Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-12-26
CLEARFIELD, Pa, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 90, 1877.


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Mr. Dawes, The Senator from Ken
lucky lMr' BeckJ has taken up
charge which has frequently beer
made IN the country, and ! have ne
doubt IS believed by some, that thor'
was something wrong about tho pas
sage OF the bill which demonetized sil
yer IN 1873, that by some improper
action OF the gentleman having charge
Of that bill, without the law-malSlng
power either in the House or in the
Senate understanding its real mean
'ns, anu w',nou. any ih'ohe On .nei'
part nc nau enecteu the aemonetlza'
,'oh % VI tno s'lver uoliar witnout tneli
ooihg aware Oh ~ anu tnat that iac,
was not discovered untll recently !
nave hcaru IL sala that foreigner
WHOSE name was gwen came over
mere WIN some eooo'ooo OF money to
uso Vas tno phraso goes) "nero "
woula l. s 10 IN, INC most goou anu anu N .ns i, III
1elosl ~, oi 'nc uelnonoli1htion ss oi sliver'
ne n.','o VI .n'9 iore'ghor' wno was
noio u. 'n"' '''nv anu mas wv" noie
slncc' was gwen ior tnc purpose oi nu'
uips s'rong.n W .no onarso 'na' .nlS
,aw Us IL now s.anus upon iho s.ntu'o'
oooh was put .hcre py some improper
means ..s 'ne 'no''ioor ~ tuo iiouso ,.
=, hcpros1h.a''Ves " W wnosc uoor .n's M
cnargo Is ialu' was u representative !,
run my own oVi,o anu is no" ueuu
anu oalnV. eeienu ms own memory
PernaPs ,nc SENATOR from iehqsyiVh-
s siia WI, Doai WIN ilo Mn"' '"y "
low "o'uS upo" 'n"' punt
There never was charge so
void OF foundation and so exhibit
ing the want OF examination on the
part OF those who make 1t 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 4l2t
grains as the dollar OF the currency OF
the country, 1t was passed by Con
gress, unless 1t be the charge, equally
groundless, that that man came over
here with money to induce Congress
to pass that bill. The man whose
name ls used In that connection Is o
man who was then and has ever been
IN favor OF the silver dollar and oil the
blmetalllc system, and has been deliv-
ering lectures in this country IN favor
OF the very object that this bill when
it became a law controverted; and
yet | say within three days the name
Of this man who IN England ana IN
this country is spending his time try
ing to convince the business public
that the silver dollar ought 10 be re-
stored, and never ought to have been
extinguished as part OF our currency,
used IN connection with statement
that he came over here and with mon
ey in his pocket exercised undue inlln-
ence over the legislation OF Congress
IN oroer 10 cnect .ne very oPposite oi
Una. ior "nioh he ~ ho" anu was 'ne'i
STRIVING nv,
nc plil l,lA' uciloncl'zeu M 'nc s'iyor "
uollar was uiawn s III .nv treasury DC
pa,'lnens ~. ~ @ io,o' ~ ulu no. o.o1'io
,aw % VII io.1, % :. was sePo,,.u ,o1n en III
~ .u's pii. pianon il =, 'no M w,n'oi u 10Y lo,n @
snc + ilanvo oo'nlhi'.ce,anu ia 'no seiy
n's. rePor. s9 puu ~ ., ,ne 'sry nrss PRIV
ono,;vnd =, ,no v, .nv d o,a d Invi uV'ar m"i NC
nees'..a a.u ieue'. ae, ~ =" ouoo'u"'
was v " nnram"soe ~ ny = yenor, ,non, ,ha
comntrpIlar NJ as ~ Crrrl,o,. pv nh;ah
he rdoommandoJ nroa;so,,, ,La, san,a
th;ng in min, II wont tbrons,h rar;
ons stages in tho, Conrrcss and IN
everv STAGE II was renrinted and IN
every renriot of i, wos contained the
nrovision dcmonetizing tbe silver doI.
lar n dij moi become a law dnring
that Congress. 1t was reported in the
next Congress, containing that very
same provision demonetizing or re-
ducing to q subsidiary coin the old sill.
yer dollar of 412a grains; and when il
passed this branch and went to the
other House it was reprinted again.
In all il was reprinted twelve times,
and | submit to the Senator from Ken.
lucky that in every ono of those
twelve reprints of that bill the old dol
lar that had been heretofore coined
was demonetized and cxtinguished.
The Comptroller of the Currency in
his second report upon the subject call
ed attention tothe TACT ana gave the rea-
son. When the bill was reported in
the other branch for consideration
there II was first introduced by a dis
tirguished memberirom Pennsylvania.
Upon that occasion that member call
cd the attention OF the House to the fact
that 1t demonetized the silver dollar.
II went to the proper committee in
the House and was IN due time re-
ported and reprinted, and IN that re.