Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-18
Reagan's Amendme ents.

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vided for in this act shall be of denomi-
nations of not less than one nor more
than one hundred dollars, and such GER
standard value. A sufficient sum to
carry out the provisions of this act is
hereby appropriated out of any money
priated. The provision in section of
the act of February 2S, 1876, which re-
quires the secretary of the treasury to
purchase at the market price not less
than two nor more than four million
dollars worth of silver bullion per
month, is hereby repealed.
Edmunds Renounces the Party.
Edmunds here arose and said: "With-
out interfering with the fine symposium
were are having, wish to say l am op-
posed to the bill as it now stands, and to
every one of it's amendments, in general
and particular, and therefore that l am
not to be calledupon hereafter to account
for having allowed the amendment to
pass without calling for the yeas and
nays. | am willing to deliver over to
the Democratic party the management
of the finances of the country for the
time being. / only state this in order
that | may not trouble the senate with
demanding the yeas and nays on the
various concentrations that are being
given to this hoodlum which is set up"
Laughter.
Plumb retorted sharply, asking what
Edmunds was going to do with the Re-
publican platform, and intimated that
Edmunds did not represent the Repub-
lican party.
Edmunds replied that he stood by the
Republican party platform, but that the
Democrats and their deluded followers
had abandoned that platform and trans
formed it into one which no Democratic
convention ever dared propose because
they knew the people OF the United
States would swiftly find out they had
expansion, and when the break comes
have protited, but the very people whom
so strongly, that will have made all the
money.
The Democratic Party.
Vest called attention to the fact that
the Democratic house in 1877 passed a
free coinage act which, he said, was mu-
tilated by the Republican senate.
Edmunds-The Democratic party be-
ing in the majority in the house in 1877
or 1878, did pass contrivance of this
kind, just as it is trying to pass it now,
in order by appeals to the worst in
stincts of the people to do some
thing which might bring it into power.
1t accomplished its purpose, and Cleve-
land was elected, and having been
elected by their votes, Cleveland was
wise enough and brave enough to tell
his Democratic supporters that that sort
of delusion could not be carried into
practice. The Democratic party was
wise enough, for wonder, to be abso-
lutely silent for four years on that topic.
No patriot opened his mouth to bark at
the administration of President Cleve-
land because he persistently and steadily
declined to be betrayed or seduced into
destroying the property of the people Of
theUnited States by advising such meas
ure as this we have now. No Democrat in
either house during the four years of
Cleveland's administration opened his
lips to relieve the suffering people-suf-
fering from the want of coinage of silver
dollars; and therefore 1 say, with great
respect to my friend from Kansas ami
to everybody else, that this bill is new
platform, renewed from 1878 to 1890, of
the Democratic party, when it has no
responsibility and [ agree that it ought
never to have any, and its purpose is to
entangle the Republican party and de-
liver it over to the Democratic party.
The question was taken on Reagan's
amendment, and it was agreed to with
out division.
Full Legal Tender.
Teller moved to add the following as a
new section: That the certificates pro-
vided for in the act shall be receivable
for all taxes and dues to the United
States, of every description, and shall
be legal tender for the payment of all
debts, public and private.
After long discussionit was modified,
at the suggestion of Eustis, by adding
the words "and all silver certificates
already issued" and as 50 modified it
was agreed to-Yeas, "a nays, %.
Plumb moved to insert the following
as an additional section: The owners OF
bullion deposited for coinage shall have
the option to receive coin or it's equal
equivalent in the certificates provided
for in this act, and such bullion shall be
subsequently coined.
Agreed to without division.
The bill was then reported to the SEN
ate, and all the amendments agreed to
in committee of the whole were agreed
to in the senate-yeas 40, nays 26.
Chandler moved to insert the follow
ing amendments No gold or silver bull
lion shall be received by the treasury
department under this act except such
as shall be shown to be the product OF
mines within the United States.
Teller moved to lay the amendment
on the table. Agreed to-yeas AZ, nays
%.
The Bill Passed.
The bill, as amended, was then passed
yeas AZ, nays 25, as follows:
Yeas-Bate, Berry, Blodgett, Butler,
Call, Cameron, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt
Daniel, Eustis, George, German, Harris
Hearst, Ingalls,, Jones, Arkansas, Jones,
Nevada: Kenna, Manderson, Mitchell,
Moody, Morgan, Paddock, Pasco, Payne,
Pierce, Plumb, Power, Pugh, Ransom
Reagan, Sanders, Squire, Stewart, Tel
ler, Turpie, Vance, Vest, Voorhees,, Wal
thall, Wolcott-42.
Nays-Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Blair
Casey, Chandler, Cullom, Dawes, Ed
munds, Evarts, Frye, Gray, Hale, Haw
ley, Hiscock, Hoar, McPherson, Morrill,
Platt, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Stock
bridge, Washburn, Wilson, Missouri