The record-union., 1896-03-14

submissively the right of the Govern
ment to redeem those notes in silver
a. well as III gold.
Secretary Foster had not redeemed
dollar of those notes in silver after Oc-
tober IA, 1891, whereas Secretary Car
Isle had redeemed some nineteen mii
ions of them in standard silver dollars.
redeeming and canceling the notes, and
nc harm had come of it. If every ounce
of the silver bullion in the treasury had
been coined into silver dollars and paid
out in redemption of treasury notes, no
harm would have come.
Cockrell proceeded to argue against
the proposition for the issue of fifty
year bonds to retire legal tender notes
as unamerican and in direct conflict
with Jefferson's inaugural 1t was the
first remedy for financial ills that an
executive official had ever proposed. 1t
was a tame surrender of the use Of
silver. and would cost the people at the
end of the fifty years over $2,631, ,0O0,-
900.
Referring to Secretary Carlisle's re-
cent speech in New York, Cockrell said
the disguise had been thrown aside,
and that sound money" meant GOLD
and nothing but gold. He declared such
monometallism was antiDemocratic.
contrary to the entire record of the
Democrats up to 1873, and contrary to
the Democratic platform England, he
declared, had been unable, with all the
resources of the Bank of England, to
carry out it's gold monometallic stand
ard, and twice had to borrow from
France.
He denied that a courageous advo-
cacy of free silver would divide the
Democratic party. Reading from a list
of Democratic Representatives elected
in 1892 and 1894, he showed that there
had been a terrible falling off of DEM
ocratic Representatives elected in the
latter year, due to the fact that that
election had been under the gold mono
metallic standard of President Cleve-
land
Cockrell quoted extensively from the
speeches of Secretary Carlisle, and
speaking of his speech at Covington last
summer, he declared he was loath to
believe that any Secretary of the Treas
ury could make such ridiculous state
ments until he heard of similar state
ments made by other tools in the en-
ploy of the gold bullion company OF
New York.
He appealed for a establishment
of the conditions existing prior to 1876,
for the country could not be worse on
than it had been since the perpetration
of the crime of 1878. Bimetallism was
no experiment, having been in use since
the time Abraham Lincoln marched
out of Chaldea until Great Britain drove
silver from use.
In conclusion, Cockrell appealed to
the country to once more declare It's
independence, and eclare for the equal
ity of gold and silver, or else resume
its dependence upon Great Britain,
whom it had twice defeated, and ask
her to take it under her avaricious
and selfish guardianship and protec-
ton.
1--WE should, he declared, "haul down
old Glory the starry banner which
has waved over the power and freedom
and independence of the country and
hoist in its stead the gold standard
banner of Great Britain, and cry out
Long live the Queen of Great Britain
and Empress of India "
During the latter part of this speech
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British EN-
hassador, had been an occupant of the
diplomatic gallery and an attentive
listener to Cockrell's speech.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-The Re-
publican strength in the House was
increased by one this afternoon, when
by a vote of 173 to 90 CASTOR A. Rob-
bins Dem) was declared not entitled
to the seat occupied by him as a Rep
resentative from the Fourth District
of Alabama, and William F. Aldrich,
his Republican opponent, was placed
therein.
This result followed a two days de-
bate of the re port of the Committee on
Elections No. 1, to-day's session being
occupied by Dinsmore Oem.) of Ar
kansas in a three hours speech in be-
half of Robbins, and Daniel Rep) of
New York closing in an argument of
an hour or more for Aldrich.
The Republicans now number 241
members, the Democrats 101, Populists
{ and Silverites l. There is a vacancy
from the Eleventh Texas District,
caused by the recent death of Repre-
sentative Grain.
Aldrich appeared at the bar of the
Reed amid Republican applause. The
vote was along party lines, the Popu-
lists uniting with Republicans in vot-
ing Robbins out. White of Illinois was
the only Republican who voted for Rob-
bins, while Cobb, Dockery and Dear
mond Dem) of Missouri voted with
the Republicans for Aldrich.
Before the election case was taken up
two bills were passed. One was to re-
ouire that engineers and assistant en-
gineers on steamers sailing under an
American register shall be American
citizens; the other was the tonnage
tax bill repeating the reciprocal pro-
visions of the law of 1884, of which
only Germany and the Netherlands
took advantage, and reducing the tax
Oil the coastwise trade between the
Americas, between the United States
and the West Indies and between the
United States and Hawaii, from three
TO two cents a ton.
At 5:15 the House took q. recess un-
til s o'clock, and at the close of the
evening session (for pension bills) ad-
journed until Monday.
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DISHONEST STATE OFFICIAL