Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14

yssrs Afterwards. end in The nssrsiaa
! Il bad been psicted tairieen times and
has heen censted over and over again.
Tbs scuss rsd iestssst eo reducing The
weight os tee silver celi2r TO sSx sfains.
u iust an exact eQrtvs is nj two half DEL
Ars, thus making tne silver dollar pxse-
sscstly minor or sresitary coin. From
that time April 1870 till the rassaee OF
the lsv of February 1873, that rroyislsn
had siooS IN the law which had eeea
frfptsd over and over again in hata
hecss. sod yet The rssmhets Of con-
aress had bean easted ss saying they
did not know what was IN tie bill. 10
vss IN Difference 20 the wishes OF the
Pacific coast that tee senate tad sahsfi-
f1sei fcs subsidiary silver coin proposed
By the focss tie trade dollsrs
or 40 gTains troy weight, and yst the
rsen here said be pleaded the hShy act
IN the matter. He knew What was in
the biii. De ksev tass she original
proposition OF the ecuse was 10 sorvert
;ee silver dollar into n miaur ceIn end
De dii nas believe in that. He believed
it better TO have the ecsn eecaroin1 to
the desires OF the California peopls thst
wcnld have become the ccin of cen-
mefce. Bat there vas one thing be did
nos see. He did nas see into the future.
lie did net see the siiser dollar. which
was then af premi1m OF PER cent.
over the geld aeliaT, wouid within &c.
teen years be xasth only seventy cents.
IL anybody hsd told hin 90 he
wsaid have taozght him crsxy.
50 that all tEsre was aS0rs
that vas that eorrrsss had rot feressen
the change in tas velae of the silver
dollar. When any orc In iieat OF those
facts said anything Was sought 10 be
done by lndsfection and secrecy be did
50 Injustice TO himself std the records
as TO tie pas mems of the interest on
United States ends ia CON (which Mr..
Beck had found 20 much fault xith)
sonId prove it. lie thanked God that
that bad been lsgfssaisd for II 1t had
pes been, what, he asked, would have
become CT that national credit. With
out the strong apcbcr Of cein iutsrtss,
The bonds would have disappeared like
sbe certificate hcIds into thin air ''un.
eonored and unsurg." AS 10 the sena-
ters talk abont resumption Who did rot
fsel, he asked. tiasDiLe great work OF
tnot oply az coDefess bot of
the departments and of the people)
xas that one OF resumption. He
sit Itt Nank 10 kstV4UAio tEt9
silver Qusstier. He did rot care to dis
,uss it. His vlsws On tie subjsct we're
Known. Wherever he coald see his way
,isar, with the general consent Of the
people, with The consent of Colorado,
Nevada and California, TO take any
'teps 20 deal With the silver question,
be was perfectly willing 10 do Ii. He
hoagtt that The time miaht come when
III tie silver pfodnoi of the country
night be represented by coin certifi-
,stss. bat then II woaid have 81 be
bought Of its market value nnd not at
70 artificial vaiue. After all what had
lis silver friends made by sreir forced
.tiempts to get silver into circolationf
silver bad gone down steadily. He
would like to see it advance 10 valcs.
congress and the nation were powerful
u many things, bat they wers not pow
rful encugh 90 create values. These
lad 20 be fixed by the value making
nations.
Adjourned.