The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-06-11
MORE WHITE DOLLARS.
Silver Dill Passes the House OF
sr Representatives.
Unsuccessful Effort by Mr.. Bland to
Have 1t Recommitted.
After a Long Debate the Measure Coos

After Long Debate the Measure Goes
Through by a Vote of 1875 to I19.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-Before the de-
bate on the Silver bill began in the
House Saturday morning, Mr.. Conger,
OF Iowa, at the suggestion of Mr.. Pay
son, OF Illinois, modified his substitute
80 as to provide that treasury notes Is
sued in pursuance of the bill shall be an
absolute legal tender.
Mr.. Payson then took the floor and
said that the substitute would pass the
House In obedience to public senti-
ment which he beloved t. bo universal
In favor Of a larger use OF silver as a
money metal and Of further increase
OF the currency of the country. In criti-
cism OF the treasury bill, he asserted
that 1t practically demonetized silver as
money metal, but established gold
standard upon the statute books. It
wiped from the statute books the only
law we had for the coinage of the stand
ard silver dollar. He opposed the treas
ury bill, because it proposed to treat
silver simply and purely as q merchant
able commodity.
Mr.. Tracy, OF New York, said 1t was
surprise to him that the present Admin
istration had not fallen in line for the
demands Of the people and purchased
more silver under existing law.
Mr.. Bartine, of Nevada, believed in
the double standard, and when he said
that he said 1t in an absolute sense. He
did not say that he was in favor OF buy
ing silver as commodity and measur-
ing 1t by gold. The attitude Of the Re-
publicans on this question did credit
neither 10 their heads nor to their hearts.
The people Of the West bought the high
ly protected products OF the East. Every
year the Republicans OF the West helped
the Republicans Of the East win the bat
tie for protection; but when the Repub-
hcans Of the West asked the Republic
ans Of the East to put silver where 1t
ought to be they shrank back as from
an unclean thing, and said the West
wanted to cheat them with seventy
two-cent dollar.
Mr.. Anderson, OF Kansas, favored free
silver coinage. The only men who
would be hurt by 1t were the men who
loaned money. 1t was not an issue be-
tween Democrats and Republicans.
The pending bill demonetized silver,
and he could not and would not yoto TO
demonetize silver.
Mr.. Perkins, OF Kansas, said that he
would vote for the bill because he recog-
nized the fact that II the country must
have any legislation on the silver ques-
tion 1t must be had under the provision
OF the order reported by the Committee
on Rules. The bill did not meet with
his approval, but he would vote for It
because he knew that in the Senate 1t
would be amended.
Mr.. Allen, Of Mississippi, defied gen.
tlemen on the other side who favored
free coinage to come up and prove their
good faith. II they did the Democrats
would give the free coinage.
Mr.. Dingley, OF Maine, said that the |
pending proposition was all the legisla-
tion that could be had in the pending
situation. II would secure larger vol
ume OF currency, and 1t would draw the
two metals nearer together, so as ulti-
mately to give free coinage. ....
Mr.. Mckinley said that the bill would
utilize every dollar OF the silver product
OF the United States 1t provided also
that the instant silver was on parity
with gold, that very instant there would
be free and unlimited coinage OF silver.
Congress must see that the money pro-
vided for the people must be absolutely
safe from financial wrecks and from
commercial convulsions and be absolute
ly safe and secure in the hands Of the
holders.
Voting on the bill began at three
o'clock, and after disposing OF sevsral
amendments tho question
was on the adoption Of the substitute
agreed upon In caucus, pending which
Mr.. Bland moved TO recommit 10 tho
with instructions 10 report 4
free coinage bill. The motion OF Mr..
Bland was lost-yeas 1l6, nays 14O. The
bill was then passed-yess 135, nays lIo.
On the final passage eight Republic
ans, as follows, voted with the Demo-
Gratis against the bill: Anderson, OF
Kansas; Bartine, Of Nevada; Carter, Of
Montana; Kelley, Of Kansas; Rockwell,
Of Massachusetts,; Townsend, Of Colo
RADIO; Turner, Of Kansas, and Wilson, Of
But one Democrat (Wr-
son, Of Missouri voted with the Re-
publicans for the passage of the bill.
The House then adjourned.