The Anaconda standard., 1898-02-02

lien of these demand obligations thefe
should he allowed bank currency anu
that there be issued bonds OF the Cliit-
ed states to secure that circulation.
sWhen William Mckinley was noni- |
mated AT ST. Louis for the highest ana /
most important office in the glft ol lle
American people he aecepted ina, nom !,
nation in a letter which contaliI"
some statements worthy OF our colls.d-
Grafton In that letter OF acceilah.e
| find this language and ! ask the NJ
teution of gentlemen on both siues ~
the chamber to ii, because | wodid llhe
some man to get up ana lhleFi uPt ~
with view to reconcillng tEat Slass
ment with the action which we linu =
proposed now to be taken slncc h-e
election. He says: 1t Will Keep
And it means the republican party,
1t will keep in circulation, ana as soou
as gold all of the silver ana papet
money which are now Included III tie
currency of the country. FelioW ihehi-
bers of this house when that letter Wds
written hy the president, highest oileer
of the government, the chlef eNecuhNe
of this nation. when that statehleht
was made it was solemn pleuSe ''r
his part. made by him to the people 81
the United States, as To the pollcN -
the administration which must eltiler
he houored or dishonored There IS no
question of that. Either one OF tlie
two must be accepted as the meaiiiiS
of it.
Upon the strength of that statement
many citizens of the United states cast
their votes in favor of William Mckin-
lev for the high office of president.
Ipon the strength of that Slatehifia
| unuuestionably he owes ms preseh.
station as chief magistrate OF the uhll
/ ed states. They believed, and they haa
/ a right 10 believe. that he would be
\ trne to the statement which he made
7 when he was a candidate before the
people and they had Il right to insist
| on the performance of that agreement.
/ They have a right to insist that lhal
promise shall be carried out TO tne eA-
4 treme letter and in it's exact spirit.
"But. gentlemen of the committee,
| what are ee confronted with today
4 Not only the declaration of his secre-
tary Of the treasury To when ! haNe
already called your attention. Dui sun
| stantially the same declaration IS mace
! both i'm his special message 10 tins
house on July "A and his regular an
| nual message To congress on lhe elh
day of December at the beginning OF
the second session OF TINS congress.
Now we have right To ask what ~
to come next? What is TO be the next
move? The banking and currency COM
mittee is to-day in session. What IS IL
doing? 1t is considering plan, pro-
posed TO them by the international
monetary conference at Indianapolis
the child Of the late president pohcy
in that direction. Grover Cleveland
And YOU have accepted him as youi
/ financial leader and oracle, ana you
must stand by him, (Applause). OF
have accepted him, YOU have adopted
his ideas. and YOU cannot anofd t'
desert him now. And J want To take
this opportunity of congratulatlng tht
democratic party on having gotten rle
of this incubus on the body polite o
this country. tApplause). You nave
,, got in your possession, | will say Il
gentlemen on this side, as politiea
legacy. a most indigestible mass Q
? galvanized gristle' that gives you tn
. bond collie by day and that hover
! threateningly over your bedside b!
( night as has ever been seen In thi
. country (Applause and laughteD. Bu
:, what was your loss is supposed To nay
: been gain To the republican party
. tLaughter). The republican party ha
= taken the article-the commodity
J, which was discarded by the democratl
" party-amd have made him the chic
= head and center of their political falti
4 And l see the gentleman from Me-
. York wants to interrupt me. ] Woul
be glad to yield TO an interruption
70 he sees the point of difference betwee
:, the position and the policy advocate
= by Grover cleveland and that now pul
i sued by William Mckinley. | Will |
Il glad if he shall be able To point OF
Is an example OF H.
a Here the hammer fell
h The Chairman-The time of the gel
~ tleman has expired.
Mr.. Hartmann ask unanimous COZ
I. sent that / may have ten mlnut
he longer.
,d The chairman-The gentleman fro
w Montana asks unanimous consent IN
n his time be extended ten minutes.
ne there objection
H. There was no objection
1d Mr. Hartman-Mr. Chairman. I
he banking and currency committee a
nd now considering bill which they a
to bring out at some time when III
o. are told TO bring it out and that bill
at to embody in its provisions the thf
)i- main and salient features of the pl
a. proposed by the indianapolis moneta
IL convention The first is, as | said
he fore, the maintenance of the e.
re | standard The second is the retireme
rs of the greenbacks and the third is
rs transferring to the banks of the rtt
,e 10 issue all the money OF the count
i'm And when that time comes L want
he know what rhose republicans who
m opposed TO the retirement of the gre'
,e, backs are going to do about it,
Ia how many of YOU, on that side Of
II house are opposed to 1t? How many
IN YOU are opposed To II!
,eo Mr. HILL should like to ask the &
IN tleman by what authority he is spe
4th ing for the banking and currency GO
the mittee?
. 10 Mr. Hartmann am not speak
he with any authofltN'
ded MIR. Hill understood you to st
The that that committee was doing cert
the things
po- Mr. Hartmann VIII aiisNe, u.
q tleman The Washington Post
,er- morning contains statement
nd your committee are III session. -
tire are ashamed of it. / am willing To i
and the matter stflcheH cut VI .ie ~
g of tLaughter on the uelhoeft.tic siue'
the Mr. HILL am not ashamed of
MOI rocerd of the banking and cure
sart committee.
ms Mr.. Williams Of Mississippi-Bec;
Be IL mas no lecoth' thus lar
been Mr.. Hill-MS respect lot lhe ieeol
ions that committee - maen greater
I Of my respect for the gentleman's act
sult during the last II months.
dis Mr. Hartrhan-Oh, we'll