The daily gazette., 1879-05-26

political parties should have divided
upon tile silver coinage bill, and the bill
to keep the army from the polls. But for
and against these two measures in Con-
gress an issue has been made. The
Democrats are resolved that the elections |
shall be free, and that the army shall not |
be used to intimidate the voters at the |
polls.
The Republicans have just as unitedly
determined that the army shall attend
the polls, and the U. S. Courts and Mar
shals and their deputies thus aided shall
control the elections and intmidate the
voters as Davenport did in New York.
The silver coinage bill passed the
House, on Saturday, 10y vote of ia
ayes to 81 nays, and all the Demo
Gratis present voted for it except nine;
while all the Republicans present voted
against it except five.
The chief point in the silver bill is in
the fact that the Democrats are favorable
to gold and silver as legal-tender money,
and the payment of the interest and
principal of the public debt, and all other
debts due by the government, in silver.
The Republicans oppose this because
since they demonetized silver,it is cheaper
in bullion than gold; but the presump-
ton is that if gold were demonetized
undar tho sana circ11mSt ucas II would
fall in value as much as silver has. To
use but one standard would reduce the
price of all labor and land still lowe
and correspondingly increase the publ,
debt against the people.
The bill as passed seems to be prett.
fair measure. 1t was the best that tn
Democrats could secure with the bond
holders, bankers, the lobby, and the Re
publican party against them. The ma
jority, however, after an all night strus
gle against all the embarrassments tn;
the opponents could present, is quite n
spectacle and about equal to the m;
jority the Democrats have in the Hous
We think the bill as passed comes vel
closely up to the platform of the Dem
cratic party in Delaware. But as y
there has not been time TO understal
fully what are the precise provisions
the bill.
On the final vote the following repu
licans voted for the BILL namely BE
ford, Cannon, Daggett and Fort.
The following democrats voted again
the bill Bliss, Covert, Denster, Hur
Jones, Morrison, Muller, Pochler al
Wood. Many members were abser
paired, the total vote being but 211 in
house Of 293 members.
BY States the vote stood as follows
Maine, yeas 2, nays 3; New Hampshil
nays3; Vermont, nays 2; Massachuse
nays 8; Connecticut, yea !, nays2 NJ
York, yea l, nays 1G; New Jersey, ye
y 2, nays 3; Pennsylvania, yeas 7, ma
12; Maryland, yeas ., nay l ; Virgin
yeas 5; North Carolina, yeas Z; Sor
Carolina, yeas 4; Georgia, yeas Z; A
bama, yeas 8; Florida, yea / Miss
sippi, yeas 4 Louisiana, yeas 3; Tex
yeas 4. nays l ; Ohio, yeas 8, nays
West Virginia, yeas 2; Indiana, yea.
nays 2; Illinois, yeas I, nays 8; X
lucky, yeas g.; Tennessee, yeas 8, nays
Michigan, yeas s; Wisconsin, yeas
nays Z; Minnesota, nays Iowa, y
:. 2, nays 5, Missouri, yeas s; Arkan
yeas 4 /; Kansas, nays B; Colorado, y
1; Nevada, yeas /.
In discussing the passage of the
the New York World, which appear
be opposed to silver, says:
"When Mr.. Bland and his allies
posed to pay in a silver dollar VIC
only "a cents the interest on natiO
bonds which the Government had prt
ised to pay in gold worth 100 cents on
dollar, the question raised was m6
question, to which there could be
one answer. But on none of the bo
issued since the Bland bill became
has this moral question arisen, beca
the purchasers have bought them "
open eyes, and with certainty that
interest might be paid in silver dol