Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-21
IlSGRESSIoNAL.
,.psersOn, Teller, Beck ana
her n,scnss silver Coinage
IS II the Senate
Ia Flies oa on a Tangent
color ','a. me same subject
\ IN the House
xLrx Congress.
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In tnc
xLrx Congress-
ruE SENATE 49,, $50,
Ian. 20.--0n the open.
Sdios,,e to-day Mr.. Hale offered
9 se g Srs'solution; Resolved, that
sing = IsI he treasury be directed
'sry % ,so senate all the papers in
y 70, Y co contract let to Brainerd 4
% ny 0y PARTIES for the work, or
oi .,. came. Of putting an add
o y ' oo the Peoria (Ill2 pos SIC ice
Ply ,' o. Al, ali protests iiled by the
also Il relation thereto; also
essue Protest fled by Messrs.
q i ce II buffalo, N. y, giving
~ ,Sst The work of said con
% "a 'D se performed by convict
Pulu hat consequently the con,
q a. .u EMPLOYED free labor could
Wy o v for the work. The
y INV, wss rs offered by Mr.. Mitch
usl u ior reference to the commit
gvh , =, relations and was so re-
1,s'sN On the secretary Of state
aul ~ an correspondence between
y states government and the
lament since the promulga-
~ treaty. with China, having ref
,se enforcement of the treaty
N, addressed the senate on the
S.,lon. Mr.. Morrill, denied that
been any failure on the part OF
,urs officials to comply with the
~, ,aIur the application OF money
', s.,r, cnstoms dues. 1t would
aNnsidered, he said, by any
,snt perhaps the senator from
~ that as each piece OF
gas received at the custom
,'ss N be bonded and set aside
ate compartment. If 1t was in
INN that was enough. BY the
IN he United States treasurer,
,rIll continued, it appears that
somewhere in the treasury 1867
{,sndard silver dollars which we
I I-~ling to find how and where to
|i|cre until by some miracle they
more favor In a wicked world.
ten,sre Of these dollars in actual
I|on outside Of the treasury, 1t also
has been constantly growing less
making them 30.8 per cent.
only 1873 per cent. We have
3ver 2i5,OOO, 900 silver dollars, and
been able at any time through
IN and tribulation to get not
y OOO, 900 in spasmodic circulation.
& Me- do not like to be compelled by
hrry II. We do not receive it our
E ith any praiseworthy cordially.
|5lltion is somewhat like one of
uguished humorists, who, in our
n would not enlist himself, but was
linz that all his wife's relations
"a Whenever the government, from
orIndlsposition, shall fail to main
n silver dollar at par with gold, all
&yer certificates, as well as other
irency, together with the silver
jtself, will fall to the exact COM
{yalue Of the bullion contained in
Hiard silver dollar All our legal
must then stand on that basis.
& no financial or legislative
M that offers any other
= he senator from Kentucky (Beck)
expected to carry the empire
q 1888 on his platform. Not him
Ebe as a candidate for the pres
he distinguished senator waves
Z Ter reckless OF the clouds, without
7 III lining, which betoken the fate
democratic son OF New York who
to conquer under that sign.
iiabIe result of using payment OF
Il Ic debt would be to Danish gold
Hhlrds Of our present metallic cir
aud leave us with nothing but
!. pinage. Our 5000, 000,0 900 or $780,
8 81 gold wonld soon command a
Nd. Go where It might 1t would
be appreciation and its departure
b fall to produce a serious none
crlsls, o contraction which
4 would be promptly asked TO
a. Indefinite issue, by a new edi-
egal tender greenbacks or by
y wild cat banks to supply the
departed gold, this or anything.
iemecouIt has already announced
gress may do It's pleasure. Such
ace taken, howeyer,t the experience
ofld shows, cannot be easily re-
Mr.. Morrill, continued that the
alth was pledged to the payment
!, both principal and interest, in
dthat our credit would be dis
by paying them off in silver
cents on the dollar, and con-
aS follows; The fact that the
Y and secretary of the
the treasurer, the di-
O the mint and the comp
p currency, and the experienced
ollcials no less under the pres
rlalstration than under the preced-
are all agreed in urging con-
cease The coinage vi the present
dollar, goes for nothing with
raloss, except with the senator
,sn'acSy and his obedient fol-
peck said that to stop the coinage
money in order to make silver
more valuable was like stopping
aulng oil wheat into -four in order
"nest more valuable. The ques-
: V suspend it now, and not to
sue coinage. The argument
showed that silver was good
" everybody, but the bondholder
Wy person who had agreed in
y ake 1t. The bankers and
rsn Of Wall street, Mr..
sn sss,' vs. were gambling on
NV u me people, and should not
' y. y strike down one-half of the
a :, y Ie world. This was a gov.
m. u me people, and the people
AVA. way y was not turned into a
,al, 1s q the bondholders and foi
~. Nr. Beck gave notice
w. s, nme he would reply to Mr.
Il ,sn s%een, Mr.. Morrill, said Mr.
X reminded him OF the story 0.
"a NY %1o cried when his mother