Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-09
THE OMAHA SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1896.

politicians, Of the men who have not the
| courage. the MANHOOD the grit, to go before
the people and tell them when they are
| wrong upon ehese great economic questions.
| II am creNby informed that there are
| eight senatorSbt the other end Of this capitol
who voted foy this bill, yet who say that
! they believe tBat the free and unlimited coin
age OF silver Fat 16 TO 4 would mean national
| bankruptcy and ruin. What does 1t mean
1t means that our politicians have come TO a
| pretty pass, when, In order to feather their
| own nests IN order to hold themselves in
office, nationaly state or county they ate
| willing to seq a great number OF men who
| have not the time to delve into these ques-
| tions turn their backs upon their own well
| fare-when they are willing to close their
hearts to all gratitude fer past favors and
tell those men that what really leads to their
destruction leads but to prosperity and hap
| plness.
IL know II Is regarded as political death
| for man in rural district not to throw
| up hie hat and applaud these deluaions but
| II my people want man OF that Kind TO
represent them they can get rid Of me and
l will willingly and gladly retire from polit-
ical life"
Mr. Talbott-Dld not the gentleman vote
for the free coinage bill in 1898? | ask the
question for insorme tion.
Mr. Hall-The gentleman asks II did not
vote for the free coinage bill in the extra
session in 1893. l answer yes. But | Will
tell that gentleman l have progressed since
that time. while he Is standing where l was
three years ago.
Mr.. Layton--I wish to ask the gentleman a
question. I understood him to make the
extraordinary statement that he has been
| informed that eight senators who had voted
for this bill mad SAID they actually believed
that the free coinage of silver would lead
to the bankruptcy and destruction of this
country. / ask the gentleman. do you believe
that any senator ever said that?
THINKING PEOPLE CHANGE.
Mr.. HALL told you that I was credibly
Informed that they had said 1t and believed
1t or l would not have stated 1t here. But
l want to say few words now on this ques-
tion Of consistency. find upon investigation
in the bureau of education that the Chinese,
the Inhabitants of the Indies and the tribes
of Africa are the only human beings that
are continually consistent. Laughter). The
lower grades of animals are also always con-
sistent. Laughter). l maintain that reason
ing, thoughtful. clear-headed men who pass
through the world with their minds open
to the investigations Of truth are ever liable
to change. Where Is the intelligent man in
the United States who has not high regard
for the fame of William Z. Gladstone. the
great English statesman? Listen to that
grand man express his regret that he should
have made the blunder that he did in 1852.
Observe the course of Bismarck. the greatest
the sale of the silver of Germany for what
ever price could be obtained for 1t and was
approached by one of his friends, who said:
II am just where you were ten years ago.
the reply was, That was the political blunder
of my life and l have had intelligence to
profit by 1t and move forward"
Mr. Talbot-According to this doctrine
we can never tell where man stands
Mr.. Hall-You can always tell how GER
tain animals stand and how the Chinese
ota aud hnn N1a,y IN,,t wilma Of
Confucius, that the greatest crime which
Chnaman can commit is to attempt to
do thing differently from the way his an
cestors did it "a thousand years before I
did not intend to make an address further
than to put myself on record as the one
democrat from a rural district west of the
Mississippi in a purely agricultural region.
that dares stand UP and say that sound
money is the salvation of the agricultural
and laboring CLASSES of this government. I
understand full we'll that the action of the
national bmetallica league has put my dis
trict on the black Hist. I understand, Mr..
Chairman, situated as 1 am, both of my
senator's on the opposite side Of the ques-
ton, my entire state, and all my speaking
colleagues on theHdemocratc side on the
other side of the question, that leaves me
standing alone, practically, with hard roe
to hoe. And IL j shall go down to defeat 1
will go with my own self-respect, and my
friends will be able to appreciate that l was
not too cowardly ito tell my people what l
believed to be drights when their Judgment
was entirely the other way.
Mr.. CoX-Now, in view of the fact that
we have acted together and worked for free
silver hope the gentleman from Missouri
does not mean to say that any Of his friends
who happen to differ with him on this
question, or who have not advanced so far
as he has, are set of towards. or have no
respect for facts.
Mr.. Hall do not believe the shoe fits
him, and l do not want any man to wear
1t unless it does fit him."
At $40 p. m. the house took recess until
e'clock