The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-06
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hnd IL was an asylum In which Senators and
The present secretary Of the Treasury had
reduced the number Of the, operatives from
v eight hundred tq hundred
peaed to, in the, Kindness of his heart he kept
temporary roll Of egghty.hye Ig y This NJ number
would do their duty there would be no neces-
sity for single temporary clerk. Hs had no
doubt the clerks on the temporary roll were all
i worthy and meritoroua. and personally he
would contribute according TO his means to
their aid. but he could not put his arm la the
Treasury to keep them in employment. Let
only approximate for the number of clerks re-
CURED. If 1t WAS necessary to exercisa charity,
let 1t be done directly. and not In this round
Mr.. Frye, of Maine. said each one OF these
Temporary clerks who was clamorip'g to be re-
camor for clerkships SO long as congressman
interfered In appointments.
trespass on the public timber lands OF he
country. and authorizing the bringing OF suits,
y n a @ 81 ated whether
| Mr. Durham knew moth ing about spies, That
part Of the apprropraion. was to be used
| United States from timber thieves. He meant
| thieves, and no ono else. and not those who had
through mistake got possession of government
Mr.. Kelly. OF Pennsylvania, then obtained
the floor and proceeded to reply at length to
eeh h Mace By MT Gard m 9 tae silver
vented him from heretofore answering the
speech. He said that. Mr.. Gardeld's speech
rnssG bssow W9hy p1n e e 2q sxad q he 6ge
and was n mere rhapsody. but the speech was
weconed by the whole bullionist press Of the
been saId on the other side, and as the speech
was distributed broadcast through the Office of
tho G C,mptroller OF the Currency 1t possessed
quasi official character.
He then went on to take up the points Of Mr.
Garheld's speech and to contrast them. First
he took the assertion that the year 1860 was one
country had ever had. This he denied In Oe-
tober, 1859 John Bcown invaded Virginia With
naon ae 10 oe ana
teen men. When the sun rose in 1860 John
Browns body was 'monl 'erng in the grave.
was mother, peaceful nor prosperous It va. q
presidential election year, and presidential
ysar s never as m peaceful and pro psrons po,a s na
they would plunge the country into war If q
Republican WAS elected.
show ha et2@s could po not have bsen peassu -
cause the war cloud was then overhanging the
country. II, read from the crop reports TO
Hs read authorities and letters to show that In
1860 labor was unemployed. and there was q
general depression in business.
| that the coinage OF 1850 was gold and silver OF
standard value, and insisted that the main
tenance OF specie payments by the banks OF hat
year Was q mere pretense.. To portray 1860 as
year of peace and prosperity was not to declare
the truth of history, but was an exaggeration.
President from rom Washington down. % and no Sec
retary Of the Treasury from Hamilton to Ewing.
had advocated an inter e, g convertible paper
a doubt, whom the gentleman, made that speech.
that he thought he had made an examination.
But he certainly had not done So or ne sT would q
refu'ed the assertion that the greenhack act Of
| 1862 was passed with reluctance, or that 1t was
retired ed as rapidly as Sd possible. He challenged
that wopll indicate that it vas thu purpose Of
Nor was it a forced loan, as the gentleman
asserted. A forced loan is q dsb'. AMI a green
back is that with which we pay debts. public 9
1862 that the greenback was q forced loan, II
would have been denounced as the Kissing OF a
venomons coppsrhesd: oo,,. o,. -,
Sir Archibald Allison and Mr.. Doubleday, MI
Kelly eulogizsd both these gentlemen. and said
language of an illogical fisherman than the
speech of q statesman discussing q grave and
great question In the council chamber OF the
the gentleman had ever made an examination
to find who either Allison or Doubleday was.
declared Mohs twadds
about them he. did not regard it as necessary te
make an examination.
WIS IL any WDuu6E, AItbT hi J1b RSnClSInAu Z
misrepresentation and misstatements, that II
took the whole bullion press OF the country
and the power OF the Treasury Department. 70
lion interests of tho country should hang. The
whole theory Of the speech was fanciful.
Referring to the predictions made by Mr.. Gar
field, and those who acted with him on the sub
ject OF silver legislation he sal id that the bonds
had not fallen. nor had gold risen in the least
Presdent's % I impotent veto; that the silver bill
was an act OF justice. to the people. and was SO
accepted.
In The speech he had made to-day, refuting the
gentleman's g statements he had no purpose 10
impugn the veracity Of his friend from Ohio
He knew the gentlemans character, and he
ligent constituents to keep him In Congress 90
many years. and his !Garfeld's) misstatements
were not made with deliberation., We are what
we are. In the vine 1t may be truth that as the
twig is bent the trees inclined" but 1t is not SO
with man. But the child is the father OF the
man."
In the early days of his own tKel ys) Con-
gressional experience, there was man in Con-
gress who never doubted that he was right
brilliant Senator from Nevada. who loved to be
called Jim Nye. once said Of this man that he
never had but one doubt, and that doubt was
whether the Almighty had created him.
He would not be understood TO imply that
the gentleman from Ohio had such an impions
doubt bur let any one ia ke up the gentleman 3
conclusion that he believed hat, his FORE
knoWiedge was absolute, and tnat ne Was en-
dowed with omniscience and infallibility In
collating facts with which to form his opin-
ions. Knowing, as the gentleman does, that his
opinions are true. and truth is q unit, he has
only to interrogate himself to know how a thing
must be, and In that way he arrived at the con-
clusions which he reached in his remarkable
| speech. fGreat langhterI
| The committee then rose and the forifica-
ton bill was reported to the House and passed.
1t was agreed that when the House again
| goes into committee that Mr.. Garfield should
/ have one hour to reply to MIR. Kelly.
| Tine House then. at 5:43 p. m adjourned.
The san Antonio and Rio Grande RatI-
| road.
| WASHINGTON, March 5-In the Senate to-day
struction Of a railroad from San Antonio Tex.
to the Rio Gfande at or ne Laredo. Tho
| names as incorporators are James w. Barnes,