Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-05-13

ernment get the money to pay when they
do maturep
M. WEAVER. They are only payable
at the option Of the government, and the
government can coin all the silver that is
| necessary.
Mr.. BAYNE. And where will the gov
ernment get the silverP
Mr.. WEAVER. Where does it get it
nowP 1t buys it with the surplus reve-
nues, and manufactures silver dollars; and
$4,000, 900 month, even under the pres
ent law, will pay off the principal and in
terest Of the debt now maturing in half
the time that it is now proposed to fund it.
Mr.. MORTON, How do you propose to
secure the $4,OOO,OOO a month to pay for
the silverp
Mr.. WEAVER. With the surplus revc-
nues Of the country. You are paying the
debt now for electioneering purposes at
the rate Of two millions week, and do
not feel it. There is ample surplus reve.
nue. for the purpose; all that Is needed Is
the disposition to pay
other way that the government can pay
for the silver with which you propose to
pay off the bonds than by issuing legal
tender greenbacks therefore, Will you
answer me that squarelyp
Mr.. WEAVER. will. We can buy
the silver bullion with the surplus revenue
that is now coming into the treasury.
Mr.. CHITTENDEN. There is nothing
in that answer. The surplus revenue is
in greenbacks. You dodge the question.
Mr.. KELLEY. The greenbackS are con.
vertable into gold.
The SPEAKER raped to erder.
Mr.. CHITTENDEN. Will the gentle
man please answer me that question:
The SPEAKER. The gentleman from
New York will be seated. The gentleman
from Iowa has the floor.
Mr.. WEAVER. dodge no question.
In further and direct answer to the gen
tleman's question, say that this govern.
ment has the power to issue and reissue
ITS own currency, as has been held by the
highest court Of the country; and 1t can
issue enough to redeem the national bank
circulation and then it can cancel, having
paid the debt Of the banks, it can cancel,
as fast as they mature, the bonds now
held by the banks to secure their circula-
ton. And in that way we can pay $780,
900, 900 more Of the national debt There
is no trouble about paying the debt. The
trouble with the gentleman from New
York, Mr.. Chittendenl is that he does not
want to pay the public debt at all.
Mr.. CHITTENDEN. You admit the
paper is to be issued to pay it.
Mr.. WEAVER. The government has
the same power to issue paper dollar
that it has to issue gold dollar, the
same power to issue paper dollar that it
has to authorize the national banks to is.
sue their circulation. The gentleman
claims that the government cannot even
reissue paper dollar, as legal tender,
after it has been received into the treasury
for public dues. What supreme folly!
The SPEAKER. The time of the gen.
tleman from Iowa has asexpircd. The ques.
ton is on ordering the yeas and nays on
the motion to suspend the rules and adopt
the resolution offered by the gentleman
from Iowa.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The question was taken; and there
were-yeas s., nays III, not voting 30; as
follows:
YEAS-s5.
Armheld, Atherton. Atkins. Bealc, Bel
ford, Berry, Becknell, Blackburn, Bland, |
Cabell, Clardy, John b. Clark Cobb, Cof.
frOth, Oolorlck, Cook. Cox, Culbcrson,
Davidson, Joseph j. Davis, L. II. Davis. Do |
La Matyr, Dibrell, Dlckey, Dunn. Elam
Ewing, FELTON,, Finley, Ford, Forncy, For
sytho. Frost, Geddes Gillette. Gunter, John
II, Harris, Hatch, House, Hull. JONES'
Kelley. Kcnna. Ladd, Lowe, Manning, Nc
Kenzie, McMillin, Mills, Muldrow, Murch.
Myers, New, Nichols, Persons, Phelps
Philips, Reagan, Richmond, Robertson,
Rothwell, Daniel l.. Russell, John W. Ryon,
Sawyer, Scales, j. W.Singeton, o .R, Single
ton, Slcmons, Wm. L. Smith, Sparks,
Specr. Steele, Stevenson, Taylor Tilman
Oscar Turner, Thos Turner, Vance. Wad-
dill, Weaver, Welborn. Whitthorne. ThOs.
Williams, Willis, Wilson.
NAYS-1l7.
N. W. Aldrich, Wm. Aldrch, Anderson,
Bachman, Baker, Barber, Bayno, Bcltz-
hoover, Blake, Boyd, Brewer Briggs, Brig
ham, Browne, Buckner, Burrows, Butter
worth, Calkins, Cannon, Carlisle, Carpen-
ter, Caswell Chittenden, Clymer, Congcr.
Covert, Grape, Cravens, Daggett, Geo. II.
Davis, Horace Davis, Deering, Duester,
Dunnoll, Errett, Evins, Farr, Ferdon. Field,
Fisher, Frye, Garfield, Goode. Benz. W. Har-
rls, Hall, Haskell, Hawk, Hawley. Hayes,
Hazelton, Henderson, Herbert, Herndon,
HiscOck, Houk, Hubbell, Humphrey, Hun.
ton, Hurd, james, Johnston, Joyce, Kofer,
Kimmel, Lapham, Lewis Lindsey. Louns.
berry, Mason, McCold McGowan, McIane,
Money, Monroe, Morrison, Morse,
Morton, Neal Newberry, Norcross, ONeill,
OReilly, Oyerton, Page, Phister, Pierce,
Pound, Prescott, Price, Reed, Robinson.
Ross, W. A, RUSSELL Thomas Ryan, Sanford,
Shelley, A. H. Smith, Stone,
Thomas. P. B. Thompson, W. G.. Thompsoni
Amos Townsend, Tucker, Tyler, ]. 7. Upde-
graft. Y, UpdegraT, Upson., Valentino, Van
Aernam, Voorhis, Wait, Washburn, White,
Wliber, @. G. Williams.
NOT voTING-OO.
Acklen, Aiken. Bailey, Ballou, Bowman,
Bragg, Bright, Bouck, Barlow tabsenD
Bingham, Bliss, Blount, Alvah A, CLARK,
Converse, Cowgirl, Crowley, Caldwell,
Camp, Chalmers. Claim. Dick, Dwight,
Einstein. Ellis, Fort. Gibson. Godshalk,
John Hammond, N. ]. Hammond, Harmer,
Holman. Henklc, Henry, .Hill, Hooker.
Horr. Hostetler, Hutchins, Jorgensen, Ket-
cham, Killinger, King, Kitchin, KlOtz, Knott,
LIE Feyre, Loring, Marsh Benz. +. Martin,
L. l.. Martin, j. j. Martin, McCook. McKin-
ley. Mcmahon, Miles. Miller, Muller,
0'Brien, 0'Connor, 0rth. 0smer, Pacheco,
Poehler, Rice. D. P. Richardson. ], s. Rich
ardson, Robeson, Sapp, Sherwln, Simon
ton, H. b. Smith. Springer. Starln, Ste-
phens. Talbot, II. Townshend, Urner, Van
Yoorhis, Ward. Warner, Wells. Whiteakor,
Willis, Wise, T. Wood Walter A. Wood,
Wright (ahsent, Yocum (abscnD, Casey
Young, T, l.. Young,
So (two-thirds not voting in favor there
Of J the rules were not suspended.