The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-15
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

statutes, except what relates to the pay
of election supervisors, and all other
sections and laws authorizing the ap-
pointment of chief supervisors Of cleo
tions, special or general deputy mar
shals, and fixing their compensation.
Herman said the test oath statute ex-
cludes the best people of certain sec
tions from the jury box; and degrades
justice by throwing it into the hands of
ignorant and incompetent men. He
mentioned a number of pure and hon.
est democrats who had been elected
governors of New York, including
Marcy, Seymour, Silas Wright, Hoff-
man, Tilden and Robinson.
Morrill, asked if it was the same Til
den that had not paid his income tax?
Herman said, yes, but he had heard
that the government had failed to make
a case.
Eaton asked if it was not the same
who was elected president and cheated
out of the Office?
Herman replied in like vein. He
declared that the democrats had often
carried the state of New York and car
ried it honestly. He concluded that the
law authorizing supervisors of elections
was arbitrary, oppressive and danger
ods.
Thurman will speak tomorrow.
Beck moved an amendment to the
legislative bill, to provide for the speedy
payment of arrears of pensions, and
authorizing the secretary of the treas
ury to pay out ten million of legal-ten-
ders in currency as a special fund for
the redemption of fractional currency.
A lively discussion on Beck's amend
ment took place between Messss. Vor-
hees, Edmunds and Pendleton, after
which his (Beck's) amendment was
agreed to.
Senate then adjourned.
HousE-AFrERNooN SESSION.
Washington, May 14.-The house
resumed consideration of Warmers bill
to amend the coinage laws.
Fort favored the double standard.
He said the silver dollar has been too
light from the beginning, and event.
ually the government must meet other
governments and readjust its gold and
silver. He commended as wise mea-
sure the coinage of the trade dollar,
and denied it was brick dollar. The
third section of the bill invited the
whole world to come to the United
States with ships laden down with
silver bullion and unload it into
the treasury at par. If Warner had
called on the bank of England, the
Rothschilds or August Belmont to
draw up the third section, they could
not have pleased themselves better. 1t
was virtually compelling the United
States to pay premium of fifteen per
cent. on every ounce of silver, He was
in favor of unlimited coinage, but not
of free coinage to all the world. And
section eight of the bill provided that
| if August Belmont did not want to
wait for coinage he should deposit his
bullion and obtain certificates for it at
par. If this bill passed, August Bel
mont could make ten million dollars in
ten days. Section nine repealed the
law remonetizing silver, which he had
hoped would stand to the end of the
| government as notice to all comers
that they had better let tinkering with
the currency alone.
Ewing said the first and most serious
objection to the bill was that the gov
ernment would lose the difference be-
tween the present bullion and coin
value of silver. He understood an
amendment was being considered by
the friends of the bill, which would
meet this objection. That amendment
provided that in the issue of certificates
for bullion, they should be issued only
for the market price of bullion, leaving
the coinage free and unlimited. He
should be quite satisfied to have that
amendment adopted, provided it left
silver its full character of money metal
If all the silver in the world were
dumped into the United States mints
it would not amount to one hundred
million dollars. He opposed Kimmel'.
amendment, raising the silver dollar te
460 grains; it was not time to raise the
standard yet. Let congress remonetize
silver, and if large difference re
mained between the gold end silvel
dollar, method could be devised Il
equalize them, for that was essential
The advocates of this bill were appeal
ing to representatives to let America
great silver product be money, and lie
it be demonetized. Democratic ap
plause.)
Silver would reinforce gold, and
gold were driven from the country, tn
country would have the ability to stan,
it with its two or three hundred mil
/ lions of silver, and would not have t
! suffer suspension Of specie payments
(Applause from the democrats.) Dem
] onetization Of silver in other countrie
. meant that usurers had conspired t
3 double their wealth, to double debt