The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-05


can congress- That gentleman ia Ger.
John A. Logan. The country ia prepared
for just such declaration from him. They
remember that in 1873. when the country
was financially ruined, and thousand oi
exaoldiers were ont of employment and
suffering for bread, that John A. Logan
voted for the back salary act, and then
pockeied So, 800 az hia share of the awag.
Mr.. Hawiey-And he WAS perfectly
right.
Mr. Weaver-No doubt the gentleman,
who on the floor o; this house character
lied the Greenbac ess as helonging TO
the rag tag and bobtsll of the country
would say that it was perfectly wright. He
is in the same boat. Applause Opposition
of that hind TO the soldiers bill would
very naturally b. expected.
! l understand thst the gentleman from
the fir. congressional district of Missouri
has recently written letter, in which h-
-2ys that the author of the soldiers bill IL
not in earnest, and that the bill will NOT
pass Sir, let me say that the autbor Of
that bill and the more than FIVE hundred
thousand men who stand behind him were
never more in earnest than now. They
we're no, more earnest when stnrning the
heights O. Fcrt Donel-on or fighting the
| bloody battles of Shiloh, Gettysburg and
the Wilderness. And shis house must
give the relief asked for, or these men will
-end congress here that will gr mt them
| their prayer.
My colleague from Iowa. Mr.. Price] in
his speech TO the house a few days age
| Told US ,ha. We mus, lr. we'll enough
,lone. He il, in fact, the author OF res
olu,ion that shail not agi,a.e this question.
| any farther before congress. He holds
up his flag of truce and commands silence
until he geis the currency reformers in the
right Position, and then he violates his
flag of truce himself. and fires upon u
from every standpoint, from every eontro
verted position.
He told us that France had S426, ,000,0 900
# silver money, and sixty per cent. more
han that of gold. That would give
France $40 per capita in gold, $l2 in sill
yer, and she $l2 per capita in paper, ma
king in all S45 per capita for the entire
population. while in this country to day
50 per capita in actual circulation, altho'
We have population Fifty per cent. greater
han France, and an area Of territory
light times greater than the territory of
that country.
My colleague has occupied every eign
in the zodiac upon the question Of finance.
snd no man can tell from what he said in
is speech whether he favors this bill or
is opposed to it. have read the -peech
carefully. bu, am unable to determine.
My colleague Mr.. Pricel stands recorded
in the history Of this house as having
voted for the Bland bill That was bill
for free, unrestricted coinage OF silver
He also stands recorded at the extra sep
sion Of congress- az voting againss the pas
age of the Warner bill, which was in sub
stance the same us the Bland bill Now
how he can reconcile his votes on these
two measures cannot understand. nor can
they he explained, for the reason that they
are ab4nlutely contradictory. Nor can ]
understand how the gentleman can justi
himself before The honse and before the
country. Let him explain II he can. Why
should no, this country have ss much
money as France? In material resources
population and extent Of territory we are
vastly her superior; bus nv colleague Mr.
Pricel lauds the greenbaek.
There is one thing do not want him TO
do. He must not try 10 crawl into bed
with the Greenbackers without first taking
off his Republican boots and overcoat-
(LsuRhter 10 o.
Mr.. Speaker. I hope the house will re.
tue to pass the bill-will recognize Is as
a serious attack upon the Rre-nbaek, and
IN attempt To degrade the beat currency
We have to a place below the snb-idiary
silver dollar and the trade dollar The bill
is calculated TO take the greenback ont o.
the reach of the people and place it in the
,ands of those who will hoard il. Under
he Law as it now stands they can not do
his as we'll as they could desire. The peo
pie have some little protection. Bu, i'll
his bill becomes law they will be large
lv deprived Of the legal tender aper dollar
I, will disappear from circulation. II ia
not the intention of men who have coin to
ell to pus the greenback in circulation
They are the enemiea of the grernback.
II is their intention to retire i, from circu.
la ion; nothing else.
MIR. Speaker, the attempt has been made
in this house since the assemhling of con-
g-ess TO surprpss the discussion OF the
financial queation. It csnno, be dome
The pressure comes from without II comea
from the people who are mssters of the
situation. They are discussing il in every
village and hamlet, in every public meeting
IN the workshops. and even in the church,
O.. llaughter;] and they viii continue 10
discus- it until il ia ae tied in their behalf.
A Terrible Story.