The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-17
Who Shows Up the Policy Pursued by
Them to
STRIKE DOWN SILVER CURRENCY
sherman Answers Evasively and is ST.
fenced by Hill, OF Colorado-Ths
Senate Passes the Dakota
Bill Its Provisions,
A WCToRYFoR THE REAGAN BILL
NLVIlI Congress
SENATE.

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presided over the senate To-day.
The bill making temporary provision
for the naval service was reported by
Mr.. HALE from the naval committee
He gave notice that he would endeayo,
to call it up tomorrow.
Mr.. LAPHAM presented a rene n.
| STRANGE against the ratification of the
| Nicaraugan treaty, but
| Mr.. SHERMAN raised tho point that
the treaty was executive business, had
| not been ordered published, and remon.
strances should not, therefore, be pre-
scented in executive session.
MIR. LAPHAM thsreupon withdrew
! the remonStrance
n resolution was agreed to, calling on
the secretary OF state TO communicate e
the senate al! p ,ssible information re
! garding tho extent and character of The
foreign lrade of Mexico, the Central and
south American states, Cuba, Porte
Rlco and San Domingo, to include, il
! possible, & detailed statement of the
value and character Of manufactured
and 'ther articles, comprising the inn
! pofls and exports of such states and
islands, and al-u the share OF the United
states in the trade of each, and the por-
ton of such imports aud exports that
are transported IN vessels belonging to
citizens OF the United States.
The unfinished business, heinr the
Dakota bill, was temporarily laid aside
to permit Mr.. Becl, to continue his re-
marks Of yesterday on the silver queS-
ton.
Mr.. BECK repeated that silver had
never had fair treatment from any of
our dmlnistraiiOns nor any member OF
IL. When we issued our bonds. ne said
they were payable IL com Of the
standard value of United states pnld
and silver coin, and the senator.
IRON ONO, (Sherm ny when secretary of
Ihe treasury, was required by law to
devote the coin received from Gu toms
To the payment of the interest on the
public debt. Yet that gentleman had paid
only sold, and had SAID he had paid that
because 1t was preferred by the custom
ers. When the law required the secretary
I'd pay out son ething, il was not for him
TO say customers wanted something
else. Officers Of the United States were
seeking to strike down silver, while we
were producing 40 per cent.
of the worlds supply of that
metal. Mr.. Beck wanted some admin
istration that would say to the silver
| countries that we she uld stand by them
1--WE could wait sixty days, thanI God.
untll the enemies of the silver bill dis
appeared from the capitol before letting
the word Know that we proposed in
good faith tomdiutaintH TIE curreno yoi orr
country ana nay our bonds according To
our nohus according to obligations"
Mr., Beck characterize, d as "smplv i'm
pudent," the recent statement of the
comptroller OF tho currency that the sill
yer coinage law was unworthy this great
| ndllon. No officer OF the government
had right to maze such u statement In
| lie legislature of the nation,
Mr.. SlERMAN denied that any Off
Ger OF he United States had made In,
attempt to strike down silver or dis
criminate against ii. From 1862. when
the law referred to was passed, there
was no silver dollars in circulation that
'ould be applied to the payment of Gus
ionlS uues, consequently no discrimina
tloh had teen ma le against silver The
statute. spoke of coin, but there had been
IN existence no coin except gold,
paid. There was no law
To require discrimination against pnId
or compel the payment ut silver and The
| United states government had plid L.
It's creditors the Kind of Monty they.
preferred, not as matter of right OF,
the part OF the creditor, hut a, "A ulottnr
OF commerce, and according To the cus-
tom OF banks and mOneyed institution
gen orally.
MIR. sherman defended the comptrol
Ter OF the currency, who, he said, had
expressed his views like a man. Much
uemagogism had been thrown around
the SILVER question, hut the real question
was whether the United States could
| march of
eial backward and make gold and silver
OF equal value. 1t could not be done.
The question for tho United States TO
consider was whether we should 90 on
ping these silver dollars i'm our
treasury as idle money or suspend IL for
time, while considering, in connec-
ton with other nations, The mutual re-
lationship of gold and ST. yer. Within n
rev months no would admit a new nd
mlnlstratiOn would come into mower .
ana he committed this question 10 H.
~ newspaper accounts were true, his
honorable friend from Delaware (Bny
ara was 10 be secretary at the treasury
20 tnat administration. IL so, ne would
could solve Il, he (Shorman) would toI-
low him with pleasure. He did not mn.
tlcipate his Democratic friend wo,Id
nnd less difficulty III solving the uu : .
tion than others had found, aud bs Ia, =
ieVeu the new administration would
nave TO solve II In Just the same way
that the Republicans would have Ia
solve 1t II Republican administrator
was again coming into power. T,
Mr.. HILL said the treasury had never
paiu dollar in silver or n silver certill
cate III making payments at the New
lorK clearinghouse. II Il did IL
Sna oe able to pay out every silver
dollar IN the treasury.
! Alter further debate the matter wa.
dropped and the Dakota bill was then
taken up. The question was ON the
adoption OF MIR. Garland's substitut, =.
which was lost by party vott--yeas. "a:
nays, 81: the Democrats voting I'm The
affirmative and the Republicans yotin.,
III the negative. e
! The bill was tdvu voted ON substap.
italy a. 1t came from the committee on
territories and passed, also by a parry
vote-yeas, 81; nays, ~; the Republicans
voting IN the affirmative, aud the DEM
Gratis In the negative.
Inc pill now goes TO the house.
MIR. CULL0M called up the Unfair.
state commerce bill aud il was laid ha.
lore me senate, 30 IL will become uniin.
ished business to- morrow.
,.mr. fLATT gave notice that ON tina
uiSpnsal oil that measure no would move
th9t tho senate take up the bill 10 pro.
v'ue Tor the formation aud admission, i'm.
o. the union of the state OF Tacoma.
tWashlngton territory
I'M Dill Tor the admission of Dakota
provides Tor division of the territory
on the iorly-sixth parallel OF north lati-
tIun, That part nor,h of the line TO re-
maui territory under tho name of Lin
clih' The poople of the southern nor.
.'on are W hold convention and adopt
ncVuS'ilulion not rcpuguant to the con
sutuiiou OF the United States.
which proceedings and constitution
snail ne reported aud submitted 10 the
p,"siuent OF the United States by the
~, u,n is, oa tne territory; whereupon
care the new state admitted into The