Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-17

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eoan & tho afandard vaIua a. Unihe5
Seaso9 Roid and silver ooin. and ths -.
efoE fzou Ohio (shsrmanj, Uhon $500
ny Of rs Treasury, Ms required s.
hw - dsvCee the coin roosivod frcm
enseome - tie payment of intarssf -
~ pobilo deb<, yee that rsufleman 80
pad only Roid. and bad aid he paid
nat bsoanss 4 was preferred By the
eusfomes. Whsn ths iAx psQuired ~
Beoreeasy 70 pay out sometkine. Il va
30 Toy him % ~ The enstomsf wanted
sometninR elso- The ofzloors o. shs
United Mates were seeking 10 strike
down sivsr, While us we're prsdncinQ
forty pr ee1t Of the worlds supply Of
thai metal Beck wanted some ad-
miuisfratton that would ny 20 tbs silver
eoonsriea that ve would stand By them.
we could wais sixty days thank God.
until to enomien Of silver hilis have
dtnApOeaxod from the o<her end Of the
c1pltoI before letting the world ksow
that we proposed in good faith 10 uxsr-
tain the currency Of oar country anil
pay our bonds according 10 our eblioa-
tions.n Beck ohaxaoter,xed - sssirrsiv
impudens'' the recent ekasemert 81 -
Compkrollse q the Currency fksf -
silver coinage Law sswaa unvorshv this
great nxtion.n No ofioer 81 aasnt bad
. night 70 make such q stateuonf "a thn
leeislnsurs Of the nation. -
sherman denied that any officer az
temps TO strike down oliver or to dis
tno law referred 20 va paced, there
vas no silver dollar in oiroulstisn that
could Be applied TO bhe payment Of Gus
ton had boon made against IL The
been In existence no coin exoept cold.
Ihere was no Law requiring disorimi-
ment IN SILVER. and the United States
the kind Of money they preferred. not
e Q matter OF right on the psrt Of the
creditors, bot as . matter Of convent
ence, and according to the custom Of
banks and moneyed institutions Rener-
trolier OF the Currency, who had ex-
pressed bis views ike ( man. Wuch
demagoRueiam bad been thrown around
the SILVER question, but the real question
was whsther the United States could ar
dial backward in an attempt to make
gold and silver equal in value. Il could
not be done. The question for the
United States 10 ConsideI was vhether
Ne should 20 ON pilinQ ND these oliver
dsllars In our treasury a. idle money or
suspend it for Q time while consilerinc.
In cennectiou with other nakioua. the
mutual relationship of gold and oliver.
Within few months, he would admit.
q new administration would come into
power, and he recommended this ones
tion 70 IL. II Newspaper ACCOUNTS vere
true, his honorable friend from Della
ware (BsyaId) was to be Secretarv az
the Treasury 10 that administration.
II so, he weuld have this question to
solve. and IL he could solye Il r.
(Sherman) would follow him with pleas-
ore. He did not Anticipate chat his
Democratic friends would ind less dim
Guilty In solving the question than others
had found, and be believed the new adj
would have 70 solve il In
Just the Same way that the Republicans
would have had 10 solve IL, IL Repub-
Iican administration were again COM
inc into power.
Hill said the Treasury bad never paid
q dollar in silver or silver certificates in
MAKING payments ~ the New YORK
Clearing house. II u did, u would be
able 70 pay out every SILVER dollar IN the
treasury.
After fursner DEBATE the matter was
dropped ana the Dakota Dill Vas then
taken up. Inc question was on the
aaopsion o. 9ariands substitute Tor the
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