Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-03-28
WASHINGTON.
Interesting Prayer by the
House Chaplain.
SAID TO BE lScENDIARy.
Debate on the Silver Question
tCulberson Advocates Silver
and Long Opposes It.


Especial to the Herald by Associated Press
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-The Chap
lains opening prayer this morning was
as follows: "Give ear, O God OF Jacob.
and awaken us 10 see the danger which
threatens the civilized world from q
revolution more tremendous than any
which history tells, in which the scenes
Of the Reign of Terror may be enacted
in every capital Of Europe and Amer
ica. For long the few have mastered
the many because they understood the
open secret, tools to them that can use
them, but now the many have learned the
secret of organization, drill and dyna-
mite to rouse the rich Of the world to
understand that the time has come for
grinding, selfish monopoly to cease; that
corporations may get souls in them,
which Justice, honor, conscience aud
human kindness teach rich men in this
country that great fortunes are lent them
by Thee for other purposes than to build
and decorate palaces, to found private
collections of art, to stock wine cellars, to
keep racing studs and yachts and find
better company than hostlers, grooms
and Jockeys, pool sellers and book max
ers, Teach them, O God, that it is Thee
who has given them power to get these
fortunes that is to prove them to know
what is in their hearts, whether they
will keep Thy commandments or no.
and that those commandments are:
"Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God
with all thy heart and thy neighbor as
thyself." That if the rich men OF our land
keep these commandments the poor will
follow the example and we, at least, will
be saved from days of tribulation that
are fast coming ON all the world. Keep
us, o God. and save us"
Mr.. Grosvenor, OF Ohio, asked unani-
nous consent that the prayer be printed
in the Record.
Mr.. James, of New York, objected,
remarking soto voce to gentleman who
asked him to withdraw his objection,
that it was made because the prayer was
an incendiary speech.
The debate on the silver question was
opened by Mr.. Cuiberson, OF Texas. de
said be was friend of silver and in favor
of placing 1t on the same plane with gold,
1t was necessary to provide somefurther
legislation in order to break up theprac-
tice in the Treasury Department of re-
pudiating the silver dollars, and cause
their application to the payment OF the
public debt. principal and interest.
When the people declared that the
financial policy Of the Republican party
should be enforced, then the man.
date was respected and obeyed
but when the people revolted against the
oppressive exactions and extortions OF
that financial policy and declared that
the financial policy of the Democratic
party should be enforced, it seemed that
mandate fell still-born, and they were
deprived of the fruits Of their great
victory. by the exercise of official dis
cretion, and the interests of all the peo-
pie were sacrificed ON the altar of gold.
Unfortunately for the people, there was
no law that required the Secretary OF
the Treasury to pay the surplus money
on the public debt, but left the discre-
tionary power in this regard with that
officer, and, since experience has shown
that that discretion had been exercised
to defeat the will Of the people, It should
be withdrawn at once. He would make
the coinage of silver free, and he would
pass law compelling the Treasury De-
partment to pay the surplus on the pub
lie debt.
Mr.. Long, Of Massachusetts,, said the
simple common sense thing to do was to
call halt. We had an abundance OF
silver-more than the efforts of the ad-
ministration could force into circulation.
Give silver coinage, present or prospec-
tive, rest. In the interest of bi-metal-
ism, in the interest of silver itself, it
was time TO cast an anchor and take
bearings-to suspend or at least fix a
time for the suspension OF silver coin
age-and then to see IL some interna-
tional arrangement could not be made.
In conclusion he said: 81 appeal to the
victorious majority of this House, flushed
with success and now entering in the
full administration of the government.
"Regaining full national control it
strikes its first blow at public and pri-
vate credit; it refuses to sustain its own
executive in keeping the financial flag
the world that Democratic supremacy
and leadership are only another name
for impaired credit tor half-mast finan-
cial standards, and transferring the re-
public from its financial rank among the
foremost nations Of the earth to that of
the Indian and Heather Chinee. :"
Mr.. Dargan, of South Carolina, name
strong plea for the establishment Of q
single gold standard and advocated the
suspension Of coinage under the Bland
act, declaring that the so.called debt
paying dollar was in reality debt.
scaling dollar. nothing but sixty cents
worth of bullion, with falsehood
stamped upon it. 81 repudiate, said
Mr.. Dargan, 'the suggestion that it is
for the interest of the South to unite
with the West against the East and the
North enacting such laws as will enable
us to pay the National debt in depreci.
ated silver dollars" J. NJ. Taylor, OF
Tennessee. briefly favored free coinage.
and then the House adiourned.s