The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-07-03

but effective speech on the silver bill, 1t
being in opposition to clause providing
for the rt.soining Of the trade dollars
and which also allowed coinage Of sill.
yer dollars in excess Of that provided in
the Law of last session. He wisely
argued in favor Of giving the law We
have ~ to the amount of silver that shall
be put in circulation each month. fair
trial and not by an excess Of production
run the risk Of creating 4 reaction which
shall undo all that the advocates of the
double standard have gained. We are
glad to announce that the measure is not
likely to become law The following
is the moulding paragraph:
81 do not wish to double or treble the
amount of our silver coinage until we
can see the result of this general discus
sion and OF these confcreLces which are
going on in Europe. ] do hopefully
look forward TO the results Of those dis
cussions. am an earnest and confirmed
bimetalist. do not believe the world
can get along without the use Of both
the metals. But am anxious that this
country in returning to the full and free
use Of silver should do it slowly enough
and wisely enough not to bring embar-
rassment and disaster upon ourselves,
would rather defer il until We learn the
result Of the present transition OF opib-
ION which is going on IN Europe. Plain
ly the safest course for us at present is To
allow our silver dollar law, as It is called,
to remain upon the statute book precisely
a. IL il. / have announced that opinion
once or twice before in this House, and
I saill hold il. am IS earnest q friend
of the use of silver IA any man here, but
I cannot help thinking that the truest
friendship for the free use of the silver
dollar 10 that which proceeds 90 carefully
that there shall be 20 danger Of some re-
sction hereafter that shall overthrow all
that We have thus far DONE"
He made an equally good hit on the
report Of the conference committee, OF
which he was . member. on the judicial
bill, in which, as our readers understand,
the majority attempt to deprive the gov
erument of all control on election days,
20 that there shall be no power to pre-
vent repeating. ballott-b box s,uning in
timidation or whence. We make room
for the following:
'sWhat does Il propose to accomplishr
This section 3. taken in connection with
the closing sentences Of section 1, simply
repeals-for that is what Il virtually 40
complishes-it simply repeals for one
year all the safeguards thrown around
elections and the right OF suffrage by
title 20 Of the Revised. Statutes. The
difference between tAe bill, 40 made by
this conference report and the one passed
by the House, 10 that instead OF repeal.
ing the law In regard to election for all
time, this report virtually repeals it for
one year.
The closing portion of section 1 for.
bids the paying Of any money in the way
Of salaries for any Of the officers provid.
ed for by title 26. and this section 3,
which has been in dispute between the
two Houses, further forbids the incurring
Of any liability for general and special
deputy marshals, the very officers pro-
vided for BY title 60 to make the provis.
ions Of that title effective. Therefore
the proposition before us, which I have
already commended - Q very frank, open,
and plain proposition. 10 simply one to
take from title 20 all the efficiency there
II in It for one year. That 10 all; We
know Just what It Is. 1t Is Q simple
to repeal that title for one
yesr, instead Of repeating It for all time
to come, - was heretofore proposed.
And We now understand exactly what
II Is We have before rs. There 10 NO
change Of principle in the bill. There II
no change in the object aimed at; there
il no change in the quality of the issue,
there II great change In the
scope and extent Of the evil which was
But the thing meant, the
whole issue that We fought over, 10 eth
here, and do not know OF any argu-
ment that Was used on the Republican
side Of the House against the original
which does not In logical
and in spirit apply to the
proposition which is now before the
House. mention this simply that we
all may have thoroughly intelligent
view Of the situation. This il simpiy q
proposition to repeal for one year those
safeguards of the ballot box which II
was originally proposed by gentlemen
on the other side to repeal permanently.
/ d not see how any Republican can
vote for It,"