New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-28
DOINGS IN THE ROUSE.
RENEWING TIE DEBATE or SILVER
SPEECHES or MfssRs CvLnEEsoN AND LoNG-AN
"INCHNDiAEY" Prayer.
.rcb 2T.-Thc Chaplain's

which the SCENES Reign 81 Terror may be enacted
~ every capital OF Europe and America. For long the
few have as,ered the m my because thcy uhue
the open secret the tools to them that can uso themi
the many have learned the secret OF orSanEa
ton, dr and dynamite Rouse the rth OF nc "o.I ~
understand that the time las come for gnHns' sehSh
monopoly to cease that corporations my EeI SUI ~
them. with Justice. honor. conscience ana hluln KIM
Teach the rich mon OF THIS country tAat sIeao
fortunes are by Thee FOR other purposes than
to build and decorate palaces 20 found
Of art. to stock vino cellars to Keep racing sts anu
yachts, and lind better company than holsters SrOp'
and jockeys. booksellers and b'okmakers Ieach mem:
IN t hnrl yhsther tcy viii Keen Thy comnnud-
ments not and that those commandments are " ihol
shalt love the Lord Thy God with all thy heart an my
ueishhor thySef"; that II the rich men OF our
land keep these commandments the poor will follow tho
example ANA AT least VIII ho saved from t4e Iays
of trnaton that last coming on all the world Help
us. o God, ana save
Mr. Grosvenor OF Ohio. asked unanimous consent
that the prayer be printed in The Eecorh
Mr. james. of New York, objected, remarking in
low voice 20 those who asked HIM to- withdraw his OBJ
lection that it was made because the prayer was an in
cendary speech.
Tho debate on the silver question opened by Mr..
Culbr-sOn of Texas, who announced himself In favor OK
fair play and dealing with silver. He was friend
OF silver and in favor Of placing 1t on the same plane
with gold regard to coinage and making it FULL I'M
qualified. debtpayius power There was no greater
legislative folly than require the Government to coin
81 100000 in silver dollars each month If the Treasury
Department were permitted 20 lock them up IN the
vaults Of the Government AMI refuse to pay them out on
mcndatons Of the President and the Secretary OF tho
Treasury on this subject Cul5ersOn said that should
those recommendations be adopted gold would DC the
only debtpaying money and National bank notes the
only currency This would be a reputation OF the
policy Of Democracy and complete accept
auce OF the financial policy Of the Re
pub'ican pary which had been Overthrown in ISIS.
He wished suggest such additional legislation as
would make it impossible in the furure for
the Treasury Department to administer the imam
cal affairs OF the Government In opposition
to the will Of the majority Of the people.
There could be no greater perpetrated on the
people than to exjort money from them by system OF
taxation dat fed the rch aud starved tho poor, TO De
locked up tho Treasury from year to year when the
debts OF tho Government due and unpaid were gather
ILg interest rom the people. lie would make the com!
age Of silver free and he woul pass law compelling
Treasury department to the surplus On the pup
lie debt.
Mr. Long. Of Massachusetts. in beginning his speech
said: "Lct admit ut once that we are b-inetaIsts
in the sense retain both gold and silver as
bases for the currency OF the country and that we
30 not propose to demonetize either. even If we
stop the coinage OF OF them
cannot understand why gentlemen who oppose the de-
mOuetiZation OF silver Should not also oppose poAcy
wAcB may dcmOuetize gold by drlyIngt out OF cIrcu-
lation. opposed ID the continuance OF the present
policy Of q coinage OF silver indefinite aud unlimited IN
time and therefore in amount which. unless we check
it. Will surely expatriate gold as the sun Will rise to-
MORROW"
lie then went on discuss the question OF the double
standard It i true that up 70 this time by artificial
means, by legislative enactment. by administrative
good man cement oy cool fortune OF tFale we nave
succeeded IN keeping both metals at an artificial par
In other words, we have stood the strain alone
stand it little further but because a
bow can bent hall circle it does not follow that
II can be bent into whole one men inc crtSn u0es
come IL will come like the tumble OF an avalanche.
one hair too much When the last straw has laid
the cames back, the two metals Will part company one
standard OF the other, the mists fly At one sun
stroke from the hill tops This pretence Of maintaining
bmeallism wuen metal is worth only hreeiontths
much as the other is contradiction III terms ana III
In conclusion Mr. Long said: 81 appeal to the vctori
ous majority House. flushed with success, and
ment IL this the Democrstc standard this the
Of the Democracy now regairing fu National conTo'
that strikes blow public and private credit,
thar II refuses 10 sustain its own Executive In keeping
financial flag the mas head and lhat IL announces
only another name for impaired credit for hafmast
from It's financial rank among the nations VI the earth to
that of India and the Heather Chinee ~
Mr. Dargan. Of south Carolina declared that the 80,
called friends OF silver held the light OF e1pcrlence IN
contempt and held that those who differed from their
views were the only OF this country but or
the whole human They mad been loud IN their de-
f and the SECRETARY Of the treasury but al
that they had done had been to send forth all empty
blast Of words They had been fierce in tongue but gen
tie action. It was now proposed to permit the iree
coinage OF silver while the undeniaOo fact was that
Europe free coinage and bimetalism had always been
and would always Uo complete failure.
In concluding his speech Mr.. DarGaU said; =" sound
and stable currency the Indispensable condition OF the
further progress of South toward financial lndt-
pendence and pro Gritty our people are not dlsna ell
1y past disasters paralyZed by present poverty and
whatever strangers and aliens may say about then,
that under Just and equal laws with an honest ana
stable currency, they both able and willing To work
their social and financial salvation. Never through
my lips will they ask aims OF the federal Governments
Never by my will they commit the supreme folly 81
seeking to get rid Of the obligation to pay their jusro-
PORTION OF National debit wherever and by whom
Socver the may be held. repudiatc, therefore,
that is the interest OF the south 10 unite
with West against The East and North IN cnactlnS
such laws will enable II pay the National debt in
deprecated silver dollars deny that Is the interest
O the South Of any other sccOn-Oi the peoI lie OF
any Of any part OF Them that thisgreat ma
tlun should cyade directly indirectly IN whole or In
part the payment OF all OF " its just debts according 10
the letter of its contracts
After listening to several other speeches tile House. at
80, dOurred.
Chairman Bland said TO TRIBUNE correspondent this
morning that while many men are still undecided
whether for free coinage, the sentiment in
It's favor gaining ground steadily and he has no doubt
bill viii pass the House 1t can DO brought to
a square What he fears is that % moderate
proposition in the nature OF compromise may be put
forward which Will divide and defeat the friends Of free
coinage