The Grenada sentinel., 1899-04-29

M. Allen the Absent DsnsoctsA ADDsesee
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70, Bat Did Not Como.
Mr.. Allen has pursued many devi ous
ways to the people Of this State, and
the Democracy, since his incumbeucy
OF seat In Congress. His continued,
aud PERSISTENT opposition to appropria>
tions, which saved from destructive
foods, our Delta people, can never be
Unsatisfactory explained. Yet, now,
1t is claimed that the distinguished
gentleman will abandon his convictions
il elected to the Senate. Would he
indeed?
He has always been unfaithful to the
Levee interest; how has he been TO our
party interests?
1t was Mr.. Allen, who could have
saved Mr.. Blaud's Silver bill in 1894
from defeat, but be could not be in
duced to attend the Committee meet
ings. His, one Democratic vote, was
needed; be wasabsent, and so remained.
And Congress adjourned, 90 it seems,
with the measure defeated in Com
mittee.
Here is contemporaneous history on
that subject.
WASHINGTON, May 7, l894.-Repre-
sentative Bland's hope of reporting a
free coinage bill are considerably in
/ terfered with by the continued absence
of Representative Allen, of Mississippi,
a member of the Coinage Committee.
Mr.. Allen is free silver man, and II
he had been present at the committee
meeting last Thursday it would have
given Mr.. Bland the margin OF one
vote necessary to report the bill. But
! without him the committee was tie,
with the prospect OF remaining so. To
! meet the emergency, Mr.. Bland has
secured letter from Mr.. Allen, stat
ing that the latter desired to report the
bill. But this move has been offset by
Representatives Tracy and Harter
with objections to all proxy voting.
Thus, the free coinage bill Is at q
stand still until Mr.. Allen returns, and
even then the anti-silver men hint that
another absentee will further postpone
the reporting Of the bill.
Commenting on the above, the
Memphis Scimitar, which appears to
be opposed to free silver, says:
"But for the absence OF Private John
Allen. Bro. Bland would have been en-
abled TO report another free coinage
bill to the House, but lacking Johns
vote in the Coinage Committee, he was
held down by the gold bug members
until the opportunity was past. Bro,
BANDS chief object in life now is to
show how a Congressman may harass
and discredit his own party. 1t is not
an exhibition that John Allen, free
slverite as he is, can take any pleasure
| in promoting. Hence, we consider
| his absenteeism at this particular
juncture proof OF his Democracy"
If this be the true inwardness OF Mr..
Aliens conduct, may the Lord deliver
US from such Democracy. Writing a
letter to Mr.. Bland saying he favored
the reporting Of the bill by the Cons
mittee, and then preventing its pas
sage by wilfull absence, shows him ur
as man without the courage to dc
right or wrong. The hint that an
other one of the Committee would skir
when Mr.. Allen return arouses the
suspicion of a kind of conspiracy or
this line of action unworthy the name
of honest craftsmanship. II Mr.. Aller
and the other prospective absentee are
opposed to the measure, let them vote
against it and kill it outright rather
than pursue a vacillating policy which
entities them to no respect from either
side."-Ex.
The last paragraph of the above
though credited to an exchange, We
are perfectly satisfied is from the Cor
inth Herald, published in Aliens owr
Congressional District. The above
fac, OF his going back on free si>vel
should damn him in the eyes OF every
silver advocate in the State, and w
believe when it becomes generally
known will consign him TO the shade'
o! private life perpetually.
How can Mr.. Allen expect to cajole
lhe people Of this State into electine
him to the United States Senate, wher
his record shows that he betrayed his
party and has done literally nothing
for the ir interests in all these years.