The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-07-06

dsy than we were when it was enact
ed that Is what it has wrought in
1eaialf sf specie payment. TCneers. /
Good currency Is not as near unto a
par basis 10y two per cent as il was
before this miserable bungling Law
was enacted upon your statute book.
Again, gentlemen, 1 stand for a
growth OF the country TO specie psy-
ments. stand for that aid of specie
payment that comes by a return of
wealth and prosperity in all sections.
iICries Of That's right" We can all
lTemember the time when our paper
money WAS worth forty cents on the
dollar in gold. It had grown TO be
worth ninety cents before the law was
passed at all. 1t had appreciated fiuy
cents on the dollar before your favor
lie pet idea of forced resumption
touched the question In the halls OF
Congress-. When it had appreciated.
by the natural laws OF trade. by the
laws OF GO1's growth and prOsDerisy
returning to the country, fifty cents
on the dollar in the course OF eight
years, let us trust that the gap of only
ab0nt ten or twelve per cent. remain
! ing viii be closed ND by the same
great laws in very short time in the
future- This idea that we must do
this by law I utterly repudiate, not
BECAUSE / dent want, as soon as the
business OF the country will warrant,
a return to specie payment, but be-
cause the healthful, right way TO: re-
turn IN specie payment is 20 revive
the industries. Let this qlestion
alone in the hSlls of Congress and
trust 10 Gods laws to restore us in his
own time.
My friends, something was said by
the gentleman from New York about
the effect on his State and other
States. | stand here surrounded by
ten States who have a right to be
heard on this subject: West Yir-
ginia, Ohio, my own grand, dear
State of Indiana [Applausel. Nilsson
ri, on whose bosom we are holding
this Convention, Tennessee, that con-
tains the Hermitage and the ashes of
Jackson and Polk, Iowa and Kansas,
ARE they not to be considered 4? Do
they amount to nothing? will say,
with all respect to the gentleman from
New York who has just sat down,
that we have followed the lead of
New York for twelve years, and each
time 10 disaster [applausel, and 1 for
one assert the West, the mighty
West, with its teeming population,
I assert the power of this Mississippi
Valley, with its mighty interests and
its resourees--l Cries OF "Time,n and
"Go On,"l Yes, I believe my time Is
up, and in good faith should retire.
Mr.. Dorsheimer, ofNew York
The Chairman-The gentleman from
New York hes the floor.
Mr.. Cox, OF New YOrk-Mr. Presi-
dent, / should like to inquire how Of
ten can gentleman speak on one
question.
The President-I don't. know
whether the gentleman proposes to
speak. When the question arises the
Chair will decide it.
Mr.. COX-And will make it the
point of order at the time.
Mr.. DOrsheimeF-I claim the floor
to be my right
Mr.. Cox-Ynu have had yOnr speech
once.
Mr.. DOrsheimer-And I yield the
floor to Mr.. Watterson, from Ken
lucky.
Mr.. WatLersOn, OF Kentueky-Gen-
tlemen of the Convention, l presume
that no reasonable member of this
body would care to have his private
business submitted to an excited and
tumultuOus assembly OF this descrip-
ton. How is it then that reasonable
men who have made a most discrim-
mating aud representative selection of
members of the com mittee to settle
and decide the important business of
tho whole country, whose committee
have come here after q whole night of
careful deliberRtion, who have SUBJ
mitted a report by twenty-nine of
your most representative members
lapplause. l-how dares any man,
with his own theories, come here after
all that and ask you In your excited
convention to reverse that report
Have we come here to deliberate, or
have We come here to decide upon the
important issue OF this canvass and
prejhdice don't care what the diff
ference is between the majority and
minority reports. / do not want to
know whether there is or is not diff
ference between them. / want to
adopt the majority report [applausel,
because it is our act, and l do not
want your delegated authority re-
versed by eight of your number who,
falling to get satisfaction in the COM
mittee, come here to open this dan
gerous question jim this body. APP
plause.l 1 don't believe that we shall
grow wiser by discussing the finances
here, therefore move the previous
question. LApplause.l
sERGEANT-AT-ARNs Cal LED UP ON.
The President-Gentl emen of the
Convention, [eonfussion,] this noise
will avail nothing. You can not
drive me out of property or position.
Mr.. Cox, Of New YOrk-Mr. Presi-
dent Great confusion.
The President Sergesnt-at-
arms will report in the Presidents
front.
Mr.. Able came forward to the font
of the Presidents stand.
The President, to the Sergent-at-
arms-NOw hold yourself in readiness
for little while. 1 will have order.
Several vOices-Mr. President
The Decentralization Of the
Convention, l have q communication !
from the Kansas delegation which |
claims my attention, and / want to |
call your attention to it.
Mr.. Cox, OF New York; rise to q
point Of order.
A delegate from New Jersey-I rise,
Mr.. President
The President-Mr. Cox has the
hocr. He rises to point OF order.
Mr.. Cox-Mr. President, this Con-
ventiOn does not understand the
question,
The President-If the Convention
will come t. order I will state it.
Mr.. Cox-I want TO rise to point |
Of order. With all due respect to the
Chair, l served with the Chair fifteen |
years ago, in Congress
The President-The gentleman is
out of order. [Applause.l The ques-
ton is ON the previous question.
The delegate from New Jersey who |
spoke last-I ask the gentleman from |
Kentucky [Mr. Watterson] il he will
allow me five minutes on this ques- |
ton. He has right to do it, as |
much as he has moved the previous
question.
"Object."
The President-There Is objection. |
The same delegate from New Jer-
sey-Mr. WAtterson is the only man
who can object.
Mr.. Watterson-I moved the pre-
vious question.
The President-Mr. WatteIson Ob-
jects.
Tine same delegate Then l ask for
my right on this previous question.
I:calI for q division of the question.
The motion Is to strike out and insert.
l want the part which repeals that act
stricken out. I don't want hard
money. Applause.
The President-rhe question Is
upon the previous question now.
Tue motion wrs carried.
The -President-The question Is now
upon the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Ohio.
The New Jersey delegate-My re-
quest is for a division Of the question,
which / have q right to. A division
will bring the question up whether or
not we ought to vote for soft or hard
money.
The President-The gentlemsn's
point is well taken.
Mr.. Wallace, of Pennsylvania-MT.
President, rise to 3 point OF order
Ny point Of order is, that the previous
question has not yet been6taken by
this Convention. Ii requires q ma