Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-12-26


Mr. Dawes. The Senator from Ken
tucky TMr. Beck1 has taken up a
charge which has treouently beer
, made in the country. and | have nc
/ doubt IL believed by come that ther,
, was something wrong about tho pas
sage of the bill which demonetized all
yer in 1879. that by some imprope,
act,oo ot the gentleman having oharoe
, of that bill without the law.maLino
mower either in the Uouse or in The
! Senate understanding its real mean.
, ing, and without any intent on their
part, he had effected the demonetza.
J ton of the silver dollar without theii
being aware OF il, and that that fact
: was not discovered until recently.
have heard il said that q foreigner,
whose name was given, came over
here with some 100000 of money to
, use Gas the phrase goes) where il
would do the most good and in the in
J terest of the demonetzation Of silver
The namc of this foreigner, who was
here at that time and has been here
} since, was given for the purpose Of adj
ding strength to the charge that this
law as 1t now stands upon the statute
J book was put there by some improper
means As the member in the House
OF Representatives to whose door this
charge is laid, was Representative
from my own State, and is now dead
and cannot defend his own memory,
perhaps the Senator from Pennsylva-
MIA will bear with me while | say q
few words upon that point.
There never was a charge SO
void of foundation and 80 exhibit.
ing the want Of examination on the
part of those who make it as the
charge that, without knowing what
was in that bill and with the purpose
and with the idea that the bill still
continued the silver dollar of 412l
grains as the dollar of the currency Of
the country, il was passed BY Con
gress. unless il be the charge, equally
groundless, that that man came over
here with money TO induce Congress
to pass that bill. The man whose
p"; = .sad IL ,ho, oonnao,;on = =
man who was then and has ever been
in favor of the silver dollar and Of the
bimetallic system. and has been deliv.
ar;no, Ion,rros IN ,h;s oonn,r,, in cavor
- ,bo ,,or,, oh;ao, ,hot ,h;s h;lI whon
!, hooo Iow aon.ronor,ad. and
of,h;s ~ uho ~ Eno}and and in
,h;s oorn,r,, IL snnnd;nn Lie t;no ,,,,
;nr, 40 cony;noo tho b1s;noss n,hiio
rs, ,ho s;Irar Jollar on,h, 20 ha ro.
stnnoJ go "" "a na,'on [ "n,h, - haro hoon
oyt;nar;shed os nars q, our curroncv
used p connoct;on w;,h s,a,eme1i
,ho, he con,o over horo and viii mon
ev in h;s nocl,et exorcised undue INN.
ence over thc lesislat;on Of Congrcss
in order 10 effect the very opnosiie of
that for which he Is now and was then
striving.
The bill that demonetized the silver
dollar was drawn in the Treasury De.
partment in 1870. IL did not become
a law till 1873. II was reported in
this branch in the winter of 1870 from
the Finance Committee and in the very
first report and in the very first print
OF the bill the old silver dollar was dc.
monetizcd and reduced to subsidiary
coin containing only 1884 grains. II
was IN pursuance OF report from the
Comptroller of the Currency in which
he recommended precisely that same
thing in print. 1t went through vari.
Gus stages in that Congress, and in
every stage it was reprinted, and IN
every reprint Of it was contained the
provision demonetizing the silver dol
lar 1T dld not become a law during
that congress III was reported IN the
next congress, containing that very
same provision demonetizlnig or re-
uucinB 70 subsidiary com tne oid sli-
Ver uoilar OF fiza grams ana wheh u
passeu thls orahch ana went 10 the
4lher iiousc IL was reprinted again
In an IL was reprinted Twelve Tunes,
anu l SUBMIT 70 'no senator IRON Men
lucky that IN every one OF those
,welse reprints , ol 'oal plll 1ne Ola , uol,
M ,ras I damnno,;Dod % | anS 'oo,G,o oY,;n0;ohod Joav
Tbe comn, roiI"r oe ,ho Cnrsono', ,o"'u' ~
his second reno-, nnon Tho subject coiI, n
al do,ton,;on tp,ha a., and ID ,ons - ~, roa
son whan ,hn VIZ lii, ~ ," " a,o wy ~ i'a =;
tSe % o,bor branch sor cons;Jero,;on
,bere II was tirst ir,rodnced hv a d;s
,ir M o,;sSod narhor, ,ro,n ponns,:, ,ran;o I
Irnon hat occasion tha, member n"ii'
od ,ho attcn,;on ot ,ho Uonso,n,ho CO.,
,L.t !, demono,ived the silver dolIar
+, went 10 tho nroner commit,ea in
,bo Uonse and was in dne time ro'
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