The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-03-03

AAfs DIAN ~ nave fNe H11F.
aad call order IN tie House
Mr- WEAVER Iriso 10 aucs-
ion Of personal privilege
Mr BLAND ] claim NV person
al privilege / have the nlor, ana
DO not desire to be further interrupt
ed. The gentleman from Iowa ar
raigns the Democratic party because
Of its platform Of 1868 In that
platform It declared TIE $40 bonds
to be payable in lawful moler, and
tue gentleman talks Of the platform
ot Texas Ia 1876 Now, sir, l dl
not desire to misstate tie Record
concerning this matter, but nv in
formation IS that these $50 bonds.
or q portion ol them, 10 1874 and
1877 were outstanding AMI were pay.
able IN greenbacks, and hence a plat 7
form making this declaration, at that
lime did not declare what was ccn-
trary to law AS | understand the
Democratic platform of1sS0 It makes
no allusIon to this subject, because
these bonds have been redeemed and
cancelled Hence there was no reason
why there should be any declaration
concerning them They were not
in existence
The gentleman from Iowa charges
the democratic party with having
abandoned The platform of 1868
Yet bis own speeches show he has
abandoned that platform. He gave
as an excuse at tie last session Of
Congress why be abandoned It, thst
the law Of 1869 had changed the con
tract, and the funded bonds o. 1870
were coin bonds II he had looked
at the record Of that legislation he
woud have found that d democratic
Senator in the Senate Of the United
endcavorcd to incorporate into that
law the power 20 tax those bonds,
and bis proposition was voted down
BY republican Senate And yet the
gentleman charges the democratic
party was not in favor Of taxing
these bonds. That proposition was
voted down by the republicans, and
the bonds were issued under tho law.
exempt from Taxation and payable in
coin. The gentleman ackro Wedges
the binding obligation Of these laws
and his proposition was to pay these
bonds in silver; proposition sup
ported BY democrats In the House.
And now how does the gentleman
stand 7 Why is il he has not word
TO say concerning the republican
party except now and then 60 throw
10 something by way of parcnthcsis
% laugh al Z And ! think lie gea-
tleman will rem amber he was en- oalae
holder under Gen. Grant from 1867
60 1873; that he was candidate for
Congress before republican conven-
lions in 1872 and 1874, and was de
feated that again be was a candidate
for governor Of Iowa aud was de-
feated; that I think In 1875 be was
3 candidate for State aonator on tho
republican ticket and was defeated
by the people And when the repub
lican party had tried Of him he found
an excuse to leave that party and Join
the gfeenback party. Hence his
change Of heart.
lie never changed heart until it wac
too late to remedy this legislation
Why did he not in 1869, when the
party for which he voted and to which
he held up to that time, changed The
law and made these bonds payable
in coin-why did he not change heart
then2 Why did be not have 2 ehsnge
of heart in 1870, when his party
passed the law refunding this debt
into a coin debt ? Sir, be never found
time to change his heart until the
republican party refused him office,
refused to divide with him its steal
of s50,000,000 laughter
l cay the democratic party has a
clear record on this subject. Il is a
/ party that has stood with the people
on this question. It's q party through
the influence Of which silver was
remoEetized, which had been de-
monetized By his party.
Mr. FORT Will the gentleman
tell me how many dollars in silver
the democratic party coined in forty
years The republican party coined
more silver in one year under Lincoln
than the democratic party did in forty
years.
Mr BLAND When my repnbi-
can friend from Illinois Mr. Fortl
tries to defend his greenbaok friends
on this floor it all sounds very we'll
He and his friend from Iowa Mr..
/ Weaver have always slept in the
same bed, and I am willing to place
them there to-day Laughter
I say that there never was q 7lese
OF legislation in tue interest OF the
people until the democratic party got
! possession Of the House Of Represen
tatives. / say that the remoneliza-
ton Of silver never was talked Of
until YOU got a democratic House of
/ Representatives. There never was q
/ reduction Of appropriations ultil The
democratic House of Representatives
wrung it from an unwilling Senate
and an unwilling President.
Dir C0NGER Nor then. either
Mr. BLAND. The surplus rev.
enue was wasted by extravagant ap-
nropnaGons. BY lheeconomy forced
upon a republican administration We
have 10 day a surplus revenue sun
ciont, if.properly applied, 10 wip'
out the national debt ST tho rate d
s.. 600. 600 to sA.000,000 per month
Mr WARNER. More than s. 900,
600.
Mr.. BLAND. More than s., 600,
GOO. | say that al the reforms tha
have come to the people Of this coun
trv have come from the democrats
party. While belonging to his pre-.
tended areenback organization, til
5 gentleman from Iowa Mr Weaver
! seems 10 BE more hostile to the dem
acragie party to-day Than be was whe
holding 10 bis faith That seems L
! lie the whole purpose and object o
+ I these new parties, 10 sapplant and Gu
/ 1own the democratic pafty. Ap
plause