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MR. CRISP SPEAKS. BE GIVES IIIS VIEWS ON THE FINANCIAL QUESTION. *be Ex-Speaker is For the Free Coin¬ age of Both Gold and Sliver. Before a joint session of the two houses of the Georgia state legislature Wednesday night, ex-Speaker Charles F. Crisp spoke upon the financial question. The distinguished Georgian had been invited by the unanimous ▼ote of the two houses of the general assembly to address them on the po¬ litical issues of the day. They were in joint session to hear him, and threw the doors of the house of representa¬ tives open, admitting the general pub¬ lic. Besides the members of the legisla¬ ture and the state officers a number of the Georgia congressional delegation, Congressman Bankhead, of Alabama, and scores of the most prominent men the iu the state were present. Among well known faces were those of Hon. Fleming G. duBignon, Chanceller Boggs of the State university, Dr. H. C. White, Mr. W. S. Baoul and hun¬ dreds of others. Mr. Crisp spoke for two honrs, con¬ fining himself exclusively to the finan¬ cial question and coming out emphat¬ ically for bimetallism—for the free coinage of both gold and silver at the present ratio—and asserting that the United States, with her seventy mil¬ lion of people, was sufficiently power¬ ful to establish bimetallism the world over. He cited the fact that the mere passage of a free doinage bill by the United States senate several years ago bad caused the bullion value of silver in London to advance 23 cents an ounce in ten days, and held that the rehabilitation of silver by the United States would re-establish it the world over. The speech was on practical, argu¬ mentative lines, just as Mr. Crisp speaks on all occasions. It was gen¬ erously applauded throughout aud at its conclusion tbe audience applauded loud and long and crowded about to extend congratulations to the speaker for what all termed the most logical and concise statemeni of the financial issues ever made before a Georgia au¬ dience. In beginning his address Mr. Crisp said: “Profoundly grateful for the honor which you have conferred upon me, I shall endeavor to manifest my appreciation : by a frank, honest and fearless presentation of my views on the public issu“s of the day. Of course it goes without saying that I shall speak to you as a democrat; one, too, who feels proud of the record of real his party and one who feels that the and best interests of the masses of the people of the United States are linked indissolubly with the destinies of that great party. (Applause.) “Iu a government like ours, where the people rule, it is essential that wa should have party government. Where all men must vote or should vote in the Beleotion of officers it is natural that those men who agree upon main, essoutiul principles should vote to¬ gether, and thus form a party.” “Now, tho democratic party stands for certain principles. It stauds for local self-government. It stands for eoonomy iu the administration of pub¬ lic affairs. It stands against class leg¬ islation. It stauds for equal rights to all of the citizens of the country and special privileges to none. It stauds against high tariff, which is class leg¬ islation ; and in my judgment, gentle¬ men, it stands, and has always stood, in favor of bimetallism. (Applause and cheers.) Aud that is the question I propose to discuss tonight. “What is bimetallism? The equal coinage of gold aud silver at the mint without discrimination against either at a ratio fixed by law. (Cheers and applause.) Anything short of the ab¬ solute equality of those metals at the mint, whatever it may be, is not bime¬ tallism. (Applause.) “In 1792 we established a mint in the United States. The constitution of the United States provided that congress should ‘coin money and reg¬ ulate the value thereof.’ That is the exact language', of the constitution. coin¬ “In 1792 was passed the first age law. That law provided that every fifteen pounds’ weight of pure silver should be of equal value in all pay¬ ments with one pounds’weight of gold, aud all the gold and silver coin which has been struck at and issued from the mint shall be a lawful tender in all payments whatsoever. This is bimet¬ allism. There is nothing about a unit ■of value, but it fixed a ratio between the two metals and provided by law that either of them at that ratio should be a lawful tender for all debts, public and private. It was found in 1834 that there was a disparity between the coinage value and the commercial value of the two metals, growing, my friends, as I hope to demonstrate to you, out of the dif¬ ference of the ratio in this country and the ratio abroad. Did the peo¬ ple of that day propose to discontinue the coinage of either metal because there was a difference in the ratio? No( ■»; but they carefully considered all surrcnndiugs and came to the con elusion that there was too much gold in the gold dollar, and they reduced the quantity of gold in the gold dollar and thus sought to bring ' about a parity, That wa R in 1834. .Still another change was made m 1837, and the ratio was changed from 15 to 1 to 16 to 1, so that sixteen pounds of silver should equal one pound of gold and either should be permitted to be used in tile payment of debts. That con¬ tinued the law of the United States down to 1873. Before the war, dur¬ ing that long period wo bad i» th* United States, no great discussion as to the respective value of gold and sil¬ ver ; no great disturbance of the hard monetary system nor no great attack upon it. “The people of that day believed that there was such a thing as bimet¬ allism and they believed that on bimet¬ allism depended the interest and prop¬ erty of the people of the United States. “But in 1873 silver was demonetiz¬ ed. It was not demonetized, my friends, because it was cheap, for at the time of the passage of the act, the bullion value of the silver dollar was worth three cents more than the bull¬ ion value of a gold dollar. Speaker Crisp reviewed the action of congress when the question of free coinage was before that body, and said: "In December, 1876, we had a vote of the house on free coinage. The yeas were 168 and the nays 53. The democratic yeas were 124 and the democratic nays were 17. In 1877, one year thereafter, another vote on free coinage was taken. The demo¬ cratic yeas were 97, democratic nays 10. Ninety-seven to ten was the pro¬ portion at that time of the democrats who favored the free and unlimited coinage of silver. “Now, why was it demonetized? There can be but one reason. It was to increase the value of a gold dollar. Now, those who oppose silver say, ‘We oppose it because it is cheap, because the bullion is cheap.’ But in 1873, as I have told yon, when it was struck down, the bullion in a silver dollar was worth 3 cents more than the bullion in a gold dollar. That act was passed without knowledge on the part of the people, or of the people’s representa¬ tives, and I never heard it questioned in democratic circles until within the last year or two. “On the Bland-Allison law in 1878 s the democratic yeas were 122, nays 21. One hundred and twenty-two to 21 were the friends of silver. On the free coinage bill in 1886 the demo¬ cratic yeas were 96, nays 70. The nays, yon see, were then increasing, but still a majority of the democrats stood for the free coinage of silver. “In 1890 the free coinage democrats were 101, nays 13. In 1890 again the democratic vote was 112 yeas, 22 nays, in favor oi free coinage. “In March, 1892, on a motion to ta¬ ble a free coinage bill the yeas were 148 and the nayB 147. I was speaker at that time and voted with the nays and that made a tie and the motion failed. (Applause.) In August, 1893, the free coinage democrats w ere 101, nays 103. For the first time in the history of the demo¬ cratic party in 1893 a majority of the democratic representatives in congress —a majority of two—voted against free coinage. They voted against free coinage then because that was a prop¬ osition to repeal the Sherman law,and they were urged to let that proposition stand by itself, and when it was dis¬ posed of further legislation should be had in relation to silver. Following that, in March, 1894, we had the seignorage bill, more legislation in the interest of silver, and how did that result? Democratic ayes 135 and nays 50. The hour had come when some¬ thing should be done for silver, and many of those gentlemen who had voted against free coinage in 1893 on the seignorage bill voted in favor of silver. So that the vote was demo¬ crats 135 to 50, and when the bill was vetoed the democrats voted yeas 117, nays 50. "Taking all these votes together, my friends—taking the fact that silver was demonetized in a republican con¬ gress—am I not justified in saying that the establishment of the single gold standard in the United States was a republican measure and has never met with the approval of the majority of the democratic party? (Applause.) The Amount of Gold and Silver in the World. “Think of it for a moment. There is about three and a half billion dol¬ lars of each of these metals in tho world, the money with which all duties are to be paid and all business trans¬ acted. If by a single act you strike down one-half of that money neces¬ sarily the other half must bear the whole burden. But our friends tell us—our single standard friends—that Ihey are the friends of silver. There is no advantage, gentlemen of the as sembly, there is no rdvantage in hav ing silver as a money unless it is a legal tender money and stands upon its own feet. (Applause.) supported “If it is to be in some way oy the gold standard, then, my friends, the money you pay for the silver is wasted. You had better take paper, which costs nothing, and print dollars. (Great Applause.) “The refunding act and the resump¬ tion act are provided for the payment of the obligations of the United States in coin—coin of the standard value, At the time of the passage of the act 412J grains of silver was a standard silver dollar. It was a legal tender when the act was passed, and yet 1 m mediately after the passage of the act yon find Mr. Sherman—and go where you will you will find no man entitled to so much credit or so much discred it for the present condition as Mr. Sherman—you find Mr. Sherman in 1875 writing a letter to the attorney general—a republican attorney gen¬ eral— asking him whether he could is sue the bonds payable in the coins of the then present standard. If they were payable in the present standard they were gold bonds. If they were payable in coin of the standard of the date of the act, then they wero coin bond*. “The attorney general answers: ‘The bonds are redeemable in the coin of the standard of 1870, the date of the act.” Payable in Silver. “Coming down to 1878, we find Stanley Mathews, the republican sen¬ ator from Ohio, afterwards a distin¬ guished judge of the supreme court of the United States—you find him in¬ troducing a bill that reads as follows: , That all bonds of the United States issued or to be issued under the said act of congress hereinbefore cited are payable, principal and interest, at the option of the government of the United States, in silver dollars of the coinage of the United States containing 412£ grains each of standard silver and to restore to its coinage such silver coins as legal tender in payment of said bonds, principal and interest, is not in violation of the public faith nor in derogation of the rights of the public creditors.’ (Applause.) And that passed the house by 159 to 79. After silver had been demonetized it was re¬ solved by the house by that vote that we had the power to proceed again to coin silver at 412J grains and honestly discharge the obligations of the Uni¬ ted States. That Fifty-Cent Dollar. “Then, we have democrats who tell us—and I would like to run over th'eir objections to free coinage, if I could— they tell ns that they are opposed to coining a 50-cent dollar. Now what do they mean by that? A silver dollar will buy anything that a gold dollar will buy in the market, in this country or abroad. Your silver dollar will pass; your silver certificates can be used in England; because they are good in this country, and the Englishmen want something we have got to sell. Why, then, call this a 50-cent dollar? You mean that the bullion in that dollar is only worth 50 cents. Probably that is true, but why is it true? The value of everything, my friends, is regulated by supply and demand. Doubly is that true as to money. The desire for money equals the de¬ sire for everything else on earth. You can have no substitute for money. If you fail to get flour to make bread, you may buy corn. But there is no substitute for money. You must have it if you live in a community with your fellow men. Therefore the de¬ mand for money exceeds the demand for anything else, or equals the de mand for everything else in the world put together. Now, then, silver is not coined except to a certain extent. It has not the privilege r of free coinage, About Values. “Some of our friends tell us—dem¬ ocratic friends—the law doesn’t create value. I agree to that. But the law can create demand, and demand can create value. Do you question that? Strike down the demand for any com¬ modity and you diminish its value,and increase the demand and you increase the value. “Suppose that there was a law pro¬ viding that no mill should grind win¬ ter wheat, for instance; what would be the effect of that? Why, it would increase the price of the spring wheat and it would diminish the price of the winter wheat. Wouldn’t it? I admit the law can’t create value, but it can create the demand and destroy the de¬ mand, and demand regulates value. “Now, our democratic friends who oppose this measure say that under no consideration could they agree to coin silver at less than its commercial value. I agree with them. There is no trouble between us on that. But bow can we get at its commercial value? If my democratic friends think to com¬ pare its value with gold now when it is prohibited coinage, then I say to them they are no friends of silver and are enemies of a fair test. “The way to test its commercial value is to restore its status as it was when it was stricken down. (Ap¬ plause.) There was no question of the commercial value of silver in 1873. It was worth 3 cents more to the dollar than gold. Now I say if you are hon¬ estly a silver man, if you are honestly 111 having the use of the two Antals at their commercial value, the step for yon to take is to vote for the rehabilitation of silver, that is a bill to recoin it as it was in 1873 at the ratio of 16 to 1 and discover its value.” In concluding Mr. Crisp eaid: “Bear in mind what bimetallism is. Bear in mind that it puts the bullion value of silver on an equality with gold, and bear in mind that it will re¬ store to the people of the whole Unit¬ ed States that prosperity to which they are so much in need. ” HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. BRUSHES. Kitchen brushes can be put to a va» riety of uses. For the washing of dishes with handles, the outside of iron kettles and other cooking utensils made of iron, they are especially ser viceable. The smaller sizes are also excellent for cleaning cut glass ware; in fact, any kind of ware with raised figures or corrugated surfaces. For cleaning a grater nothing is superior to one of these little brushes. Such a brush is also most useful for washing celery or lettuce, as the ua even surfaces of the stalk and leaves make a thorough cleansing with the hands a difficult operation. Then if one uses a brush with handle, water, which adds to the crispness of the celery and lettuce, may be used for the cleaning, as there will be no necessity for putting the hands in the water. A small whisk broom is also valuable for the same purpose. Such vegetables as potatoes, tur nips, etc., are best cleaned with a brush. It makes work less disagrees hie, as the hands need not be soiled; and in no other way can the cleaning be so well and thoroughly done.— Farm, Field and Fireside. USES FOR CHEESECLOTH. Cheesecloth is used for dishtowels, scrubcloths, breadcloths, dusters, strainers, coffee bags and even tea bags, when the tea ball is out of order, or has not yet put in an appearance among the family silver. Little bags with a thread run in to draw up and wind around the neck are a substitute for the tea ball and make a cleanly method of making tea. Sash curtains no less than longer drapery prove how a small expendi¬ ture may be put to good and durable purpose. and smooth cheesecloth, Very fine speck, without the familiar black cam be painted in water colors, large flow¬ ers conventionalized being easily accomplished by stretching the stuS over a frame without a back,and paint ing in air so to speak. oil Cabinetmakers use it entirely to furniture, providing three cloths in every set—one to rub on the oil, one to rub it off and a third for polishing purposes. face it is soft, and for For baby’s recommended towels and squares it is especially. The capacity to hold water makes cheesecloth or cotton material less irritating to chafing skins than linen. HOMINT BREAD. A noted New Orleans housekeeper with Woman’s World and Work said she was quite interested in the query of a Natchitoches “Country House¬ keeper,” with reference to the making of cornmeal bread with sour milk and the receipt given, Continuing the talk of housekeeping receipts gener¬ ally, this lady, whose table is known, as one of the daintiest and most pala¬ table in New Orleans, gave me one of her own excellent receipts for the making of corn or hominy bread, which I reproduce for the special benefit of not only “country housekeepers,” but of city readers also, Take three cups of coiled grits, one CU teaspoonfuls P °* C0 J n m ot f a yeast ’ ^ wo powder e SS s anc Beat well together, bake and serve hot with country butter. “And by the way,” continued this interesting housekeeper, “I always have made my own yeast powder for the past twenty years, and will give you my home recipe, which is unfail¬ ing in the proportions I have given for hominy bread. Take one pound of soda and two of cream of tartar and sift them thoroughly together three times. In using flour, the proportions are two teaspoonfuls to a pint of flour.” —New Orleans Picayune. RECIPES. Potatoes—Cook small potatoes in the jackets. Heat a lump of butter iu a skillet, peel potatoes and throw in the butter; cover and shake till the potatoes look rnealy. Frizzled Beef—Shred beef, pour over it cold water and let come to a boil (must not boil, as it toughens), pour off this water, add milk, a little pepper, butter, a well-beaten egg and thicken with smooth paste of flour. Floating Island—One quart milk set in sauce pan, let almost boil; beat yolks of four eggs, one cup sugar, one tablespoonful cornstarch together. Pour in the milk and let boil until it thickens. Flavor when cold. Beat the whites very light with a little pow¬ dered sugar, lay by the spoonful upon boiling water for two or three min¬ utes, and then place ou custard, drop¬ ping a little jelly on each. 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