Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-07

asked whether he would be allowed 70 onr,
o free-coinage substitute. The Cbalrlnnln
| mad replied that 10 would be so arrnnE,,
lie did not want to charge any genti,sl',-'',..,,
with acting in bad faith. but he dld cnn
thnt there had been neglect in carr ,as'
| out the promises of the committee. sas-
law had been placed upon the minOri.It, ~:
! Why had this been done! II was for w.. ,
purpose Of passing n bill through the
| House the effect of which was 70 ~
| monetlze silver. That was the object OF ~
Mr. Kerr. OF Iowa. advocated the penn
ing bill as long step in the right diieo-
| ton.
Mr. Townsend, Of Colorado. made an I'M
| limited coinage speech.
Mr.. Skinner. of North Carolina. de:
| nounced a crime the demonetization y.
silver in 1873 but said that it would no.
compare with the enormous stu wnicn this
| Congress would be guilty Of if it depriVen
| silver Of its money function.
Mr. Dorsey, of Nebraska. thought the
bullion redemption feature should De
| stricken out. and he appealed 10 hls SIDE oi
| ton.
Mr.. McRae, of Arkansas, also spoke IN
| favor Of absolute free coinge.
The House at 8 o'clock took recess IN
I'll 3 o'clock. the evening session to be toI
general debate on the silver bill.
EVENING SESSION.
Mr.. Perkins. OF Kansas. acted as Speaker
pro tenn at the evening session.
Mr.. Barnes. Of Georgia. expressed his re-
greet that the cries for relief when came
mp from all over the country should. De
stihed by party caucus action. He had no
doubt that if vote were allowed upon
it a large majority would be FOUND
III favor Of a free-coinage bill. He ar
gued that the decentralization OF silver was
the cause of the depression in the prices OF
farm products. He urgued that the uni
vcrsal distress throughout Christendon
showed n universal cause which could only
be found in the demonetizatiOn q silver
both in America and Europe. aud that rs
consequence the true remedy was IN free
coinage. and that when the United states
adopted q system Offree coinage the CONT
mental nations of Europe would follow Its
example.
Mr. Wheeler. of Alabama, asserted that
except in the money centres there was SUI
fering and distress all over orr land. mat
for TWENTY-FIVE years financial questions
had been controlled IN Congress by wal
street in manner destructive to the rights
and prosperity of the people at large. In
1863 Congress enacted laws which required
the payment of currency bonds IN COIN
which robbed the people of nearly q
billion of dollars Congress then provided
that the per cent. and A. per cent. bonds
should be paid IN coin. and the moment
silver fell so rs to be relatively less Yalu-
able than gold they demonetized silver 50
as to compel the people TO nay the bonds
in the dearest metal. The bill being con-
sidered Is n sham and n fraud. II is
shameful surrender of the rights Of the
people t. Wall street. and the Republican
party will be held responsible Tor 1t. Jap
plause.l
The other speakers were Messrs. Parrett
of Indiana (binetallist). Ellis If Kentucky
(who held that the pending bill rs com
pletelv demonetized silver a. did the law
OF 1879. Burton Of Ohio Lane of Illinois.
Shivelv Of Indiana, Wickham of Ohio,
Montgomery Of Kentucky, Holman, Heard,
and others.
The House at II o'clock adjourned until
II TO. morrow