, 1877-11-22
THE AURIMANIACS. .


syhore They Mako q Ridiculous Figure
Telling Why this silver Dollar Should Not
lie unctt.
~ Ttiegrapa to the retc FORK Gtapste
WASHINGTON, Nov. l8.-Thc Scuato Co,,-
Inlttce on Finance had Wild nccting totlny.
Thcs assembled in d calm cnougt, mood, and
were a little .lilatory in coming together; Sen.
a,or Jones da'yh1tng on tic steps for eosno
minutes picking hts teeth With Nevada bowlo-
knife, anil Senator HAVE telling very amusing
story about d Wisconsin mule to Alcssrs. Yayar,i,
Dawes. ansl Morrill,.
1t being tho day sot apart for touriug Of the
New York tournaltats against thu Silver htl1, n
good time wns anticipated. Presently there
wtro Observed con,iag up the street, asn In afsss,
Mcssrs Wldtclaw Reid, Daua, George Jones,
and tho editor Of the Herald, whose face could
not be distinctly seen. Behind then, ns support
wcte sIcssrs. Jay Gould, August Belmont,
Storey, Of the Chicago 1im<f, and others not
quito so we'll known. Following In tho rear
were $50 pankcrs, brokers, md waii-stroet
spccu1ators, completely filling up the hali.
Senator Jones conducted the examination of
the witncsscsln vigorous manner. Mr. White
law Reid first addressed tho Committee. uo
said:
"Gcntlcn,cn Of tho Comntttec: VIC hayo
como here FROM New York 10 protest against
tho crtlnu which you seem about 10 commit.
Tho lluusc has paascti bill to rcn0nctfzo
silver, thereby dealing terrible blow At our
National h'.ior, Which. II followed up hY you.
will result tn bankruptcy md reputation, It
las voted that % cents shall make . dollar,
hasu't ltl'
acnatnr Joncs-If you address tho question to
nc, reply that It las not. It las voted that
lo9 csnts l,, saI naks *! n,do, doas; In, u,. M
United States bouls may bc reueeued in
Se,,utor Joncs-It might have that effect,
What Is tho PROMISE uiado on tho facc Ut tho
ite!d-Al! foreign nations expect them to be
sct.ator Joncs-what othe bonds themselves
1ssili-it's rcpudla.lonl It's downright re-
IaTIlat's 1T That's It," antl feeble cheers
from tho bankcrs n tho rear of tho roon,.1
senator Joncs-&Vl,at do tic bonus sayf
Heidi never noticed what thu bonds say.
don't care whit thu bonds .ay! That's noihng
TO- do With til Tvs rcpadlntfonal lsepupll-
lfcrc tho bankers all Eot upon tho benches and
gave niue cheers Tor their speaker, aud ,nadu .
Senator Jo,cs-Young man, you don't appear
to know what YOU are talking about., fou gan
stcp down. Let uA hear soneloly else. {Kci1
ret!tes sonswhat flushed but t!cfant:J
mt Is u@[k .cens h
and anybody TINT proposes to pay uny OF tho
bonds ~ siayer is q raseally rgpulllatiunist! !!
['lli! Ill! That's tic talk!" from thc buck
Senator Joncs--Aly dear uamcaakc, ,lo you
tlappcu to know what the honts aaY about IL
and what tho bargain was when tl,uy were sott. !
:, ticor9c Jones-1 don't know aAt don't tasrc.
lvo Eos ot Of ,;;, ~, anthc an Tho don't pay
Senator Joncs-Uu tLe bonds themselves Ia q
pledge oi thts Government to redeem thcm III
thu coiu current Ut tho tiulc they Wcrs ao!ii
which included tho ailycr dollar Ut 4l3>i gral.ls
alIl special Inv Vi Congress confirmed tho bar
glIn and tllu lJot,1s Were AultI III that
Icorgu Jot,es Qnterrupting}--i don't care !!
THIS u soph!stry! Thts Is ttcinassoguelssnt THIS
4 uc!antfy! This is forgery! This IL sl,nonf !!
with liascs, from the buck seats.
6rnator J0tlrs-l understand yuu to SAP, khun,
that tho bonds must all 10 paid In soll bccausu
Foreigners expect - without regard to tho Law
ticoTga Joncs-Yes, SIR! yes, alrt That la
Why look around at baakcrs) yes sfr! yes, srl
do most decidedly.
slr. dana lwh9 owns tho SUM GInterrupttnx,
and pulling u. Juncs down by tho coat-l.Ils}-.
Here. Senator. think Can cxpiaiil. George
Is comparatively Ignorant. We h,Id that tllu
t,nds l!,ust be pair H. gold BECAUSE gold IL tho
ac.cptcti cuFrcncy OF the world, recognized
eyerJ Jwhcra a. this standard of value.
you know, Mr.. Dana, that Of the |, 40 zoo 0u OF
thu people in the world sosas 001 00J, ,d00, u
tnFee-foutths, use silver exclusively, and never
see gold IlccUl
D4Ha-Nu, that amt 80. That's blamcsl--
eErur. Thetu a!n't word OF truth Uooktn2
around IT tue banktrseor at least, whether
us 80 " not, say that
Senator Jones-Dou't you know, Dir. Dana,
that oufy one.st1th of tho people Of this world
mako xuId t4clr sole standarl Of value, aud
that even among thcse silver Il the popular
currency, aud ca1't be got rid Oh
Daua-but the bonds ought all to be paid In
gold
Senator Joucs-When the contract uulet
which they were sold says they may te redeemed
lu Yllyeft
Dana-Ycs, sirt Because gold Is tho most ex.
peisiye metal! tCherrs VI the buck seats
Senator Jones-tsut when we erased TO coin
| silver, silver was tho noat expensive metal. II
We hatl continued to coin 1t, aud 1t had continued
the moat sxpensisce you would thiuk the bouda
ought to be paid tn silver. would you nota
Dana lcastlpE III tmplorin9 glanco at the back
seaae1-1{wlth groan}-Yes, airl
Storey ot the Chicago TINES tn the Audience,
| rising and shaking Ills hst(--Whocyer proves
that the tnDOaettxAtiQn Of RllYcr IL good thing