The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 31, 1893, Page 4

Shouse, feels that the republicans for BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES | J. D. ALLEN Eprror. J. D. Atten & Co., Ptoprietors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: The Weexty Times, published every Thursday, will be sent to any address ome year, postage paid, for $1.00, IT IS OVER. The Great Debate on the Silver Question.—Battle of Giants in the House of Rep- resentatives. Bland, DeArmond, Reed Cockran. Wil- son, McMillin, Fithian and Others Heard on the Absorbing Issue. The Republic Bureau, ) Cor. 14th St. and Pennsylvania, Ave. Washington, D. C , Aug 26, i803 There have been three great dis «cussions in the history of the United States. The first was the debate on the: constitution; the second was on, the force bill, and the third the debates on the currency question, which was practically closed this evening. To day's debate was remarkable ot only for its brilliancy, but for the amount of thought that those who engaged in it evinced in their atterances. It was perhaps, taking at all in all, the greatest day in intel- Jectual discussion that any member of the present generation has wit- nessed in the house of representa- fives. The two men who attracted ‘tke most attention was Bourke Cock- wan of New York and Reed of Maine, ‘one supposed to be a democrat and the other supposed to be a republi- can. If they differed in their views “as they expressed them noboby was able to discoyer it. More profound ‘speeches were made than those of ‘Coekran and Reed, but they un- doubtedly had the call on the audi- ence. OTHER SPEAKERS. ‘Mr. Bland also made a really w@zeat speech—argumentive, pro found and convincing; so did Judge Dedrmond. Mr. Wilson of West ‘Winginia, made a very creditable speech. Mr McMillin of Tennessee anade a suggestive speech—able too, but suggestive is its descriptive title. -Mr. McMillin only came into the de ‘bate by permission. He is one of ‘the great democrats of the house sand one of the great democrats of congress. He is not, however, it is understood, in entire accord with ‘the present speaker, and consequent- dy he is not looked upon as one of ‘the men for real leadership in con gress just now. Mr. McMillin has -an old-fashioned tendency to say and -do things in accordance with what this people expect him to do. His ‘epeech to-day serving notice upon those in power that they must not adjourn congress until the tariff was ttsken hold of sent a shiver through ‘the veins of some and a thrill ‘through the veins of others. Perhaps the did not speak for tke democratic feaders, but he certainly spoke for the democratic masses. JUDGE DE ARMOND’S SPEECH. -Mr. DeArmond said: Mir. Speaker, if the distinguish- ved gentleman from Maine, Mr. Reed, who so ably addressed this ~whom he speaks are in a somewhat ‘awkward position here to-day, I think I may commend to him asa saolace the fact that the democrats on the floor who are acting with him and his coherts are ina much more awkward position. Us tthe bullion purchasing clause sot the Sherman law responsible for the condition of things which we mow find in the country? If it is, then I grant that it should be promptly repealed in order to give meeded relief. If it is not, however, sthe cause of the distrust and dis- ttreas in the land, then it is vain to Shepe or believe that relief will come from such repeal. I have no time capon this occasion to consider at Jength whether or not this Sherman Jaw is responsible for existing evils. It is enough for me to say that I believe not a solitary man who has addressed the house on either side has been bold enough or reckless enough to declare that the Sherman that has been said is that it has con- tributed to them, and the most that|years that the villainous protective) when fhe declaration of independ-| They only complain that there is not has been urged is that our 65,000,-| tariff has been the great agency in| 000 or 70,000,009 of American citi-| bringing hardship and ruin upon} | zens are so panic stricken, so lost to/ the common people of the land, | | the ears of the immortal signers that | intelligence, so easily duped, that, | while vastly aggrandizing the favor although this is not the cause of ex-|ed few. The gentleman from Maine! isting troubles, they will accept its|adroitly called attenticn to that. repeal as the cure for them. And he says that the condition now MEANING OF THE REPEAL BILL. prevailing is largely due to fear that Ihave a higher estimate of the! we will endeavor to revive this tar-| coustituency that sent me here and_| iff as we are pledged to do, as we lof American citizenship generally| are in honor bound to do and as we than to beheve confidence can be re-} must do or sink beneath the con- stored by means of a confidence| tempt of all decent men of all par- game. There is a deeper meaning | ties. in this repeal bill. Some gentlemen} If we repeal this bullion purchas- are brave enough to avow it. The|ing clause of the Shermap act on the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Harter) | only ground asserted here by dem- is one; the purpose is to establish | ocrats, that it will tend to restore and perpetuate the single gold stand-| confidence. that the act is not the ard. cause of the present troubles, but If that is correct policy, then the|that its repeal is a tribute to popu- Sherman law ought to be repealed,|lar alarm and is intended to quiet because, let me say to friends and|the public mind, do we not stultify foe, that in the light of the message, | ourselves with reference to the tariff in the light of current events, in the | question? light of what has been said upon WOULD BE NOTHING BUT A SHAM. this floor, there is no man whohas| Do we not say that here, as the the foundation for a hope that after|action of the special session, as the action upon the measure there will] contribution of the great democratic be a subsequent legislation during | party to the welfare of the country the life of the present administra-| we offer nothing but a sham? If we tion looking to the rehabilitation of |do this we shall be met speedily by silver as a money metal. such adroit arguments as those sug- I concede that it is aot incumbent | gested here to-day by the gentleman on a democrat, loyal to the Chicago|from Maine. Ae says the popular platform, to insist that all financial |alarm is brought about in the main legislation be embraced in one bill, | by the fear of the people that we will but when by the message, what is in| tinker with the tariff. If we now it, and what is not in it, by the ar-|yield and say “we will repeal this guments made here, by the sense|Sherman act, not because we believe and the understanding of the coun-|its repeal would lead to good, but try, we kaow that there will be no|because we hope theraby to hood- legislation in this congress for the| wink the people into that belief,” increased use of silver as money un.| we sliull be ready to yield upon the less it be connected with the repeal | other matter also. measure, our course seems plain. Even now it is asserted that cer- DELUDED OR NOT CANDID. tain grave and reverend seigniors, A man who claims to be a bimet-|members of the other body of con- allist who repeats here the argu-|gress, have suggested that tariff re- ments which the true advocates of|form can be made to wait and be an elarged use of silyer make, and|thrust aside if this measure of un- yet votes for the unconditional re|conditional repeal can be quietly peal, is either himself deluded by fol- | passed. lowing incorrect mental processes or I do not believe that is true; I can he is not candid in what he says, and” |not believe it. But Ido believe and his people will find it out and hold/|realize that there is that sort of as- him responsible accordingly. I am|sociation here between the republi- not here to defend the Sherman act, | cans and the democrats who are in- but it is not so bad as the disregard | sisting upon unconditional repeal of it by those charged with its en-|and will hear of nothing in the way forcement. of compromise; who offer nothing, I say, sir, that under the adminis-|suggest nothing, accept nothing; tration of Mr. Harrison and his seo | that there is that sort of association retary of the treasury from the first|or combination—perhaps without day, from the first hour that act} words, perhaps without full compre- went into force until that administra- | hension on the part of some of them tion passed out the whole purpose|—which will inevitably cripple the was to discredit silver, to beat down | tariff reformers. When the republi- the price of silyer and to prepare|cans have lent them their valuable the way for the legislation now urged |aid upon the repeal bill these demo- in this bill before the house. crats, or some of them, will help the As a democrat, I say, with shame |republicans to postpone tariff re- and mortification, that the giant in- | form. tellect of the present secretary of the treasury, the distinguished gen- tleman who served and presided in this house, and iater was a member of the senate, that the shining intel- lect of that man has arisen to no HURTING THE CAUSE OF TARIFF REFORM. The men who are favoring the un- conditional repeal of this clause of the Sherman act, who will hear of nothing else, who will contribute to nothing else, are driving nails into higher achievements in his new of-|the coffin of tariff reform. They fice than to copy and follow and|may be doing it unwittingly; I know, sanction the obnoxious financial pol-| or at least I believe, some of them icy of his predecessor. If the Sher-| are, but they are doing it just as man act had been executed as it|surely; they are making material for should have been executed, if it were} republican campaigns; they are mak- executed to day as it should be, that|ing the democratic masses distrust “parity” which the plain people un-}them upon that question as upon derstand would be established and | this other. maintained. The United States by; It is said that we alone cannot law compels every citizen within its| venture on the experiment of the borders to receive these silver dol-|free and unlimited coinage 8f silver. lars and the certificates issued upon | Assertion goes against assertion. I them. The government itself ac-|deny it. Everything that has been cepts them in payment of all debts|said about the greatness and gran- and demands. Nowhere within the | deur of this American people, every- United States, except at the counter | thing that can be said, all that we where the government pays out|know, contradicts our opponents. money, is this money discredited. Our government is peculiar, and FOOD FOR REFLECTION. gentlemen sometimes lose sight of I believe that in the thoughtful|the fact. Here is a government and powerful speech just made by| where, if we, the representatives of the gentleman from Maine there is|the people, are true to ourselves and ence was penned, there were proba: | bly doubters aud moral cowards and | insincere people who whispered in/ the experiment was hazardous; that | it was bound to end in ruin; that all | the governments of continental Eu | rope, the powerful and the mighty | of the earth, were conducted upon different principles. The appeal was | not heeded. The command was | sternly given amidst fire and smoke. | The die was cast. The battle was won. A new bark was launched on the sea of national existence. INCONSISTENT ADVICE. And now, with a century of glori- ous life and glorivuus achievements behind us, the pride and the model and the hope of those who every- where upon the earth love free gov- ernment, we ure told here by gentle- men, even by members of our own party, a party pledged to the con servation of popular rights; a party a century old, and a century old be- cause it has been true to popular rights—we are told that we cannot do what is just, we cannot try what is wise and politic because, forsooth, King William of Germany and the Czar of Russia are not with us. ([Applauee. } I believe we can make the experi ment of free coinage and make it safely. If I doubted this I would still say, try it. I would feel, as I have no doubt the heroes felt at Lookout Mountain when they were charging up into the apparently un- known region of cloud and fire and smoke, that wherever the command is given to go and wherever duty calls a man should go or die trying to go. Studebaker, Moline proved Buggies, Fittings, Wire and Salt. See eterna — DEALERS IN — Hardware, Groceries, Stoves £ Queensware, Schuttler Farm Wagons, Indiana Grain drills, Sulky and Gang plows, Top Road Carts and Spring wagons, Wind. Mills, Pumps and all kinds of Pipe Grass Seeds, Barb and Im- We always pay HIGHEST MARKET PRICE in CASH or TRADE for all kinds of Country Produce. Bennett-Wheeler Merc. Co. | BUTLER, MO. I believe that though we may be a thin line, deserted in this hour of need by many elected on the same platform as ourselves, having to combat for and in our own house- hold, seeing our chosen leaders fall away and leading to the enemy's camp, I believe with the devoted heroism of that thin line of gray which charged through a veritable valley of death at Gettysburg that we should go forward. Those whe fall in a righteous cause are nobler in their fall than those who desert or surrender ever can be. Iam willing to dare the experi- ment. The American people are willing to dare it. The people who sent us here from the south and the west. the plain people, the guardians of whose rights we are now, are wil- ling to try it. enough of it, and they ask for more. WILL BRING ABOUT A GOLD STANDARD Gentlemen say that by adopting such legislation as will put us on the single gold standard we will go into the market for gold and com- pete with England and Germany and the other gold gathering and gold-hoarding monarchies where the people are voiceless and where money speaks with an authority that is ab- solute. If we are on a gold standard, gold will constantly appreciate and they will get gold and nothing else. There will be just one more nation in the world depending on gold alone. There will be another nation engaged in this fierce struggle for gold, and the people will be crushed under new millionaires created at their expense. But suppose we have both metals in circulation? Suppose we use such money as we have and can have, which means to our people every- thing that is desirable. Then will Europe join in endeayoring to bring about this rehabilitation of silver; then will she be interested in keep- ing all our money at par. The road A SECTIONAL QUESTION. This question is a sectional one. I bring not here sectionalism. I in- voke not here the spirit of schism, I recognize what is before me. Twenty-seven votes from bondhold- ing and coupon-clipping New England solid for unconditional re- peal; of the 73 votes from the Middle states, powerful New York and im- perial Pennsylvania, with Delaware and New Jersey following, but a sol- itary one is with us. Shall} the south and the west be broken and scatter- edand defeated in this sectional contest which has been forced upon us? We did not bring it here. No party ever existed in Ameri- can politics which went before the American people upon a platform demanding the single gold standard. Scarcely a man in the west or the south, be he the greatest or the best man that ever breathed, could have come to this congress on sucha plat form. Not aman from the south or the west, excepting the gentleman from Ohio (Harter) brave and gal- lant in the advoeacy of what I believe to be errors, but brave and manly still—not another one came here from the south or west except on § platform declaring for silver coinage. way of American gold and silver coinage upon equal terms. Upen Indiana, Ohio and Illinois rests the fate of this bill. Ob, for one hour of Hendrix today. “One blast from his bugle horn was worth ten congressmen. ([Laughter.] Ten is around number. Wait for the yeas and nays. TRIBUTE TO THE OLD ROMAN. Ob, for the claron yoice of Allen G. Thurman in these halls. ‘Tis the sunset of life gives mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before. As in his prime with almost myer- terious prescience, now that old man from his glorious retirement. after a glorious career, speaks, as he always spoke, for the people. Ob, for Douglas or Lincoln. Ob, for those giants, for there were giants then, who rested in the con- fidence of the people and reflected the popular will. food for reflection for the present|to those who send us here, the peo- and the future. It will be read at|ple’s voice shall be omnipotent, the the firesides all over the land, and|people’s policy shall prevall. The democrats will wonder why demo-| people are the sovereigns. crats here are with Mr. Reed. The gentleman has said that the Sherman act is not responsible for the trouble that is upon us; that distress dnd financial ruin are to be found everywhere over the globe in eyery country under the shining sun. This is true. No one has been able to show, and I predict none will, that the purchasing clause of the Sherman act is the cause of the present trou- matters. Silver has been demonetized inj Will come by and by. Europe. By the people? No. By|come in the proposed issue of gold governments grown hoary in the| bearing bonds. Let us see how this perpetration and perpetuation of matter presents itself. It is said abuses which we denounce. As well| that Europe has grown distrustful might we undertake to conform our|0f us. Our own American people, govertimental plans and policies to} Our own sovereign citizens, the no- ithose of the old world as to accept ble men by whose votes we occupy tamely their dictation in financial|Our seats on this floor, have not America has shown on many oc-| ernment. They do not doubt the casions that she can go alone and | Value of any of its money. They are Haw is the cause of them. The most|ije,. ‘The democrats have told the|make herself heard and felt if need | Willing to accept it as they are now people of the country for years and | be against a hostile world. In 1776| doing the daily concerns of life. There 1s another phase of this question tc which I ask the atten-| The movement is just beginning. tion of my colleagues. It has been|It will acquire impetus. It will go argued here that we should go into|on. It will be resistless. Virginia the scramble for gold. How? That|is inline. Texas is iniine. Missouri That will | but little broken. - The south—traduced, suffering, beaten down; the south, when all things were denied her, when all af- flictions and humiliations were heap- ed upon her, when she was robbed and crushed, yet remained—proud, glonous record—the solid south; and now what sorrow to the men who have struggled through all ad- versity, who have adhered to the democratic party in all times of trial what sorrow to them to find that in the crucial hour, in the trying time, some will break away to join with grown distrustful of this great gov- to international agreement is by. the bond clippers from New Eng- land and Old England and vote against the great body of the repre- sentatives from their section. May God forgive them. 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Whereas Mary M Rhoades ~ Rhoades her husband by their feed of trust dated May 5, 1892, and recdded in the recorder’s office within and $r Bates county, Mussouri, in book No. 2 conveyed to the undersign: ui the tollowing described featas Sivas and being situate in the count and state ot Missouri. to-wit: All of lot eight in brock , thirty [30] in the city of Rich Hill, J, » which conveyance was made in trus} secure the payment of five certain n tully de- scribed in said deed of trust one of the notes,which deta: 1 Z to the provisions of said deed aoe Bee ders the whole of said note due and payable. Now theretore at request of the legal holder of said note pursuant to the conditions ot said deed Proceed to sell the above ises at public vendue, to bidder for cash at the east tf: t ous of the court house, in the city t - Butler, county of Bates and state of fon aoc netnaaetsonmsitisencsenina mame i nt -~#A lw of 4 Rie a = et