Sharp County record., 1901-10-18

cept one into line in sunny uOea Posto'
which, while it was ppOU NJ. Of
wanted, still, was insnito,sl al u =z=
tariff bill that the comfy comfy tie ,NE d
In 1orty years and carried IA as
its provisions an income ~. ss o. z=7
Through months of acrir 49,
bate, this Democratic con~l I
like a stone wall, and hunS,asa aa % LO
and nay votes were called Gus q
break IN Its ranks. There is ts
ity in saying that everybod, % y
that but for my efforts & tSus as
have been no tariff bill Na VI 600
1884 and no income tax law p'
When we met in natoro, oo'''
tion in Chicago, in 1896 Ia, tSa eeN's will
was general that We had s,, h i
hope Of success. We adoptaS r.
departure, made a good orso.i eu "a rb;a {
and magnificent fight Mr. sSallaS ~ -
had been elected in 1892 by WS,, a' 'Doo'
always regarded as a phepom"auat "uat y
jority, and when the votes wa'a y
ed in 1896, it was found tbat ~e. d' D.
polled nearly million mor0 Ne 10 Wi
for Mr.. Bryan than Mr.. Clevel,. 'ea .oo,x.
received in 1892. He didn't 90,
office, but | shall always belise eIudg'
the majority of the America y 3
favored his election at that tnp p"A y :
but for crookedness in states tb.s Y MOI
under Republican control tho SA n
would have been so declared 'eSe u =
Such was the feeling about tbo as d'
agement of that campaign tS1aS 4S las
1900 | was again unanimously ,a Ia
as chairman of the Democratic sS nSs Rev.
al committee, and We again snoaa' ,ent
in polling about six and half ptTS MINI. l, I,
| votes. uN rs VI
confess that l have ALWAYS A., or.
proud, proud of myself and prout yu Ya y ~
Arkansas, that l should have Nv
thus selected for this position vi,S.a ltn
solicitation on my part, becsuss ist
knew its great responsibilities and y. on
difficulties under which it would h's' h sati
to be managed. ~"
| | have always been proud for mvVo, -, 49, 49,
| for the state, that upon the retiramorI I ;erIN
| Senator Turpie from the senate Iaavi..W v
vacancy in the chairmanshrp of tSa KIT ing
| cratic caucus that | was unanimonslr %
lected by that body for that rpsnoD.S, last
position. | have felt that had ransa y
be proud of these honOrs conferred O0 '. am
| as a citizen of the State of Arkansas ~
/ believe that our people so feel. | msDto. ~ PAL
this thing because Gov. Clarke saws IfISa S,1 /,
| accomplished nothing. iA'
| When joint resolution Of congress v,, Mr.,
passed, authorizing President Cleyplsm !, ~
| appoint a commission to 90 to EurOna ~
negotiate with the European powers on n.
| question of bimetallism, one-third TO be = nj
| lected by the president, one-third bv ths oss
ate and one-third by the house sSs1 TIL
always remember with pride the fact M,
was unanimously selected by the sps,
of the United States for its first pace 4,
| that commission. 6ll
| These expressions Of confidence in s ~
| by men with whom | have served in pubIE 7N'
| life, will always be matters OF pride with ~..
me- and / do not believe that my felloWeB Scs
| Zens of the state of Arkansas will dscreln lIO(
| me now.
By reason of my position as chairman
| the Democratic caucus of the senate, III, 3cp
| caucus not having taken any action in ts ~,
matter, it became my duty in the last Ss ne
| sion of congress to organize the fight agaIns on
| the Hanna-Payne Infamous shp-subsdJ =
| bill ~
We tested the strength of the meamN ,
| by having an aye and nay vote or two ID }cI
| the senate which showed that the solid Re-
| publican party was ready to stand by the ~
| measure to the last The Democrats con- ~
| stituted only about a third of the senate S~
and had difficult task ahead to prevent the
passage of the measure 1t required tat 7
and Judgment. | appreciated the respOnS et
| bility, as l did the compliment, when the s
caucus by taking no action, left the en-. "
| tire management of this matter to me. ! ~
entered upon the difficult duty. and when at ~
| last we succeeded IN destroying all hope Of M
| its passage at the last session OF congress to
| its friends were outraged, and the Demo
Gratis correspondingly rejoced and the III
| country rejoiced. That monster will come
| up again. ~
If you will express want Of confidence 10 !,
me at this election, you will make glad tR n
| hearts of all the friends of that bad meas
ure. a
You all know my public service N!
| character and standing as man, and p
| Is for you to determine whether or not an
| to continue to serve you. If at the coming !
primary you express your approval OF wn& 4
/ have done, and of the confidence the Dem r
ocracy of the nation has shown in me, you X
will make me happy, and | submit the case
| to you.
Extract from speech at Newport, Sept ~
On Yesterday at Searcy Governor CLARKE
criticised me for introducing senate phl
| 2642, In January 1895, and announced !
| a clincher to his criticism that no Demo
| crat could be induced to second 1t, adolns
| that | managed to get 1t sent 10 cVm
mittee to cover my defeat -.
| fully intended to answer this ye0..
| day, but overlooked it, so will do SO nvn
In January, 1895, eighteen months peiUrs
| the meeting Of the Chicago conVentloh ,o~ WV
| all wanted the free and unlimited conSss ass
| of silver. Our opponents were denouuh,n, !,
| US for wanting to coin 80 cents worn w tSe
silver into dollar for the benent VI ,r ms
| mine owners. Under the Sherman ia" ,ow. w
bought silver and all the time at the Nv Nv
est price and in limited quantity :, me
bill provided that all silver brought " ,uO, sn
mint should be coined and that the o"fS tSa
of the bullion should have so much oi 'uo AN
money made out of it as 1t was WIZ WI nm.
the day he brought it, thus giving the ,IOs. pew
pie the profit that came from the 'V''''
instead of the mine owner. r,cs IN
This payment was to be at tne on p,, was
London, because the price IN L0nuVn nrIce
always higher than the New 1ULh ,,na from
by the cost of carrying the Dulilon u,ouM
New York to London. Thus the mlnE S.ots, SO
be the best market in the United eoa ~ in.
until silver came to par. This was NV " Mil
duce silver to come to the mint ~ honds
provided for the issue Of su1lcien,. '' the
to take up the greenback circuat'oIf do.
Sherman notes. about 500 millions, ,ohto Jt n
lars The greenback notes were d uuy and
the government, payable on dellahiaa have
were paid in gold. This bill Woulu Da and
made them payable on day cerrnment certain