The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-02-05
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should be offered as ssIbstitutc, Ii
order that both bills could be dis
guessed together upon their merits
For this purpose Mr.. Potter hat
lcitkdraac,s his bill from the files q
House, It being opposed to the rules
70 Offer as a substitute to any bill /
naeasttre Uhjch Is also already pen
ding IN the House. Mr.. Weller, o
I0irn, yesterday procured copy o
the Potter Rcfts,sdjsag bill, and o0ert
It IN the Hoyse as his 0acss measure
Mr.. Potter being advised Of thil
move, proposed to combine the bills
irst, however, limiting the issue u
pay under the Mcpherson bill, t
notes secured by bonds bearing
interest at not less than 1 per cent
per annum. The Secretary Of thu
Treasury had written . letter to Mr.
Potter. commenting this proposed
combination. When It became ev.
ident that the Mcpherson bill could
not pass the House Mr.. Potter pro.
posed to offer tho combined bill
himself upon condition that . point
Of order should not be made against
its consideration. This offer wa
rejected the friends Of the Mcpherson
bill insisting that 3 per cent. bonds
should be included In the privileges
OF note issue ct par.
The friends Of the Potter bill being
unwilling that the government
should be bound for tho redemption
OF bank notes isSued ut par without
margin Of security, upon 3 per cent.
bonds, subject to immediate call,
and which therefore, would have no
assured market at par and above in
the case Of any financial strain or
panic, and also at par on tho pro-
posed q per cent. bonds would not
consent to include them. The Onus
" preventing immediate legislation
ut this session, therefore, Mr.. Potter
asserts, rests upon the friends Of the
Mop bill, who, In this matter.
have defeated consideration OF the
Potter BILL"
The truth Is that the Potter re-
funding scheme under the terms Of
his bill, could never have seen day
light BY q two thirds vote to suspend
the rules and set y day for its con-
alteration; 50 . bit Of strategy was
adopted. A day was set for c0nsid-
erinR the Mcpherson and Dingley
bills, but In the interim the Potter
bill was withdrawn; 1t being true
that no substitute could be o6erd to
any bill under consideration for it,
passage that was the substance Of .
bill pending before . committee.
The Withdrawing Of tho Potter re-
funding bill from the committee and
House obviated the difficulty and
put matters In shape that under the
rules Il might then be offered as
substitute for the Mcpherson bill.
Mr.. Weller discovered this feature
Of the case, and being de6dsstly OPP
posed to the whole national-bank
swindling scheme Of robbing the
people by such undemocratic and
unrepublican methods, he secured q
copy Of the Potter refunding bill, and
then secured unanimous consent to
introduce the same over his own
name on January Il, 1885, just the
day previous to the one set for the
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ley measures.
Tho scene that immediately fol-
lowed this deed on the part Of "Cal-
amity" Weller Is best expressed In
the lines OF the "P0icE::"
1.-THE Whangdo0dle m0urns Tor IL nrst-bor
In Tie a cruc a q maIic ss ssd siasasI"
Tho old heads the sleek Ones-in
their shirt cuffs, whispered. tally
seueral for Weller-the cuss Is
ahead"
The introduction OF this bill by Mr..
Weller prevented the possibility Of
introducing 1t by Mr.. Potter or any
one else, as o substitute Tor the Me-
Pherson bill, or any other. under the
rules OF the House, and that very act
brought to the front the real purpos-
es OF the sleek ones.
The back bono, marrow and all OF
the machine, was broken and true
democracy, led by Mills Of Texas,
Yaple OF Michigan. and supported
by u majority OF others, came to the
breach. filled the gap, squelched
proceedings, shelvcd the piracy.
ssuttled their hulk. aud In broad
daylight hung Hannah on the gallOws
erected for truc Democracy and
sound Republicanism.
It Is by no means surprising that
I'LL the powers OF monopoly and