The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-28
Ut TALK BY CHANDLER.
v Hampshire Man Makes a Most
Remarkable Speech.
SEES No PROSPERITY AHEAD
cIsrcs Republicans Arc on Tr'"'
nd Must Garry ont the fc"S''
B,metaIii-m Means somcthinS'

ianta Constitution.
Washington, February 2o'--lSpechi
tho senior senator from New Hampshire
m mo-, bullet proof under all cireuhl-
,rces and II he we're not safely and Sc
, rely arn1orea In the consciousness OF ne
nm the side Of right and Justice IN this
rtlcular instance. he might feel gricved
the criticism which many OF his ropub-
nm hretbron have hurled at him during
past few days.
rh,. cause OF all this criticism, these
GERS. this caumniaiion--for there has
en- no little Of It's the very able anti
Id standard speech which has been the
nsatlon in Washington.
The goldites In the republican party and
OF It have been bowling most voclfer-
sly over Senator Chambers agitation,
nh them the only agitation that VS. ialr
agitation In behalf Of the gold standard,
erything else is anarchy When the sen
or from New Hampshire introduced his
II providing for representation at an IN
irrational conference they started u howl,
1t auieted down on the assurance Of wall
reefs organs that this waa u mere farce
i'd that nothing more would he heard from,
They explained that some sort OF a
uff at carrying out the st. Louis platform
ust be made, and that the International
Inference bill was the mildcst way out
4 II.
Consoled by this declaration that nothing
ore would ever be heard from the confer.
ics hill. the gold organs quietai down.
hey passed over Senator Chambers intro
iction and support OF the measure as a
ere Incident, and decided 10 pay no more
.tention to IL. Some OF them went so far
4 to boast that Chandler knew his bust
nss' and they intima,ed that he was
orktng In peri ,ct harmony with their
teas.
But Chandler. II seern@, had the bad
iate to believe that the republican declar-
lion for bimetallism meant something, and
10 temerlty to declare himself in long
I'D carefully prepared speech which was
= strong an arraignment of the gold wand
I'd IA the agitation OF The money question
az produced.
was able to awe but brief outline Of
,,s spceth by telegraph m view OF the
alue OF the speech itself, OF the circum-
tan,es that inspired 1t and particularly
the high republican source from when
comes, | have thought a fuller synopsis
4 II would interest the people OF the
outh.
Senator chandler began by declaring
,,mself a bimetailist In contradistinction Ia
metallists--advoostes as he explained
d,her of A single standard Of gold or q
'dnple standard Of silver, Continuing his
lc6nition OF his position and Of blmetallism
rs said: ,
..ro avoid confusing tender minds, BIZ
netallism should not he called the use or
no double standard. hut should be deslg-
tated as the system or the pllne'"'lic
tandard the use as money %, all the gold
nd silver which may be procen'ed at the
hints. to be coined az fixed ratio aud
made n legal tender, with the privilege 30
very debtor TO pay his debt In coin Of
'ither metal"
rHE CLAIMS OF THE BIMETALLIsTs.
Outlining the claims of bimetalllsts, lie
aid:
at is claimed by the bime,allists that
lnder this system. II adopted by the prin-
,ipal commercial nations OF the world,
here will be few fluctuations in the Salne
( money. and. therefore. that neither the
,rices OF property nor the burden Of debts
vii be materially affected by such flu rna-
ions. while II is also asserted by the ~
netaiiistsi that the contrary systnfn--ibs 4
1 gold monometailism- will. IL finally ad-
cred 10. furnish an insufficient supply OF
Dopey, always liable 70 many and sncctn