Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28
XIX Congress.
rliE HOUSE.


WASHINGTON, March 27.-After the disposal
of the morning business In the house, the sill.
yer question was taken up.
The debate on the silver question was opened
by Mr. Culberson of Texas, He was friend
OF silver and In favor of placing It on the same
plane WIN gold. IL was necessary to provide
some further legislation in order to break up the
practice In the treasury department of repudi-
ating silver dollars, and cause their application
70 the payment of the public debt.
When the people declared that the financial
policy OF the Republican party should he en-
forced their mandate was respected and obeyed
out When the people revolted against the OPP.
pressiVe action and eXtortion of that financial
policy and declared tnat the financial policy of
the Democratic party should be enforced, 1t
seemed that theif mandate fell ntill born and
tney were deprived of the fruits OF their great
victory by the exercise of Official discretion,
ana the Interests of all people were sacri'
nce1 on the altar of gold. Unfortunately
Tor the people there was no law that required
the secretary of the treasury to nav the sIirplns
money ON public debt, but left Il discretionary
rover In this regard with that officer and
since experience had shown that this discre-
ton had beeA exercised to deieat the will OF
the people, 1t should b Withdrawn once.
lie womb make the coinage of silver free, and
ne would pass law compelling the treasury
debt. va ''N PN'i'o
Mr Long of Massachusetts said the simnlc
commonsense thing to do was TO call a halt. we
huu an abundance Of slver-more than the eff
ioIts OF the administration could force into cir.
nrra.,om give SILVER coinage present or
prospective rest. In the interest of bl-metal.
I'm, In The interest of silver Itself, IL was time
10 cast anchor and take bearings to suspend :,
or or az least TO Tx a time for the suspension OF
slSer coinage, and then to see II
some international ar anRement with the other
great commercial nations could not be made
IN conclusion, Mr. Long said al anpeal 10 the
VICTORIOUS majority of this house. flushed with
success and now entering on tho full admins.
tIauoh OF inc government, is this the emo
ne,,,C standara. ls this the fret act OF
Deihocr cy, now gaining full national con
tro q at II siriSes It's tirst Oluw at publi, and
private credit; that II refuses 10 sustain ia
NV eN9cuu In keeping the financial flag at
we masthead, and that Il annon ces o the Nyotld
that Democratic supremacy and leadershin are
ohiy another name for impaired credit Tor
t nli mast financial standards, and transferring
horepuDlc Il om Its financial rank among the
foremost nations of the earth 10 that az india
and the "heathcn ChineeY
MT Dhrgan Of Sonth Carolina made a plea
Tor the establishment OF the single gold sinn.
dard, aud advocated the sn, pension 81 coinage
unuer tne Bland act, declaring that tho 80
S S,ai uebt paying dollar was In reality debt
bGiinSS u LIN hotnlng but 50 cents worth OF
nuiI,9h, with a talsehood stamped upon II. ]
Iepuulate, said Mr. Dargan, the sup.
s sss''0S Of PA 9Ss i Is for The inter.
the West against the East and Nor h In enact.
ing such laws as VIII enable us to nav tho
national debt Ia depressed silver dollars. /
w shas u IS ior the Interest Of the South or
% ehy other s. ction, that this great nation
snouii eyade, directly or inuirec ly In whole
OF OF m Part, ihe payment Of an Of its inst debts
me otter OF its contracts. Alta crisis like the
Pleselb II Is wen to remember the ofien.
g gn9 and familiar, but profoundly true
tnat Justice Is Itself the great standing poliey
~. vlNlhNeu society, Any departure from il
uheer any circumstance lays Il under suspicion
OF being no policy at ell. -
Mr.. lIalseil OF kentucky said that tho naon,e
n NV, spoken IN no unce' tain voice against the
NO. paEe OF silver coinage aud the question
he.'a Whe her congress, their servant should |
oi tnose who were seeking to enrich them |
seiveS IA the expense of the working
s,ass. me stopping I silver coinage meant
M q trade,a paralysng of labor and In
iieton OF all evils which must arise from the
s'ypping OF the industries of the country.
er 90. VI; Iaylor OF Tennessee briefly favored |