The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-08
TIE SILVER BILL
Is Passed by the House of Repre-
sentatives.
is NO FREE COINAGE
Provision in the Measure, it Being the Re
Republican Caucus Bill-Critieisms
on 1.-THE Ayes and Noes.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 7.-Before be-
ginning the debate on the silver bill, at the
request of Payson, of Illinois, Conger, of
Iowa, in charge of the bill, modified his
substitute so as to provide that the treasury
notes issued in pursuance of the bill shall
be legal tender in payment of all debts,
public and private, and striking out the fol
lowing words: Except where otherwise
expressly stipulated in the contract"
Payson said that he realized that the
substitute would in substance pass this
body and it would be done in obedience to
public sentiment, which he believed to be
universal in favor of larger use of silver
as money metal and of further
increase of the currency of the country.
IL the government used silver at all, it
should be used as q money metal and not
as commodity. He was opposed to the
substitute clause because of that, but he
expected to give it his support in this con-
tingency. He hoped an opportunity would
be given to strike out the bullion redemp-
ton feature. This bill was bound to be
considered at the other end of the capitol
1t would be amended there Nine hundred
and ninety-nine out of every Thousand of
ms constituents opposed the bill, and he
said, in the presence of the House and the
country, 999 caucuses would never compel
him to misrepresent the people he repre-
sented. Applause.
Payson then proceeded to criticise the
silver policy of the Hayes, Arthur, Cleve-
land and Harrison administrations He
referred to the denunciation of the Cleve-
land administration by the Republican
party, and said he Endorsed that denun-
citation all over Illinois. Nothing, he said,
n 1nH h IL ~ A.
denunciation of Cleveland's administration
for its treatment of silver. He came
down to the Republican administration.
1t was no better. Applause Silver had
mad no friend in the treasury department
since the agitation began, and when heWas
asked to vote for proposition confiding to
the secretary of the treasury's discretion
IN the use of silver as money metal, If this
were the end of it, he would vote against
1T. Never had the discretion been contided to
the secretary of this country where it was
possible to evade it that 1t had not been
evaded. Had the discretion vested in the sec
rotary Of the treasury been fairly used
for the past six months, let alone seven
or eight years, no such legislation as this
would be under discussion to-day. [Ap-
plause. The treasury officials were the
friends of gold and gold alone. Instead of
being bill for the coinage of silver, it was
coinage of standard silver dollars. TAp-
plause.I
Payson was followed by Mitchler, of
Pennsylvania, and Hatch, of Missouri, in
opposition to the bill.
Ii the gentleman on the other side who
on the floor declared themselves in favor
of free and unlimited coinage would throw
off the caucus and its shackles, said Hatch,
before the sun went down today silver
wOuld he restored N rarfaot pnr1aItu with
gold.
Bartine, of Nevada, declared himself
fatfooted free coinage man.
Cannon said he would vote for the sub
stitute becaused he believed that at the
present time, and under the present con-
ditiOns, it was the best that could be pro-
cured. While he did not apprehend the
bill was perfect, his judgment was that,
take it all in all, it was the soundest meas
ure the House could originate and pass; and
from every standpoint and ali things consid-
cred 1t met his unqualified approval
and endorsement, standing, as he did,
between the extreme silver men on the
one hand and the gold monopolists on the
other.
Anderson, of Kansas, favored free coin
age. Perkins, of Kansas, said the bill did
not meet his approval, but he would vote
for it because he knew that in another form
it would be amended.
Funston, of Kansas, and Cornell, of Ne
braska, favored free coinage measure.
Dingley. of Maine, supported the bill.
Brewer, of Michigan, and Sweeney, Of
Iowa, spoke for the bill.
Grosvenor, of Ohio, chara cterized it as q
fraudulent preten5e of the Democratic
party that it had ever favored the free and
unlimited coinage of silver; it had been the
shuttle cock of Democratic dishonorable
methods of politics
Mckinley said the bill would utilize every
dollar Of silver produced in the United
States. 1t provided also that the in
slant silver was on parity
with gold, that very instant
! there would be free and unlimited coinage
of silver. Congress must see that the
money provided for the people must be alb
solutely free from financial wrecks, and
| from commercial commissions, and be abso-
lutely safe and secure in the hands of
holders. This bill gave the country money
| that was good for the people
and would be good for all time.
Vote down this measure andithe gentlemen
knew there would be no legislation on the
subject. The Democrats knew they would
not get free coinage when they were in the
majority; they knew they could uot get it
now, and to defeat this bill was to defeat
all silver legislation.
| The hour of O'Clock having arrived, the
previous question under consideration was
ordered. Amendments to the original bill
offered by Taylor, of Illinois, and O'Don-
nell, of Michigan, were informally adopted.
McComas' amendment to suspend was also
adopted. 1t provides that when free coin
age is attained the monthly bullion pur-
chase shall cease.
The substitute as amended was then
agreed TO, and the question required upon
agreement to the bill as amended by the
substitute. Bland, of Missouri moved to
recommit the bill with instructions to the
committee to report free coinage bill not
later than Tuesday next.
Dingley, of Maine, made the point OF
order against the latter portion of the in
struction, which was sustained, and Bland
modified his motion so as to omit the pro
visions for a report by specified date
Defeated, yeas, 116; nays, 40. On the
motion to recommit fifteen Republicans
voted with the Democrats.
Thirteen Democrats voted with the Re
pvblicans in opposition to the motion TO re
commit.
The bill thsn passed, yeas 135, nays 119;
as follows: Yeas-Adams, Allen, oil
Michigan; Arnold, Atkinson, of Pennsyl
vania; Atkinson, of West Virginia
Baker, Sanks, Payne, Beckwith. Belden
Belnap, Bergen, Bingham, Bootham
Boutelle, Bowden, Becker, Brosius
Bower, Browne of Virginia; Buchanan
of New Jersey; Burrows, Burton, Butter
worth, Caldwell, Cannon. Caswen
Cheadle, Clark, of Wisconsin; Cogswell
Coleman, Comstock, Conger, Council
Craig, Dalzell, DeHaven, Dingley, Dol
liver, Dorsey, Duunen, Evans, Ewart
Farquhar, Feather5tone, Finley, Flick
Flood, Frank, Funston, Gear, Clifford
Greenhalge, Grosvenor, Hall, Hansbrougn
Harmer, Hangen, Henderson, of Illinois