Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-23
The House.
WEAyER'S ELL.

leave to present the petition of five hundred
soldiers, of Illinois, which he sent to the
clerk desk TO be read.
MIR. Mcmahon, evidently mistaking the pur-
pose of the petition, objected. Subsequently
he withdrew his objection and the petition was
read, when it proved to be in the form of a
resolution, asking for the passage of the
Weaver bill, and requesting soldiers all over
tic country to organize and keep record of
members of Congress who may vote against
that bill for further reference.
BANK RESERVES.
After some miscellaneous business was dis
posed of, consideration was resumed of the
bank reserve bill, ard the demand for the pre-
yious question was seconded-l00 to IS. The
main question was then ordered and the hour 8
debate began.
The debate was opened by Dir. Gillette in
opposition to the bill, which he characterized
as a shot from a masked battery at every inter-
est of the people.
MIR. Weaver opposed the bill on the ground
that it Disseminated against the greenback.
The gentleman from New York, Chittenden,
had said something against the clipped dollar
and had sneered at the greenbach. Ii was a
clipped dollar when the bondhoider was to be
paid but when the bcndhoder wanted to keep
the lawful money reserve to pay off his notes
TO the common people, the clipped
dollar was good enough. That was q discrIm-
ination against the people and in favor of the
bondholders. The gentlem an from New York,
Chittcnden. had told the story about boy, a
relative of Roger Sherman, who, having lost
bis dog, wanted to make the debts he CON-
tracted in finding it q legal tender. If that
boy had had any Sherman blood III his veins be
would have got the advice of his cousin in the
treasury. That advice would have been,
deposit your dog with NE, get
him exempted from tax, then draw
ninety per cent. of his value to so into the
banking business with, and | will keep the
dog as security and stamp coupon bonds on
his ears and on every inch of his tail. Laugh
ter.
The issue presented by the present bill was
whether the country would have legal tender
paper money issued by the government, or
whether it would depend on banking associa-
tions for its circulating medium. The gentle
man. from New York, regarded his, Viewers, sell
der bill as an assault on the peculiar interest
which he represented. A once very dis
tincuished Senator from Illinois, alluding 10
Senator Logan, had said on the Both of
this month, that the bill introduced by him,
Weaver, was the worst piece IF demogOguery
ever introduced in the American Congress.
That gentleman was citizen, General j. a. Lo-
gan, of the State of Illinois.
Mr.. Hawley-And he was perfectly right.
man who had classed the Greenb hackers as the
rag bag and bobtail of creation, would think
so. The country had been prepared for the re-
marks Of the gentleman from Illinois. Ii was
to be expected of man who had voted for the
back salary grab and had put 5000 of swag
into his own pocket, would be opposed TO doing
Justice to the soldiers. 1t had been stated that
the author of the soldiers bill wasn't in earn
est The author of that bill, and the SOC. GOO
men who had stood behind him, had never
been more in earnest than now, not even when
fighting the bloody battle of Shiloh, and this
House must give the relief demanded or those
men would send representatives to Congress
who would.
The debate was further continued by Whit
horne and Kiefer, both of whom opposed the
bill, the former on the ground that it would
discriminate against greenbacks, and the latter
on the ground that it would tend to @imperil
the permanency of resumption.
At the close of the discussion the amend
ment the only one to be voted upon" requir
ing the banks 10 keep their coin reserves IL
their own vaults, was rejected, 30 to 70.
The question REQUIRED on eugrossing anG
third reading of the bills. On division the
vote stood So to 40, and the yeas and nay:
we're ordered. This vote resulted yeas 10, nayi