Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-25

two congresses II was Wen KNOWN th"s
the president was strongly opposed
10 the free and unlimited coinage OF
the silver dollar. which had DECIDED
Influence with some.
IN tho fifty-hrst congress one nun
dred and one Democrats In the house
voted for, to only twelve Democfats
against Bland's motion TO rccommit
ia WINDOW silver purchasing bill
with Instructions to report a bill Tor
FREQ and unlimited coinage OF the silver
dollar, and In the ecnate Piumbs free
and unlimited coinage substitute was
passed by twenty-seven Democrats M
Guiding Mr. Carlisle for. to three
Democrats against II. and In the house
one hundred and thirteen Democrats
voted for this free coinage substitute to
twenty-five against II. Every Demo-
orat in the house and senate voted
against the conference committee re-
port, which became the Sherman law
OF July H. 1890
I'm the senate in January. 1891, TWEEN
ty-four Democrats voted for to nine
Democrats against free coinage, and
I'm the house. TO consider the senate
free coinage bill, one hundred and
eighteen Democrats voted yea to sixty
four nays.
I'm the ff,y-thlrd congress- In the
house ono hundred and one Democrats
voted for TO one hundred and siSteen
Democrats against q free coinage
amendment to the bill for the uncon-
dltlonal repeal Of the Sherman law. ana
In the senate eighteen Democrats for
to eighteen Democrats against free
coinage amendment
"In the house In March, 1926. Bland's
bill, requiring the immediate coinage
into standard dollars Of the profit or
aelgnloraVe in the bullion purchased
under tho Sherman law OF July "a. 1890.
amounting to S55. 1864 ESQ., and then the
coinage or the remainder OF such bull
ion into such dollars, to be used In
rodeeming and canceling the treasury
notes Of July II, 1900. issued In the pur-
chase OF tho bullion, then outstanding
to the amount OF S52 'g5l ESQ, was
passed by one hundred md thirty
Ak Democratic yeas to nfty Demo-
cratic nays, and In the senate by
thirty Democratic yeas to ten Demo-
cratic nays.
THE bill was vetoed by the presl-
dent and In the house 1ls Democrats
voted for to SO Democrats against,
passing the bill over the veto, and the
veto prevailed, although over two
thirds Of the Democrats voting in the
house voted To pass II over the veto,
and threo-fourtha Of the Democrats In
the senate voted yen in passing the
bill
This summary NJ the record OF tho
Democratic representatives In con-
gtegs from 1875 to this time shows
clearly that they hive used their best
efforts to restore bimetalllsm, and have
by decisive mnioritics. voted for the
free and unlimited coinage OF the
standard dollar upon rqunl terms with
gold just ns exiatcd prior to 1879, every
time II was presented In all these cou-
crosses, except only In the last FIFTY
third congress, when It was proposed as
IN amendment to the bill for the repeal
OF the sherman law.
During all these congresses every
president with veto power. equal to
two-thirds of the votes In congress, and
every secretary Of the treasury. have
toraton or the silver dollar to the
place II had In our coinage laws prior
TO 1873"
At the present session Of congress on
the vote Of the SENATE on the passage
~ the free coinage substitute for tho
bond bill Of the house the vote was as
follows For the substitute " Demo,
Gratis. against 10 Democrats. For the
substitute II Republicans, against %
Republicans. For the substitute Pop,
uliSts, This subsututo provided for the
free and unlimited coinage Of silver at
the ratio Of 10 Of silver to / Of gold.
that silver should be legal tender Tor
all debts, public aud private. and
should be paid out OF the treasury like
government 80 here again we have
the Democrats voting for silver and
the ReI ubllcnns against II. on the
above vote twenty states voted for the
silver bin, seventeen states voted
against II, aud eight states, Texas be-
Ing one OF them. were divided.
on tho vote OF the house OF repre-
peutLtlver on tho motion To amend
tho sens te'a substitute for the house
hill ~ Democrats, ~ Republicans. 0
populIsts and 2 silver men. making 90
In all. voted for ltB adoption. and n
Democrats and 1884 Republicans. max
ins 2l6 in all. voted against lts adop-
tion.
This completes tho record Of tho
Democratic party for the last twenty
years, In favor OF silver as part of the
lcRnl tender standard money OF the
country, and against the single gold
standard and ought to prevent asher
lions to the contrary by all parties and
persona. and this record places the gold
Democrats Win the Republican party
instead OF showing them to be tho
Democratic party"
On every vote In the senate and
house OF representatives from 1876 to
the present, II years aRo, except in the
! FIFTY third congress, the majority OF
| the Democrats voted for the free and
unlimited coinage or silver. That vote
was controlled by the desire to secure
| the unconditional repeal or the Sher-
| man act, against the passage OF which
| every Democrat In the senate and
| house had voted, and WINS cast under
! the promises, made In both houses OF
congress as Is shown by the Congress
slonnl Record, that II the silver men
| would consent TO the repeal IL should
/ be followed by satisfactory ioglsln-
tion on tho silver question. ON this
account T. was not test vote for and
ngainat the coinage OF silver. Even
/ with that assurance loi Democrats re-
fused to vote against the uncondition-
| al repeal Insisting that the repeal
should be accompanied by legislation
restoring silver to free ana unlimited
coinage. So that that was not a test
vote on tho silver question.
senator Cockrell adds 10 the fore
going extract the following:
Having briefly shown the record
OF our party In congress since 1875.
let us now examine the record OF our
party In itn national platforms,
"Our party has held national com
vcntlons every four years beginning
In 1899, md adopted platforms in eaeh
convention beginning In 1910.
mo reference was made to the coin
age OF gold and silver In either OF tho
ton platforma--lsi0 TO 1876 Inclusive
Why this oniEslon7 Simply hecauy.
blmetalllsm, the coinage OF both gold
and silver into money with fult and
equal legal tender. unon equal terms
was conceded to he our conatitutionai
Democratic system.
''rhe efforts made by Democrats In
congress- from 1875 to 1880 10 raatorc