The representative., 1900-09-13
NOT ANY DIFFERENCE
HOW THE DEMOCRATS REALLY
LOVE THE GREENBACK.
a Little History That Shows Whether
There II Any Difference Between
POpulists and Democrats.


During this campaign you will be
told over and over again that POpulists
ought to vote the Democratic ticket
because there is such a little differ
ence" between the two parties. Poll
ticians~ will even point to their plat
form and declare that the Democratic
party is for paper money, and against
banks Of ISSUE
The old proverb says, ''The proof of
the pudding Is the eating" The best
evidence we have Of what the Demo-
cratic party will do for the greenback
is what it has done when it had the
power.
1t will be remembered that in 1893 we
had a Democratic administration. a
Democratic senate, Democratic
house Of representatives. On October
% the Democratic senate was discus
sing the bill to stop the coinage of sill
yer, which 1t afterwards passed, not
withstanding the Democratic majority,
and the further fact that the present
free silver nominee for vice-president
was at that time the presiding officer
of the senate.
II you will get the record of that
session of congress, and turn to page
1928, of Vol. %, part 8, you will find
that Senator PETER of Kansas, a Pop
ulist, offered an amendment to the de-
monetizing bill passed by the senate
to issue greenbacks and relieve the
financial stringency of the time. Sen
ator PETERS amendment was as fol-
lows:
That the secretary Of the treasury be
and is hereby authorized and directed
to cause to be prepared Immediately
treasury notes to the amount Of $780,
100000, said notes to be in form, di-
mensions and general appearance
similar to those which have been pre-
pared under the provisions Of the act
of July IA, 1890. They shall be of the
denominations of 81, 81, IS, $40 and
$50, One-fifth part in value of the total
Issue to be in or of said denominations; /;
they shall be made payable In lawful
money, and they shall be received by
the government of the United States
and the officials thereof for taxes and
all public dues. and they shall be law
ful money and legal tender to their face
value in payment of debts of any
amount whatsoever.
hoI ho
paper of the same character, quality
and grades as that now used for United
States notes; they shall be prepared In
accordance with laws, rules and regu-
lations now in force applicable to such
work, and as fast as they are ready for
delivery they shall be deposited in
the treasury and treated as 50 much
cash, and they shall be paid out the
same as other public moneys
THAT when any of the said notes are
received In the treasury in the course
of business, they shall be re-issued and
thus kept in circulation.
'"This act shall take place Immediate
ly after its passage"
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enacting clause, and would have turn
ed the bill demonetizing (or stopping
the coinage of silver into bill to is
sue and add to the circulating medium
$250,0O0,O00 Of new, full legal tender
paper money.
1t will be remembered that the Dem
ocratic administration issued $262, 2,OOO,-
900 OF interest bearing bonds during
that same period, and we still are taxed
to pay interest on them. How much
more sensible it would have been to
have passed the bill and issued these
new, bright greenbacks, and thus give
W more money and better prices, and
have saved the burden Of bonds.
But the Democratic administration.
Of which Mr.. Stevenson was a part,
did not see it that way; and the Demo
cratic senate promptly defeated this
amendment
Voting for the amendment: Allen
Call. Irby. Kyle. PETER. Pettigrew.
Stewart.
Voting against the amendment: AID
rich, Date, Berry, Blackburn, Brice
Butler, Caffrey, Camden, Carey, Cock
rell, Coke, Cullom, Daniel, Davis, Dix
on, Dolph, Dubois, Faulkner, Frye,
Gallinger, George. Gibson, German,
Gray, Hale, Harris, Hill, Hoar, Hun
ton. Lindsal, Lodge, Mcmillan, Nc
Pherson, Manderson, Mills, Mitchell
(Wis), Morrill,, Murphy, Pasco, Per-
kins. Plat, Proctor, Quay, Ransom,
Roach, Sherman, shoup, Smith, Squire,
Stockbridge, Turpie, Vance, West vi
las, Voorhees,, Walthall, washburn.
White Na).
Not voting at all: Allison, Cameron.
Chandler. Colquitt, Gordon, Hans
brough, Hawley, Higgins, Jones (Ark.),
Jones New, Martin, Mitchell (Ore.),
Morgan, Palmer, Power, Pugh. Teller,
White (Cal), Wilson, Wolcott.
This tells the story. See how such
1ree silverites as 10 Blackburn, Cock
fell, Daniel, Turpie, Vest and others
voted. In this Democratic senate every