New-York tribune., 1879-05-26
TBR SILVER BILL IN THE HOUSE.

with important amendments, completes the
record of the House on most us
honorable measure. There Is no reason 10
suppose that the bill can pass the Senate IN
its present form, nor is there any doubt that
il will De vetoed, and killed by veto, II IL
ever reaches the President. For, although the
amendments made in the House, almost wholly
by Republican votes, rendered the Dill
impotent AS job, they still left 1t
n dishonorable and shameless scheme OF re-
pudiation. The fourth section, which pro-
vides that :" the charges for converting solo
"and silver bullion into coin shall be the
"dilIerence between the market value 0l inc
"bulion in Ncw-York City and the legal
"tendcr value of the coin," does undoubtedly
defeat the ATTEMPT to plunder the whole
country for the benefit of a few bull
lion spectators or mine owners. bilt the
eighth section provides that the United
States shall be compelled TO purchase and to
Give its certificates for all silver that may DC
brought TO the Treasury or to any mlnt'
whether the silver be produced from mines
of this country or Mexico, or emptied upon
tIiS country from the gluttcd stores OF France
and Germany and that the certificates
so issued shall be a legal-tender for
the payment of all dues 10 the
UNITED States, including duties on imports"
Every sane man knows that this would
speedily leave the United States without
means to pay interest on the public debt, ex-
cept in such certificates This gross ana
naked scheme OF repudiation can hardly get
further than the Senate's Committee ON
Finance. But the country viii regard with
exceeding satisfaction the fact that if the bill
ever reaches the President, it is certain to be
met by a veto which the repudiatols are
pOweIless to overcome.
Who are the repudiators9 They number
129 Democrats, 10 Nationals, and kepuoh-
cans. so-callCd. In this enumeritt.0n th0se
are included who were paired In favor oil the
bill as we'll as those who were present ana
actually voted for it, The men who resisted
this Infamous scheme of reputation to
the end-aGain including those who were
paired on that side-were 10 Ropubh-
cans, 1 National, and II Democrats. Mr..
Jones. of Texas, who voted i'll the negative,
though called National, with respect TO re-
nudiatioD of the Nations solemn obligations
seems to be more nearly true Republican
than MeSsrs. Belford, of Colorado, Daggett,
of Nevada, and Cannon. Fort and Marsh.
of Illinois, so-called Republicans, who
voted for the bill than Mr.. Russell, OF
North Carolina, YOcum, of Pennsylvania, and
Ford. OF Missouri, so-called Republican
Nationals, who voted for it, or than Mr.. hel-
ley, OF Pennsylvania, a s0-called Republican,
and FOrsythe, of Illinois, sO-caled National,
who were paired in its favor. The right name
for these gentlemen is RepudiatOrs,o if they
have objections to the nearly-equiyalent term
Democrats" That they are not Republicans
is proved by every National platform OF the
Republican party since the suppression OF
rebellion left the country a great war
debt. Thanks to the staunch integ-
rity aud unhnchng loyalty of Re
publican members and voters, there were
found but five men who were elected as Re
publicans, and who are faithless to the pledges
of the Nation and the party-five out of 127
living, and 100 voting or paired. Seven were
absent apparently impaired, who will be called
to account by their constituents.
The position of the Democratic party is
fixed beyond dispute. Only seven members
were absent not paired. Only eleven voted or
were paired against reputation. Almost
twelve times as many, 120 in all, voted OF
were paired in favor OF breaking solemn
pledges of the public faith and defrauding
public creditors. Twelve out Of thirteen
Democrats are found faithlcss. Twenty-three
ont of twenty-fOur Republicans are found
faithful Upon that record, the country will
be called to pass Judgment next year, and the
Democrats will then learn whether the people
want reputation.
The Solid South shows its hand in this
vote. The men who could not destroy the
Union are trying to dishonor it. Out of 144
members voting or paired in favor of this
assault upon the public faith, 81 were from
the South, only 81 from the Western and
Pacific States, and only 13 from the Middle
States, and from w-Engand. The South
voted almost unanimously to destroy the public
credit. That section cast 81 votes for the bill,
and only 4 against it, But the West cast
81 votes against it. and, even including the
Pacific States only 81 for 1t. The Middle and
ew-Eugland States cast 70 votes against the
bill and only Is for 1t. Those Northern men
are indeed to be pited, whose lunacy, bank
ruptcy or cOwardice has driven them into this
alliance with the Confederate Brigadiers.
The division Of parties in the several sections
is instructive, also. Including NewYOrk,
Pennsylvania and Now-Jersey with New
England, as the East, and all the former Slave
States as the South, the vote stands thus:
East. West. sonth.
Aye No Aye. No Aye No.
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