, 1879-05-09

would like to sec It amended IN aome rarttcu-
lara 1t was nut Just Fcapt,nse to lse 1Ei1lIul
III tho ncuUld fnr u full restoration u silver to
coinage alnI tts full Iuvcstiluro with all the
functions III muney.
Mr Chfltentrn imposed il,c Bit M tic most v1o-
lent and i,'excosable assault a the Integrity aud
welfare Of sllcc American people ever made in
light" and cxpose the coyust intquity ami
rasraIIty Vi the measure. lie nroccedGd TO crf-
tlcizc anl ridfcute DC In Matyr as the l,c-
!!nred apostle anll hgh priest ol thc Green.
lie Cicrk's .r,k tt.at % In: e',oa Lord wuu sako
them all tU Heaven, md tl:cn stsafGhtwny malta
a frantic G91urt from his own seat to make It
warm for the "tnfnl,ons NIL lle1'.born bond
.oItler." .,aI Lalgi,ter lis wus Glad to sec
belonged to a class who rarely lleard preaching,
nin' who suffered acycrcly for want of 1t.
Laughter.
lie then proceeded TO
Turn THE L1GtfT on WARNER,
and said tint II that gcntlctnan's sterc1r was
right then temperance. tnt!1stry, frugal living,
business tact, and accumulation OF property
were tllt hercs!cs ahl devices OF thieves ut.u
robbers. All tint t!cre wns IN The argument of
The gentleman Yas That proh!ral a,ul iinpr.y-
dent msn atould. by some horus.pocus currcnry
lcE1slntlont restore thrir broken fortunes. He
ntllnftted That lie {Chttendrn} spike rs capt.
taltst. Yes. he was 'u rnf,ncr,n accordlng to
Warmers doctr!nc. [Lanuhtcr.1 Every in1us-
tr[0us A1I temperate fflan In this cull.try tlattc
money, but 1t required common sense
capitalist flanrllier.1 The ductrine Of the
gentleman tHarHer> ~as tht: lnmnc'lest
tinnscnsr [shonts Of laughter l1edcclIrc.l him.
scfnot onooscs to l,t.snctalisti. bit for 1t wlseu
ever pract ctrabir; but, while the grrnt commercial
natloi's adhcr:l to ,hr gold standard, common
sunsc HIltt public policy GurccI shr United States
to stand with them. or else anopt silver ns It's
t'nIy statniard. THE orrscnt Coinage Law, un-
o q F1itIH H$s
country an exclusive silver standard. lie rc.
Eurled tic df~.,onvrcd und Justly y-Ilnprlsoncd
silver dollar o! 4l9,4 grains as
THE MOST pls0KACErut. PORN or POLITICAL
MONEY
1t was ns corrupt mud as corruptl11g in principle
as II It only contained twelve ind onr-t,ulf
grains. lie a8srstcd 1hut thu Fec Coinasc Bill
which passed thc llouse OIL the 18th Of Novesn-
Der, 1877, was intended By It's authors tn drtyu
all ttc Eold out OF t!ic country. But ,lnt Free
CotnnEe bill failed, nnd resumption cunc,
Of the whole. people. Why should
resumption he broken down remorselcsstv now.
fhis "monsirous proposition F" was claimed BY
Its authors AMI protnoters as being In the tuter
T.. 6" s ts e % ma soaa
bullionlsts and capitalists exclusively. He re-
ferEcd to the recent purchase Ut steel rails fit
England by Vanderbilt, mud inserted that Under
.thls b!l! vantler6t M lassumt1g that be had given
silver bullion 1t cost OF s43o. 600 md lave IL
coiued Into $500 O00 thus saving $40 900 by thu
operation. Thu bill will opprcss a,l rob the
people, III whose name It was ostentas,ously
brought forward. II the silver dollars were
made OF honest weight he would not nuke
word Of objection to II.
lie proceeded to rt1culo
SOME or THE dnEgSBACK PROPOSITIONS,
those introduced by Do La Matyr, Wcaver, and
Wright. making, he said. two billions Of dulIars
nlrcady asked fur hv three members Of the
''party Of the future" which boldly clatmcd the
Democracy for It's tall. fLunEltcr.1 Although
all these propositions were n!ise ridiculous, t!lvy
were "dunger Signals" Thuy were the logical
nnd inevitable results Of Congress tamuurllg
With the ssnnlurt! Of money. lie declared Ills
belief TINT II legaltrnders were dallicd with
any 1unGer ID Congress bills for fresh issues OF
E1eelbackB would bo log-rollcd a,tl run ia
parallel lines with tile river nnl harbor bills,
gathering. as they went, every echcsnu Of folly
mud wtck4duess until the Government would
tDpp1e md crumble III ruins. His prayer to
Congress wnb to let t1lc currency alone, nl!l to
give to tho ncople peace, rest, mud liberty to
prosper: [Applausc.J
afr, Warner arEucd that tnconycrtiblc paper
money. II carefully limited tn amount, could re-
tain It's tuIl face value, nnd quoted financial
writer's to sustain that portion. The valuation
Ut all tho property III the country had been
changed from. paper to gold and sllrer, hut
under illc existing law TINT valuation WIS now
being changed trum both metals to gold alone.
'lhe pending mcasnEc was inteudcd to prevent
that.
Without action On tho bill the Housu nd
f2ltrnrt.