The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-04-03

III IL
Il the men who own silver mines or ar
employed by silver mine-owners ant
those who by their advocacy of an i'm
practicable system manage to Keep thel
names before the public and themselves II
fat Offices, or is it the men and the part!
which gave to the country its great vol
ume of silver money, which originated al
efforts at international bimetallism, called
all the international conferences which
have been called by the United States, ap
pointed all delegates to international con
ferences, and declared in their nationa
and State platforms time after time II
favor of the only practical system of util
izing silver, international bimetallism!
These are questions which the people
of the United States can afford to con
slider, carefully, at the present moment
when the people have, by an overwhelm
ing vote, declared against independent
free coinage by the United States and in
favor of international action, and In re-
Spouse 10 this n Republican Congress has
passed an act authorizing the calling OF
such conference and the appointment OF
delegates TO it. and n Republican Presi'
dent, William Mckinley, has said in his
inaugural address that the question of in
ternational bimetallism will have early
and earnest attentian. 1T will be my con-
slant endeavor," said he, Ito secure il
by cooperation with the other great COM
mercial powers of the world"
1t has been charged over and over again
that the men who make the loudest clamor
for the free coinage of silver upon the
basis which the people of the United
States have declared impracticable, do so
and have done so for the purpose of re-
tanning their hold upon public office and
their control of certain class of voters
of their States or sections. 1t has been
charged that many of these men were
moved by mercenary motives of more
direct character in the ownership of sill
yer mines, or by being directly in the
employ of silver mine owners. Whether
this is true or not, every man who studies
the attitude of the alleged friends of sill
yer in both houses of Congress during
the recent discussions upon the interna-
tional bimetallic conference bill, must be
convinced that they are not the true
friends of silver, and that it is difficult
to explain their attitude by other than
selfish motives. Add to this the further
fact that the Republican party is the one
political organization which has from the
first urged and taken practical steps in
favor of the system which the people of
the United States have just declared the
only feasible one with reference to silver
international bimetallism-and there can
no longer remain doubt in the mind of
the honest student of this subject. As
to the party and the men who are the
true friends Of that system which the
people have overwhelmingly declared the
only practicable one for the restoration of
silver-international bimetallsm-the dis.
cussions in the Fifty-fourth Congress will
show conclusvely.
When Senator Chandler Republican,,
on January 81, 1896, asked unanimous
consent to take up in the Senate the bill
authorizing the appointment of delegates
to an international conference on bimet.
allism, and the calling of this conference
II necessary, Senator Pettigrew (Silver.
Republican,, refused unanimous consent
saying: IL cannot yield, Mr.. President;
wish to dispose of the appropriation and
i think we can better do it now"
On January 9th Senator Chandler
again attempted to call up the bill, and
Senator Daniels (Silver- Democracy, OBJ
jected, saying: II hope the Senator viii
not interrupt me at this moment" and in
sisted upon retaining the floor and dis
cussing the Nicaragua Canal Bill, thu.
again preventing the discussion of the bi
metallic conference bill
On January 18th, when Senator Chand
Ter succeeded in getting the bill befor,
the Senate, Senator Stewart Silver Pop
nj gN olt Al L
disposition to embarrass and hinder tn,
passage of the bill, proceeded to embar
rass and hinder it as far as possible b,
saying, first, that it placed the Unite,
States in n humiliating position; second
that there are grave objections" to inter
national money, which ought to make III
hesitate before we enter into any com
pact with the world; third, that the es
Establishment of such money would "caus
great Inconvenience to those involved /,
the complication" and ended by declarin,
his opposition to international money an,
denouncing the proposition as "a fake
an old fake"
On January Goth, when the bill wa
again called up, Senator Wins Gold Dem
ocraD, spoke against IL, saying: 81 desir
simply to express my opposition to thi
BILL" and proceeded to do so to the ex
tent of remarks covering several pages O
the Congressional Record.
On January 10Th, during the discussion
of the bill, Senator Pettigrew Silver Re
publican), said: II wish to record my pro
test against the passage of this bill," an,
proceeded to detail his reasons for oppo
sition at considerable length.
On January 10th, during the discus
sion of the bill, Senator Allen Silver Pop
ulist), presented long argument to SHOW
that the effort would be unsuccessful, an,
said of the bill: 1T Is a useless thing.
is a work or supererogation."
On January 10Th, during the discussion
of the bill, Senator Cannon (Silver-Repub