The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-01-22
CONGRESSIONAL iIkiaf.
III Infamous Proposition to sDc.siryF
I'll. Life Bats and Life
pre-sfSei'r,
And Le. pi.n...s and VrcfEer1 Lob
the .tlIip and Passengers.


And i1e. i'i.A...s and WrceIer4 Lob
the s;hip and Passengers.
rom liz Chicago : nfltiel.
III there remain. single ,lonbt III
the public mini HAT or present ii
Hance polio. {. based upon pure
Shy!ork cusssdnas, without lie least
I4.gnri for lie i,:biie interest aud
perfectly cniioas ~ the vii! ~ tho
people. the following bill, reported
BY the Hou.e Committee on banking,
ought 10 renove il. il reads ~
follow.
..Ee 4 EHnrtei. 1fc., That Oh and
after the passage OF this act il shall
he unlawful for tie SECRETARY OF tile
Treasury toprinf and issue Treasury
notes of Il smaller denomination
than s..
SEe... That any holder Of stand
ard silver dollars or silver certificates
may deposit the same with the Treas
urcr or any assistant Treasurer Of the
United States, in Sums Of not less
than so, and receive therefor silver
feItJtitd.tS III Tit III
the option OF the holder, OF 81, s2, IS,
Proriled, that nothing in this act
shall be con-tructe to interfere with
the issuing OF silver certificates in
other denominations. is now author
lied by law"
The chit of this bill Is the dcstrnc-
ton OF alb ont :6U. ODO, 900 Of legal-ten-
der notes and the substitution OF IN
equal amount e certificates not
legal tender.
The aim and object Of the devils
who aro allowed to manipulate our
financial legislation is TO curtail the
volume Of debt-paying money as
much IL possible.
They are us fealfnl OF legal tender
money rs u despot is OF pop ular
liberty.
In the name Of heaven and COM
mon sense what can be the objection
to Il legal-tender one or two dollar
bill, more than one OF Il large dcnom-
nation?
Where is the man who would not
prefer legal tendar note to one
which Is not legal-tcnacr?
Does it cost any more to make
and maintain u lcgaltender currency
than one not possessing that quality?
All this legislation and all this war
against silver and 81, and -, green
backs is to narrow the legal-tcndar
basis down to gold.
The decentralization OF small notes
Is designed simply us an entering
wedge TO the final demonetizing OF
all currency save gold.
The proposition may look harm
less 1t first sight. but when we see
that it is ony designed as Il stepping
stone, IL vantage ground for the
enemy to occupy and plant his guns
upon preparatory to the grand seize,
it is the duty OF Congress to spurn
the proposition us reasonable, il not
TO regard and punish as traitors
those who propose it,
Should an officer or Il steamer ut
SEA, onthe approach OF Il storm make
Il proposition to dcstroya certain per-
centuge Of the life-preScrvers on
board and substitute perforated i'm
itations in thir place, he would ba
regarded as either IL lunatic or a
devil. but should it be ascertained
that his object was TO pluEdcr and
rob the victims of his nefarious
scheme his corpse would probaly
dangle at the yard-arm very soon
after the passengers had discovered
his diabOlical designs.
The labor and industries or the
country are ut sea.
A storm Is Indicated;
Dark clouds and lightning flashes
portend an elemental strife;
The passengers begin to examine
their l!fr-preservars.
Many Of them arc destitute, but
the captain has enough in store for
all on board.
Bun us the black clouds roll
nearer, us the thunders peal louder,
and Us the spars begin 70 trcmble in
their sockets, II piratical crew pro-
posesto abe ships officers that il the
legal-:ender life-presrryers IN store
De thrown overheard and worthless
limitations substituted, when the
ship strikes on the rocky beach Of
financial disaster the passengers,
unable to float ashore Oh their nom
legal tender imitation life preservers,
will make fat picking for those who
are in the ring and provided with
the genuine loaters.
The ships officers, like the peoples
reprepresentatives, may yield to the
temptation, and crafty their greed
;lhd avarice ut the expense OF great
sacrifice OF innocent life. but woe to
them should their plot and deeds be
discovered.
The cmissaries OF the money power
in Congress-. among whom are Geo.
II. Davis OF Chicago. Rosecrcans,
Reagan, Keller. Blackburn, Chalmer-
and others who voted to suspend
the rules and put the foregoing bill
on its passage, are guilty OF favoring
il propositions to destroy a ships life
proservcrs in the face OF IL storm, to
enable pirates to plumber fine wreck
and rifle the pockets Of the dead.
A healthy body is indispensable to
IL vigorous mind. A bilious and