Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-14
The Silver Bill.

Ia the United States Senate yesterday
speeches on the silver bill we're made by
Senators Morgan, Reagan. Daniel and 9TH
ers The Senate substituted for the Senate
bill the House silver bill ard postponed the
close Of the general debate gu the bill until
Monday at o'clock.
MIR. Daniel in his speech said that in his
Judgment the absolute, free and unllmlie1
coinage OF silver was the only solution OF
the question. If that was not to be this ioa
eolution of the question, 1t would seem TO be
an essential and indispensable step towards
the solution. It could not be anticipated,
he said, that anything less than free coinage
OF silver would brig silver to par. Mr..
Daniel vent on 10 speak OF the demonetlza-
ton act OF 1873 end withdrew his former
characterization OF 1T as having been "smug.
gled.n Mr.. Sherman bad found fault with
that word but, in the course CT bis r.
marks, be spoke OF the financial manage
ment OF government affairs for the last quar-
ter OF q century as "wretched." This YVES
caught up by Mr. Blair, who asked Mr.. Dan
iel eatiricaly. whether be regarded the
financial management of the republican
party by which the rebellion had been sug
pressed as anything else lh.n splendid
achievement Of doancial engineering.
'Oh," said Mr. Daniel, 80 far az l sm
concerned, the war is over and / do not ad-
mre the logic OF the gentlemen who are 90
disconnected with modern times that they
must always so back to tie war to get up an
| illustration"
After some further Interchange of cutting
remarks on this point, Mr.. Daniel once
more reverted to the act Of 1878 demonetz ng
oliver, and said that while be did not say
that any Senator was acuated lin that les
isla,iop) by any criminal or improper me-
tive, he would cay that the Conduct of the
committee which had charge of the bill IL
dictated one of two thipgs-either density
Of ignorance, which it wou be extremely
remarkable to find on the part of those who
we're attempting to steer the chip CT State,
OF otherwise most repreheDsibie negi
gence Of their appropriate committee du.
ties.
A colloquy between Mr.. Daniel and Mr..
Eimuude, in which G1r. Allison also took
part, was carried Gu at some length in refer!
ence to tho Legislation as to green backs the
payment OF United Safes bonds In gold, and
the effect Of an Initiation OF currency and Of
u contraction Of currency. Mr.. Elmunds'
contention was that such Initiation of cur
rency as would result from the pending mea-
snre would be for the benefit of thu rich and
not Of the poor, aud Mr. Allisou's remark
was reminder OF the fact that In Deem
Der, 1865. Immediately after the war. q reso
lnlon WAS offered in the House of Repre-
septatives by Mr.. Ally, of Massachusetts, in
| in favor of retiring the greenbncks and Ct
coming to specie resumption Immediately,
and that every democrat voted for il, incIuC-
| ing soma HhO are cow Senator'S,
Mr.. Daniel, after expressing, satiricelly,
his satisfaction at hearing something from
Mr. Allison on the silver question, said that
the question was greater than democracy
end greater than repubiicanism or rather,
it was greater than republicsnism and a.
most ms great as democracy. Laughter
Without cenc uding his speech Mr.. Dan
iel yielded for u motion to go into executive
esiop,