The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-15

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and silver? What do they know about
exchanges, except the exchange of one
set of official aspirants for another?''
And his speech was received with
tumultuous applause.
The secretary of agriculture is now
devoting himself to sending over this
country stereotyped questions TO silver
men. 1 have a letter here from the
agent of the American Press Association
IN New York, stating that he had re-
ceived from the secretary of agriculture
an autograph letter containing the fol-
lowing questions to silver men of the
country, which have been submitted to
tile secretary of the treasury and pro-
nounced by him to be irrefutable.. The
agent of the press association asks me,
as L am considered enough of a silver
man to answer the question. The sec
Rotary of agriculture cannot contain
himself within the limited functions of
his vegetable kingdom. daughter
He has now resumed his old profession
of editor and is filling the country with
attacks upon those of us who happen to
unable to see this money question in the
same light with himself.
The clerk here read the questions
asked by secretary Morton and the re-
plies of Senator Vest, and when he con-
cluded the senator continued his re-
marks. Mr.. President, / have read this
correspondence, giving the questions of
the secretary of agriculture and the
answers 1 attempted to make as being
just to him and myself. L can supple
ment the last statement in regard to
silver certificates and silver dollars of
the United States by a personal expert
ence. 1 happened to be abroad last
summer, and found that 1 had some
silver certificates, and 1 presented them
to a banker in Austria to whom 1 carried
my letter of credit. l said: II assume
as these are silver certificates there is
some discount upon them"
mot at all, sir" he said, you can
have gold for them as you could have it
for the pound sterling"
L said to him: Have you noticed
that these are simply certificates en-
titling the holder to receive silver dol
lars?"
why, of course" he said. THAT is
my business and 1 understand exactly
what l am doing. That silver certificate
will purchase anything that is produced
by the people of the United States. 1t
is as good to me as gold. l can buy
your corn, wheat, beef, oil. Why should
it not be as good, with a great country
like yours that is feeding half the world"
Therefore, 1 say that l speak within
personal knowledge when l declare that
the silver of the United States is good
over the whole world. But 1 don't pur-
pose to discuss now the silver question.
Mr.. President, the secretary Gf agri-
culture attacks the distribution of seed,
but there is one seed which he is now
propagating and distributing most in
dustIiously through this country. The
senator from Mississippi (Mr. George)
was grizzly facetious over the name of
some of the botanical products which
were offered for sale to tie departments.
1 take the liberty of saying that this
seed being now distributed is known By
botanists as the auriter tepicplpp canis
n 15toni, H. IN other Eo5dss Aett0a
Under td6 siulnWzfd ms noxfous
plant he rapases by dag and almost
dreams M Might, occasionally seeking
recreation BY swinging his golden censor
HE'D with incense at the executive man
sion and shouting. "Holy, holy, art
thou, o Grover, King of Kings and
Lord OF Lords" (Laughter).