The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-02
THE HOUSE.
The Trade Dollar Bill Passed-NIr. Boynton
Exouerated,

WASHINGTON, April LIN the House bills
were reported as follows By Mr.. Tucker, from
the committee on judiciary: To amend the
naturalization laws. Placed on the House cal
endar. 1t provides that child or grandchild OF
any allen who enlisted in the army or navy OF
the United States on died in the service, or was
honorably discharged, shall be admitted to become
a citizen of the United States on proof that he
was under twenty one years of age at the time
Of the death or discharge of his ancestor, and re-
sided in the United States one year previous to
his application.
Also, substitute for a number of bills to
define and supplement the act re-estabishing
the court of commissioners on Alabama claims,
and for the distribution of the Geneva award.
Placed on the House calendar
By Mr.. Broadhead from the same committee:
Authorizing the service of civil and criminal
processes issued by federal courts Within Terri
torial and Indian reservations and in Yellow
stone Park. Placed on the House calendar.
By Mr.. Reagan, from the committee on COM
merce as substitute for a number Of BILLS To
provide for the inspection of live stock, hog
products and dressed meats. Referred to com
mittee of the whole.
Also adversely: To establish a system Of in
ternational commerce. Placed on the House cal
endar.
By Mr. Scales, from the committed on public
lands To forfeit the land granted Michigan to
aid in the construction of a railroad from Mar
quette to Ontonagon. Placed on the House cal
endar.
BY Mr. Jones, from the committee on labor:
To prohibit any officer, servant agent of the
government to hire or contract out the labor of
persons incarcerated for violating the laws of the
United States. Placed on the House calendar
By Mr.. Lowering from the same committee.
To pay employees of the government wages here
tofore withheld in violation of the eighth hour
law. Committee of the whole.
By Mr.. Hill from the committee on alcoholic
liquor traffic adversely: To provide for a com
mission on the subject of alcoholic liquor traffic.
Referred to committee of the whole.
By Mr.. Rogers, from the committee on post
Offices and post-roads: To pay certain Southern
mail contractors. Referred to committee of the
whole
By Mr. Dingley from the committee on bank
ing and currency: Authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to invest lawful money deposited
in the Treasury in trust by national banking as
sociations, for the retirement of their circulat-
ing notes Placed on the House calendar.
The House resumed consideration of the trade
dollar bill. and was addressed by Mr.. Pusey in
its support. He expressed his belief in the de-
monetizationact and hostility to any proposition
to stop the coinage of standard dollars
Mr.. Cassidy confined his antagonsm to the
fourth section, which, he maintained, would have
the effect of contracting the currency to the
amount of trade dollars which should be retired.
covert fraud on the people, as being in the inter
est Of the Rothschilds, who controlled Germany
on the question of gold or silver characterization.
He had always followed his friend from Penn
sy4vania (Mr Kelley, but last year that gentle
man had gone to Germany and consulted with
that brutal tyrant, Bismarck, and coming back,
had advocated, practically, a cessation of the
coinage of silver
Il beg leave to say remarked Mr.. Kelley,
'that am not conscious of having been in Ger
I p1Vc fpatc nv ray lie
as far as Paris, where spent three months. and
had not the privilege of seeing any German
statesman"
1.-The House will recollect series of letters,
replied Mr.. Belford, that the gentleman wrote
after brilliant interview with Bismarck"
''WhenF inquired Mr.. Kelley.
"Two years ago." replied Mr.. Bedford.
Mr.. Kelley-If my arithmetic sustains me, on
basis of 1879 and 1884 it was five years
Mr.. Belford-Very WE'LL let us get to the next
point l say that, when you came back from
Europe last fall, you introduced bill to stop
coinage, and yet you are willing to stand up here
and advocate, day after day, the protection of
pig-iron.
Mr.. Kelley-My desire is to permit the wide
spread use of silver on its ancient basis, and
my bill is one which | believe is well
calculated to force arrogant England, the perse-
cutor of silver and silver nations, to sue for re-
lief from her own arrogance, by asking re-
monetization of silver on the ancient basis.
Mr.. Belford-Why did not you introduce a
bill to protect arrogant England on the question
of g-iron. Laughter / have always voted
to protect the industries of Pennsylvania, New
Jersey Connecticut and Louisiana, and yet
there is a settled, studied policy ON the part of
monopoles of the East to discredit, injure and
ruin the great industry of my State
Mr.. Kelley-Did any of those monopolies fail
to stand by you in the duties you demanded for
Colorado lead, an industry scarcely second to
silver or did they fail to protect her pig-iron,
her nail factories and her Bessemer rail millsl
Mr.. Belford-I tan tell the gentleman that
Colorado needs no tariff on Bessemer steel 1t
costs $l4 dollars to ship ton of Bessemer steel
from Pennsylvania to Colorado The tariff there
is distance. l can also give notice to my friend
that Colorado need not stand up for the relief Of
pig Iron
Continuing, Mr. Bedford proceeded TO make ar
gument in favor of free silver coinage.
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, thought the House
should not sanction by any act Che increase in