The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-19
THENATI0NAL CAPITAL.
.xrERENCE ON THE siL'"
BILL.
, liz Friends Think OF it as
Amended-Rema' ks o. EWING
Hu,Ier, Wilson of West
virginia. and Others.

about sixty members III ia'oi VI Z.
u,ra,jzstion of silver convened in the
ION, of the Committee on the Judiciary.
Tbsv were called to order by Represen-
,suve Buckner, who announced that the
p,acptive Committee had agreed to
cs,r,bs association the Silver Union.
Representstive Eden offered the fol.
lowing:
R,solvsd, That tomorrow, immedi.
s,ely after the morning hour, motion
he made by Mr.. BuckAer to proceed with
the business on the Speakers table. and
tbs, on reaching the bill to remonetize
silver the previous question shall be
called on concurrlng IN the Senate
amendments, and that there be no de-
bate.
Mr.. Bright thought there were serious
affections to the DILL as it was returned
from the Senate. One was as TO the llm-
i,stion OF coinage. and another striking
ont the festure Of tree coinage from the
House bill. He wanted to make some
protest against it, fer this was discrlml-
nation against both persons and metal.
The holders of gold were privileged TO
have their gold bullion coined Tree OF
charge and citizens ana foreigners could
hsneft alike IN this respect. Dlscrlmi-
Dstion against silver should not be made,
a. the silver 10 be coined under the bill
was TO be full legal tender in payment
O! all debts. What reason was there Tor
discrimination against it in the matter OF
coinage? He stated several other ctJec-
tons against the bill.
Mr.. Wright offered resolution as fol-
lJws:
Resolred, That the bill should be re-
p1rted rs it came from the Senate.
He said that they had been here three
months and it was evident that they had
rnsde a decided movement TO carry the
silver bill. When it passed ne thought
assmatter Of course the President would
veto il. He had no doubt OF that but
the House could pass it over the veto by
smsiority ottwo-thirds and by accept
ing the Senate bill they made the measure |
certain and sure. The free coinage was |
small matter The bill secures silver |
currency and it would have good effect |
on the country. Il the bill should pass |
s.i.caue from the Senate it would be a |
CREST victory. When the gentlemen
were certain of q good thing why should
they hesitste2
MIR Hanna said while he was in favor
of tree coinage, yet 1t seemed to him as
question of policy that it would be the
BIS, Tor them as body to take up and
p.ss the bill. He did not believe the
President would veto the bill. The Pres
ilent dare not DO it. Mr.. Hanna made
this declaration rs radical representa-
two. Ii the President should veto the
bill two-thrds Of both Houses would pass
!! 10 the contrary notwithstanding; now
was the time TO drive the last nail.
While he did not approve OF the Senate
amendments, he thought the passage
OF tho bill would do very much to
strengthen the confidence of the country.
Mr. Ewing SAID the people Of the coun.
try were in intense business distress and
looking tor relief. From the remone.l-
2t,,on Of silver under this bill they
would receive none and he ventured the
assertion that not 100000 would be
put into circulation by It. The Secretary
of the Treasury hsd power to sell the
bonds to buy bullion 10 order to resume
specie psym-n,s This bin remonetizes
silver, and every dollar OF the two mil
lions authorized to be coined per month
will be bOugLLup by Secretary Sherman
for the purpose OF boarding 1t
for the prosecution OF his re-
SUMPTION scbcemc, and when the
bill WAS passed, which advocates
resumption, would say you strengthened
our csuse by giving US twenty-iour mil
lions Of coin dollars a year.
Mr.. Haskell said he was no admlrer OF
Secretary Sherman and his financial pol
icy, but for two years past the Secretary
and the director OF the mint have said
that ii the people want the dollar OF 4l2i
grains they should have as much as they
wanted, so Tar as these gentlemen could
control. They would put four millions
IN circulation every month.
Mr.. Ewing said he did not want a
chest palmed of on the country. This
bill gSve to Secretary Sherman the power |
10 com either two or four millions of sill
yer dollars n month, but with such re-
s.rIctiOn it was aihering, in effect, TO the |
gold standard, aud he would not vote |
for it.
Mr.. Butler said that although he did |
not ike this bill, he would take il If he |
could get nothing better. The silver |
men had y glsnt's strength, and should |
exercise it. They could DO whs. they |
pleased. lie thought it would be unwise |
to pass the bill without shordlng some |
time for debate This would strengthen
the measure. II the bill should be passed |
without debate, the President might send |
It bsck without his approval, saying that
he did SO because be never bad heard OF
sny reason being given in the House |
way It should become law. Therefore |
he Butler would have debate to take |
away all excuses for tho Executive to say |
that he had right 10 send il back be- !
Islse there had been no debate on it.
Mr.. Butler then criticized that |
part of the bill wherin it is said that the |
silver dollsr shall be u legal tender st
lis nominal value for sll debts and dues !
public sLd private, except where other |
wise expressly stipulated by contract. |
According to this every banker or broker
or ether person may say that he will |
not take silver but only gold. He held that |
such exclusion could rot be made, and |
referred TO the decision of the French |
Court of Cessation in case OF 8 contract, |
inst the refusal OF money OF the country |
wss against public policy, and ought not !
therefore 10 be permitted. Mr.. Butler
ssid that his proposition was this:
Let this bill be treated as all public |.
measures ought to be, with due respect to
The nation. Do not relnoneiizs silver |
with hsste or by trick Let the bill be |
referred 10 the Committee on Banking |
and Currency, and they will cone TO |
conclusion as to what should be done. !
II th"y conclude that the bill should be |
passed IN It's present shape friends of re-
monetizrtion could vote for it in body. |
II they conclude that it ought 10 be !
Amended tho, oo,ll G. al