The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-13
House OF Representatives.

! In the House, Mr. Conger Rep. Iowa. called
up the conference report on the Silver bill. lie
said that the bill presented in the report was
! as oil conference bills must be. in tho nature
| OF n compromise. 1t was not Just such bill
| as he thought Congress oughtto pass. 1t was
not lust such bill. perhaps as any member Of
! tho House would like to pass II he were pre-
pairing measure TO state his convictions. but
| it was bill that would answer the demands OF
! the country, that would answer the demands
/ Of the silver miner, that would answer the de-
mands Of tho agriculturists, the laborers, and
! the business men of the country. The gentle
man from Missouri Mr. Blandl wonld tell
Il House that the bill demoneti2ed silver. 1t
I did nothing Of the kind On tho contrary. the
! whole tenor of the measure rcmonetiled silver.
An additional circulation had been demanded.
The bill would give the country. at the present
price OF silver, an increase OF $jL7s0OOu year.
II silver went up to parity with gold it would
give an increase OF s700O00O0 The last Sec
ton OF the bill unlocked $7O.00O,00O now tied
up for the redemption OF bank notes. making
the total increase OF Giro AIation in the next
Nr, Williams lem, H. inquired whether
the gentleman in his calculations did not as
sumo that silver would reach parity with
Mr. ConGcr repied thai whether it did or
or not tho increase would be nearly that
amount. At any rate. 1t would fail short OF
that only about il5,OOu.nUO.
Ilr Cutcheon rep. Mich regarded the con-
monstrosity sent there by the senate. which
proposed 10 max the / nlteh States MINIS The
dumnG SFoIho? tE S'gt VI Wn ,o ALSO an
imp ovsment over the bill as II originally
passed the House. 1t would give the country
an additional currency OF metal and paper Tor
the uses Of business.
Mr.. Hermann Cltep.. Ore. said that he favored
the bill. Although II d'd not con ain tho full
o O
YER as money metals. It was COM sslon on
both sides OF the question it was a 'iciory Tor
the popular demand: ii WIS step towa' Tree
coinage. lie c, ngratula;ed The pc pie he rep
resenl ed that such an advance had been made AIDE
great money metals, Of The wo.ll. ,
Mr. Bland Eth, Mo. said the bil was Is one one
ing 1t seemed that the Secretar, was to pur-
chase 4,50O.oOO ounces every month but when
q man rolled the, pill around In his mouth he
thereof as may be offered" There could be
traced in tins measure a stealthy and Italian
hand. The bill surrendered every principle Of
bimetalism IL surrenGered Tree coinage. II
made u combination with the bullion speeua a;
street 1t departed from the legal ratio and
changed that ratio from IL TO 10 20 TO /. TO
in the Urea ury mt the expense OF the people
ana In tho interest OF Wall suret and the tul
ant cheat on the reoIIe who we're 3emanl-
ing the ratio OF H. to |. The bil made silver
simply II commodity 10 be measured hy gold.
unOn which money shall te issued at its gold
Mr. Morrow Rer.. Call expressed, his M;
proval o. the conference report. and argued
that the depression in the price Of silver in re.
cent years had resulted from artificial manip-
Mr., Cannon rep. H. favored the report,
and hoped that an international agreement
could be reached that would establish fixed
ratio between silver and gold.
Nr. Nlckae llem., Ark. denounced the meas
ure al Il cowardiy surrender on tho part OF the
silver tgeFe NJ T%s II tine 9JsS com
berS in favor Of free coinage but This ma. GRITTY,
by he juggling Of conference committee was
the question. Tho bill put 1t il! the power OF
the Secretary Of the Treasury to do lust as he
the Treasury discretion had been i'll the past.
Mr.. Williams Dem, IL said he would, vote
against the c9 on r"pot' because ~ the
0rciSe the uufriendy intent ton in tho execution
OF this bin. rs he had in the execution OF the
In circulation in the country.
Mr., Snively Dem; Ind could not sec how
this bin was step IN the direction Of free coin
age. II repealed the act under which silver
Was c9gs no az present. II pr2Nided tnat even
after July, 1871: and every section lodged In
tie Secretary Of the TreasurY = fund u dis.
pos-ibi and probable consequences.
Mr., Allen Dem, Miss ,sat the friends Of
ser ON ard the snd fH the Demo-
cratic lido The democrats were not the
friends OF silver us Warehouse product, to
but were he friends OF silver AZ silver money.
MI, Grosyyenor ohep,, ohio, SAD thai since
In value except the Democratic party.
Mr. Peel Dem; ARR. suggested that the
Democrats, parry ma incre9srh somewhat in
Mr. Gro-vrnor replied that while the Demo.
cratic Administration OF OHIO might be COOL
one, under Il the taxable value o. property had
de preC lated.
Mr. Hand inquired whether the gentleman
in orIer tLat properly in Ohio might be arpre.
Mr. Grosvenor retorted that he would rather
SEQ Mr.. FORAKER Governor than his liiend from
Sir Eland-No doubt that is your taste.
MIR. GroSvenOr That is my taste and stand
by 1t and am sorry for anybody whose taste
diners from mine. lLaughterl
penGnG Mi ns tho wsest that Could o
in he interest oil The whole people OF the
'V ST. Perkins rep, Kan. as representative
Of . constituency which believed 10 free and
unrestricted roin4Ge OF silver; gave to the
SUM- SI ort IiS SeIiet" "" fnat t Void Trag to
tho eopie practically iee coinage without
bringing tie embarrassment which many an
ticlpatei would follow Tree coinage bill.
The four hours allowed Tor debate having
expired the previous question was considered
by a strict p4ltY vote. Yeas, 122: nays, 90,
Inc lOIOWl phlIb were announced:
Mason ami Andrews, DesuO and Campbell, Knapp
Aui I, han, Craig and Bmckacw Cubrrisou OF Penn
eyEanih ~ AdsLson Nalaco OF Massachusetts and
Bsdsn and Flower, Iarmer RHT Olthwato MiiriEsn
aud Oitnn, sanford ana terraL sawyer and Turner
Of New York Kerr OF Iowa and Wilson OF Missouri
HOFFMAN and ,o"leS Pggsley aud Haynes Mckinley
and NILS. Natson and MuTR lie Haven and Bigg1
GreenhAge and whiting Butcrworth and Springer Hare
and HansbrOuR Struue anu Turner OF Georgia. Smyser
and SenoY, Wheeler OF MichgRn and Lane Mute aud
Barnes scranton and Perry, BouteIIe and Herbert
bklhueT aud Hal, kMATt and Dunn, theAthAm aud
Cummings sherman and Wiley, Bingham and Mont
EOmcFY, NoorS OF New Hampshire and DArgan O'Don
neil ant Conn Circuit ana Fitch Gambler OF MAmRchu.
sets and Gsissehansr; z N browne OF Indians and
Stewart ~ Georgia MRddil and Washington, Wickham
aud GTlmes, Clarke of Wisconsin and Walker al Mis-
souri, Randall and Spinola Miles and Stump, burrows
and Iirmrui. la"siil and HFuth Lodge aud TucEer
HroSBe Of Virginia and Edmunds Turner OF Kansas
and Lesser OF Georgia Wade aud Hatch, Evans and
Richardson,
The following members were absent and not
paired: