, 1890-06-06
introduced in the House of
Representatives Yesterday.
Little Debate Will be Allowed
on the Measure.
Republicans Carrying Things
With a High Hand.

continue until Saturday when the pre-
vlous question hal be ordered. The pre-
vious question having been ordered on
the resolution, forty minutes debate was
allowed.
Blount of Georgia had no objection to
the time being limited for debate, but he
was informed that the chairman of the
committee on coinage will be allowed to
offer all amendments which were admissa-
bic under the rules of the house. When
these were offered there would be left no
opportunity TO the minority to offer any
amendment. There would be given no
opportunity on the part of the minority
to ask the house to vote on the free coin
age Of silver. At the Republican caucus
last night there had been much discussion
and it was necessary to whip in the friends
of free silver by means Of this resolution.
1t was a wicked and shameful outrage
on the minority. There were many men
on the other side who would vote for free
silver but for fear of the president. The
president was In accord with the secretary
of the treasury, and both were in accord
with Wall street.
Bland of Missouri said there was no
doubt but that a large majority of the
house favored unlimited coinage, and to
prevent that fact from appearing on rec
ord it was proposed to gag every Demo
crat in the house and many Republicans.
Every gentleman who voted for this resp
luton voted against free silver.
Cannon of Illinois said the resolution
was simply a proposition that under the
rules of the house the house should pro
pceed at oDce to consider a bill Of great in
terest TO the country. The minority
could offer every amendment to the bill
they could under the general rules. The
minority. which was o clamoring for
free coinage, had held the house in the
forty ninth and tiftieth congresses but
had passed no bill for free coinage. They
could not now fool the country or even
fool themselves.
Springer of Illinois said a Democratic
house passed a free coinage bill and the
senate limited 1t, and the house was
obliged to accept the limitation. 1t was
vetoed by HAYES and passed over his
veto. I'll, wanted to call the attention of
the house to the fact that no amendment
was to be offered to the bill except as sug-
gested by the chairman of the committee.
he denounced the action as one to pre-
vent the Representatives of the people
IRON carrying out their will.
Williams of Illinois said the resolution
was intended to prevent the majority from
lseislatine. He appealed to the members
on the other side who favored free coin
age to stand by the interests OF the peo-
pie.
Mckinley said the reso.ution was in.
tended to give the house an opportunity
to pass some silver legislation and give
| fha oonntry N ala. LII ,nL..L .ux,1l l..
in perfect response to the general senti-
house an opportunity to pass
a bill which would take all of
the silver bullion of the United
States and utilize it for monetary purposes.
1t was to give the people not 81, coo. 600
a month, but "a. 500, 600. If t~he-gentle-
men of the other side wanted to vote on
free silver, they could move to re. com NIT
with instructions to the committee to re-
port back a free coinage clause. The
gentlemen OF the other side could not have
been very anxious for free coinage when
Tor four years they never even brought in
a bill from their committee. Talk about
throttling the will of the majority by the
minority, why, one man at the white
house had silenced the majority in the
forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses. A
single man elected to execute the laws
and not to make them commanded the
majority to be silent and it was silent.
The resolution was adopted-yeas 100,
nays III. The Republicans who voted
in the negative were Anderson OF Kansas,
Bartine. Connell. DeHaven, Featherstone,
Funston, Kellemey, Morrow, Herman
and Townsend of Colorado. No Demo.
Gratis voted in the affirmative.
Blount of Georgia changed his vote tc
the affirmative and moved a reconsidera.
ton.
Mr.. Mckinley moved to lay this on the
table. Agreed to-yeas l24, nays lis.
Featherstone and Van Devere, who
voted with the Democrats on the FIRST
question, voted with the Republicans Oh
the motion to table.
The bill having been read, Conger of
fered the caucus bill as a substitute. 1t il
substantially as follows: The secretary o.
the treasury is directed to purchase from
time to time silver bullion to the amour
Of 81, 500. 900 worth of fne silver each
month at a market price not exceeding 81
for three hundred and seventy-one anC
twenty five one hundredths grains of pur,
silver, and issue in payment treasury notes
TO be prepared by the secretary of toe
treasury, aud a SUN sufficient to carry in
to effect the provisions of this act is here
By appropriated out of any money in thu
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Section = provides that the tfeasurl
notes shall be redeemable on demand Ii
coin and when SO redeemed may be re
issued, but no greater or less amount o
such notes shall be outstanding at an
time than the cost of the silver bullion
then held in the treasury. Such treasu-,
notes shall be legal tender payment for al
debts, public and private, except wher
otherwile expressly stipulated in a con
tract and shall be receivable for custom
taxes and all public dues, and when 5
received may be reissued, Such note
held by any National Banking Associa
ton may be counted as part Of its reserve
Upon the demand of any holder of sucl
notes the secretary of the treasury una,
at his discretion exchange for them a
amount of silver bullion equal in value a
the market prices thereof on the day Of ex
change to the amount of such notes pre-
sented.
Section 3 provides that the secretary o
the treasury shall coin such portion o
the bullion purchased as may be necessar
to provide for the REDEMPTION OF tn
treasury notes provided Tor.
Section 4 provides that the silver bull
ion purchased under this act shall be sub
iect Ia, the requirements of the cxistin
law and regulations of the mint service.
Section s provides that so much of tn
act of Feb. 2S, 1873, as required th
monthly purchase and coinage of not les
than 81, 900. 900. nor more than 81, 600,
600 worth of silver bullion, be repealed
Section 6 provide, that whenever tn