Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-10
House Of Representatives.
PoLrTICAL DISABILITIES.


Mr.. Cook, chairman of the committee on
public buildings and grounds, reported a reso-
luton testifying to the high qualities of the
late Rush Clark of Iowa, who had been mem
Der of that committee, and directing the COM
mittee on appropriations to appropriate to the
family of deceased his salary to the close of the
Forty-sixth Congress. Adopted.
The House went into committee of the
whole. Mr.. Springer in the choir, on the private
calendar. After the passage of one bill a mo-
ton to adjourn over until Monday was reject
ed, yeas "a, nays 12S.
MORE HELP.
The House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Townshend in the chair, and took
up the Senate bill authorizing the employment
of three additional assistants in the library of
Congress. After short debate the committee
rose and the bill passed.
EADS.
The Senate amendment to the Eads' lefty
bill was Concurred in.
DOUBLE STANDARD.
The House then resumed consideration of
the Warner silver bill and was addressed by
Mr.. Weaver in advocacy of the bill and in
favor of a double standard. There was barely
enough gold in the world to pay the annual in
terest on the public debt Of the United States.
If Congress was to demonetize silver and had
not the power to issue paper money it would
hitch the car of American
EMIGRATION AND PROGRESS
to decreasing gold product. He argued that
the bill demonetizing silver was unconstitu-
tional. If Congress had the constitutional
power to stop the coinage of silver it also had
the power to stop the coinage of gold and that
would be another way of starving the govern.
tn a
money. He wanted cheap money and dear
property. Now money was dear and property
cheap, SO that money wasa
MASTER AND KING
and property went begging at discount. If
there was one question upon which the Ameri-
cad people were almost unanimous it was upon
this silver question. There was a universal de-
mand that silver be restored as legal tender
money Of the country. He characterized the
demonstration of silver as great information
al conspiracy of men who had fixed incomes
the great bulk of property in the world. He
also criticized the act of 1869 to strengthen the
public credit.
Mr.. Mitchell inquired if Mr.. Weaver had not
voted in 1868 for Grant.
Mr.. Weaver replied that he had.
MIR. Mitchell then inquired if the act of 1869
had not been based upon the platform upon
which General Grant had been elected.
Mr.. Weaver replied that he did not SO under
stand it. He acknowledged he had been then
in the same situation as great many of his
friends were now and knew nothing about
this financial question, but he had received
new light and believed the act of 1869 to be a
GREAT PUBLIC WRONG.
It amounted to very little less than robbery
of the people, Gen Grant and the Republican
party to the contrary notwithstanding. He
proceeded to speak in opposition to the natl onal
banking system.
can members interposed number of questions
which called for the remark from Weaver,
that though he was willing to answer them one
by one he did not want the whole syndicate at
him at once.
Mr.. Weaver continued his argument against
the national bank system. which he said was
a monstrosity in the history of legislation.
He related an incident that happened when he
first saw a piece of india-rubber when boy.
The boy told him to hold end of the rub
Der in his mouth while he (the city boy pulled
| the other. It was all very we'll when the
rubber was stretching but it was the
CONTRACTION THAT HURT.
| (Laughter.) And the national banking system
was proposition to put the rubber to the lips
| draw it and whenever they pleased to let it snap
He then passed into consideration of the re-
sumption act which he characterized as anoth-
| er step in that
TRINITY OF INFAMYs
that had been fastened on the American PEG
| pie. As to the silver reconciliation act passed
a year or two ago, he said a conspiracy had beer
entered into by the New York clearing house
that silver should not be received unless it wai
to be paid back in kind. That had
been done after certain man who was now
| Toll To- 1oc
written letters from Smyrna advising the bust.
ness men of the country IN case of the passag,
of the Bland silver bill to combine to defeat it,
operation. There had been great deal of tall
| in this House about revolution, but as an ex
soldier who had fought under that man Grant
he must say that that advice to the American
people to resist a constitutionally passed Law
by combating to defeat it, amounted to revo
luton, and
REVOLUTION OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.
applause on the Democratic side.) Not onl,
that but the secretary of the treasury hac
struck hands with Wall street and Lombard
street, and said that he would not pay out sill
} yer. He (Weaver) would offer, at prope
time an amendment directing the secretary Of
the treasury to cause to be paid out, withou
discrimination, the standard silver coin tn
same as gold coin, in liquidation of coin obi
cations of the government. He denied that tn
Greenback party was an initiation party.
|
paper money, all issued by the government
not by banking associations, and all of flu
, legal tender qualities. It was not in favor {
any wild scheme. The gentleman from II
diana, De La Matyr, had introduced bill BIT
had disclaimed that it was his bill, or that
introduced it, and yet
NOT AN INDECENT ALLUs1oN
that a man dare use on the floor had been omi
ted about that gentleman.
Mr.. Turner-Did not all those indecent a
lusions to the gentleman and his party con
from the Republican side?
Mr.. Weaver-Yes. I hope the gentlems
from Indiana will pay no attention to such
lusions as that. We can stand it. Laughter
Fire your blank cartridges from the guns
your syndicate. Fire, here, and Il
party which / represent here, the nation
Greenback party, has come to stay. I noti
you Of that. The workmen may fall
BUT THE WORK WILL BE DONE.
There is no doubt about that. He then pl
ceeded to criticise the speech delivered sol
the phials of his wrath upon the party of t
centre. That speech had reminded him of t
!, effervescence of an overheated beer barr
u News had come this morning that the worki1
:; men had carried California by 10, 600 majori
y and though defeated in the House yesterd
10 they would come back with redoubled for,
e. When the American Congress said that it wor
not enforce law, but would allow the hes
1k of departments to violate it, it was setting
ae example thar might be dangerous. It vas
SOWING THE DRAGONS TEETH.
It was sowing the wind, and would reap