Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-06-29
VOL 36 NO 1877

time extended h'teen rninute9, and upon
that motion 1 move The previous ques-
ton.
PRESIDENT could not recsive q mo
ton to enf pend the rules while this husi-
ness is pending The gentleman ap.
peals from the Gecislcn + the chair.
/ General Ewing am very much OBJ
liged to you for the kind spirit mani
! tested; and Will not ask the Indulgence
Of the convention fuTth,
Mr.. Cox Y. Y II rise to point OF
| order.
Mr.. Miller Neb. Who has the floor ?
Presi0ent-rhe gentleman from New
YORK, DIR. Cox, has the Il )or-a point OF
] order.
Mr. Cox-My point Of order is this: I
wss entitled, after General Ewing had
! spoken, to se Iea1En zsd. / had no
power to be upon thst platform. My
| colleagues have rights that have not.
ChRir-The gentleman is out CT order.
Mr.. Cox n Z L will make my
point. propose t. yield my time to
Mr., Ewing. CCheeryl.
ChaiI-The gsnglsG An has no right to
yield his time; be Is Ous OF order.
Mr.. Miller Neb IL rise to question
Of privilege. [ mOve that the galleries
be cleared. [C1eers
Chair-The gentleman from Nebraska
moves thst tbs galleries ba cleared. l
wish to address myself TO tae galleries:
We are not TO be oontrOi led or intimi-
Oatsd by Cut-i,ieTs; ullsag Te nSTs order
we viii turn them out
Mr.. Dorshein1erf N. Y.1-MR CHAIR
MAN AMI GENTLEMEN OF THE Con
vENTI0N: / do not yTOpCse to speak on
this matter at length; I'VE minutes is
quite enough. propose here to make
straight issue between soft
and hard money. Tremendous
Gheering,1 By that we stand or we fall.
ICheers. II you want soft money, give
your votes to the resolution offered by
the most distinguished sofE- money adj
vocAte in the United States cheers and
hissesl; but Ii you want to leave to the
hsrd-noley men some chance to carry
their States, then stand by the report Of
the committee [cheersl, which was a
compromise so great that protest has
been cent here signed by every one Of
the eastern Democratic States, snd to
which l have put my signature.
CChesIs ] This is a middle ground
which does leave some hope, but II you
declare, in the language Of the gentle
man from Ohio (Gen. EWipg), for a re-
peal forthwith, then abandon all your
hope. [Cheers. I make this issue fair
I A voice.-fYou will get enough of it."J
ard, as I said, we will stand to that, and
now, Mr.. President, t demand a vote
by the States. Cheers, misses and ap-
plause
Mr.. Voorhees, Ind. I took the stand.
Mr.. Breckenridge Ky. II arise to a
point Of order. The distinguished gen.
tlemsn on this side did not arise from
bis seat before did, but l arise that
both Of US may be heard for the pur-
Dase OF moving the previous question.
ECries Of "NO, nowl Confusion.
Mr., Voorhees-I will only occupy five
minutes, and you had better let me
do it.
Several delegates endeavOred to get
the fl DOR amid great confusion.
Ohair-Gentlemen, you had better
keep quiet. This conduct does not scare
anybody, and doesn't move anybody.
a Delegate from Kansas move that
the galleries OF this hall be cleared, so
that we can have order.
Chair-It is moved by the gentleman
from Kansas that the galleries be
cleared ECries of "No, nop'1
A Delegate from Msssschusetts-I
move TO lay that motion upon the table.
ICries Of "I second the motion."]
Chair-Does the gentleman with
draw the motion?
A delegate-No, sir. say 1t is sbso-
lutely disgraceiul, the conduct we are
having IN this convention now, and
want it stopped; and for that purpose
insist upon my motion that the galleries
be cleared now. [Cfies of " Mol nOI"1
Several delegates andesvored to get
the floor amid great confusion.
SIR. SosunhSrst 40. MIR. President,
!, / rise to a point OF order, and that Is
that Mr.. Voorhees, is entitled to the
floor, having been recognized as such,
and no motion is in order until order is
restored.
Chair OF course tbs chair so
rules. The gentleman from Indiana has
the floor.
MrVoohees-Gentlemen of the convention,
wiLO your kind permission and silence will
talk about five minutes, and no more We
had better be quiet and still in order to get
through.
A delegate-Mr. Chairman
Mr.. Voorhees-I have the floor, and l give
notice to the gentleman that expect to hold
man from New York is a false issue, SO far as
this platform is concerned, There Is no issue
so-called. This platform, to which the mi
nority agree, contains repeated sipulRttons
that we are in favor, at as early a period as
practicable, OF specie payment. ICheerS.l We
are all in favor OF that. 1 am In favor Of a re-
sumption of specie payment as sOou as the
true and healthfuf interests of this country
wiz permit. [Cheers.l He who desires specie
resumption at an earlier day than thai, de-
sires It from private and not patriotic mo-
t but a snort time1 in regard 20 Legislative re-
sum mptiOn-a forced resumption OF specie pay
mem. Men of New York sitting here before
me, you have al this moment declared in IA
vor Of the IesumptiO on of specie payment on
the first day Of January. 1879. On your
statute books that was enacted two
her from a gold basis to-day than We were
when it was enacted. That is what 1t has
wrought in behalf OF specie payments.
lCheers.l The government currency Is not as
near to fair basis by two per cent. ss 1t was
before this miserable, bungling law was en-
tlemen, l stand for a growth of the country,
too. l stand fOI that aid of specie payment
that comes by return OF wealth and pros
remember time when our paper was worth
but forty cen on the dollar in gold. 1t had
grown TO be worth ninety cents before the law
was passed. It had appreciated nifty cents on
the dollar before your favoTtte pet idea of
forced resum pttOn touched The question in the
halls of COM gress. When it had, Uy the nat
uraI laws of trade, by the laws of Gods
growth and prosperity to the country, appre-
ciated fifty cents on the dollar in the course
gap OF only about ten or twelve per cent.
remaining will be closed up by the same great
laws in q very short time in the future. This
idea tnat we must do this by law l utterly re-
pudiate; net because do not want, a soon as
the business of the country will warrant re-
turn to specie payment, but because the
healthful, right way to return to specie pay
ment is to revive the Industries. Let this
question alone in the halls of congress, and
trust to Gods laws to restore us in His own
time. Ny friends. something was said by the
gentleman from New York about the effect on
his state and other States. stand here sur
rounded by ten States who have right TO be
heard on this subiecL-West Virginia, Ohio,
nv own grand Democratic State OF Indiana
Iapplausel Missouri, on whose bosom we are
no ding this convention, Tennessee, that
contains the hermitage and the ashes Of Jack
son and Polk; Iowa and Kansas. Are they not
10 bs considered? Do they amount 10 no lhing7
will say, with all respect to the gentleman
from New York, who hiss just sat down,
that we have followed the lead of New York
tor twelve long years, aud each time to DIS
aster IappIausel, and 1 for one assert the west,
the mighty WesI, with its teeming population.
l assert the power of this Mississippi valley
with its mighty interests and its great re-
sources-ICrfes of "time p and "go onP'l Yes,
1 believe my time is up, and in good faith
shall retire.
Mr.. Dorsheimer IN. Y.l-Mr. Chairman,
the gentleman from New York has the floor.
Mr.. Cox IN. Y.l-Mr. President, 1 should
like to inquire how Often can q gentleman
speak On one question?
tresident-l don't know whether the gem