Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-03
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FROM ALL QUARTERS.
THE SILVER QUESTION.
Discussion of tho Jones Bill
lin the Senate.
DUEL IN. A. KENTUCKY CEMETERY.
Republican Victory in tho
State of Oregon.
AN IOWA VILLAGE DESTROYED.
The Outrages at Harvard
Condemned.
DUEL IN. A. KENTUCKY CEMETERY.
AN IOWA VILLAGE DESTROYED.


Condemned.
THE FlFTY-FlRBT CONGRESS.
The silver question Again taken Up
In tho Senate - An Address by Mr..
House.
ence was ordered on the naval appropriation
bill. Petitions were presented: From New
Hampshire and Vermont against further
concessions to the Pacific railroads and in
favor of the government taking possession
of them. From Connecticut in favor of the
increase of duties on hats, proposed in the
Mckinley bill.
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr..
Spooner calling on the attorney general for
information as to the practice Of the United
States courts at Fort Smith, Ark, and
Paris, Texas, in regard to oHenses in the
Indian territory was taken up, discussed and
agreed to.
Mr.. Dawes gave notice that he would to-
morrow ask the senate to consider the forti-
fcation bill.
The silver bill was taken up and Mr.. Nor
rill addressed the senate. There had been,
he said, much imitation of history in some of
the speeches made on the bill that it would
be we'll for somebody to puncture it, and he
should attempt to do his humble part in that
work. The debate had been opened by the
senator from Nevada (Mr. Jones) in a splen-
made no argument in its behalf. He
had cut loose from terra frma and
had scared in the air of fat money.
That senator was genius, magnetic, and
they liked him-liked even his fables, in
which he was a rival Of La Fontaine. He
(Mr. MorrilD had been in favor of doubling
the amount of silver bullion purchased and
had in fact been desirious of doing almost
anything In that direction except abandon
ing absolutely and forever the bi-metallio
standards of money. But the followers of
the new silver gospel were not easily salts
fed. They demanded the coinage of all the
silver at the expense of the government. They
also wanted the treasury notes or certi6-
ioates to be legal tender for all debts pub
lie and private. Then they wanted the treas
ury reserve to be cut down to SO, 000, 900
and the hundred millions of gold now nsld
for the redemption of legal tender notes to be
reduced to $50, 600, 600. Finally rather than
anything else they wanted free coinage for all
| the American silver and for all that might be
brought into the United States from Mexico
or any other country. The cost of coming
silver, about 2 per cent, was to be borne by
the government and the depositors of silver
bullion were to receive all the difference in
value between bullion and standard dol
| lars. That was the feast to which the
senate was invited by the distinguished
senators from Colorado and Nevada TELLER
and Jones.) The wage-earners of the United
| States were to be counted by millions and
were the most numerous creditor class of the
| country land he believed the largest in
amount) 1t was that class that 1t was now
proposed to pay off in cheaper or in depreci-
ated standard money and to require to pay
higher prices for anything they had to buy.
| Could there be anything, he asked, more
likely in all parts of the country, at an early
day, to provoke strikes for higher wagesi
Frederick the Great in preparing a campaign
against q neighbering province had ordered
The minister did so, beginning with
the phrase "By the grace of God.''
"Strike that out" said the king. inst
say "'Frederick wants another province
So 1t was with the silver miners of Nevada
and Colorado. They wanted everything
about gold struck out and simply to say "we
want forty per cent. more profit" Silver
to the story of the public and private In
debtedness of the country he (Nr. Morrill,
had no faith in them and he believed that
if the correct figures would be obtained II
would be found that the indebtedness pei
capita was never less than In 1890. He be-
lieved that by wise and moderate Legislation
sufficient amount of silver might be util
ICED and yet bi-metsllic standard be main
tanned. He did not want to have the United
States divorced from the commercial world
But that was not the policy of those who ha,
led off In the debate. Their transparent de
sign was (only th.nly attempted to be CON
cealed) to go by single bound to silve
standard. If the country was to have but
single standard he preferred that the stand
ard should be gold rather than silver. q
would, however, like 10 have both main
tanned, and with the exception that, with
very liberal increase of silver and with gOot
management on the part of the treasury de
partment, the parity of value would be pre-
, served, silver advancing q good deal an
y gold receding somewhat In value. As I
, the obloquy frequently attempted to b
L neetion with the cessation of silve
b coinage, there was no reason whateve
in 1t because at that time silver dollar ws
. worth three per cent. more than q gold do
lar. The depreciation of silver had bee
caused not by that act, but because of ii
demonstration of silver In Europe and par
ly by the increase of the silver production
n l
4 coming silver dollars at the rate of 1900, OF
a month since 1878, and had tried its best
pus them in circulation. And yet as r
suit there had been in circulation in Septen
Der, 1889, only 81. 374 900, or 1917, 34S lie
than three years before. Mr.. Morrill, went {
to argue against the proposition to iss'
legal tender treasury notes lin exchan
for silver as an unconstitutional mea
ure, referring to the fact that ID
Chase as chief justice had Qike anoth
Brutus) sacrificed his own child (the origin
legal tender law) to the safety of the republ
and to the statement by Charles SUNNI
(who had sustained that measure) that Il
extreme medicine of the constitution shou
not constitute its daily food. In conclusi
he said that he was not quite ready (much
he respects and admired the great ability
the senators who were pushing these NJ
and untried theories) to give his consent
them; In defiance of all the teachings
n jefferson, Hamilton, Marshall, Story, Bent
and Daniel Webster. 1t would be sad d
for the country when the highest authorit
ne on constitutional questions were no long
IN III needed or reveTenced.
len The conference report on the military acs
". envy appropriation bill was presented a
H. agreed TO.
The conference on the army appropriate
mn bill was taken up and the question in regs
to the provision as to canteens was discuss,
the conference report being to the effect Il
no Intoxicating drinks should be supplied
cantsens or in trader stores In states or ter
tories where prohibition legislation exists.
long debate ensued.
The question was taken and the conf
y ence report was agreed to-yeas 35, nays
4 the nays being Senators Colquitt, Dix
George, Hale, Sanders, Teller, Blair 6
Turpie.
The silver bill was taken up and Mr.. Il
ris addressed the senate. At the close
his speech the silver bill went over till
morrow and after brief executive sess
the senate adjourned.
w HOUSE.
M On motion of Mr.. Burrows of Michigan
motion to reconsider the vote by which
90 house ordered to conference the bill for