The herald., 1896-03-14

Carlisle and Secretary Herbert had voted,
while in the house of representatives. for
the Stanley Matthews resolution declaring
bonds payable in either coin. The senator
referred also to Senator Sherman as THAT
distinguished gold monometallist-bimetal
list" and read from Mr.. Sherman's utter
ances in 1876, when he was secretary of
the treasury, that the government re-
served the legal right to re-
deem government obligations in sill
yer. If this policy had been carried out
there would have been no raids on the
treasury. Exclusive gold payment was a
voluntary assumption on the part of the
no gold raids prior to 1891 because the
eilvsr dollar, up to that time, was the
watchdog of the treasury
"And it was more potent watchdog
than any of the Rothschilds or the Bel
monts," added MIR. Cockrell.
The propc sition of the president to issue
fifty year bonds to retire notes, he said,
was undemocratic. 1t was the worst fin
ancial proposition that had ever emanated
from an executive officer, and if adopted
it would cost the people S2 .601 200, 900.
Secretary Carlisle had recently, in a speech,
proclaimed himself for gold. There was
no further effort to disguise this issue be-
hind ''sound money!" which meant abso-
lutte gold monometal!ism.
aside in order to permit Mr.. Cockrell to
proc ,ed. The galleries had wearied waiting
for the Cuban debate and the crowd grad
ually thinned out.
Mr.. Cockrell spoke of the timidity of
gold as a money, and referred to the agita-
ton caused by President Cleveland's Vene-
ztlelan message with q string tied to it.
That message made the whole country
tremble like jelly, and the press of New
York declared that 100000, 900 had been
lost in consequence.
The senator declared that the Demo-
cratic party could not be divided by the
silver question. 1t was the pillar of cloud
BY day and the pillar of fire by night, the
great constitutional beacon of the Demo-
cratic party, the one on which all its vic
tories had been won, and those who OPP
posed it would slough off from the party,
but would not divide it.
Mr.. Cockrell was particularly severe on
what he termed the ''flimsy pretexts" and
.'stuff " which Secretary Carlisle offered in
his speeches in support of the gold stand
ard.
The senator compared Mr.. Carlisle's re-
cent views with those expressed "before he
was wined and dined by the Rothschilds
and Belmonts and the bond brokers of
Wall street and Lombard street."
Referring to an International money
conference Mr.. Cockreli said it was a de-
grading and humiliating proposition.
Every self-respecting nation had estab.
lished its own financial system, and this
country was the only one which trailed be-
hind Great Britain and European coun-
tries and besought them to come to our
relief and establish financial system for
us. We threw our Monroe doctrine in the
face of England and yet we bent the knee
to accept the English gold standard and to
ask their aid in international conference.
Sir yt1Ii thn Drit t;nt,
bassador, entertained the diplomatic gal
lery while Mr.. Cockrell was deprecating
the subserviency of this country to the gold
standard influence of England. The sena-
tor declared tnat we should continue our
time-honored adherence to bimetallism.
Then. without apparent intention, Mr..
Cockrell faced about toward the diplo-
matte gallery and concluded: "Or else let
US haul down Old Glory, hoist the gold
standard and cry out "Long live the queen
of England and the empress of India
1t was 4 80 when Mr.. Cockrell closed,
and as it was apparent thatit was too late
to 60 on with the Cuban question, the SEN
ate went into executive session, and at
o'clock adjourned until Monday.
Mr.. PETER presented a petition of Cen
eral Hugh Cameron of Douglass county,
Kansas, asking congress to make the 9TH
day of April (Resurrection day. a national
holiday. it being the day on which 1.-The
King of the Jews whom Pontius PLATE
caused to be crucified April Sd, A. d. 33,
achieved his splendid victory over the
grave. This king of the Jews, the petit
TONER asserts, has always been true
friend TO the United States and has unques-
tionably done more to establish and main
tain free government and to make the
United States of America respectable ma
ton than any other king.
Senator Wolcott today introduced bill
making Durango. Pueblo and Leadville
custom ports of delivery and attached to
the port of Denver. The surveyor of GUS
toms at Denver shall supervise the customs
business at the supports IN the same man.
Ter as is now done at Denver.