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THE ENTERPRISE.
« ftocKT 7?om>, Colorado.
x'he Behring sea decision lms gone
gainst the United States. Well, the
oefeat is one that will never bring
any hardship to the largo majority
,of .the American people.
The poople of Cairo salute you
with the question, “l>o you per
spire?” They regard a dry skin as a
sign of mortal malady. Therefore,
loitering in Cairo are
obliged to carry their jokes in a sweat
box or leavo them in quarantine.
In this way touch funny matter is
lost to the Cairo press. •
Octave TiianeT pronounces her
r/me, which is a pen one, as if it
•*cro every day English. She did
not take it from a French novel, nor
from a bill of faro, but from a freight
tear that -used to scoot' past, her cot
tage door when she was a little girl.
Hence, all persons who have begun
tho study of French arc warned not
to trespass on her nom de .plume.
The people of this country are not
tbe only people on earth suffering
from a financial pinch. In Cermany,
*vhero the roichstag has but recently
giassod an army bill which greatly
enhances the tax burden, the young
emperor is put to his Wit’s end as to
how to raise enough thalers to meet
tho increased expense. Tho long
drouth in the country of the Rhine
has forced even tho importation of
liay, to say nothing of tho necessary
food supplies for man. Tho kaiser
and tho czar havo virtually stopped
commercial exchange betwoen their
respective countries so that a big
market for German products is cut olf.
Bombay is feeling what all India
would bo likely to fool if English
rule should bo withdrawn, with tho
difference that tho relations of tho
combatants would probably ho re
versed. In Bombay the Hindus havo
been massacring tho Mohammodans,
whom thoy outnumber by threo to
«sne, but if tho British should mako
room for a go-as-you-please competi
tive examination in arms over tho
whole of India tho survival of tho
littest would lead to a different re
sult. Islam is the heir to the Indian
empire whenever Europo takos its
hands off, and if it over comes into
its inheritance tho Hindus of Bombay
will havo cause to roraembor work.
Thebe is no doubt that cholera has
been prevailing more or loss in
Europe all summer. In fact, there
are authentic advices from various
European quarters to that effect,
notwithstanding tho most persistent
effort, on tho part of European .au
thorities to suppress the facts. It is
therefore greatly to the credit of
Surgeon-General Wyman and Health
Officer Jenkins, who is co-operating
with him, that in spite of continual
immigration from cholera infected
districts the few cases of cholera in
Now York are effectually corralod.
That tho plague will get a foothold
in'the metropolis seems now improb
able and this improbability becomes
more and more apparent as the sea
son of frost advances.
California school teachers have
fifty-eight different kinds of wood
from which to select a punishing
stick. One dull boy has had all of
the following tried on him, and yet
they did not make him smart: Mad
rono, live oak, hickory oak, black
oak, red oak, whitooak, tanbark oak,
maul oak, buckeye, alder, laurel,
redwood, fir. myrtle, sequoia—big
tree, bull pine, sugar pine, yellow
pine, Monteroy pine, California wal
nut, white cedar, red cedar, Califor
nia ash, maplo, sycamore, magnolia,
yow, wild cherry, olive, Monterey
cypress, spruce, locust, pear, elm,
coffee tree, manzanita, eucalyptus,
nutmeg, lilac, cottonwood, black
acacia, pepper, orange, rubber, cam
phor, Spanish cedar, hemlock, chit
an wood, birch, elder, Douglas
B pJSce. fig, salmon berry, castor
‘•ban, while thorn, mountain mahog
any, furze, azulia. j
A monument to the immortal
Sbraham Lincoln has been unveiled
> the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.'
The plan for the same originated
Yith Wallace Bruce, United States
consul at Edinburgh, and has been
carried out by American eontMbu
tions. It cost $6,100. Tho monu
montis fifteen feet in height, sculp
tured by George E. Bissell, • also an
American. Mr. Lincoln is. repre
sented in bronze six feet four inches
in height and in the act of emancipat
ing u slave. His head is -erect; the
left arm is thrown behind, 'while tho
right is extended, holding some
sheet of manuscript. The poso was
mado by Mr. Bissell from a photo- ,
graph of Lincoln taken when ho was
delivering one of his speeches. At
tho president’s feet are a freed slave
und battle flags, also in bronze. The
base of tho monument is of polished
red Aberdeen granite. This is the
first Lincoln monument ever erected
outside of the United States. f
While thp Italian laborers of Col
orado arc drawing their savings
from the banks and hustling with
them back to Italy, Italians without
savings, but with a load of cholera
germs, havo been landing in New
York. It is not a fair exchange and
tho country kicks. f
Mbs. Frank Leslie say 6 she
wouldn’t marry an angel. Up to the
hour of going to press this seems to
bo tho only variety of natural or
supernatural masculine' man whom
Mrs. Frank Leslie wouldn’t marry. j
To escape the payment of duties, ‘
amounting to not less than $30,0Q0,
on his recently built yacht, the Val
i ant has. it is charged that W. K.
Vanderbilt has transferred its own
ership to a yacht company. As com
pany property it Is allowed to enter
the New York port free
Prince Henry of Prussia has been
decorated with a cross for distin
guished service, not the least inter
’-'•umslance being that the
’ns to have deserved
Telegraphic Brevities.
I The ’cholera It spreading la Russia.
| Cholera has appeared at Antwerp.
The Illinois Steel Company la to close
' Jowh.
i The First National Bank of York, Neb. has
i upended.
Josiab Quincy, assistant secretary of state,
bus resigned,
i The tnnyor of Chicago has Issued an order
prohlbltlug any more parades.
The attendance at the World's Fair last
’ seek footed up Aver a million.
I The 24th was Illinois day at tbc World's
Fair and 269,061 people attended.
The hotels ut Long Branch were badly dain
aged by a great storm on tbc 24tb.
The Cherokee Strip will be opened to set
-1 tlcmcnt on Ibc iCth of September.
Large numbers of vessels tVfciViirlvqri ashore
on the Atlantic const by the storm of the24tn.
. The Duke Of Suke-Yjoburg died on the 23rd.
lie Is httccVcded by tbc English duke of Edln
j tmt-gb.
• 5 Geo. C. Cribb. an extensive Implement deal
f(r of Mllweaukee, has failed. Liabilities
• ?800,000.
The strikes In nearly all the Kansas coal
mines have beeu settled and the men have re
turned to work.
, .Serious charges of corruption are made
against Mr. Mercer, world’s fair commfsslon
cr from Wyoming. . , .
I A parade of unemployed clashed with the
Chicago police Saturday and tbc result was a
number of cracked skulls.
The Power Atlantic const was swept by a
j httYrleane Monday and a great deal of pro
perty and many lives lost.
' The cholera is slowly but surely spreading
In the great centers of population in Galicia
and Hungary, where ft Is difficult to eradicate
it.
I IYie disagreement between the Union l’n
' ciiic and thu Western Passenger Association
i has not been settled and tncre Is liable to be a
rate war yet.
Unemployed Poles raided a market bouse
1 in BulTulo Thursday and helped themselves to
everything tl ey wanted. A strong force bf
police fiuully drove them off.
t A sensation has been caused at Chicago by
a sudden wholesale Indictment of gamblers,
t At tbc Instance of Statc’B Attorney Kern
| eighty-seven Indictments tVeYe found,
j The Santa Fe management has decided to
close the Topeka cur shops temporarily on
j the first of September. Only enough employes
will be retained to make the necessary re
-1 pairs.
| The rush of horncseekcrs to the Cherokee
I Strip, which will be opened to Wttltemeht Sep
tember 16, has begUn* afid hundred of men,'
I worn eh and children are arriving on every
1 Santa Fc and Missouri Pacific train.
I Mohlcr of tbc Kansas Board of Agriculture
has issued an appeal for seed wheat and mon
ey with which to buy it for farmers in West
ern Kansas. The appeal states that the crop
is A total failure In that portion of the state.
I State Bank Commissioner Breldenthnl of
i Kansas announces that he will not consider as
available assets of Kansas banks any money
I they may have on deposit In New York as the
New York banks refuse to houor draft* with
cash.
I There was a great meeting for silver at
I Cooper Union, New York on the 24th. It
was attended by {*,ooo people and speeches
were delivered by John G. Boyd, General
Weaver, Congressmen Bnrtinc mid Bryan.
Strong .resolutions weYe ndnptcd favoring free
I> coinage.
Mayor MarrisOn Of Chicago will take unto
himself a bride some time lu September. Tbc
lady Is Miss Howard of New Orleans. She Is
about 30 years old and worth about $3,000.-
000. Mayor llarrlson is 63 years old anil this
will be his third marriage. He hAa three
1 children older than his Intended Wife.
| The treasury department has begun paying
oUI gold on all cheeks presented. Redemp
tion of paper money is made In the same class
of money. Tho reason for this Is large ex
penditures have exhausted the paper money.
The gold reserve Is now $97,000,000, the re
serve being used in paying debts of the gov
ernment.
There have been serious disturbances in
Milwaukee lately. On Wednesday a large
number of Poles attacked a party of laborers
at work on a street contract ami demanded
that they desist work. A lively encounter en
! sued, hut nobody was seriously Injured. Tho
1 police soon appeared OU tbc scene and dis
persed the mob after making two arrests,
i Ten million dollars In gold, packed in can
va-s sacks, passed through Kansas City Frl
, day morning on the Santa Fe train from San
Francisco. The money was guarded by ten
I United States deputy marshals armed with
• Winchester rifles. The gold Is from the sub
trensury ut Snn Francisco and Is being sent to
the sub-treasury at New York.
Tbe popular ferment in Italy arising from
the Aigiles-Morles affair shows no signs of
, subsidence. At Mllnzzo, on tho north coast
of the Island Of Sicily, a mob paraded the
streets and acted ina most disorderly manner.
The rioters attacked the Frerich consulate,
und smashed every window in the building.
Tbe escutcheon of France over the doorway
was torn down and taken possession of by
some of tbe mob. Alt attempt was.then
made to burn it, bnt the police arrived and
drove the rioters off* and the officers recap
tured the escutcheon.
! The beautiful white buildings of the
World’s Fair are to be sold as junk. They
are soon to be advertised and knocked down
. to the highest bidder About tbc only thing
of future use In them are tbe iron and steel
1 arches and timbers. It Is thought that not
more than $1,000,000 can be realized from the
auction. Tbe most expensive buildings will
probably bring the least money. Tbe manu
facturers’ and liberal arts building, which
cost $1,600,000. und which has $500,000 in
arches alone, will, of necessity, It Is believed,
be given to the man who will tear it down
and carry the debris awny.
The Democrats of lowa have rc-nomtnated
( Governor Boles for a third term. In regard to
silver coinage the platform says: ‘‘We hold
to the use of both gold and sliver ns the
standard money of the country and the coln
’ age of both gold and silver without discrimi
nating against either metal or charge for
mintage, but tbc dollar unit of coinage of
both metals must be of equal intrinsic anil
exchangeable value, to be adjusted through
international agreement or by such safe
guards of legislation os shall insure tbc main
tenance of the parity of tbe two metals and
tbe equal power of every dollar at all times
In tbc markets and in payment of debts, and
.we demand that all paper currency shall be
kept at par with and redeemable in such
coin.”
Colorado.
Fire has broken out in tbe King mine at
Como.
A “Bland Club” has been organized at
Pueblo.
I Work has commenced on the Custer county
reservoir.
Uncle Dick Wootton,the venerable pioneer,
died at Trinidad on tbc 22nd. He was nearly
80 years old.
I). A. Cmnfield of Greeley shipped two car
o:nls of wool on th« 21st to Providence,
Rhode Island.
Dr. S. J. Deck of Akrou is charged with
I neglecting and maltreating his wife so that
' she died. He has left town and an effort is
being made to arrest him.
! Thomas H. Wilson, a gardener near Grand
Junction, caught four tramp* in hi* melon
patch and ordered them to leave. They
pounced upon him and beat him severely.
His wounds were dressed by Dr. Ingersoll.
u ho found that he was seriously injured about
thu bead and face, with Internal Injuries. Tbe
tramps were all apprehended and are now in
I jail.
j Tbc closing of the steel works at Bessemer
has resulted In starting a perfect stream of
men to the Cherokee Strip. The agents of
- the Santa Fe and Rock Island railroads there
state that they have 6ent almost 100 passen
gers to stations In that locality during the
past three days. The steel-workers are hopc
!f ul of securing permanent homes for their
families so that they may abandon a business
so uncertain as that of Working In tbe iron
1 mills.
An Adventist conference and camp meet
ing will beheld In Arlington Park, near Den
ver, commencing Wednesday evening. August
31, at 7:30 p.m. Rev. Hyatt, president of
the Missouri Conference of Adventists, will
preach the opening sermon. Already some
fifty family tents are erected and others are
being pitched as fast as the force of workmen
can fix them. Rev. 11. T. Jones, the editor of
the American Sentinel of New York, will be
one of the prominent speakers. Rev. A. J.
Breed of Wisconsin will assist In conducting
tbe services. All tbe ministers and workers
of tbe Colorado conference will be present.
"A good time Is anticipated and everybody
invited to share In tbe feast,” is tbe way no
tices are given out.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Tuesday, August tlih
BeNATß.—BenAtor Aiieh gave notice of an
hmebdihent to tbe repeal bill which will per
mit the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1. Mr.
Voorhee* of the finance committee,.then look
tbe floor and the Senate In advocacy
of top bill VejWteu by him discontinuing the
V>urchase of sliver bullion. Mr. Voorhees,
while emphatically declaring that he favored
bl-metalllsm, argued that the purchasing
clause of tbe Bherinau bill should be at once
repealed unconditionally. He expressed
views of a very contradictory nature anil the
speech was unsatisfactory to both aides, Tbe
Senate chamber and top galleries Were
crowded and a large number of .representa
tives weye present. The speech occupied an
hour and thirty-five minutes. After Mr
Voorhees took his seat he was congratulated
by many senators. The gulleries then began
to thin out and a majority of the senators
left tbc chamber.
Debate was continued by Mr. Dubois In op
position to the bill. What vote of tlic peo
ple, he asked, hail Instructed Congress to
abandon bi-metallism 1 There was not a sen
ator on the floor, be said, who had not been
elected on a platform which pledged him to
bi-metallism. No party had declared at any
convention In favor of tpOnd-mtHalllsm, add
none ever would. Hb insisted, most earnestly,
Jtkal no representative of the people had a
moral right by his vote, or on his own judg
ment, to pat the country on a gold standnrd.
It would be a betrayal of the people.
Mr. Dubois was followed by Mr. Palmer
who supported the bill. The bill to Increase
national bank circulation whs then taken up.
Mr. Stewart wus the first, senator to take the
flooV, Und he set out to antiigonlzp some of
the positions taken In Mr. Voorhees’ speech,
lie compared the position of the lndinna sen
ator to that of a Missouri judge, who, in a
decision in a fugitive slave ease before the
war, was sahl to have “given the law to the
North and the negro to the South.” After a
brief debate the bill and amendment went
over without action.
A resolution was offered by Mr. Pcfffir uttd
went over Udtil to-morrow, calling oh the
secretary of the treasury for a report as to
Whether national bunks in Boston, New York
and Philadelphia were being conducted In
violation of law; whether they were paying
depositors checks promptly In lawful money,
and whether they were demanding rates of
Interest higher than those provided by law
for loans of money, or for the discounting of
nates.
House.—On motion of Mr. Loud of Cali
fornia, a Senate bill was passed, admitting
free of duty all articles Intended for exhibi
tion at the California Midwinter International
Exposition. Mr. Mcßae asked the unanimous
consent for the passage of u joint resolution
extending to the Cherokee outlet the provi
sions of the act providing for townsite en
tries of land In Oklahoma. There was no ob
jection and the joint resolution was passed.
The silver debate was then resumed and
Mr. Buckner of Wisconsin addressed the
House In faVor of the repeal of the purchas
ing clause. He was followed by Mr. Mallory
of Florida In opposition to unconditional re
peal. Unconditional repeal was supported in
speeches by Ilopkins of Illinois, Bynum,Kalg
and DeForest. Tbe free coinage of silver
was urged by Lane of’ Illinois, Newlands of
Nevada, Hepburn, Jones, Ellis, Cooper, Ar
nold and Williams. The evening session
lasted until 11:40.
Wednesday, August 23rd.
Senate.—The resolution offered yesterday
by Mr. Peffer inquiring of the secretary of the
treasury as to tbe conduct of national banks
Ih refusing to pay promptly In currency, the
checks of their depositors, was taken up; and
a motion to refer It to the committee on
finance Was made by Mr. Hoar, who said thut
In time of popular distress and panic the
comptroller of currency should not be com
pelled to drive the nutional banks up to the
strict letter of tbe law. He thought It well
to Walt a week or ten days before, “poking
Into that question too much.” A lively dis
cussion of tbe questiou ensued. Mr. Hill of
New York opposed Its reference to a commit
tee aud Insisted upon its adoption by the Sen
ate. Mr. Wolcott opposed the reference of
the resolution because be thought tbc finance
committee would report that it was of tbe ut
most importance to have the information, but
that, owing to the condition of affairs and the
necessity of Inspiring confidence the Senate
should not have it.
Messrs. Gorman, Washburn and others ex
pressed the opinion that the banks should not
be compelled to obey the law as it would
cause n tremendous crash throughout the
country. Mr. Hill undertook to draft some
modifications, but before lie completed tberu
the morning hour expired and the resolution
went over with out action.
Mr. Stewart gave notice, as he was disap
pointed In getting the lloor to-day to address
the Senate on the bill discontinuing the pur
chasing of silver bullion, he would seek to
make his address to-morrow, and Mr. Hill
gave similar notice for Friday next.
Mr. Hoar made an argument against Mr.
Butler’s amendment to the nntlonal bank cir
culation act. He said he was opposed to re
storing to state banks the power of issuing,
circulating and furnishing currency.
At the close of Mr. Hoar’s remarks the na
tional bank circulation bill was laid aside
without action and the report of the commit
tee on privileges and election In favor of seat
ing Mr. Mantle as senator from Wyoming was
taken up. The debate closed by Mr. Hoar in
favor of the majority report. Then, at 5:15,
the vote was taken on tbc substitute offered
by Mr. Vance declaring Mr. Mantle not en
titled to a seat. The vote was, yeas 35, nays
30.
The following Is tbe vote In detail: Yeas—
Messrs. Berry, Blackburn, Caffcry, Coke,
Cullom, Dixon. Faulkner, Gallinger, George,
Gibson, Gray, Harris, Kyle, Lindsay, McMil
lan. McPherson, Mandcrson, Mills, Mitchell
(Oregon), Mitchell (Wisconsin), Murphy,
Palmer, Pasco, Peffer, Platt, Proctor, Ran
som, Smith, Stockbrldge, Vance, Vest, Vilas,
Washburn, White (California), White
(Louisiana.) —35.
Nays—Messrs. Bate, Butler, Cameron,
Carey, Daniel, Davis, Du Bois, Frye, Ilans
brougb, Hawley, Higgins, Hale, Hoar, Hun
ter, Irby, Jones (Arkansas), Jones (Nevada),
Lodge, Martin, Perkins, Power, Pugh, Roach,
Sboup, Squire, Stewart, Teller, Turplc,
Walthall, Wolcott—3o.
Mr. Manderson, who had changed his vote
from nay to yea In order to make a motion to
reconsider, made that motion. A motion to
lay the motion to reconsider on the table was
made by Mr. Vance, but without action on It
the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, leav
ing the Mantle case still open.
House.—The advocates of unconditional
repeal occupied tbe attention of the House
during the larger part of the day. They
were: Messrs. Stone, Covert, Fitch, Dalzcll,
Cummings, Walker, Dunn and Hall. The
free coinage advocates who spoke were
Messrs. Hatch,Colleen,Cannon, Bell, Hunter,
Ikert, Deartnond,Harris and Bell of Colorado.
Mr. Bell gave statistics and facts that proved
conclusively the need of more money and the
foolishness of the statement that the Sherman
law was responsible for the present panic.
Thursday, August 24th,
Senate.—Mr. Peffer addressed the Bcnatc
upon tbe financial situation and was followed
on tbe same line by Mr. Allen of Nebraska.
No business was transacted.
House.—The financial discussion was re
sumed. The sliver forces were represented
by Messrs. Pickier, Lucas, Heard, Swanson,
Maddox, Grady, Kcm and Murray (colored).
Mr. Pickier of South Dakota asked unani
mous consent that on Monday next, when the
bill was taken up for action, he be permitted
to offer an amendment, if the substitute of
Mr. Bland Is defeated, providing for tbc free
coinage of tbe American product at the ratios
indicated In tbe substitute, but Mr. Wilson
objected.
Unconditional repeal was supported by
Messrs. Waugh, Somers, Barthold, Hank,
Carutb, Dingley, Wilson, Johnson and Milli
ken.
The event of the day was a speech by Mr.
Pence of Colorado, who read extracts from a
speech of Mr. Bynum of Indiana which be
delivered In Denver two years ago. In this
speech he said that he always hud and always
would support tree coinage. .Now he Is fav
oring unconditional repeal. Mr. Pence made
sport of Mr. Bynum and said some very
cutting things. His witty sallies provoked
hearty laughter from all parties. Mr. Bynum
responded by Intimating that while he was in
Denver he was partly drunk.
. Friday, August 2At.fi.
Senate. —With the close of the Senate’s
routine business, which comprised no matter
of public interest except the presentation of
communications from tbe treasury depart
ment adverse to any special legislation in re
gard to penalties on tbe whisky tax, Mr. Vest
sent to the clerk’s desk and had read a com
muni cation from the director of the mint, giv
ing statistics as to the purchase, cost and
coinage of silver. Mr. Vest explained that
this statement showed that the extra cost, of j
rc-colning tbe present silver currency at 20 to j
1 would be more than offset by tbe profit made I
on the silver purchased under the Bland and
Bberman act.
Mr. Hill of New York then addressed the
Senate on tbe financial question. Mr. Hill
read from manuscript and delivered bis ad
dress with a good deal of emphasis. lib said
he favored the repeal of the Sherman luw but
lie hoped later for free coinage of 811 veK •
“I am a bimetallist.” said lie. “I do not
believe in a single gold standard or a single
silver standard, but 1 do believe in the use of
both gold and silver as tbe standard money of
the country and in their free coinage at a pro
per ratio and without discrimination in favor
of oue or against the other.”
Mr. Hill arraigned the New York bankers
for the part they had taken in brliiginguii tho
present crisis by attacking.the credit of the
tountrV and inbessaiitly proclaiming disaster
until they finally started a punlc wave that
now threatened to engulf Its creators.
The chief surprise of the speech of Mr. 11111
was tbe position betook in minimizing the Im
portance of the revision of the coinage ratio,
anil bis suggestion that international bimet
allism might bo sought by holding out an in
ducement to the Latin Union.
There was a dead stillness in the Senate
when the speaker referred to tbc statement
that Sir. Cleveland was trying to lead the
country to monometallism.
“I shall refuse,” said he, “to follow in the
footsteps of anjr administration that seeks to
plutie the Democratic partj In a false,pbs|tlbn;
that seeks to lead It away from Democratic
principles and Into the very camp of the ene
my. Tho President must rely On Republican
votes to carry out any such policy.”
“But as you well know,” said he, “I was
for tlic repeal of this bill long before tbc
present administration came into power , und
by my voice, pen and influence contributed
tuy humble share toward tbe creation of that
public sentiment in regard to It which is so
well nigh unanimous in my state. My col
league and myself will cheerfully vote for
this hill *unawed by power and uucorruptcd
by federal patronage.’ ”
This last allusion brought forth evidences
of approval und merriment, and before the
vice president could check It the laughter
and applause broke out and it was not stopped
for sbme time.
Mr. Stewart followed and denounced the
repeal Dili.
The House joint resolution extending to the
Cherokee outlet the provisions of the act of
May.l4, 1890, In regard to township entries,
was taken up and passed just ns itenme from
tlic House.
House.—The silver debate was continued.
Tlic advocates of free coinage were Messrs.
Pendleton, Bowers, Moon, Marsh, Joseph,
Mooney, Taylor, Mcßae, Richardson, ller
mun, Brunch, Wilson of Ohio, McKclghaii,
Dodllttlo arid Hullck. For unconditional re
peal the speakers were Messrs. Pigalt, Du
borowj Bryant, Springer, Sickles and Breck
inridge of Arkansas.
Messrs. Burrows aud Dolllver made par
tisan speeches.
Mr. Bynum took the floor and replying to
Mr. Pence's speech of yesterday said that tho
gentleman had turned his back upon the
grand old Democratic party, not for the sake
of getting pie, hut for the purpose of “eating
crow.” 11c quoted a speech by Mr. Pence,
going back, as he charged, on Democratic
principles.
Mr. Pence then put In a lance, anil It was a
sharp one. He said:
“When I made those remarks I was sober
as a judge, anil I want the record to say so.”
[Hilarious applause.]
Then Mr. Bynum rose to a question of per
sonal privilege and with great dignity denied
the imputation that he bad been intoxicated.
Saturday. August 20th.
House. —The floor of the House of Repre
sentatives was the scene of the battle of giunts
to-day. It was ‘he laqt twenty-four hours of
the debate on the financial question anil both
skies had reserved their ablest speakers for
tbe closing act In the long-drawn buttle. Tom
Keeil, the eloquent lender of the Republicans,
found an nnswer in John Allen of Mississippi,
whose ready was one of the most forcible ar
guments of the free-colnngc men. J. R. Wil
liams. a Democratic member of the last com
mittee on coinage, besought his colleagues to
remember their party platform, while Bourkc
Cockrau of New Y'ork repeated the incidents
of tbc lust Democratic national convention,in
which he played such an important part, Und
argued that the true Interpretation of the
platform was not that sought to be given by
the gentleman from Illinois. William L. Wil
son, the author of the substitute mensurc.upon
which the first vote will occur, closed tbe de
bate for their respective sides In excellent
speeches.
Mr. Reed’s speech was listened to with rapt
attention. He claimed the principal reason
of the present depression was the uncertainty
of tariff legislation. In regard to the question
of repeal Mr. Reed said that while he was in
favor of it.hc did not think it. would be an im
mediate cause of n revival of the prosperity of
the country. Nevertheless he would vote for
repeal for two reasons:
First—-Because, whether justly or not, the
Sherman law Is believed to be the cause of the
unreasonable hoarding of currency through
out the country. In this connection Mr. Reed
paid a compliment to the managers of the
banks generally, saying that in his judgment
they were doing anjhonorable, patriotic work
and were the mainstay of the country agninst
failure nnd future disaster.
The second reason was that only by repeal
could the nation hope to attract foreign capi
tal, without which It were vain to hope for an
upward turn of the country’s business. We
must put ourselves, he said, in a position
when the time for that upward turn comes to
be able to command the capital of the world,
which shall assist us on the path to the next
period of prosperity aud progress.
Mr. Cockran said that the platform of the
Democratic party did not declare for free
coinage of silver; that an attempt was made
In the convention by a delegate from Colo
rado to commit the party to that principle,
but failed to secure ten votes on the floor of
the convention in support of the proposition.
We are told, said Mr. Cockran, by Colorado
and Nevada, that we are in this matter de
parting from the platform. If that Is the
ease, why did those states take to the woods
in the election of 1892 i It. was because those
states abandoned tbe declarations of the
Democratic platform that the gentleman
from Colorado (Mr. Pence) who hud so often
entertained bis associates on the floor, was
added to tbe membership of the House. Mr.
Cockran devoted himself to an historical re
sume of financial legislation and asserted that
there was no instance In the history of civ
ilization where gold and silver ever circulated
side by side ut any ratio. It was simply im
possible that they should do so anil lie defied
the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Bland) to
an exception. The fluctuations in the
value of the two coins were sufficient to con
stantly drive out the dearer metal, and this,
said Mr. Cockran, was the inevitable result.
France was compelled to Import $600,000,000
gold to maintain the parity of the silver
which she had coined. Thut was wtant the
United States would have to do if it desired
to maintain llie parity of tlic silver we have
coined.
“Gentlemen have appealed to the sentiment
of the country members as though their In
terests were hostile to tbe interests of the
cities. I speak upon this floor as a member
from a district In the greatest city on the con
, tincut, and I say now to this House that the
Interests of tlic city-can never be hostile to
the interests of the country; that the exist
ence of the great municipal wealth is based
upon the productive powers of the laborers of
this land who dig in the ditches and work in
the fields. Show ine legislation that will
benefit tbe farmer and even If it cuts down
the profit of tlic banker or the capitalist 50
per cent, you will find me voting for It. I
1 prize the citizcnshiu of this country not bc
: cause It embraces New York alone, but be
cause it embraces Nebraska and Missouri nnd
: every section and each of the territories
1 which Is comprised within this country. New
Y'ork has no mission except that she can ad
minister to your necessities and your wel
fare.”
Mr. Bland next took the floor. He said
that If the gentleman from New York (Mr.
Cockran), whose financial theories were evi
dently gained from a manipulation of the
Stock Exchange, would go to that great coun
try from which he had said were obtained
agricultural products which were shipped
abroad in order to bring buck the European
gold necessary to sustain public credit, he
would understand why the gentleman and
himself were practically different in their
views. It wns true, as the gentleman bad
said, that it was to the product of tbc soil of
this country that the financiers of this govern
ment looked to bring back gold of Europe In
order to maintain our present financial sys
, tern. But the gentleman lias failed to tell the
House of the difficulties under which the far
mers la! Hired in order to ilo Hi is patriotic ser
vice. lie had not told the House* that there
wan a corner In flu* gold of the world. As
long as the gold of flie world wns cornered by
the legislation of the United States Ihe gold
mi l of the South nnd West could exact their
own price for gold. All the dogmatic utter
ances of the gentleman from New Y'ork were
: made In the face of history and in the face cf
j truth. lie (Mr. Bland) ilfd not defend the 1
I Sherman act: and if he could put in its place
a provision for the free coinage of sliver at a
ratio of Ift to Ihe would vote for Its repeal.
To maintain a gold standard meant to de
monetize silver and to lower the price of labor.
The Wilson bill asked the United States Con
gress td so legislate as to add to the prosperity
of .England and Australia a,hd tti.the distress
anil adversity of tbfe faririete' and miners of
America. lie had not advocated the Sherman
law. lie had voted against it, but It was r.ow
the last bulwark of silver. It was now pro
posed to demonetize silver. Now wan die
time to let the country see who were die
friends of silver and bimetallism in ml-
House. To strike down sliver would ime.i.i a
political revolution that would strike uown
both great political parties. For one, he was
Willing to J >ln the people, even though De
tll oe racy would have to go to the wall.
Monday, August
Sun ate. —The Senate to-day by the vote of
.12 to 29 decided Mr. Mantle of Montana and
Mr. Allen of Washington are not entitled to
seats and that a governor of a state has not
the right to uppoint a senntor to till vacancies
caused by the expiration of a regular tT.ii
not happening by resignation.
The House bill to repeal the Sherman act
wus laid before the Kcuute and referred to
the committee on lluance. Mr. Voorhees an
nounced there would be prompt action bv tb ■
committee to-morrow.
Notltrij. was given by Mr. Sherman that he
would aqdiess the senate rtext Wednesday on
the silver questions, and by Mr. Wolcott to:
Thursday. Mr. Platt, from the committee o i
Indian nttqlrs, reported a bill authorizing cer
tain Chcfokeo allottees or claimants to pur
chase land held by them. Ife' explained that
under the recent agreement ,with the Chero
kecs seventy of those Indians liud ocoup'cd
and made improvement* on the lund ceded
In the Cherokee outlet, ft had turned out
that more than seventy (it them had equities
in the land, and the bill simply authorizei
the secretary of the interior to ullow those
who have such equities rights to purchase
their holdings, not over eighty acres paying
the same price therefor as white people pay.
The bill was passed.
The bill allowing the banks to Increase
their circulation up to ths par value of the
bonds deposited by theul it-ils taken up, ill
question being on the amendment of Mr
Cockrell,. redemption of such 2 per cent bond
as muy be made and the payment therefore r -
ceived In u new Issue of treasury notes. The
vote wns taken without discussion and the
amendment was rejected; yeas 23, nays 211.
Mr. Cockrell then olTcrcd an amendment
authorizing holders of any United Slates
bonds to depo.-lt and receive In exchange lega'
tender notes equal to the face value of the
bonds. The bonds ore to be held In the trea
sury, subject to redemption in the same
amount of legal tender notes, which are then
to bo destroyed. No Interest Is to be paid on
the bonds while they are held In the trfiasury,
but when they arc again withdrawn the Inter
est to be paid—less l 1 -J cents per annum.
Discussion on the amendment occupied the
rest of the session.
House.—A large attendance of visitors was
present to witness the flnril struggle on the
silver bill.
'I he Wilson bill having been read, Mr.
Bland, Democrat, of Mlssou.il. offered bis
first amendment —that of free eoiuagc at the
present ratio of Id to I—and1 —and it was defeated
by a vote of yeas 123, nays 2215, ainid applause
from the anti-silver men, who received one
more majority tliari they expected. The yeas
included 100 Democrats, 13 Republicans and
11 l’opulists. The nays included 115 Demo
crats and 111 Republicans. Not nearly a->
much Interest was taken ill the seeond vote,
which was on the riltlo of 17 to 1. The de
cisive vote on the 10 to 1 ratio seemed to dis
hearten the silver men and In the place of
the attention which was paid to the first was
substituted u listlcssness which spread
throughout the vote. The vote resulted In
the defeat of the amendment. Yeas 100,
nays 240. The Populist members did not
vote.
The 18 to l standard was defeated by a vote
of, yeas 102, nays 230.
The House then voted immediately on the
10 to 1 amendment, and It was defeated,
yeas 103, nays 238.
Then came the 20 to 1 ratio, and this was
in turn defeated though it showed more
strength, the vote belug yens 121. nays 221.
The proposition to re-enact the Bland-Alll
son act ns a provision to the repeal bill re
ceived the strongest supper*, but even that
was defeated by a majority of 77. the vote
standing yeas 130, nays 213.
The vote was then taken upon the final
passage of the Wilson bill, and it was passed,
yeas 240, nays 110.
The announcement of the vote on the
nmenduient to the Wilson bill, providing for
the coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1,
was received with applause and some surprise
at the majority against free coinage, It be
ing nearly double the largest estimate made by
the anti-silver committee. Mr. Bland, from a
scat at the extreme left of the speaker, smiled
grimly as he heard the result, nervously chew
ing and rocking to and fro In Ills pivot chair.
The figures show that a majority of the Demo
crats voted against free coinnge. Mr. Bland
asked u yea and nay vote on the question of
i free coinage at the ratio of 17 to 1, and secur
ed it. As the clerk began calling the roll
Mr. Bryan walked down the center aisle calm
and grave around to where the silver leaders
sat. They sat in consultation soms time and
then Mr. Bryan by easy stages made bis way
back to his seat.
The vote on the second ratio amendment
made a slightly better showing for the silver
j men, not because of a considerable increase
lu their vote but by a falling oil in the num
ber of their adversaries. By the time the
third vote was called Mr. Bland had recovered
his wind enough to make the demand for the
yeas and nays himself, although he did not
stay In his seat long enough to sec how things
were going. The anti-silver men also, who
had united their efforts to prevent further roll
call, concluded to let the thing go and put
everybody on record on every phase of the
question.
Washington Notes.
The Court of Private Land Claims has con
firmed the Jacona and the Pledra Lumbrc
grants in New Mexico.
Mr. Pence received a telegram from one of
his constituents, who cautioned him to be a
little careful and not be too hard on Mr. Car
lisle, reminding him that sugar caught more
files than did vinegar. Mr. Pence replied to
this effect: “I am not catching flies but
fighting hornets.”
As soon as the House reaches a point where
the Introduction of bills will be lu order. Mr.
Bell will Introduce t.be bill to ratify tlic agree
ment with the Southern Utcs to exchange
their present reservation in Southwestern
Colorado to the new reservation In Utah. This
bill was reported favornbly by the House
committee of the last Congress, but was not
reached. The Colorado Senators wanted ac
tion taken by the House first, because it was
useless to again pass it by the Senate only to
lose it in the House. The bill was antagon
ized by the Indian Rights association through
C. C. Painter, Its agent, and by the Pittsburg
Cattle company.which was interested because
of ihe great number of cattle It bad ranging
on the Utah reservation.
In response to a resolution of inquiry on the
subject of silver purchases under the act of
1800, Secretary Carlisle sent to the House of
Representatives a letter settiug forth the fol
lowing facts: August 13, 1800, to August Hi,
1803, the department purchased 101,521.000
j fine ounces, costing $150.000.450. The high-
est price paid was *1.21).V£ an ouuce on Aug
i ust 20, 1800; the lowest 00 cents an ounce on
| July 24, 1803. Treasury notes to the amount',
I of $150.115.805 have been Issued In payment'
of silver bullion, of which *714,030 have been
redeemed in standard silver dollars and re-.
! tired since August 1, 1803. Up to August 1..
j 1803, *40,184,100 treasury notes have been rc
i deemed in gold. Tliirty-six million, cighty
! seven thousand, one hundred and cighty-tivd
| standard dollars have been coined from bul
: lion purchased under the act of 1800. On the
I 14th Inst, the government owned of silver
1 purchased under the act of 1800, 133,101,375
! ounces, costing *121,217,077.
The Senates refusal to seat Mantle of Mon
i tana, which, In effect, excludes all the Scna
| tors appointed by the governors of the states
after the failure of the legislatures to elect,
was a disappointment to the people of Wyom
ing. Governor Osborne has affirmed the
report that he would refuse to call a special
session of the Wyoming legislature to elect a
senator. The free-eolnagc men are already
1 urging the governor to call the legislature to
j getter, but It will require a great deal of
j pressure to Influence him to do so. The gov
ernor says be would not. lie justified In put-
I ting the expense on the state, besides be is
I fearful that a Republican Senator would be
chosen. The Republicans are willing that a
I special session should be called, believing
that the special elections, which would have
to be held In several of Ihe counties to fill
vacancies now existing In both branches
would resylt in a Rqfmbtfcan majority on joint
ballot a.nd the election o! Sena
tor. /
A MONETARY COMMISSION.
Joint Resolution to be presented by
McCreary.
Washington. D. C., Aug. 27.—Congresa
man McCreary of Kentucky, one of the dele
gates <rn the part of the United States to the
recent international Monetary Conference at
Brussels, has prepared the following joint
resolution for Introduction in the House Beat
week.
" Jtesolved, By the Senate and House of
Representatives In Congress assembled:
••That a commission is hereby authorized
and constituted to consist of three senators
to be appointed by the president of the Sen
ate; three representatives to be appointed by
the speaker of the House of Representatives,
uni! thfefc experts to be selected by the Presi
dent of the United States with authority to
determine the time and place of meeting,
and td UkC evidence In Washington, or In
any other fcff j at the United States before the
wnole committee of before sub-coimnlttees,
and to inquire into and report.
"First—On the change which has taken
place In the relative value of gold and silver,
and whether the change Is due to the depre
ciation of silver or to the appreciation of
gold; cause of the change, whether perma
nent or temporary; the effect thereof upon
finance, trade, commerce, agriculture, labor
And other Interests of the country and upon
the standard of values In this and other
fcduritrles.
"Seidnd—On the policy of maintaining the
double standard in' the United States and
what should’ be the tepat ratio between silver
and gold when coined. . .
"Third—On the best meant of reorganizing
the hanking system and restoring cobfidence
in the commercial and financial circles and
promoting International bimetallism.
"Fourth—The report of the Commission
Shrill be presented to the Senate and House
of Repffe'seHttlttVM not later than the first day
of January, 1894.
•This resolution,” said Mr, McCreary to
night, "gives the commission authority to In
quire into the whole financial question in Its
broadest phases—not to bi-metallism rilonc,
but also to the reorganization of our bauking
system. The means of promoting interna
tional biteetylHsm will also be a subject for
the coirimfssfbn td Consider. There can be no
doubt bttt that the passage of the repeal bill
wifi help to open the' way for Inti tn itlonal bi
metallism on a fixed ratio amoi g the great
nations of the world, which is the ucst remedy
of which I have any knowledge for the mone
tary evils with which all civilized nations are
now suffering. Great Britain, Germany an<f
all the gold-standard countries would be de
lighted to see our country go to a silver basis,
so that they might add otir gold to their
stock. They are now watching with anxiety
and interest the Congress of the United
States. There have been three International
monetary conferences held. Two of them by
request of the Ur*" -d States, one by the re
quest of the Unh d States and France.
"The first tine w.is field in 1878, the second
in 1881 and the last In 1893. When the first
conference assembled In 1878 there were but
twelve nations represented. When the second
ctinference assembled in 1881 there were but
thirteenn nations represented. When the
conference was held last year twenty nations
were represented arid rill the delegates were
In their seats the very day that the conference
was Grilled together. What does that showt
It shows the deep interest that all the nrilioits
were taking in the monetary questions. It
shows that that interest had increased as the
years had advanced. England had always
like a Hon blockaded the way to International
bimetallism, but the feeling among her peo
plfe In favor of bimetallism has greatly In
creased Irt the last few years, and If England
would lead the' way, .1 believe there Is no
doubt that, the Latin Unlofrf countries would
unite with the United States In an interna
tional agreement.”
VIEWS ON THE VOTE.
Whrit Son ie Prominent Men Think of the
Late Defeat.
Ex-Governor Grant:— 11 The pressure Will
now be directed solely on the Senate to pass
either the Wilson or Voorhees bill, and it will
probably pass the latter, which gives « de
claration In favtir of bimetallism. Last year’s
production of silver was 152,000,000 ounces.
Of this the Sherman law consumed, or took
out of the market, 54,000,000 ounces. The
98,000,000 ounces outside the Sherman law
were taken for uso In the arts, in China, In
dia and silver-using countries. If this de
mand keeps up and it has continued with lit
tle alteration so far this year—and if the pro
duction of silver falls off one-third, which is
mote than likely, I do not look for much
change in the silver quotation. It may drop
for a time after the repeal bill passes, but
will awing back again on the commodity basis
and femaln steadier than it has been since
June. 1 think we are seeing the worst. From
now On the silver market should grow
steady and mines that can produce at quota
tions tanging from 70 to 80 cents will know
what to do.”
if David 11. Moffat: — "The movement of the
corps and the strong sentiment In favor of re
peal will doubtless help business in New
York for a time at least. But the agitation
is not yet over. The tariff Is not settled. The
West and Bouth have been educated to look
for a change in the custom house laws, and
the East will find it hard work to stem the
tide of demand for a revenue tariff. While
this subject remains unsettled business will
not settle down, manufacturers will buy from
hand to mouth and thousands of workers will
remain unemployed. The New York savings
banks have not yet passed their crisis. If
people remain out of work they must draw
their money to live on, and while this goes on
there will be a scarcity of capital for invest
ment purposes. I doubt If Wall Street will re
allzcits expected boom for many years to coine.
It may have a spurt of activity,as people living
In the East have been led to expect a rise In
stocks when the silver purchasing clause of
the Sherman law was out of the way.”
Mr. Dyers, president of the Denver Chamber
of Commerce: —"I am for free trade now, not
that I believe in it, but as the surest method
of bringing the East to terms. Western sen
ators and representatives hold this club In
their hands, and now they should not hesitate
to use it. The vote In the House Is just what
I have been expecting. Western men should
now promptly move to repeal the McKinley
bill.”
Lteut.-Gov. Nichols: — U I quit the East years
ago, as I believed it even then to be a good
country to emigrate from. I am convinced
now that I was not mistaken. From thii*
time forth put me down as a friend and snp
portcr of the South In preference to the
money grabbing East. I am not disappalnted
by the big majority, as I expected it. We’ve
got to take our little medicine. We are In
the position of Paddy and the bear—calling
for somebody to help us let go. Our duty is
to divide what we’ve got to eat with our less
fortunate neighbors. British gold was not
lacking In Washington during the past few
days. We must now taste the result of our
own folly.”
Dad Railroad Accident.
Fifteen people were killed In the accident
which occured after midnight Sunday morn
ing in the little village of Berlin, near Cal
vary cemetery, in the town of Newton. The
Long Island railroad train that left Manhat
tan Beach at 11:15 o’clock was over taken by
the train that left Rockaway Beach fifteen
minutes earlier. In the frightful collision
that ensued the two rear cars of the five that
made up the Manhattan Beach train were de
molished and the middle car was over-turned.
Hardly one of the score of the passengers
aboard these three cars escaped unhurt.
Passengers In the three cars were maimed
and mangled horribly and their shrieks of
terror and pain made one sick with dread.
The Rockaway engine was wrecked, the tim
bers of the wrecked cars sticking In it. Upon
the timbers were human beings impaled, some
dead and others gasping their last breath.
High up on the top the dead body of a man
unidentified. Upon one of the cars was Im
paled the body of Mrs. Dicl/.el, upon another
was the body of Sydney Weinstein.
.The scene was Indescribably horrible. The
dead mid wounded were massed among the
wreckage, beside, upon and beyond the tracks.
Everything was spattered with blood and the
cries of the wounded rose above the hissing of
steam and the calls of the frantic trainmen, j
UNNECESSARY SHEDDING OF BLOOD.
SERIOUS BATTLE IN PENNSYL
VANIA.
'i'ha Tearing Up of a Car Track *
Fight In Which Three Men
are Killed.
The tearing up of the ” Schuylkill Traction
Company’s tracks at Gilbcrton, Pennsylvania,
on Monday night by the borough ofßelnle re
sulted most disastrously. When the company
Officials beard of the movement they at onep
sent a force of men' to cry aod effect ahi
amicable settlement. When- the break In the
road was reached, President R. E. Jones. oE
the Traction company, with Richard Amour
Shenandoah, chief of the company’s police,
got off the car and in a few mODi nts had ef
fected a settlement and the tearing up of the:
track was stopped. In the car were a number
of men taken on at Glrardvillc, members of.
the National Guard, who had with them rifle*-
belonging to the company. While thp rail
way officials were engaged In.converslng with
the borough officers, some of the crowd
taunted the men on board the car and-tvled
out, “Where is the Glrardvillc mill tiki** A
man named John Briggs of Glrardvillc
stepped out and said:
“ "Here we are,” at the same time leveling
hia rifle, firing Into the crowd, and killing
Richard Palfitt, aged 25, a spectator. .Chief
Amour and President Jones bad settled the
trotfbfe and Briggs shot over Amour’s shoul
der. This Immediately enraged the people
and stones were thrown, shots from the car
became general and for a while a most terrific
battle ensued. Chief Amour tried to subdue
the trouble aod while In the act of stopping
his men was shot lu the breast aud died the
next day. It Is supposed he was shot by one
of his own men. The battfe raged for an
hour or mow until the cooler headed people
of Gilbertou prevailed upon the crowd to dis
perse aud the dead aud Injured were looked
after.
In addition to Palfitt, William Hughes,
aged 19, an onlooker, was shot and Instantly
killed. Richard Connors was shot In the
hand and leg, not dangerous. Evan David l ,
shot in the leg, which will have to be ampu
tated. James Hullihay had his skull, frac
tured by a stone nud may die. Brlgg9, who
started the riot, was shot by a companion ac
cidentally, and received a scalp wound * and
also wounded In his leg. When the trouble
bad quieted down Briggs escaped and, run
ning toward Mahoney Plane, hid in a barn,
but was captured aud, together with- Arthur
Wlvale, also a member of the militia, was
taken to the Pittsville jail. j
CONGRESSMAN BELL SPEAKS.
Oar Congressman Calls the Attention
of the Kspresentatlves t* a Few
Plain Facts Concerning
Silver.
Congressman Bell of Colorado got a •
to speak on the evening of the 23rd an
rented a carefully * prepared paper i
question of free coinage. He marsba
array of statistics and facts to prove the
of more silver currency and showed the
lacy of those predicting disaster as the rest.,
of full remonetization. A special dispatch u>
the Denver Jlepublican gives a synopsis of Mr.
Bell’s speech.
'I hat the present depressed condition of the
country was due to the purchase of silver un
der the Bherman act Mr. Belt ' r *"«
cry came from the East, where, with an as- '
sessed valuation of property amounting to
more than *27,000,000,000, such a statement
Was absurd. The tightening of our money
market, Mr. Bell said, was due to the return
of our bonds and the demand for the money
advanced upon them,and the failures in other
countries. It was also due to the fact that the
government, as at present administered, was,
against silver, and Its failure to coin It as re- \
qulred by law had caused the other metal to
go to a premium.
One of the main causes that now affiict--
ed the country, Mr. Bell found, had its origin
In the Inflammatory circulars sent broadcast,
and the utterances of the press, for the pur
pose of compelling an extra session of Con
gress to repeal the Bherinan act. This in
timidated the laboring people and caused
them to draw their money from banks. Par
ticularly was this the case in Colorado. Ir*
the panic of 1864 In India, when her instltu- ,
tions failed, It wns Impossible to secure a loan j
of silver rupees on any amount of English
gold, and so to-day In Colorado money could
not be borrowed even on gold ore. With • ,
money famine-such as this is, business was
depressed and the weak fell into the hands of
the strong. What was needed was legal ten
der money in abundance. The Rothschilds
and the Bank of England owned *28,000,000,-
000, payable in gold, and the world only bad'
a little less than *4,000,000,000, not enough tc
pay more than 10 cents on the dollar,
Mr. Bell argued against any change In the
ratio, and said that the present silver dollar
was above par. A ratio of 20 to 1 would re
quire rccolnagc and contract the currency
and not only disturb this but other countries.
Wliat was needed was an abundance of good
automatic currency, and silver should be giv
en a fair coinage test before the ratio was
changed, for the reason that the actual ratlc
of silver to gold was now 15.7 to 1.
In refuting the statement that there was an
over-production, Mr. Bell quoted the tables,
showing the yearly production and the figures
to profe that It was always absorbed by the i
world. The national and other debts were
made when silver wns money and then laws 1
bad been passed making them payable In gold.
Mr. Bell then showed that the present sil
ver dollar was an honest standard and that ,
gold was an appreciating medium having gone
to *1.46. •<
Drawing a comparison between the United
States and France, he showed that It would
require *1,137,500,000 In silver to make ut
even with that country In per capita. France
maintained her silver because her debts were j
held by her own pfibple Instead of for foreign jg
creditors. _
The whole logic of4hc gold men.was false.
The president and bis followers. In the midst
of a scarcity of money, were seeking to cut
off the supply. I.abor, at best, had been un
employed, and stm they eoogbt to add bund
reds of thousands to the great and constant
ly-increasing army of unemployed. By this
act they destroy their best customers —the '■
West. The silver states alone purchase from 14
the Eastern states over *50,000,000 per annum,
of their product, a trade that is worth more
than that of South America and Europe com
bined. Already *6,000,000 of fall orders have
been countermanded. How would the turn
ing loose of 150,000 laborers In the West Im
prove the condition of affairs In the East!
The right of the subversion of private for the
public good should only be recognized in
cases of necessity.
The constitution and tradition have recog
nized silver as a money metal and private-par- .
ties had been urged by the government to ex
plore and develop the West, and Lincoln told
us to go lu the mines and add to the wealth
of the country, and Grautsaid that silver mast
form a part, and a large part, of our circulat
ing medium. The people were not
tog the abandonment of that money. It comas
j from the bondholders—the same power thajfl
broke the banks fn the South. The
tcnancc of silver rl * ht * *
and special pH--