The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-01-09
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FHF SILVER PROBLEM
ksuatO,'s Becks Great Speech in
the Senate.
|ur ADMINISTRATION SCORED.

Ra~ts and Figures That Sno" htgh
on,e,als Have Been Nulifying the
.w.-Aa Able Presentation Of Facts
That Cannot B. Refuted.
WAuINGToN, December "a The
s.nate proceeded on Monday. to the
<opsidsration of the following resO lu-
sion. submitted by Dir. Beck, of Ken
lucky, on the 18th:
WHEsKAs. The Jaws Of the United States re.
IAnirs mai al. duties on imported goods shall
r. Maid la coin: aud. whereas, II is provided
IN section 3g9i Of the Revised Statutes that
8he colH paid for duties on imported goods
[shall 10 SET apart A. special land, aud shall
4 applied ~ follows: first-.fo The pay hsent
Hn coin of the interest on the bonds and notes
sfthe United States: secOnd-Io The purchase
~ paynent OF per cent. Of the entire debt Of
Ia United states, to be made within each
tscal year. which il 10 b. set apart H. SINK
Iny fund and the interest Of which shall. la
EAfe manner. be applied 10 the purchase on
paymeut OF the paDiio debt as the Secretary
EsbalL from time 10 time direct. third-rhs
Residue to be paid into the i reasury.
Il Resolved. That the Committee on Finance
Re instructed ~ inquire whether the laws
hsOye stalled uow or haKe heretofore been
nbeysd and II they have not 10 report by bI IL,
II otherwise, sBch measures as will secare
IAelf enforcement.
+ Mr.. Beck said Mr. President: No
man viii deay thai the Avs passed by
luugress are AS iDpsrrtiye on the
kighsGl executive official As on the
humblsst citizen, whether they approve
hhsm or not. | venture 10 assert that
Do man will contend that tho laws
fecited in the prsmaDle Ia the furego-
Jug Restitution either ats now, or have
fer many years past, been obsyed.
All sprts OF excuses may DC and have
been offered tor their violation; still
fhe fact remains that tile laws of the
land have bssn disreg garded by our
executive officers, ana ths legislative
Epewsr has been subordiuaied 10 the
will OF men whose duty il is To submit
10 them aud to execute them as they
sIist. They have officially Informed
Congress for years past that they
pelthsr require coin TO he paid for
Rluties on imported goods. nor do they
PEI apart the coin, or it equivalent, so
Eseelved, as a special fund is pav the
ln's'est on our public debt nr tc pro.
pure bonds for the Sinking Fund. On
fns contrary, they admit that as the
silsting laws do not coincide with
'aelr views OF what is polite. they
'il"sgard them. | deny their rlght 10
no 90, because | bslieve many of the
s'll' the country is afflicted with grew
put ei The disregard of the plainsst
provisions Of law by our Treasury
Iohciah | have no faith in the re
pnedles which are now aud have for
years past been proposed for the evils
l'ney allsge to exist. | believe that il
eau De demonstrated that gold and
lsh'er COIN and the paper representa-
l''es ei both stand on an absolute
Equaiity before the law, and that
rnfss'iourths of our present troubles
s'o" out OF the refusal of our officials
oPsI the money received at our Gus
Eoa 'heuses to our public creditors in
~. manner and for the purposes pres
6nosa oJ the laws of the United
Inc great American agricultural
auustrls', which give employment to
WIG 'hsn half of the workers for
'ss' whose welfare is held up, proper
so as the highest aim OF legislation
Iau whose products constitute Il least
Per cent. Of our exports, receive no
=. confederation here and are not
.n ranked among the Industries of
~ county over which Congress is
Fsnsd or expected to throw its protect
s arm Among these great interests
Issy are the unorganized, unequipped, i,
- 'nsrstors neglected militia, whose
s.ug.h cannot be brought to bear
"a half the efficiency of a single
ksb,i kbnsnt OF thoroughly armed veterans
EEuung for a special interest. This is
s'''sted here and now by the zeal
Eaywhere displayed by the comblna-
''' ot bankers and bondholder End