The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-10-03
SENATOR SHERMAN SAYS
A Few Words About the Crime of '73 to
Chicagoans.

/ Chicagoans.
| Senator John Sherman, OF Ohio, paid
Chicago flying visit on Wednesday,
September c3, on his way home from the
Pacific coast, where he has been for rest
and recreation. Short as his stay was he
| was able To call at national headquar'
| tiers for n chat, and then deliver ring
| ing speech on the issues of the cam
paign before the Commercial Mckinley
| club No. l at it's regular MONDAY rally
| at its club-room.
The senator was informed that IL
| would never do for him to leave Chicago
| without saying a word publicly, and,
| though he tried to beg off and said he
| had to leave The city at three o'clock,
he was told of the MONDAY rally and
urged to attend it, and could not re-
| fuse. The result was that he went TO
the meeting and made one of those OIL
hand but instructive addresses for
which he has become famous.
Though ne came unannounced, the
large club-room was damned with an
apprcciative audience, which rose and
cheered enthusiastically as soon as it
learned that its visitor was Senator
Sherman.
The chairman of the meeting, NJ. A.
Garrett, in introducing the distin-
guished guest, said the senator was
present when the "crime of 49, was
committed and would probably be will
ing to tell all about it.
Senator Sherman then arose, and as
soon as the applause had died away
somewhat spoke in part as follows:
Fellow Citizens: This is surprise par
ty for me, whether IT is for you or not.
[Noice-'And n mighty pleasant one.1
Il have been spending few days among
the believers in the free coinage of silver in
the mountains of Montana. found there a
divided opinion among them. The miners
who work there and who draw in wages
about $3.50 a day are thinking whether or
not, in case of the free coinage or silver ana
the accompanying debasement of the dollar,
they would get their full wages.
ut is sometimes said that we are opposed
to silver; that we are in favor OF gold eX-
clusively, on the contrary, my countrymcn,
we have done, as party, more for silver
than any other party has ever done. 1t was
the republican party that provided for the
coinage of silver in rs. the coinage of the
silver dollar and subsequently. In 30, the
coinage of great number, Between those
years the republican party gave TO the peo-
pie more silver dollars than were ever
coincidence 80 times rs many silver
dollars as were coined prior TO that time.
We maintained them, too, at par with gold,
and we are In favor OF more Of them If we
can maintain them al par with gold. APP
plause.l
Thomas Jrfcrson's Crime.
"As | have said several times, Thomas
jefferson. in 1906. committed crime by
suspendng the coinage OF silver dollars for
80 long years and | only did 1t for year
or two, / believe. ILaughterl
Andrew Jackson one of the saints and
glories of the democratic party. with the
aid of Thomas Benton, practically sus-
pended the coinage of silver In 1885, ana
gold was then established as the standard
of value. and so Andrew Jackson was
guilty OF the crime of 1885, with Thomas
Benton. Indeed there is nothing in the
history of the democratic party that was
more creditable than their early preference
for good money, and plenty OF II. lap
plausel
but the democrats have vanished. like
another Jonah into the nav OF the popu-
lists (laughterl and do not know how in
the world they will get along unless they
come out. tLaughterl Democrats OF the
school of Jefferson and Jackson ought not
to train in such company.
We'll. my countrymen, during the civil
war we were compelled to make inferior
money; not that we desired to. but as the
consequence OF war. In this as In all
coin away from the country. So II was in
the wars OF Napoleon, when the silver
disappcared and even England had to put
out it's exchange bills to carry out its oper-
atoms in that great warfare.
Worlds Natural Money.
I'VE have also gone through that tribula-
ton. But II has also been the desire OF
every civilized country in the world that
they should go back to that which has been
the natural money OF the world--gold and.
silver maintained at par with each other.
[Applause.l Why, my countrymen, these
people call themselves blmetallists who are
in favor of the free coinage OF silver. Why,
bimetallism means the use of two metals,
and after you have the free coinage OF sill
yer there will be no money in circulation
except silver. That is monomctalism.
These people who say they are bimetal-
lists and that they are in favor OF the free
coinage of silver are deluded or mistaken.
because nothing is more sure. as shown
by the experience of mankind, than that
whenever you debase money that money
becomes the standard OF value.
Every country in Europe now uses more
silver than II did 80 years ago. Even in
England, where gold has been the sofa
standard of value since 1885, they use more
silver as subsidiary coin than they ever did
In the olden time.
Appeals to Prejudice.
Now. they say we can't follow the ex-
ample OF those European countries because
they are monnrchical countries. That is a
great bugaboo. We do as they do because
wisdom. economy, care and intelligence
bid us do just what they have done. lap
plause.l
Il have no patience with the man who
tries to get up prejudices against a good
idea because some kingdom empire has
practiced 1t. If they can do good things
why we can do better things, that is all"
lGreat applause.]
Tho Meaning Is Plain.
There is no installing the meaning of
TIE two elections in Vermont and Maine.
They mean that there is stirring in the
minds and consciences of the American