The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-27

ler) believed that his statement was ac-
curate when he made it, he ought not
now to object to supporting 1t with his
voice and vote.
Mr.. Hoar of Massa chusetts followed
in a speech in which he maintained the
position he took yesterday, that the
question under discussion was not one
OF law, but one of honor and integrity.
He said that the advocates of the pend
! ing resolution maintained that by a
crime the price of silver had been re-
duced until the silver I'm dollar was
worth only A cents. yet the same sena- =
tors who made the charge of that
| crime. advocated the payment of the
| governments obligations in this depre-
ciated money-money that had been de-
| preciated. as they claimed, by crime.
Mr. Hoar said that 1t had been made
! evident by the statement of the senator
| from Arkansas Berry. to whom he re-
| ferred as an honest, stalwart old
confederate, who was willing to walk
up to the cannon's mouth" of the pend
ing question. that IL was the purpose
| OF the silver men to go into the campaign
! of 1900 and declare it to be right and
/ honest to pay obligations in accent dol
! lars and To stigmatize as "gra bbers''
| and robbers those who differed from
| them on the honesty of such policy
| The Colorado senator, when he rose to
| begin his speech. Mr.. Hoar said. ex-
| pressed n desire to resent something. In
| fact. he was always resenting some
! thing. Mr.. Teller rose to call Mr. Hoar's
! attention to another statement, and
! when he had done so Mr. Hoar ridiculed
him by likening him to the small boy
! who was asked what the cost of IL
| pounds Of beef would be at cents a
| pound and replied: You can't get no
| beef at no such price"
| N he nf h RI
| referred incidentally to the present in
| dustrial situation in New England and
! its relation to the Dngiey tariff law. He
was glad and the people of New England
We're glad of the industrial prosperity of
South Carolina. Alabama and Georgia.
but he did hold that the people of New
England did not want TO be brought into
competition with communities where
long hours are the rule in the industrial
establishments and where child labor
was employed in the factories. He said
that these practices We're not known in
New England, where limited hours for
workmen and no child labor was pro-
vided for by law Competition upon a
basis of equality Of laws would be vel
coined by New England.
our policy said Mr.. Hoar, lis not
bounded by state lines We are New
England men, but we are, above all,
Americans"
Mr. Hoar shortly afterwards con-
cluded. He was followed by Mr.. Platt
OF Connecticut in an address in opposi-
tion to the pending resolution. Mr.. Platt
declared il Was the purpose of the advo-
Gates of the resolution to override the
solemn declaration of congress that the
parity of gold and silver coins should
be maintained. The senator from Me-
vada (StewarD talks about the trouble
and misery among the people, said Mr..
Platt, hut when this government, ac-
cording to the advocates of the pending
resolution, has been given two measures
of value--measures that mean two
things the misery and trouble We have
will be as nothing compared with what
they will be then. Such a condition
would be worse than pestilence and fam
inc combined.
Mr.. Platt said that If he could
believe that this country could coin
silver freely without destroying the
debt-paying power of silver he would
be glad TO enter upon that policy. He
could not. however, entertain the possi-
bility of such policy.
In the course of a colloquy between
Mr.. Platt on the one side and Mr.. Allen
and MIR. Tillman on the other. Mr.. Platt
stated that this country had no BIZ
metallism. To this Mr.. Chandler took
exception. saying that any definition of
bimetallism which omitted the free
coinage of both metals at a ratio
fixed by law was not only incorrect but
H
Chandler to produce any recognized au-
thority which included free coinage in
the definition of bimetallism. Mr..
Platt closed with an appeal for the
maintenance of d sound financial sys-
TEN.
Mr.. Daniel of Virginia followed Mr.
Platt in support of the resolution. He
said that we were confronted upon all
sides with the clamorous statements of
the gold men that the agitation of the
NJ.
destroying the credit of our people.
Yet. he said the gold men We're holding
conventions. the financial question was
being investigated by congressional
committees and the president of the
United States in his message to this
congress had advanced propositions In
support of fastening upon the country
the single gold standard.
Mr.. Daniel thought the adoption Of
the pending resolution would tend to
prevent raids on the treasury, and he
quoted a statement made by Secretary
Sherman before a congressional COM
mittee in 1879 to that effect. but he
maintained 1t did not mean that any
government creditor would be paid in
a clipped coin or in a deprecated cur
rency.
After an extended discussion of the
silver question as it relates to the
pending resolution. Mr.. Daniel asked
Mr.. Hoar whether he thought that
$3SI. 600. 900 of silver certificates ought,
as an essential to the nations honor,
to be redeemed in gold.
Mr.. Hoar replied that If such redemp-
tion We're necessary to maintain the
parity of gold and silver coin, he would
answer yes, but no such subtle, compre-
hensive question could be answered
broadly.
Mr. Daniel concluded at o'clock. on
motion of Mr. Aldrich, the senate went
into executive session and 10 minutes
later adjourned
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No Election Yet in Tennessee.
Nashville. Tenn. Jan. 2s.-The two