Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-06-25
Ie Senate at 6 P. NJ, adjourned.
House Labors with the Silver Bill.

| Butterworth of Ohio, presented Q report
of the appropriation committee upon the
Senate amendments to the legislative bill.
lie said in case of unconsequental amend-
ments, the committee recommended co !.
euirence, but where salaries were increased
or new Offices created the committee rec
commended n0n-concurrence. The report
Of the committee was agreed to and confer
ence ordered.
Mckinley Of Ohio. from the committee
on rules, reported the resolution: That
Immediately after the psssage OF this res
o'ution. the House are to proceed to con-
slider the silver bill, and ct two o'clock on
Wednesday the previous question be con.
siJered as ordered. He demanded the
previous question on the adoption of the
resolution which was ordered, and 20 min
utes debate was allowed on either side.
Milliken of Maine asked whether an
amendment was in order and was informe d
il was not.
the Senate amendments.
Blount Of Georgia depreciated the prac-
| tice Of controlling legislation a. exercised
| by committee rules. lie said before the
Speaker was Speaker he had always been
III thSOt VI iuit hui latE utUAkt, buk nUN
he found it easier to do business without IT,
He fl ared that under this rule the coinage
committee would come in with u cut and
dried program which would prevent the
House from voting upon free coinage.
Mckinley said the purpose of the resolu-
ton was to secure definite and speedy sc-
ton upon the subject of silver, and he vas
surprised At the opposition from the other
side. They charged that the republican. :.
would smother the silver bill, to preyen,
legislation. Today he had given q direct
refutation of that statement. The reput-
licans had brought the bill back almost at
once. They had iavited the House to con-
cur, or ron concur in the Senate amend.
ments. The order gave an opportunity to
the free coinage men to vote for their
proposition.
1t was results the republican side was
after, and politics the democratic side was
after. The House wss face to face with a
practical question. whether we sre to have
free and unlimited coinage of the world $
silver product. or whether we would le gis-
late to absorb every ounce Of silver pro
duced 10 the United States. and make it a
psrlor monetary system.
Springer Of Illinois said that the Repub
licans had had their ears TO the ground.
and had just bad An awakening. and at last,
somewha iardily it was true, the repuhh
can leaders had been obliged to come over
to the democratic position.
On motion Of Mckinley. the special rule
was adopted without division.
Mr.. Conger, chairman Of the coinage
committee, presented a report from that
committee. Ii simply recommended that
the House non-concur in each and all Of
the Senate amendments to the silver bill
and requests conference on the same.
Bland of Missouri moved that the House
concur in the Senate amendments.
With these motions pending the debate
| began. Copger said that the committee
reported a wise aud conservative measure
| His judgment had not been Influenced by
the action of the Senate. That body hal
not debated nor considered the bill il had
had passed. ard sent it back to the House.
II the bullion redemption feature was
stricken out the government would be
| placed in a position Of buying gold ani
silver bullion, paying for ii in silver coin,
for that vas the only money provided for
that purpose.
| Nov free coinage meant that q map
might take 500 worth of silver to United
States mint, and take away $50. 1t meant
we should say to the world: Bring us
your silver; We will give you 80 per cent
more for 1t than you can get anywhese else.
| He would not impose such tax upon the
people, and the bill reported by his COR
mittee meant that this Government should
buy silver for Just hat il vas worth. None
Of the prophecies Of an evil result, mad-
when the Blsn1-Allson bill passed, ha,i
come true. Neither had the prophecies OF
free coinsge men been realized.
| Under the terms of the house bill, silver
and gold would be equally within the reach
Of all; If the Senate bill passed, the coun
try would be driven to silver basis. This
Congress appropriated $50. 1000, COO for
pensions. Every one Of these dollars is
worth 100 cents; on q silver basis they
would depfeciate. and the gallant pension
ers would suffer loss. He hoped, under
the terms of the bill, that silver would ap
preciate; under the terms Of the senate
bill, he believed, il would not.
In every paper which advocated free
coinage, me footprints Of the silver bullion
owner or his agent could be found. Pool
after pool have been organized in this city
to speculate in silver, and money deposited
I in the banks Of this country hy hundreds
aud hundreds Of Thousands Of dollars. ready
to purchase bullion ~ soon ~ this legisla-
ton should pass. These people, Conges
said. we're opposed 10 the House bill, sim
/ ply because II the bill passed, they would
have to trust to the market vaiae Of tbeis
product II the free coinage bill passed,
| Congress would N the value price 80 pei
cent. above What silver is worth. He hal
been invited time and again to join silver
pools, but - long - he had seas here,
his voice would be raised in behnlf Of the
people Of this country. for lie lAbefine
men. for the sAvinGs bank depositoEs, and
for the crippled and starved soldiers Of thu
country.
! Bland. knew nothing Of any lobby aoi
bad not seen Is and never heard Of il, ex
ceps il il was called Lobby for esnsiemen u
print docunsnts. make afgumsseS bsfoss
conn is.ees snd give al ialseuasioa d
their possession upoa tLis Important subjees
\ To thss txtene Csngnss vss s1vsyb pr
sued BY Lobbyists. The speceiasios ia H..
vef did not di9er from IL speculstisn h
iron a1d osier prodscss.
= Alter lesg discnssioa. rafticipatsd il
By Kerr of Ioua. Hill and Brewer Of Mich
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