Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-01-14
NEWS.
Two Of the StaunCh Friends Of Sill
yer Heard From.
PLAIN TALK BY CONGRESSMAN aEA-
GAN AND SENATOR VANCE.
An Interesting Account Of Con-
gressional Doings.
A TERRIBLY DESTRUCTIVE CONFEDERATION
IN MONTREAL.
A Hair Breadth Escape With
Their Lives.
A THIN STORY BY A NEGRO
MURDERER.
A TERRIBLY DESTRUCTIVE CONFEDERATION
IN MONTREAL.
A Hair Breadth Escape Will
Their Lives.
A THIN STORY BY A NECRC
MURDERER.
ESPECIAL TO THE sENTINEL.l
Cilyer,s Stnunch Friends.

Silver's StHunch Friends.
WAsHIsaToN, Jan. I3.-The House, on
motion OF Reagan of Texas, went into
| Committee of the Whole, with Blount Of
| Georgia in tho chair, for the consideration
of the Presidents message. Reagan took
the floor with q long and carefully pre-
pared speech upon the financial question,
advocating the double standard OF value
and condemning the national banking sys.
tenn and arguing in favor of applying q
portion of the surplus in the Treasury to
the gradual payment of the public debt.
He earnestly combatted the proposition to
suspend tho coinage Of the silver dollar.
maintaining that such . course would only
have the effect Of making a few more
m~illionaires or adding largely to the army
of tramps and paupers. He profoundly
regretted that there should be differences
within the Democratic party on the silver
question. The President in his message
and the Secretary Of the Treasury in his
report had taken ststesmanlike views OF
many things, but on this question be
could not agree with them. He must
follow the traditions and principles of the
Democratic party and uphold the interests
Of the people. The Democratic party was
now on trial. The Republican party had
been turned out Of power because it had
abandoned the people on all great ques-
,ions, such as the tariff. Interstate oom-
merce N the coinage Of silver, and had
betrayed its trust to the money powers.
The Democratic party had come into power
because it had resisted and denounced
this course. Now the leading Democrats
were found asking that the Democrats as a
party take upon this question the very
position that led TO the downfall Of the
Republican party as a party. Would
it do this? II it did the Demo-
Gratis ought all to join the Re-
publican party, for on this question
there would be no difference between the
two parties. II it did the Democratic
party ought to cease to exist. 1t had been
the party of the people, resisting monop.
oily all through its history and defending
and protecting the rights of the people.
If il should become the defender Of mo
nopolies and corporations and money
kings, al against the rights Of the people,
it should cease to be the Democratic party,
and the people would cease to be the Dem
ocratic party. aud the people would have
to look elsewhere for the guardianship,
protection and defense Of their rights.
In the Senate Vance OF North Carolina
said he had heard many arguments in
schoolboy clubs and in CROSS roads debat.
ing societies. He had heard pleas made
from the tail.end OF gingerbread cart
and had read endless platitudes in the
Congressional Record. but he had never met
or had never seen worse abuse Of logic or O
feobler attempt 10 outrage common sense
than the arguments used by our bankers,
bondholders and gold men generally in
the discussion Of this silver question. The
rapacity Of ~avarice. he said. was SO repug
nant to the moral sense Of mankind that
it always sought to disguise its u~gliness by
assuming the garb of virtue. Bondhold-
era and bankers told us they wanted silver
coinsge stopped, not for their own advan.
tage. Oh. no; but for the sake OF D, or
workingmen, whom they preferred TO their
own chiefest joy. Vance ridiculed this
p%retension, aud said the war on silver il
not in the interest OF those who labor but
those who speculate in money. In reply
to the statement that the people would NOT
take the silver dollar. and when issued it
had always returned to the Treasury, Vance
commended that the law required onr Off
GERS to pay IL out. and il Ii came back again
to pay it out again. II the officers of the
Government had done their duty and com.
piled with the laws there would have been
no difficulty with the silver dollar. They
had refused to pay 1t out. There never
has been another instance in history in
which officers had so boldly taken on them.
selves the absolute discretion az 20 whether
they would execute or not execute the law
Money lords OF the time were the con.
~trollers OF orr monetary affairs. These
we're the successors OF the feudal lords OF
the middle ages. But they did not have
the same class of persons to deal with.
" One thing l can ASSURE thenn" Vance
said 10 conclusion. and that il, that in
this country, where the people rnle, silver
is not going to be demoneiized."
Congressional Proceedings.
W~AsgIEGroY. Jan. IS. = House-The
moment that Curtin, who had been con.
:erring with friends, succeeded In being
recognized by the Speaker this morning he
arose and said: 1t was your pleasure, sir,
to do me the honor to place me first on
the list of the Committee on Banking and
Currency. l did intend to state to this
House my reasons for declining that
honor. but on the advice Of many friends
and OF the sentiment Of public journals Of
the country ! have concluded to offer no
reasons OF my own AZ to my declining the
position it was your pleasure 90 give me.
| do not heed tho advice'of any man, for
my disposition in this respect was made
from the beginning for reasons OF nv own.
which seem to be understood by my friends
and colleagues on this floor. I do ask this
House to excuse me from the important
duty ss Chairman OF tho committee. 10
which you have assigned me.
The Speaker-Hf there DO no objection
the gentleman from Pennsylvania will LIE
excused from the duty as Chairman of the
on Banking and Currency.
Mr.. Bland moved that the Honse do NO..
excuse the gentleman from Pennsylvan;s
aud Mr.. Curtin waa excused. This dc.
wolves the chairmanship upon Miller.
Hill on behalf Of the Committee IN Tax