, 1879-05-18

Ewing, Duckner, and Warner, md other friends
>. the bill had several conferences, as the re-
suit OF which they agreed upon an ameno-
Incnt' TO be Offered with the purpose OIL |
acfcating the Springer amendment Ewins's
provided that the market Vaiue Of
tie bullion should be the highest market price
at New York and San Francisco for week ORE
yions to the purchase;~
MADE THE CERTIFICATES LEGALrTENDER
for all Government dues and debts; provided
for The issue Of certificates, and also provided
that silver dollars to the extent Of 40 per cent.
only Of the amount of certificates outstanding
should be retained in the Treasury for. the pur-
Dose OF redeeming the certificates, and that the
remaining 90 per cent should be applied to
the payment Of. the principal and interest
of the public debt: Ewing hopod by this
amendment to secure the rejection Of the
Springer amendment, leaving the bill exactly rs
1t vas reported. This attempt Was made sue
cessfu1 BY -: ~;
Much debate, however, preceded it. Mr.. Can
non. Of illinois, advocated Springer's amend
ucut in the interest, be said, OF good sense and
good policy. Mr. Marsh, Of Illinois, euloglzed
the silver dollar, but said that II the Demo-
Gratis went to, the country on the third section
without amendment they would be buried SO
deep that the horn OF Gabriel would net wake
them. -.
Mr. Garfield insisted that the country was
looking with alarm at the attitude OF the metals
toward each other. He showed that to-day the
United States IS coming one-rhird Of the silver
OF the world, and China is coming another
third. He -. =.
URGED CONGRESS 10 GO HOME,
and let business, peace, and order work them
selves out - =
Mr. Springer, to save his amendment, accept-
ed SO much Of Evlng's amendment as aetel-
mined what the market price OF silver should
be, but this concession was Intellectual. Inc
vote being taken upon Ewing's amend
ments, resulted. in the. midst: o1 = COL
siderable excitemept-yeas, 1oo; nass'
1e5, when Speaker Randall gave tne
casting vote in the affirmative for the t"hs
amendment, and it was adopted luis so1e ~
Mr. Randall may be considered
VERY INGENIOUS sTRADDLE.
Randall, In case the bill finally passes as It
cane from the Committee, will be able to say
to those who advocated It that by MS castlng
vote he kept up the obnoxious Springer aneno-
s~oN
:,at the bill. On the other hand, II the Dill
shouid fail. Mr. Randall would be able to say to
the oppouents OF it that by placing the Ewing
amendment on the Springer amendment By his
casting vote be prevented the adoption of the
snrineer amendment, which might possibly have
nassed and have carried with it many OF the OBJ
icctiouablc features Of the bill, and Mr.. Ran
dali is
ppRsmEETrAI CANDIDATE.
Spriueer's amendment was then rejected BY -
Eeas to III nays, when the House adjourned
until Tuesday, Mr. Warner, the author OF the
hill. rushing about in an almost frantic manner
insisting both that the vote should he taken
anon the main section and that there should
not be M adjournment until Tuesday.
THE DEBATE. -:
III fhs Htstern Associated PT.ss.
WAsHSGTox, D. c., May 17.-Consideration
was resumed of the bill to amend the statutes
relating to guild and silver coinage and coin and
bullion certificates, the question being on the
third section and the amendments thereto.
The first amendment was one offered by .Mr.
Belford con6ning the privilege OF free colnaget TO
silver mined in the United States
The reason for this amendment Is. there IS
now Il movement in Europe with view to ar
range for q bi-1nctalllc standard, and it might
he thought advisable to send representative
thither to take part in the proceedings e:
r.
ment. to which Bclford's amendment was Of
fercd 1t would make the difference between the
value Of bullion and the value OF coin inure to
the Government instead OF TO inc .69lnon, pun :,
owrar. 1t would give the bullion-holder u
cents for his bullion (Which it WAS worth) and
mol 100 cents (which it Was not WORTH. It would
nut into the Treasury the difference between
the bullion and coin value OF silver, and Keep
It. there ss q trust fund for the people OF the
United States [Applause on the Republican
Ride.1
nj. Buckner opposed the Springer amend
ment as a proposition utterly destructlTe o.. the
whole theory On which the bill was founded. 1t
was worse blow at silver than the proposition
ot the Secretary OF the Treasury to stop lis
coinage at S50,OO0, 900. This amendment cut
the throat Of the silver dollar. and Il it vas put
upon the bill he would vote against the ols!, ne-
cause it would then put iuto the hands OF the
Secretary Of the Treasury the very power he de-
sired, and would virtually stop the coinage OF
another silver dollar.
ME- HEWBERRY
onposed the bill. It was not based upon facts,
but upon theories, opinions, and gues6es OF tne
widest kind He criticised the provision in the
eirnth section that the certificates issued shall
not exceed 20 Der cent beyond the amount q coin
and bulionin the Treasury. What was that ~ per
cent! 1t was simply fiat 1t was the tan 10 lne
GEeenbacK kite. 1t was legislatton for the t1en
streets of Washington to-day hlled "atn men
whn had bullion piled up in New 9ork, Il nor
for the purpose OF seeing that Inns pln was
passed. aud OF lobbying it througba He was was
thinking Of offering an amendment to the ~
providing that any owner Of paper Dulp might
deposit the same at the Treasury and receive
therefor legal tender notes OF the same dimen-
6ious as those nov In use.
Mr. Bright {Tcnn.) said the question WAS
whether the Government should hare aseignor,
arc on coinage or whether the country should
have free coinage, and argued that, when
eeignorage was put upon coin, it would be
DRIVEN OUT OF THE M1sTs.
He opposed Mr.. Springer's amendment, IS
amounting to little less than ta1 OF Ii pei
cent on the coinage Of silver bullion.
Soon afterwards vote was taken on Belford,e
amendment, aud it Was defeated,-yeas, ";
nays, 100. ...
lii Ewing offered an amendment to Spring
e.'s amendment. 1t provides that the Secretary
of the Treasury shall issue and deliver to the
dcpositor of silver bullion certificates to ar
amount equal to the value of such bullion, and
that silver dollars cQined from such bullion, tc
the extent Of 40 peA cent Of such certificates.
shsll be held for the redemption thereof. and
tbc remainder applied to the payment of inter
est aud principal OF the public debt. The certih-
Gates so issued are to be received ut par tol
NIL dues to the United States, and to be used IN