The herald., 1896-01-30

money and maintaining the honor and
credit of the United states are all part anu
parcel of damnable scheme of robbery.
which had for it's object, first, the utter de-
struction of silver as a money metal; Sec
ond, the increase of the public debt, the is-
sue 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 Tillman referred TO the enact
ment of the Sherman silver law In 1871,
and in this connection said:
ss'The silver Republicans of the west who
had 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 into any
utterances or actions of the senator from
Ohio as to the legislation in regard TO our
finances. The time for another preslden-
tial election approaches. 1ney must un-
tlerstand that the election OF any man to
the presidency who would veto free coin
age bill means defeat. 1t means more:
1t means continued disaster to our INDUS
tries and increased poverty to the masses
OF our people.
s"Under the Sherman law" he continued,
ssthere 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 1891 and the entire
year 1892, there vas approximately az
much gold as there was during 1884 and
1855.
sIf the secret history of the year 1892
shall ever be written, it will disclose the
fnct, 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 i'll the eastern and
middle states and the stock Gamblers con-
trolled the presidential nominations OF
both the Democratic and Republican par
al h,l ,v,Ta staN until
managers or with both the candidates
themselves, in regard to what policy should
be pursued toward our finances. They
contributed money for the booming OF Mi.
Cleveland as the only available Demo-
cratic candidate, and they abused ana rid
iculed every other Democratic aspirant.
''There was plain evidence to show that
the president himself had weakened on
tariff reform and that the financial plank
was cunningiy drafted so as 10 satisfy both
gold and silver men, with the. intention
that il should be interpreted, if Cleveland
was elected, as meaning the cessation of
silver coinage and sthe forcing of a gold
standard upon the people. Whether the
scheme was agreed to by the president in
persor or not, or whether he bound himself
in plain terms or not, will perhaps never
he known. His course has been unswerv-
ing i'll the absolute contradiction of his
pub ic profession and letter of accept
ancc "
There bad been no trouble with the gold
reserve, the senator asserted, and no hlnt
of any loss of confidence in the national
credit until the time of the last presidential
election. Then for the first time we got a
glimpse Of the conspiracy To which he had
referred. Secretary Foster, he said, gave
the holders of Creenbacks and treasury
notes The option of having government
paper cashed in gold ard silver and as
they all demanded gold. the gold i'll the
Tho Hyoa al
papers took up the cry of the country 60
ing to a silver ba sis and the first Fremont
tory breezes of the panic of 1898 swept
over tho land and the conspirators foment-
ed it by every pos iible means.
The senator quoted from President
Cleveland's S response to the committee that
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
platform and treat with contempt the
trusted lieutenants whom the people had
sent to the national capital to insist in
shaping legislation. The language would
lead us to expect the very reverse.
"How many" he asked, ''of these reas-
enable expectations have been met?
Whose advice has he (the president) recog-
nized? None but that of the bootlicks and
sycophants who have crawled on their
knees for crumbs of patronage and be-
trayed their constituents for the offices in
his.glft.
"Jn the entire history of this country the
high Office OF president has never been SC
pros diluted, and never has the appointing
power been 80 abused. Claiming 10 be the
apostle of civil service reform, he has de.
bauched civil service by making appoint
menfs only of those whose sponsors would
surrender their manhood, and. with bated
breath walk with submissive head in his
presence. With relentless purpose. he has
-AH Il .V,.l
ooey the law, and has paid out gold instead
of coin and issued bonds TO buy more gold
by both actions overriding the law and Civ.
ing no heed 10 the Interests to any but
monied friends-I might say his owners or
partners.
"While to this besotted tyrant coin has
come to mean gold alone, he cannot by his
mere ipse dixit change the law OF this land
and pervert the plain meaning of the Eng
lish language.
The repeal of the Sherman law, it was
asserted, which was the first point of at
tack of ,hs uuhoiy alliance, was only ac
complished through the aid and in con
junction with ma jority of the Republican
serators.
The Democratic president accomplished
what was not possible for any Republican
executive under the circumstances to have
brought about. a change Of party il
power had left large number of offices ii
his gift with which TO buy votes.
In discussing the "honest meaning o.
parity Of gold and silver in the Sherman
law. he said:
The object was to have them assist eacl
other, o hold silver up by holding gold dowI
and an honest secretary of the treasur,
should have resigned his Office rather thai
submit to the dictations of besoted chief
would have paid out silver TO protect thu
treasury from the gold gamblers and bont
gamblers. and the law and his oath re
qured No wonder the sena or from Mass
achusetts feels warranted in twitting lis will
the decay of Sou hern craftsmanship an,
charging us with dishonesty. He charge
1t however, in another connection, and i
aiding and abetting This Judas from Ken
lucky, who after brilliant career o
twenfy years and more AS leader an
champion of Ihe silver forces, has III hi
old age come to this pitiful pass. And the
to think the indictment thus broue n
against a whole section should have 3
much cClor of truth aud Of fact to back
up in the apostacy from their principles o
the two other secretaries from the south i
the cabinet of president who disgrace
the name of Democracy. The south bow
it's head III shame at this exhibition O
moral cowardice and despises the rene
gades."
The senator contended that if there ha
been one idea mora persistently auG prom
inently presented to the American peopl
by President Cleveland than any other,
had been the iniquities of the tariff an
fhe demand for its revision, In season an