Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-02-13

80 eu.c1 VI NY OWn. / snail
vole Tor 1t in this profound tranquility
convinced that peace with honor can
ue preserved, but sir / would vote for
~ just as surely were we already stand
ngl IN The awful shadow Of declared
war: would vote for it were the
navies OF all Europe laundering at
a harbors. l would vote for it we're
tne shells of British battleships burst
ing above the dome of the nations
capital. | would vote for 1t and main
q ! 1t at all hazards and at any cost
with h last dollar, with the last man.
yea though it might presage the com.
ing OF a mighty conflict whose conclu-
sion should leave me without a son as
inc last great conflict left me without
q SIRE"
THE BOND BILL PASSED.
The debate on the silver bond bill
was opened by Morrill, of Vermont.
de said the house promptly responded
to the presidents message and sup
plemented it with an emergency rev.
enue tariff bill. The free silver sub
stitute for the bond bill he added, 1T
may not be the first time that bread
was asked for and a stone given but it
Is the first time a committee of the
senate seems to have prepared a prac-
tical joke almost good enough for q
clown in Barnum's menagerie. The
senator thought that the deficient
national income should not be less
swiftly remedied. He said the present
administration however exhibits q
bashful difddence about acknowledge
ing that the revenue derived from the
tariff was beraved of its parents in
early infancy but with their hands
behind them they may quietly take
whatever money congress may place
in their hands for the treasury where
the outflow of gold has been SO swift
as to make ever the heads of the keep
ers busy"
Referring to the assertion that
France maintains silver at par with
gold he said: st is because there is
no clustering silver party, no silver
inflated Democratic party daily striv-
ing to pull down their money stand
ard to hat of deprecated silver. They
keep silver to the amount of S3S6,OOO,-
GOO, with s~772,OO0,00O of gold on a ratio
of l51a to l..
The United States is a patron of ell
yer to her own hurt. If our late in
vestments of nearly 100000 in silver
have been VIGOROUSLY imprOvident,
Improbable aud disastrous the re-
suits will appear as a drop in the
bucket when compared with what
must flow from the enormity of the
present proposal to open our mints to
the free coinage of silver Of all the
world"
Morrill, paid his respects to the
| threats to form a new silver party.
"Some whispered threats have foted
in the air that the extreme silver men
now ~fraternizing here and at home
themselves together on the one domin.
ant idea aud with auxiliary Democrat
ic aid hitch on the tail of q great Re-
publican measure at the first OppOr-
tunity some tinkling silver amend
ments hoping thereby to secure a sill
yer triumph of the hibrid combina-
ton although the grand old Republi-
can party might perish. But there is
little fear of these eruptive breaths for
if carried out the riot act might be
read at home to the offenders upon
whom public opinion would not fail
to place its brand and whatever party
might survive not all the %garroters of
the Republican party would be among
its members"
Voorhees, of Indiana said the coun-
try is in q midst of q revolution
brought on by those who plotted
against silver. It was this class which
brought on panics, destroying the
parity of the metals. The men who
demonetized silver in 1873 we're, said
| Voohees, "revolutionists." After trac-
ing the constant use Of silver since the
government began, the senator declar-
| ed the token OF "sound money" ap-
| piled to gold was q fraud. Silver was
as much sound money as gold. It
| would >efectually stop the rsids on
| the gold reserve if the demands on the
treasury were met BY silver payments
as we'll as gold. Voorhees, sarcastic
ally reviewed Sherman's financial re-
cord. Under his leadership, the sen-
ator declared, the Republican party
had broken faith with the soldiers
paying them with deprecated paper
money. The Ohio senator believed IN
| sound money" Ior wall etEUot WV uOt
for soldiers. Voorhees, declared the
gold Withdrawals for the last twelve
months was part Of the conspiracy to
compel the issue of interest bearing
bonds. Since the demonstration OF
silver panics had been frequent.
Ruin followed in the train OF demone-
tization. Voorhees, said that for nine
teen years he had consistently main
tanned his attitude in defense OF sil-
yer. He had como ia congress ON the
issne Of the restoration Of silver. The
senator closed with q vigorous asser.
tion OF the capability OF the demo
cratic party to deal not only with this
great question but also with the tarif,
foreign affairs and all the important
issues Of the day.
The amendmento Of Allen Of Nebraska
forbidding the issue Of interest-bear.
| inr bonds was next taken up and aftel
come debate was defeated-2l to q
me yeas we're 90 follows: Yeas-Allen
Bacon, Baker, Berry, blanchard, Browr
Butler. Call Cxmeron, Cannon, Hill
Hon. irby, Kyle, Lindsay, Mills
Pnfchard, Roach, Stewart and Thurs
ton.
The senate then proceeded % votl
~ 1hA vnain nunatl0n4-thN silver sub