The Portland daily press., 1899-12-13


The happy husbandman upon millions Of
acres Of fertile soil realizes In an advnnc'
Ing market widsr demands tor has
products. the entsring Of jubiles and
his voice IL heard IN perpetual argument
In
FAVOR OF SOUND MONEY
and protection. The scratch Of the psn
upon the record In the Northwest and tins
Southwest, as Il cancels the millions OF
mortgages placed there in the hour OF
Democratic distress and starvation, now
cancelled by the payment Of money that
has come to the owners Of thess splendid
farms through the intelligence ana
patriotism Of Republican adninissration
joins In the grand CRY Of endorsement all
along the line. As In the oldsn time. the
morning stars snng together for JOY ana
all the sons Of COD re,oieed. 20 from
Maine 20 California, from the North 10
tire South, from the East 20 the west the
sons Of so}l. the sons u business, the soss
of Amsfioa Join in The glad shout that
drswns the feeble voice Of partisan spsou-
lation and partisan dsnunciation In the
grand. glorious. ringing chorus Of re-
deemed and happy nation" tGrsat He
publican appIsuse.)
Mr.. Nswlsnds Of Nevada. followed In
Opposition 10 ths hill. He traced the his
tory Of the country through the psriod
dspresston commencing ta '9a. c,ntsnd-
ing that the panic was not caused ~ the
coinage Of silver under the Sherman cot.
He said tks. .insrsAs, OF prosperity during
tho past two years demonstrated the oor-
rcotnsss Of the theory entertained By BIZ
mstailisss.
Mr.. shAfroth Of Colorado. In opposing
the bill. argued that at.the foundation of
the prosperity In the Harrison admins
tration, the depression during the Cisve-
land administration and the prosperity
under the present administration. lay the
SUPPLY OF BASIC MONEY.
Mr.. Parker of New Jersey, In support
Of this bill, argued that The pending quss-
tion should mot be party one fnd be
welcomed these Of the other side who
were united with the Republicans In
CRY stalizing into law the dsolsration that
ruAde permanent.
Mr.. William Alden Smith of Michigan.
advocated the bill. He said shat the
steady growth of the oiroulasion during
the past three and half yeAra. asgrssas-
ing $i76, 900, 600 gave the lie 10 the advo-
Gates Of free silver.
MIR. Prince OF Illinois. rrssnted care
Ful g.. f.w,~ tAu
MIR. Cochran Of Aissouri, opposed ths
bill. He contended thar the real question
presented BY the bill was whether there
was sufficient gold In the world upon
which to pyramid the vast and constantly
increasing volume Of credit. The impor-
tation of gold to pay for the surplus ex.
ported to supply the failure Of orops
abroad, mir. Cochran claimed. had
quickened trade and had produced ths
prosperity Of which the RepablicAns
boasted today. He warned ths Rspuhli-
cans that when the stock Of gold dsolissd
the prosperity Of to-day would erumbss
like o house Of cards. When Mr.. Cochran
reitei atsd Mr.. Bryan's famous dsclara-
tion conoerninR ths crown Of thorns and
the cross Of gold, the Republicans ohssred
deiisively.
Mr.. Sims of Tennessee opposed the
till.
MIR. briggs of New York was
THE FIRST DEMOCRAT
to speak In favor OF the bill. when he
arose many Of the Republicans left their
seats and went over the Democratic side
to listen. Mr.. briggs said that the oon-
vention which nominated him. did not
endorse the Chicago platform. nor did II
endorse either gold or silver. As the
NOMINEES he was left to follow his own
onviosions. On Oototer IS and again on
the day preceding the elsction. he an
nouneed In the Brooklyn papers that he
favored tho gold standard and. II elected,
gave his pledge that hs would support the
gold standard legislation. (Republican
Applause.)
Mr.. briggs declared that he believed
TIE dignity and pre-eminencs Of the
United States would be advanced By
placing this country upon the standard
OF the most highly civilized countries Of
the world.
"I do not arrogste to myself said he.
addr essing his Democratic colleagues.
''the presumption to say to you that am
right and you are wrong. But believe
as o Democrat that you would respect me
less, If, knowing how feel, should
not openly avow my convictions and kssp
the pledges I made"
MIR. briggs argued that the doctrine oil
free silver ut 10 to
WAS NOTIN HARMONY
with the ideas of some OF the greatest
men In the Democratic party. be in
stanced the oases Of Madison, Calhoun
and Randall who never swerved In their
Aliegianos to democracy. but who offered
specific policies. He announced that he
would remain consistent Democrat save
only upon the question OF free coinage.
Mr.. Powers of Vermont supported the
bill. His only criticism of 1t was 1t was
not drastic enough.
NJ I.azranaa of Massaohusetts closed