Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-14

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ss1cS Ssef h1c Sc1asr bo1of u VOC 90
sencs of Sherman
Ingalls, offered the follosing. which,
a. bis request. vas laid over fer the
present:
Reso(sel. That 10 tbe opinion Of the
Senste the som pQls1ry 90; Age of silver
dollars directed By the lay Of February
.. ISIS. shoald not be suspended until
toe aggregate reaches the sun Of
$500 COZ, coo.
Eassls gave notice that on Monday
next at 2 O'Clock be v0uld call ~ the
Beck silver resolution, With the view OF
making some remarks 90 it.
Mandersoa offered q resolution. which
vas sgreed to,callins on toe Postmaster
General 70 inform the Senate over What
railroad the So called fast mail vas
transported from Chicago 20 points In
Colorado, Utah ana Idaho, and what
advantage vas gained BY Transporting
such mail oysr roads other than the
Caisn Pacific; also as to the cost Of
such service. and Why IL Is paid for out
of the treasury, II the fact be that it Is
30 paid, to other companies instead OF
having the service performed by the
oaiou Pacific Company. and the com
pensatioR credited on that company Q
tI1N1tc41CeS W bHu
Boveo Offered resolution, vhish, at
his request. vas laid over for the pres
sst, directiEg the Committee on Indian
Affairs to inquire into the expectancy
of removing all the Indians in the Cai-
ted States to Indian Territory.
The senate then proc -eded TO the
cousideration of bills on the calender.
Several bills for private relief having
daAnA.A1 81 30
ksta Was rescued
Harrison SAID that it would be impos
slble 10 consider that bill under the i've
vent over. he stated that he woald
Gall 1t up as early next week as pos
sible.
Ga melton of Harrison, the Senate
coneurred in the House amendments e
toe bill legaiiZieg the Territorial Lesis-
/ Iatore Of Wyoming.
AZ 2 O'Clock Coke called up Beck's
silver resolution and addressed the
>enate on 1t. He said be made no val
on bondholders or bankers. They were
no worse and no bet or than the average
OF men. but they should never b per
United to dictate our financial policy
against the interests OF the people
The President and the Secretary Of the
Treasury profsssed 70 favor the use OF
both GOLD and silver, bot declare that
the amount of SILVER already coined ID
enough, and that II We continued to
coin It, gold would leave the country
This statement vas made In face of the
fact that in 1873, when the coinage OF
silver dollars vas ordered, there was in
the Uoited States only t244000, 900 of
gold, wn,le sod ~, according to the re-
port OF the Director of the Mint, the
gold in the UoIted States had Increased
{ o S5O9 900 600, so that instead of silver
coinage having driven gold out Of the
cooptry, our supply of il had become
trebled siace silver coinage had com
menoed. This was fact that no thso-
rizi " could oontrovert. The silver
standard has no terrors for Mr.. Coke.
Germany had been silver country be-
fore it had got 90 much gold
from France. France Was one
Of the most thrifty nations in the world,
and France bad $500. 000, 900 and some
said 500. 090, 600 of silver coin cireulat.
ing in harmony With gold and side BY
side with it, yet the gold Was of fine
ness Of only l511 to /, while our silver
dollar was of fnsnsss of l6 TO l.
"6ive u.s." said Mr.. Coke, "the same ex-
ecutive vieor and fidelity as are exer-
cised by the officers of the French Gov
ernment in behalf Of silver, and We
will show that We can carry very much
more silver than We now have. At the
rate of 81 100000 a month il would take
US fifteen years to get ISIS. 0O0, 900.
WHOM is less than the amount claimed
oy anybody to be the silver circulation
of France" The coinage of silver
should be as free as was the coinage
Of gold. American silver should be
placed on an exact equality with gold.
everywhere. Mr.. Coke said we should
insist that our govern ment officials
should execute the LAYS. Coke reviewed
the history Of our bond legislation to
show that bonds were payable in coin,
and that the joint resolution introduced
in the Senate in 1873 by Senator Stanley
Matthews and pissed By two-thirds
vote Of both Hous es of Congress, de
elaIed il to be satirely consistent With
| the public faith under contract to pay
tie bonds in silver. But nobody aeked
that they be paid exclusively in silver.
All that was asked was for oar Off oers
to treat silver "a they treated gold. They
wasted no more reports from them say
lux tunt Chuuct Oc kbt INTO CifCu-
lation. when in violation of the law the
Treasury Department refused to pay it
out and allowed bonds that ought to be
paid to remain outstanding, while keep
| ing locked in the waits of the treasury
millions on millions that ought to be in
| circulation.
The resolution offered by Eduunas
| vas agreed to, authorizing the secretary
| of the Treasury to pay bills incurred by
/ the attending Senators at the funeral of
/ the late Woe President Hendricks.
After an executive scssion, the senate
| adjourned.
WASHINGTON. Jan. I3.-The moment
that Curtin, Who had been comforting
With friends. succeeded in being recoS .
nizsd by the Speaker he arose and said:
Ii Vas your pleasure, sir, to do me the
honor to place me first on the list Of Il Q
Committee on Banking and Currency
1 did intend to state 10 this House my
reasons for declining that honor. bat on
the advice Of many friends and of the
sentiment Of the public journals Of the
| country. have concluded to offer no
reasons of my Own a. 20 declining the
position II was your pleasure to give me.
I did not need the advice of any man,
for my disposition in this respect Gas
made from the beginning for rcas ,ns OF
| my own which seem 70 - understsod
by any friends and colleagues on this
foor. l nov ask this House 70 eXcuse
me from the important duties Of chair
man Of the committee 10 which yoQ
nave assigned me-"
The 5peaksr-If there IL no objection,
the gentleman from Pennsylvania will
DO excused from duty - chairman OF
the Committee on banking and Cur
isncy.
Mr.. Bland moved that the House do
NOT excuse the gentleman from Penn
| sylvanis, bas tnts motion received nc
| Support and Curtin Vas excused. Thin
dsv lives the chairmanship upon Miller
Hill, on behalf of the Committee on
| Territories, called up, and the Houss
| passed, the Senate bail to ieealixs the
election Of the Territorial Legislative
Assembly of Wyoming.
On behalf Of the Committee on Laws
governing the Election Of President and
Vice President, Caldwell called up fos
action the hoar Presidential Succession
bill, but 90 statement BY Cooper that
the minority report had not bssn print
| ed, the discussion OF the subject VA
Postponed until tomorroV.
The HOUSE a o'clock adjourned.
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