Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-02-24
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE

WASHINGTON, 4 FEBRUARY 10, 1o5o
ED. APPEAL: In common with humanity
you must be glad that the Silver debate has at
last ended so far as the Senate is concerned
1t may not, however, be inappropriate to
mention the more prominent of the speak
ers who have held the floor during the past
week Senator Davis, OF West Virginia, spoke
on Monday on the silver side, and being on
chat side he spoke well; but If he had spoken
on the other side there might have been a diff
ference of opinion involving long and violent
debate His remarks may be seen in the Con-
same style of workmanship as the rest Of the
matter set up in that heavily laden sheet.
Senator Salisbury followed on the same side,
thus dividing with Bayard the sentiments of
Delawsre, on which state all eyes were once
turned in the person of General Thomas, when
Sumner wrote to Grant ito stick. Senator
Coke virtually closed the debate for the day,
in his peculiar style of oratory, i'll favor of re-
monetization. Coke's style, like his person, is
somewhat heavy, and the way he stands erect
and then suddenly aims his head at the top of
his desk with an apparent intention to butt it
into splinters, has tendency to take away the
breath of nervous man and cause 4 lively ap-
prehension for the safety Of The furniture.
Senator Mcdonald was The first to speak on
Tuesday. His speech was fearfnl showing
of the bankruptcy and ruin not only in his
own state, but throughout the great North
west, and did not fail to enlist the sympathies
of his hearers by his exhibit of the disastrous
condition of the finest farms in Central Hi
nois, mortgaged farms, 'now being sold on
foreclosures for the fourth and fifth payments
with no purchaser but the mortgage At
to the House to attend the ceremonies of the
presentation of Carpenters "Signing the
Emancip patton Proclamation. Carpenter has
been trying for a long time to sell his picture
to Congress at about t'genr = times its value as
a collection OF portrait. " Oh seems TO be all
the value it possesses. f. ng in this, he was
lucky enough to find ru laser in the per-
son of lady of the name Il Thompson. who
it is asserted paid for It . fabulous price and
then begged Congress to take it If her hands
when she found it impossible t. i've it away
to any private individual. The presentation
speeches were made by Garfield, Republican,
and Stephens, Democrat Both speakers
agreed Substantially that Lincoln never was
in favor of emancipation from any feeling of
humanitarianism for the negro, but from the
paramount object of saving the Union, land |
not either to save or destroy slavery" 1t is |
we'll that all hands agree on this point, as the |
pure and simple have already
caused many credulous people to believe that !
the war was undertaken with the object of |
slavery, when in truth from John |
Brown until 1862 nobody enter, med any such |
idea with the possible exceptions of dozen
lreamers. The speeches and the pjctDee were
safely delivered, and when the latter Was last |
seen, it was with it's face to the wall in the gal
ory of the old Hall of Representatives. Sen
ltor Mcpherson took shy against the silver
bill after the picture business had ended, anG
50 flushed the day The debate has since gone
IN between Allison, Sargent, Hereford and
,thers: but the browning, unanswered and un-
argument was the splendid contri-
,ution of your Senator Jones, which he read
o listening Senate on Thursday. No syn
,psis could do it the semblance Of justice:
nothing bnt the document in fact, with its ia
lies, facts and figures that carried conviction
o every unprejudiced mind can cause just
appreciation of the product of the genius Of
our Nevada statesman. The effect was seen
n the overwhelming majority by which tho
ill passed the Senate this morning Forty
light to twenty-one may teach Monsieur Veto
o withhold his PEN The House has been
all the week over the Military Acad-
my bill, which at last got through after some
cry encouraging ouarrels between Democratic
MEMBERS. Our fellows kept their hands off
nd let the latter day saints of Democracy