Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-14
SHERMAN AND SILVER.
senator Beck Arraisns the
Ohio Statesman.
Ar. Sherman Rsrliss-H He oil Net Want
70 Discuss the Silver Qsestien Rat
Win Siasd BY Ha Reeers.

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committee TO exsmioe fully inte tb:
present condition Of the civil servics In
sii branches of the government.
/ Mr. Csekreli offered an snendmepi
20 extend sae. snqniry TO instances ol
tae pSsnieicns partisan activity of the
hepasliesn officials since the executive
order OF President HAYES OF Jape, 1877,
paIt,c1iariy N the presidential elections
OF lsso ard 1884.
| Mr.. hsie said that be could rot con-
sent TO the eDensnent. he was not,
noseyer, opposed 10 tie investigation.
he cesirts ieat u saoeid go ea distinct.
~ By ITSELF. The amendment Was de-
festsd by q strict sarsy vese-ssas -.
nays ~ AID tbs ofiginai resolution vas
adopted.
tie ssaaie then proceeded to The oon
s,teration Of Mr.. B=ck's hili to provide
for the retirement of U1ited States iegs,
tender and nsi:aDsl bank noses Of small
denomination. and the issue of coin Ger.
-tiacatss ia lieu of scli certificates.
| The TIL. Mr.. Beck id. had been re-
fefred 10 the finance committee and had
besn tlsst Tuesday, reported back By .
bare majority. He referred 10 what be
| ssid 10 bis speech on the psnsiop bill as
| 10 Mr.. sherman's responsibility for the
silver characterization measure. In sup
pert OF his statement that that raessure
hsd been carried thrcaRt cepsress
| secretly he quoted from tie epseeh
| msde in ths house by Mr.. Kelly, Of
Pennsylvania, the chairman who bad
eoaygs Of the hill ta the effect that tie
bill was passed without any allusion In
| tue debate To ste qsr-iioa II sbs absr-
donment Of the standard silver dollar
and thai be lkeliy) did not know any,
| thing OF 1t for is mouths Afterwards.
lie also quoted from u recent speech In
;oe senate by Senator stewart who was
10 the senate in 1873, and who. altheush
his state was deeply inter st.d In the
question knew nothing of the bill De
monet zip2 silver. he also quoted from
tee speech Of Sena or Allison In 1887,
Ia which he declared that the bill Of
1913 wss "doetered," from speech of
Senator Howe. of Wisconsin, IN 1857,
in which be spoke of il a. an act of
gGilt compared with which the robbery
III two hundred million dollars
was venal. frnm tie speech OF Senator
ingalls, in 1878 In which he spoke of il
as "the elimination OF q scheme i5na
entertained by the holders OF the public
debt devised by them for the purpose OF
sppropristing The value of their invest
Dent regardless o. the rnia and cesoia-
tion which 70 would bring on the pro-
ductive cisses of the nation" He
further quoted frem spseeb Of Senator
VOORHEES, In which he spoke of it as
having "crawled into the statute book
fnftively and poiselessly." from the
speech of Senator Coke in which lie
said 'no greater outrage has ever been
perreirated under The form of Igs,"
and from the speeches OF other sena-
tors. tie also quotsd from house pro-
cee6ings on the occasion Of tie passage
OF that bili regulating the operations Of
the mint. WHAT he complained of be
said aud claimed TO prove Was that the
house never knew what was In the bill;
that 10 was supported by Mr.. Hooper as
substitute for all former bills ou the
subjsot; tAgi IL was avowed ty Mr..
Hooper that II had nothing to do With
coinage. He denounced "a untrue the
pyeteuae that silver was demonet.z d
because ii Was more valuable than gold,
but declared IL vas because the capital
lets and bond owners sas that gold vas
becoming more and more valuable ev
cry day. He also charged that "the
fraud" was oonsumn,a a,ed through a
provision Of the statute. The act OF
1873 bad not destroyed tbs legal tender
principle o. silver coin then in existence
bat the revised statutes (which pro-
fessed not to alter the Law in
a single ssylisble) came after
wards 6nd declared that silver
cciu should be legal tender for not
more than Is. Was that an accideb, !?
|. was true that whoever did 1t eemmit-
ted psIpabie frand upon the country
for it requires the revised statutes 10
deeiroy tEe silver coinage OF the couD-
try. The truth vas that from tbs
beginning of the war until nov the
money men OF ths country and their
associates and supporters in congress
aud elsewhere had sought first TO make
money out OF the oouutry's distresses
aud then all hsx Ids aud by ell means.
foul and fair or unlawful, to make
themselves rich at the expense OF the
siassss of people. The characterization
of silver was bns one In that line, o
step which was Ia perfect accord With
all the other steps taken. The act in
the revised slatEles was another step in
the sams direction. After that vas
aoue the next thing determined upon
vas 10 strike down greenbscks ION the
RESUMPTION ast) TO destroy il altogether
and to leave the nation on banks
omsiposeut OF our land. Ali this time
tne senator from Ohio aaj been chair.
msn OF the senate committee on
finance.
After cfisIcisina s1Ysral of Sherman's
reports and suggestions while secretary
sf the treasury, Mr.. Beck said; "faat
| IL one of tho reasons whs said tsas
While the ssustos from Oaio might be
| presiden. Of toe United States, bis con-
| duet Ia relation 10 the act OF 1913 and
| MIA great 6asueiai abilities. exercised q
they always bad teen in the interest OF
| the mouey poxefs. will nst be record
| of which be will be proud when be
CONES before the peopls." The bill
that he fBscs) had introduced pro-
posed TO issue eein certificates instead
of gold and silver osrtitisaies. THIS
| vas the iirst great step for the eoaDtry
60 take. Silver had iss friends among
the psopls al large, but II nsyer had
an ensmy vho bad dons IL 90 much
harm as the senator from Ohio. Refer
rirQ 20 ths efforts OF the national banks
10 prevent tbe coinage OF silver. lie
| spohs Of those bsuks "a q failute, as no
longer Of any a1eSust and es goias
down every cay. As 10 Edward Atkin'
sons report on The silver question. be
spoke of his as c5nhtitss an able and
respectable map. but doctriaairisn.
MIR. Haar reminded. Mr.. Beck thai
the pgessut administration had seni
GT Atkinson to kcrope.
af. Beck replied; II know J. and
that ID shat | eompiain cf Ob. b.ezi
700, there are good men ia the Demo
cFatsc party as veil ss n tEe Hepnbii
eau party" 10 conclusion bs "a q ibs
he would call ap his bill for action q
an early asy when be would see whsth
sr the senator agreed sith hiEa In tans
iDa thai his bill vas step ia !he rigs
direction.
Mr., Sherman said he vo1.d feplJ
TO ons or tvo matters of q peyso0a
, chsgss.er waisa tho senate seems Il
have ssit JUSTIFIED in tagging Into ths
eousrovgrsy. The ssussor's answer TO
dsy 70 xnas be lS6srnsnl bad SAID
xnsn be isst svoks &C the sGhjsct ga
lame and ian 2oftsnt 10 Tbs Lass degree
Hos had be Aasgsre5s By 1oirg q
ths rs,ord and SEEING whether thl
DEMONSTRATION law vas pas ibroast Il
, a secret vaJi hot 81 eli bat by q1ot
ing sseeenss made On tie atrrng OF Il
the senate and grossly nis2sEiyir.
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