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•?§k Tiu esteemed bold assertion that the Ohio' Senator tin! father of the silver law of 1890, aD 'o and the and fS^SjSW^ ¥s!i~k I tHE MITCHELL CAPITAL PAGES 5 TO 8. FRIDAY, JUNE,2, 1893. THE SO-CALLED SHERMAN LAW. and erudite Argus- iluJol |,itaUho bait which THE RE |.ii!i.n'AN' threw out the other day, I an ,i ^ocme'l to consider thai the note ive printed from Hon. .lohnSherman ws intended to be our final answer to its il that ho framed it and engineered j(, p^ajro as a party expedient. The .1. comes back as follows: Uior Wheelock. like thousandsof less I -n.-itrhl und popular men, being cornered .yiniul. John Sherman ad mits that the coinage bill was a Repub lican measure, fie, the author of the and the I man most interested in 'es- wiUo- the indignation, which its re sults "have aroused, gives no figures upon which to base his claim that afree I coinage bill was inevitable except for his intervention. As a matter of fact the house of representatives refused to nass such a bill. But even had it done senate had concurred, Sena tor Sherman knows that the president vtas pledged to veto the measure and [tint he would have vetoed it. There was no possible chance for a free coin age bill to become a law, and Senator Sherman and all others well posted Inoiv it. And to avoid putting the party and particularly the president in the hole" the compromise Sherman bill was concocted. The editor of the state organ evident I iv belongs to that class of persons' who iin outfoot an angel in certain direc tions. for he persists in believing .that mere assumption and strong assertion ivill pass for conclusive argument. Let I us see just what the record is on the I so-called Sherman law. In the course of a ^debate in the I Senate on the currency question, on Wednesday. March 1st, 1893, Senator Sherman went fully into the history of the law of 1890 as follows: .Mr. President the act passed July 114.1800, was an act directing the pur chase of silver bullion and the issue of treasury notes thereon, and /or other purposes. Sometimes the law has been I called the Sherman act—I do not know exactly why—but 1 will give the exact I history as shown in the public records oi this law aud the changes through which it has passed so it can be seen upon whom when the responsibility attached, whether to me or anyone else. Mr. President, that bill authorized I the purchase of four and one-half million dollars' worth of silver per month. That was the original proposition in the House of Representees. The proposi tion was there antagonized—this is now a matter of history—by a proposition for I the free coinage of silver. I will read what is said in McPherson's Hand Book of Politics for 1890j because it saves me the labor of looking over the Keeord: Mr. Bland moved to reommlt the bill to the Committee on Coinage with Instructions to "re- I'jri back a bill lor the free coinage of silver I wiilcli was rejected—yeas 116, nays the yeas 141). I find by analysis of the vote that on I tlw amendment offered by Mr. Bland were 11(5, all of them Demo crats but 12, 12 Republicans joining them and of the nays, 140, all were Republicans but 13. Mr. President, here it will' be seen that on the bill as it came to us from the House of Representatives the Democratic vote, not as a unit, but as a rule, was in favor of the free coinage of silver, while the Republican yote, as a rale, was in favor of the purchase of silver bullion to an amount then be lieved and held to be as much as was Kodueed in this country. The House bill was taken up in the Committee on Finance and various amendments were proposed to it, but none of a material character, except one which limited the duration of the aet to ten years. Mr. Plumb, our pld associate and friend, who is- now dead, had been in favor of free coinage, and ie ottered the amendment which is em bodied in the bill as .it /passed the senate, which provided for the free coinage of silver. By a reference to the same book from which I have read, TOieh 1 have before me. I find that upon jnequestion of substituting freecoinage lor the purchase of silver bullion the political division was—yeas 43 Of the and nays yeas 14 were Republicans and 2!i were Democrats, and of the nays -I were Republicans and 3 crats. houses ill»l were Demo That shows the issue made on these jwo bills though not precisqjy on party lines, yet the Democratic party in both committed itself by this legis lation by a very large majority in favor of the free coinage of silver, and the "epublicaa party, by an equally largo Majority, in favor of the purchase of as Much silver as was the product of the Luited States. The same lines were "fawn in the senate as in the house of ''epresciiuuives between the parties Md this is clearly signiflcant. The lotealso shows that the party lines ^'geographical lines, lor all of the republicans but one, who voted for he free coinage of silver, came from st"p!'Yn,sl of the Missouri river, t. Uvo opposing bills went to con eicnct £l?here was the same diversity opinion fairly represented in the con as existed in both houses. The nfcicnce committee was composed of he senator from Nevada [Mr. .Tones], le three in favor of the pur- a"1' "f silver bullion or some other WeiHiuv. l'ol''? was l'le so distinct and only issue, c'i house had committed itself to one I "^"expedients. If freecoinage had ihn'- i"'"l)'ed in conference the only mi* was lo provide the mode aud aii'i""| 'f the purchase of silver was am!' tlu!n the only question was the ,Julllr and cost. The conferees had to reject both. This would have a grave assumption of power. ."'""resident, what is the duty of a U, A conference, according established parliamentary rules, |.seek a common conclusion by ""intercourse andafreeinterchange 0l""i°". The object is to bring about an agreement between the two houses. A member of a conference committee does not represent himself merely, nor his state, nor his party. A tion onhCe,COm,mittee 18 a servwl 1„ „W0 r®presenta- hous*,s- Those who have know th«t?i,COlnmit^e of conference take, that S°me POintS in order tosecure an agreement on others. Now, let us see what wasdone. Free coinage was rejected because the con ferees were equally divided, and for that reason only. The house bill was AH^h18 ba?is, of tho fav™«r.i?V0 compromise. coinage were in Mle P^chase of silver bullion if they could not get free coinage. Thev therefore favored the purchase of tho dTtions°Unt aDd the m°St fav0l'able The law of 1890 still stands, and will stand until the public mind is convinced that the two metals can not be maintained at parity with each other. Though denounced in the Dem ocratic platform, the failure of this congress to repeal the act shows that that party dare not repeal it. It is the law and must be enforced. I wish to say that signed the conference report withextreme reluctance, because ro views are pretty well known upon this subject. The conference* report was far from representing m.y opinions. I voted for it first, because it repealed the th6n existing law which required the purchase of bullion, not less than $2,000,000 worth monthly and required it to be coined into silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.. There was another reason why I signed that conference re port, which I think on the whole, was the strongest and prevailing reason, which was that in 1890 there were signs of disturbance and certainly evidence of a want of sufficient currency to supply the wants of the people at that time. The banks, from whatever cause—I do. not know what—were constantly retir ing their circulation. I feared, too, that if some conservative agree ment should not be entered into in that committee of conference the disagree ment would go back to the two houses, and then the inevitable result would have been the free coinage of silver, which I have always regarded as the most direful remedy which could possi bly be imposed-upon us. The majority in the house against the free coinage of silver was not large, and the senate was decidedly in favor of the free coinage of silver. There is no knowing what might haye been the result, and no man can say but what if that conference committee did not come to an agree ment a disagreement would have been reported back to the two houses, and then we should have had the free coin age of silve",'which I dreaded more than anything else. I give now for the first time the rea sons which actuated me in signing that conference report. I have, a profound contempt for the declaration in the national Democratic platform denounc ing the Sherman act of 1890 as a cow ardly makeshift. It was a makeshift to prevent the Democratic party from enacting the free coinage of silver. And pow they dare not repeal this makeshift. I have now stated the rea sons fairly and frankly why I supported the act for 1890, and I think I might call as living witnesses in support of my statement the honorable senators who shared with me in the responsibility of that conference," the senator from Ten nessee [-Mr. Harris] and the senator from Nevada [Mr. Jones.] We quote from the Argus-Leader once more as follows: Brer Wheelock may never have wrestled with the modern Latin ol a college sheepskin, but he recognizes logic when he sees it. And when he looks at Senator Sherman's answer in the critical light of restored solf-pos session he will see that it is no answer at all, and as in a well remembered case last fall he will henceforth absorb him self in other questions. As in a well-remembered case last fall, "Brer" Wheelock will probably absorb himself in other questions be cause this one seems to require no fur ther discussion. The record is against the assumption of the editor of the state organ. _________ AMONG OUR EXCHANGf S The Brule county publishers' associa tion has busted, and the rival publish-, ers of that locality are busily engaged in cutting rates and theirown throats as of yore. The legal status of the Howard Press has been finally determined and it is once more considered a newspaper. The absurd question as to its legality ought never to have been raised. The senator from Tennessee [Mr. Harris] nu myself. The house committee was ",1l"lsed of Messrs. Conger, Walk'"' lihuid. Three of the conferees .j-'1'1-' i" favor of the free coinage of )tl'- rule Index celebrated its lll-h anniversary with a creditable advertis ing edition of its town and county. There are no drops on Drips. The handsome and accomplished, versatile and polished S. .Burleigh Milton of The (1 Held Qbservor. who was private becretary to Delegate Gif ford, will act in the same capacity for Congressman Lucas. The Captain's constituents may therefore be assured of the most courteous attention when they go to Washington, but those unac quainted with the former's personality are liable to mistake S. Burleigh Tor the congressman. And now it is the Dakota Staats-/ei tung which is complaining that the Democracy of the stale does not suffici ently recognize the German element in the party. The remarks recently ad dressed to the Syd Dakota Kkko from a Republican standpoint will fit the case of the Staats-Zeitung very nicely 110 f?, f«y THIRD. CONGRESS. Eclectic and Homeopathic Physicians of the World Gather toy Thousands at Chicago To Discuss Matters Pertaining to Their Profession—Welcomed bjr Auxiliary Officials. Etlcctics Get Down to Business and Hoiiicopadis Dedicate Their Expo sition Building. con- This conference was at once reported to the senate. It was at once assailed by the friends of free coinage as a sur render of the views of the senate. It was denounced as a concession to those who favored good money based upon the present standards and maintained at par with gold coin. It was adooted in the senate by the vote of 39 yeas and nays- Every Republican voting voted for the report and every Demo crat voting voted against the report, and all but two or three of them for the openly avowed reason that it did not provide for the free 6oinage of silver. CHICAGO, May 30.—The women's con gress and the congress of the world's press have passed into history, and the third of the series of great international gatherings opened up in'the Lake Front Art palace. It is that of theiphysicians and surgeons'of the world, or rather of two of the schools of that great frater nity, the Homeopathic and the Eclec tic. Difficulty has been experienced combining what is known at the regular" profession in this congress, frohi the fact that over two years ago an international congress was arranged for at Rome during the present summer, and very few of the eminent foreign members of the fraternity were able to find time to travel to Chicago, and afterward find their way to Rome. Hence, for the present, the new school of medicine has the field to itself, al though it is probable that later in the year the followers of the old school may find it practicable tohave The Homeopaths. The fothy-sixth annual convention of the American Institute of Homeopathy opened at 11 o'clock in another room of the Art palatie under tlie presidency of Dr. J. H. McClelland. The attendance was large. An adjournment was taken in order to enable the delegates to par ticipate in the dedication of the home opathic headquarters, hospital and pharmacy at the world's fair. 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