The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-15

geId TO the effect that the Republican
congress would obey orders and enact
gold standard legislation. For himself,
he said, he was proud to say that he
was obeying orders--the orders of the
people OF his district-trying to put the
laws of the country into harmony with
their opinions The pending bill was
compromise representing the united
wisdom of all. He (Dolllver) did not
want his record and past follies to be
brought up against him. He had voted
for the Sherman act, in 1890, an act
which he now regarded as piece Of
unutterable stupidity.
Continuing, Mr.. Dolliver said he be-
lieved that the result of the campaign of
1896 settled the silver issue.
In 1896 the cry of Bryan, he said, was
for more money. Money was scarce. 1t
was boarded. The day after the elec.
ton it came out from its hiding.
Are you willing now," interrupted
Mr.. Simms (Tenn.), "that the mints
shall be opened to silver If an interna-
tional agreement could be obtained?"
mo, sir" rpelied Mr.. Dolliver; IL
have had my last whirl with silver. /
have been humbugged for the last
time"
Mr.. Dolliver said that the cry had
been for more money. In three years of
Republican administration $400, 900, 900
had been added to the volume of the
currency, more money than could have
been coined by the mints in ten years if
the mints had been opened to silver.
MIR. Dolliver recalled Mr.. Bryans
prophecy that the gold standard could
not be enacted without universal fall
of prices. "Is there man in this
chamber, he asked, "who will rise in
his place and say that Mr.. Bryan knew
what he was talking about"
Not Democrat rose. Mr.. Dolliver
paused, reiterated his question, and
then resumed.
"It is then confessed that in a Ques.
tion which goes to the heart of the con.
troversy Mr.. Bryan lacked wisdom -
de also called attention to Mr.. Bryan s
prediction that wages would fail and
men would be thrown out of employ.
ment. Yet at the end of three years of
Republican administration Under the
gold standard there was not an indus.
trious man in the country without EN-.
ployment. Those three years, said he,
had resolved last fears of the Republi
can party as to the wisdom of enactine
gold legislation.
Mr.. Mcclellan IN. " opposed the
bill. 81 do not wish it understood, -
said he, that advocate the present sys
tenn of bank note currency. The first
direct consequence of the enactment OF
this bill he said, will be very great
raise in the market price of government
| bones. Its enactment also would result
in the extinction of the present bank
note currency. He argued that the i'm.
J pounding of the treasury notes and the
| United States notes in the terms of the
bill would result in a contraction of the
currency, amounting to over $265, ,000,.
| 600, and require an issue OF bonds tC
that amount at an animal cost of $S,-
| 600, 900, or total contraction of the cur.
rency of nearly $5l0, 200, 600 and re-
duction of the per capita to $l9.21.
In conclusion he appealed to the sound
money Democrats in the house not tt
vote for the bill.
Mr.. DeArmond (Mo.) followed in op
position to the bill. Replying to Mr.
Dolliver, he said the Democrats had not
been overborne in 1896 in the conflict ot
reason, but the Republican party haC
won by summoning TO their aid the COR
rupt and tremendous power of money
and corporations. He charged the Re
publicans with deceiving the people il
| 1896. Ihey were blmetalllSts then. l.
they were honest then they must be dis
honest now; If honest now, dishOnes
then, The change of the bonds from
coin to gold bonds, he said, would make
free gift of 500, 100000 to the bond
holders.
The bill would create q bank trust
He predicted that this measure would
overwhelmingly defeat the Republican
party in 1900. When the peoples vic
tory was won next fall said he in con
cluslon, it must not be necessary to g
to the "Vlneclad cottage" at Canton
O., to offer congratulations but beyond
the Mississippi to that modest home il
Lincoln, Neb., where resided that grea
and staunch friend of the people Dem
ocratic applause.)
Mr.. Greene (Pa.), then announced
the death of his colleague, the lat,
Representative Ermentrout, of Penn
sylvania, and as a further mark OF re
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