trusted leutenants whom the people ha6
sent to the national capital to assist in
shaping legislation. The language would
lead US to expect the very reverse. How
many, he asked, of these reasonable ex.
pectations have been met.
"How many of you, men grown old ant
gray in the service of the party and ol
the nation, men who were its trusted lead
ers before Cleveland was ever heard of
how many, I say, have been called intc
his councils? If any, speak 1 shall bt
glad to hear them. Where has this mar
sunk his personality? Whom has he con
suited? Whose advice has he recognized
None but that Of the bootlicks and syco
plants who have crawled on their knee.
for the crumbs of patronage and betrayed
their constituents for the offices in his gift
'In the entire history of this countr,
the high office OF President has never beef
so prostituted, and never has the appoint
ing power been so abused. Claiming {,
. be the apostle of civil service REFORM h
has debauched the civil service by maxim,
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