National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-05-19

President Lincoln and General Schcnck.
The Senate, at fifteen minutes to four o'clock,
went mo executive session. and, when tho doors
We're opened, adjourned
HOUSE or REPRESENT. TIVES.
Immediately after the reading of the journal the
House proceeded TO the consideration of the bust
ness OF the morning hour, being the bill amending
the Statutes relative to the removal of causes from
State to Federal courts
Mr. McLAHH concluded his argument in favor of
the bill, taking the ground that wherever State law
or State sovereignty Is well defined and understood
and where indictments arc found under such State
law, they should not be removable to Federal
courts.
Mr.. URSER argued in opposition to the bill, hold
lug that every citizen of Il state. when lie had a
dispute with citizen of another State had con-
ststutiOnOl right TO have the United States Court
pass upon the question in controversy, and that the
Statutes which twas proposed torepeal or amend
simply gave effect TO That constitutional right
Pending action OH the bill the morning hour eX.
PRED. and the House resumed the consideration Of
the Warner silver bill.
The question was OH the third section of the bill
and the amendment thereto, the first amendment
being one offered by Mr.. Bedford, of Colorado con-
frming the privilege of free coinage 10 silver mined
IN the United States
Mr.. BELroRD spoke in support of his amend.
ment
Mr.. SPRINGER spoke in support of his amendment
Ito which Mr.. BclfOrds amendment was offered.
Mr.. LouNsBEnY opposed the bill as tending to
embnrrNSS the national finances which were now
In healthy condition.
Mr.. HucKNER opposed Mr.. springers amendment
as an iiSnnous proposition, utterly destructive of
tie whole theory on which this bill was founded.
Mr., NEwBEHnI opposed the bill. II was not
based upOn facts, but upon theories opinions, ana
guesscs, of the Widest kind Why wcro the streets
of Washington to day filled with men who had
pose of seeing that this bin passed and Of lob.
Dying II thrOugh2 lie was thinking OF Offering an
amendment To the bill providing that any owner of
paper pulp might deposit the same at the Treasury
ana receive therefor legal tender notes of the same
10 NJ hngn no Ia ttuA
Mr.. BRIGHT said that the question was whether
the Government should have seignoragc on coin
coinage, and argued that when a segnoragc was
put upon coin 1t would be driven out OF the minis.
=, Mr. EISsTEIS argued to show that tho benefit of
this wonderful bill-this acknowledgements accrue
solely to the owner of silver bullion and bankers
and brokers.
Mir REAGAN opposed Mr.. springers amendment.
1t was an insidious mode of defeating tho purposes
Of the bill. No more insdous blow could have
been stricken at the bill than the ono struck by
that amendment
The vote was then taken on Mr. Befords amend.
ment, and it was defeated-ycas 81: nays, 100
Mr.. EWING offered an amendment 10 Mr. Spring
crs amendment 1t prOyidcs that the Secretary of
the Treasury shall issue aud deliver to the dcpos.
or of silver bullion certificates to an amount equal
to the value of such bullion, and that tho silver
dollars coined from such bullion, to tho extent OF
40 per cent Of such certificates shall be held for
the redemption thereof. and the remainder applied
TO tho payment OF the interest and principal of the
public debt. The certificates so issued arc to be re.
ceived at par for all dues TO the United States and
10 be used III payment of the current expenses of
the Government, and Gre TO be rcdeemablc in stan.
dard silver dollars,
Mr.. CANNON favored Mr.. sprlngcrs amendment
because II would give the profits OF the coinage to
the Government and not TO the holders of bullion.
Mr.: BAlNE denounced the whole bill as n sheer
nnmitigated fraud, and as not incnded to subserve
the best Interests OF any class of the people, except
the holders and producers of silver bullion
Mr.; MARSH argued against any change In the
standard of value, and asserted that to-day the gold
dollar really represented Sl,15, and the standard
silver dollar represented dollar. This assertion
was conSpicuonsly applauded by Mr.. Warner, bu
the laugh was turned against him by the next as
Serton OF Mr. Marsh TO the effect that the dcmone
tization ofSilvcr had been crime and fraud and
That the third section Of this bill was mother fraud
because II was giving the bullion holder an advan
Republican side
lie would like to see the Democratic party going
before the people ~ 1850, In the advocacy of thai
section. ltwould DO buried so deep that The horn
of Gabriel would not resurrect it,
Mr. GARFIELD said that Congress had never lcgis
lated on any question that reached farther (bOl
tcrritorially and in timc) and touched more vital
Interests Than those touched by this and SINH
lar bills within recent years; and notably within
ICED world Ind become alarmed at the attitude oil
the two precious metals ~ relation to each other
aud they were clearly of the opinion that by some
wise broad judlcious arrangements, both Tic
metals might be kept In service for the currency OF
the world, Even England, which, for more Than
half u century had believed in the single gold
standard, was now seriously medatng how she
might harness both those forces to the monetary
borand Capitol, there was not u single bi'metalic
authority IN the world who regarded 1t safe to
plunge out into any wider coinage oil
France and the Latin Union, which Ind believed
In bi-mctalisn, aud had maintained II against all
Corners and had advocated II throughout The world
were not coming silver coin, and had not done
SO since 1874 The most strenuous advocates of bi.
mota!lism now said that II would DO rulnous TO BIZ
mctNlliSm for France or the Latin Unions to coin
any more silver And yet the United States Gov.
ernmcnt which had coined In less than two years
more OF the silver dollars than had previously been
coined rom tho foundation of the Government
hll ten tlmes more than had been coined In sew
enty years OF us existence was to-day facing the
metailisn by saying that America single. handed
ton alone.
This was madness. lie had once seen A dog on
great slack oihay which had been hoatcd oul
Into the wide overlooked bed ola river. For a M
ie while me dGg appeared perfectly happy, The
hhy,slack wns there the stack pen was there and
lac thought that the world was ali right. BUt by,
and,bye he began to discover that the barn and
the hou,e aud the surroundings were not ali there
as they had been before he went to sleep and IN
began to understand that he could not quite com
mand all the prospect us he had done 30 win ~,
United states We were ali aoat ON Ills MY. ir ~,
question, ana we "bny the moon as we font down
The whlrling tide aud say I'VE are wise"
We have been launched on wide current which
sweeps over the whole world and we bark from
our hnys0ck us II we commanded the whole Fol
Heavens sake said he) let us take some account O
the food. Let US understand that Il dcluge mean,
something, aud try, five can to get our bearing,
before we undertake to fix II all up in the House o
Representatives.. To-day we are coming one.thrt
OF all the silver that Is being coined In the rount
world. China Is doing another third, and all the
nations OF the globe arc using the other third fo
subsidiary coin, II we want 70 go with China and
part company with all tho civilized nations OF In,
Western World let us do II In this bin.
What the country needs, he continued most Of
oil other needs, is that this Congress 20 hoinC
Laughter and applause on the Republican side
aud let these forces of business and peace and or
der aud brotherhood work In their natural way
aud bring us into light stability and peace. Eyei