St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-08
THEY CALL IT RELIEF.
Republicans Succeed in Pass
ing a Silver Bill That
Pleases Nobody.
Several of Reeds Followers
Vote With the Solid Demo-
cratic Opposition.
Business Methods of Pension
Commissioner Raum Out
Tanner Tanners.
Wanamaker & Co. Present
Mrs. Harrison With a Cape
May Cottage.

WASHINGTON, June 7.-The house to-
day after an exciting debate passed the
Republican caucus substitute for Secre-
tary Wiudoms silver bill by vote of
1876 to 119, Congressman Wilson, of Mis-
souri,, being the only Democrat to vote
with the Republicans for the passage of
the bill. The Minnesota delegation
voted for it to man. Before the debate
on the silver bill began this morning,
Mr.. Conger Gn charge of the bilD,
at the suggestion of Mr.. Payson
modified his substitute so as to pro-
vide that the treasury notes issued in
pursuance of the bill shall be an abso-
lutte legal tender. Mr.. Payson then
took the floor and said that the substi-
tute would pass the house in obedience
to public sentiment, which he be-
lieved to be universal in favor OF
larger use of silver as a money metal
and of further increase of the cur
rency of the country. In criticism of
the treasury bill, he asserted that it
practically demonetized silver as
money metal but established a
gold standard upon the statute
books. 1t wiped from the statute
books the only law we had for the coin
age Of the standard silver dollar. He
opposed the treasury bill because it
proposed to treat silver simply and
purely as a merchantable commodity,
and to fix (until congress should change
it, an open declaration that gold alone
should be
The Standard of Value,
declared so by the supreme law of
the land. The feature of bullion re-
demption was an argument that silver
was to be treated as commodity and
nothing else. On the same principle,
it might be tin, copper or nickel. In
spite of his objections, he would sup
mort the substitute, not because he be-
lieved in it. but because he had assur-
ances that the Objectionable features
would be changed in the senate
and the house given an OPP
purtunity to vote on any amend
ments. Mr.. Hatch said that if gen.
tlemen believed in representative
form of government, why did not they
give the people, through their repre-
SentativeS, an opportunity of voting for
q fair and honest proposition to put
silver OH an equality with gold? Be-
cause they knew it would pass by
large majority. Before the sun set this
day more representatives would have
betrayed their constituents and vio-
lated their consciences than ever
before. To-day the house was wit
Messing the triumph of the Re-
publican machine which was running
as it never had run before, with man
to control it with more brain, more
nerve and more recklessness than any
man who had ever any control before.
If the silver men on the other side
Joined with those on the Democratic
side they would roll up such majority
for the demands of the people on the
silver question that even the man the
Republicans put in the White house
would not dare disapprove it. Mr..
Tracey. of New York, said it was sur
prise to him that the present administra-
ton had not fallen inwith the demands of
the people and purchased more silver
under existing law. Mr.. Bartine, of
Nevada. believed in the double stand
ard, and when he said that he said it in
an absolute sense. He did not say he
was in favor of buying silver as a COM
modify and measuring it by gold. The
attitude of the Republicans OH this
question did credit neither to their heads
nor to their hearts. The people of the
West bought the highly protected
products of the East. Every year
the Republicans of the West
helped the Republicans of the East
win the battle for projections; but when
the Republicans of the West asked the
Republicans of the East to put silver
where it ought to be they shrank back as
From an Unclean Thing,
and said the West wanted to cheat
them with 72-cent dollar. His people
did not like this bill. They objected
especially to the bullion redemption
feature. He had voted against it in sea-
son and out of season, at all times, and
in all places. The mono-metalists held
that a Recent dollar was dishonest dol
lara 143-cent dollar was more dishonest.
Mr.. Funston, of Kansas, said that if the
gentlemen on his side of the house who
were apologiZing for the bill would vote
according to their convictions the house
WOnld pass a free-cOinage bill in an
hour. Applause. Mr.. COnnell. of Ne
braska said that he had always been
Republican, but when he knew the needs
of the people he governed his action ac-
cordingly, even though-he would have to
record his vote with the minority.
If the speaker and the so-calIed
leaders of the party expected the rank
and file to do their bidding without
regard TO what was right or fair play
they would wake up some day to find
themselves mistaken. Mr.. Allen, of
Mississippi, deied gentlemen OH the
other side of the house who favored
free coinage to come up and prove their
good faith. If they did the Democrats
would give them free coinage. Mr..
McKinleV, of Ohio, said that the bill
would utilize every dollar of the silver
product of the United States. 1t BRO
Vded also that the instant sill
yer was on a parity with gold
that very instant there would be free
and unlimited coinage of silver. Con-
gress must see that the money provided
for the people must be absolutely from
financial wrecks and from commercial
convulsion, and be absolutely safe and
secure in the hands of the holders. Tie
hour of 3 O'Clock having arrived, the
previous question was considered as Or
dered. The amendments to the original
bill, offered by Mr. Taylor, of Illinois.
and Mr.. O'Donnell, of Michigan, were
informally adopted. 1t provides that
when
Free Coinage Is Attained
the monthly bulletin purchases shall
cease. The substitute as amended was
then agreed to and the question re-
CURED upon agreeing to the bill as
amended by the substitute. Mr.. Bland,
of Missouri, moved to recOmmit the bill
with instructions to the committee to
report free coinage bill not later than
Tuesday next. MI. Dingley, of Maine,
made the point of order against the lat
tor ~ nc I'll,