The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-16
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The senate.

WASHINGTON. Feb. ia number Of memo
rlsIs n were M mM presented mM ard referred. -,
torpedoes for military purposes. r sferrei
Mr. voorhees, called up his resolution of yes
Of certain railroads provided for by the acts of
July 25, 26 and u. 1866 and amended it by sub
stituting the Committee on Territories for the
Mr.. Dorsey offered an amendment extending
the inquiries of the committee to the propriety
Of extending & Terrtori 7 I, form 2r Of governmen.
have none. After discussion. the resolution
was laid over until Monday.
the n oa haypg 69n mp
sderation Of The silver bill, Mr.. ingalls,, of In
diana. addressing the Sen!te. He sud that in
had suffered more from doctors than from dis
ease. and proceeded to cite u large number of
contradictory propositions that have bsen ten
dpred rs panaceas tor the existing evils.
II the proposition to demonetze silver was a
new or an original proposition. he doub ed
whether, there, were a dozsn. counties in. the
that there were twenty, five States that favored
remonetization. eight that opposed it. and five
that were about equally divided.
In referring to tue standard of value Mr.. In
gals EXPIRE sed. the belief that il there was to
be singie standard only. silver would be- inn
measu1ably preferable, being less liable to flue-
He declared that the country was on the eve
R pres to be srsysd gss agans
each other were capital and labor He defended
the aborers, who, he said, did not desire to pay
hands. An alliance between the West and
South in ali matters that affect their interests
he DECLARED to be inevitable. representing rs
they did the great 1aboring interests. while the
North and East were the capital Of the country
Some applause followed Mr.. Ingalls, speech
and Mr.. Anthony gaye notice. that II the ap-
pause was repeated he should ask that the gall
leries be cleared.
Mr.: Allison said this was the first great meas
ure that had been brought In recently that had
objection. He advocated the tommittee's
amendment, and the amendment proposed by
himself. providing for an international none
strate that the presence of silver in the currency
would not drive out gold and cited the in
stance Of France, where gold and silver and in
gether without discrimination.
Mr.. Lamar arose and had read resolutions of
the Mississippi Legslatu,re isnstrueipg the
to vote for the pending bill. He said that be-
tween these resolutions and his own convictions
lay the gut Of his love for r. bis M SITE f. He had
generations that truth is better than falsehoo,d
and COURAGE pet er than eowardice H,s teach. f b,
the instructions conveyed in these resolutions,
and should vote against this bill. He had
given the mater careful &c pneideraton, and he
and it remainei for his people to say whether
he should hereafter represent theD.
The debate being ended. the first question was
upon the amendment proposed by Mr.. Morgan
to the bill as reported to the Senate. whi b pro-
vides for the purchase of bullion in legal tender
at its market value, not to exceed 81 600 900 in
any one calendar month. and after twelve
months declaring that there shall be free coin
age.
Mr.. Morgan said he had offered the amend
ment with view to a compromise of conflict
ing opinions, but rs he saw no good likely to
come Of it. he would withdraw it.
Mr.. Thurman. explaining why he voted in op-
position to the resolutions of the Legislature.
said that In his opinion there was but little dif-
terence between the Senate amendment and the
Bland bill. as the limit put upon the coinage by
the Senate amendment was practically nearly
the capacity of the mints to coin il any gold at
all was 10 be coined.
Mr.. Blaine said he had received numerous
inquiries upon a point that was Of no conse-
quence. but yet had been magnified into i'm
portance, viz: the question whefher the bIl. OF
1870 was read. He said the Globe stated that
the re ,dng Of the bill was begun, and later tn at
Mr.. Mccormick called for the re ding Of the
18th section again. A telegram in the New York
Tribune stated that the bill was read. consum-
ing an hour and the flies of the Washington
Republican and the Chronicle in their reports.
said the bill was read at length and then passed
under sust ensioD OF the rules.
1t would be found that the subject was not q $