The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-02-28

denCe with Spain in relation to the seiz-
ure of the Virginius. Adopted.
Mr.. Sparks made short personal ex.
PLANTATION, in which he said that, in his
opinion, not only Messrs, Wells and An.
derson and the rest of the Returning
Board were set of unmitigated sCoun-
drels, but everything connected with
the Presidential count was a swindle and
fraud
THE SILVER BILL.
At the expiration of the morning hour
Mr.. Bland moved to proceed to business
on the Speakers table, and it was so Or
dered.
Thy Silver bill having been reached
Mr.. Springer raised point of order that
the bill must go to the Committee of the
Whole, and debate upon that point took
place.
The Speaker-The Chair has carefully
listened to everything said on this sub.
ject, and in making his decision he is free
from any public feeling or political bias,
and is not actuated by any idea of ad-
vantage or disadvantage to the pending
bill.
TIE Seaker overruled the point of or.
der, and Mr.. Cox of New York, appealed
from the decision of the Chair. The ap.
peal was laid on the table.
Mr.. Stephens then moved to concur in
all the Senate amendments.
Mr.. Hewitt of New York moved to lay
the bill and amendments on the table.
The Speaker said the gentleman from
Georgia (Stephens) had not yet yielded
the floor for that motion.
Mr.. Springer asked Mr.. Stephens
whether he would allow one or two
amendments to be offered. [Cries of
"No, no."]
Mr.. Stephens-The country as we'll as
the House has had this bill before it quite
long enough. [Good.] We are ready to
vote, and if the House does not sustain
my motion then it will be in order to
move to refer the bill or to lay it on the
table.
Mr.. Stephens having an hour to close
the debate divided the debate in snail
portions ranging from half minute to
eight minutes, in which several members
expressed briefly their views on the bill,
with the privilege of enlarging on them,
and having their speeches printed in the
Record.
Mr.. Bland said the bill had come back
from the Senate in mutilated condition.
The question was whether to take the
bill as it now was, or by non-ConCurrenCe
probably defeat all legislation on the sub
iect, and he was, therefore, in favor Of
concurrence. But he gave notice that
war should never cease 80 long as he had
voice in Congress until the rights ofthe
people should be fully restored, and the
silver dollar placed alongside of the gold
dollar. While he voted for the present
bill, he protested against it. But let Con-
gress take what it had. Supplement it
Immediately by action on the Appropria-
ton bill, but if that could not be done,
he was in favor of paper money to strike
down the bondholders.
Mr.. Ewing said that nine-tenths of the
American people demanded the coinage
of the dollar of their faith
ers, and making it a legal tender. They
wanted silverremonetized, the great pro-
duct of this country. The people had a
right to expect their representatives to
stand firmly in righting the great wrong
that had been done by rasCally acts Of
decentralization. This bill, as it came
from the Senate, said that only twenty
four millions should be coined, or left il
in the discretion of the Secretary of the
Treasury, the most inveterate enemy Of
the silver dollar on the continent, wheth-
er the country should have more than
twenty-four millions of dollars. To pass
the bill in its present form would be to
commit an absurdity by declaring that
debts should be paid in silver, and by the
very same act practically stripping the
country of two-thirds of the silver with
which to pay those debts. That absurd
ity would be crowned by authorizing the
President to send commission of gold
men to Europe to "pipe,lay" with foreign
creditors for the purpose Of wrestling
from the people the petty concession now
granted.
Mr., Springer asked unanimous consent
to have the discussion continued an hour
longer [Shouts of OPT
Mr.. Cox of New York asked why it was
thatsince the passage ofthe bill, gold had
gone down and United States bonds had
gone up. A Voice, "Wall street Shy
loCks."]
Mr.. Hale said he would vote for Mr..
Hewitt's motion to lay the bill on the ia
BILE, but as he expected that the motion
would be heaten, he would then vote for
the Senate amendments, which tended to
improve a very bad bill to which he was
opposed.
Mr.. Butler-I thank the gentleman for
his frankness.
Mr.. Bright said he would appeal from
Phillip drunk to Phillip sober, and that
he would carry the war before the peo-
pie.
Minute, half minute, or quarter minute
speeches, for and against the measure,
were made amid great uproar and confu-
sion by Springer, Sparks, Shallenberger,
With and Bacon.
Mr. Bacon said if single negative
kill absolutely and forever this bill and
all its provisions, Iwould giveit with the
utmost satisfaction, but in the fear that
something worse may come and to give
at least temporary repose to the people, l
shall vote to concur in the amendments
of the Senate with the hope and conf
dent expectation, however, that this bill
will never become law of the land.
Mr.. Garfield said the amendments that
have come from the Senate are all wise
as far as they 60, and shall vote for
them all.
Mr.. Stephens closed the debate having
three minutes of his hour left for that
purpose, and said: Iprefer the Senate
amendments in some respects to the
original bill. did not like the free coin
age feature in the original bill. The
amendment in that respect l approve.
The other amendments made by the
Senate do not like, but not a single one