The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-18

Ai-iS'. CT, NIllc liiey were less benefited than
any other region of the country by a high pro-
! tectlve tariff they were asked at every session
10 stand by duties, which the east formulated
ana when they asked that silver should also be
projected, they were told they were sordid and
unpatrlotlc and that their ideas were those of a
| ulSSatlsfed and visionary people
Nalcolt went on to criticise the unfriendly
aItltuue OF the ADMINISTRATION toward the silver
question and said that when Harrison was nom
mated MS record was searched in vain for any
inoeeNortny act or saying; that the Republican
tt s OF The west made great efforts among
! tlle farmers and miners and secured the sue
cess OF the ticket; that the President has not
eAdclly materlallzed on the silver question, and
ms awakening had been rather rude. He ven
turea the opinion that if the Presidents
opinion on that question had been announced
before the last election not a single state west
OF Inc missouri river would have given Re
publican majority, not because q majority of
the people OF those states were not true and
staunch and earnest Republicans, but because
! !ney would have wished to rebuke oFerwhelm-
lllgIy mat select Oh as their standard bearer
one VINO Was unmludful of the interests of the
country Ard disfegardful of the will
! OF the great majority of the members of
lhe party An open foe was to be
preferred 10 secret foe. The recommendation
OF the secretary of the treasury struck viciously
:lt the interests of silver The act of 1878 was
INFINITELY preferable to the bill recommended by
t sng secretary The whole purpose of the House
ollI seemed TO be to degrade and debase silver;
70 make II commodity; TO reduce it to one of
the Daser metals, and to prevent its again taking
Us pace as 4 standard of value. In conclusion,
holcolt said the silver bill was of far greater.
importance than the election bill the anti-oer-
rymandering bill, or the tariff bill The con-
eiuslon OF Wolcott's maiden speech in the Sen
ate was attended with great appiause and conn
pllmentS from Senators.
The Senate then voted on the amendment re-
ported by the finance committee striking ont
OF the House silver bill the provision that the
treasury notes issued for silver shall be legal
tender In payment of all debts public and
private" Thc amendment was rejected yeas
IA; nays, so, and the provision remains in the
The Senate then voted on the second amend
ment striking out the bullion redemption
clause. Agreed to, yeas, 81; nays 2, SO that the
clause is cut out of the bill
The Senate then voted on. the third amend
ment reported by the finance committee strik-
ing out the sixth section for the free coinage of
silver when the market price is 81 for BIZ
grams OF pure silver. The amendment was
rejected yeas, l6; nays, 46 SO the provision
remains in the bill.
An amendment fixing the limitation of the act
TO ten years was rejected yeas, 4; nays, Ga.
On motion of Plumb the following was substi-
tuted for the first section of the House bill
yeas, 43; nays, ri: THAT from and after the
date OF the passage of this act the INIT of value
In the United States shall be the dollar and the
same may be coined of 4l216 grains of standard
| silver or 258 grains of standard gold and said
CONS shall be legal tender for all debts public
or private. Ihat thereafter any owner of silver
or gold bullion may deposit the zane at any
mint of the United States to be formed into
standard dollars or bars for his b ,nefit and
without charge but it shall be lawful to refuse
q ny deposit OF less value than one hundred dol
lars for any bullion so base as to be unsuitable
Tor the operations of the mint
Mitchell addressed the Senate on the general
merits OF silver. and in the course of mis- re-
marks declared that any administration which
would set Itself up against the free and unlim-
tied coinage OF the silver dollar would be- as it
deserved TO be- hurled from power.
Plumb moved TO add new section to the COM
s =. follows
visions OF section of the act to authorize the
coinage OF the standard silver dollar and to re-
store It's legal tender character, which became
law February Is 1873, is hereby made ap-
pllcable TO the coinage in this act provided for,
Agreed to without division
Reagan offered the following amendment as q
substitute for sections 3, and D. Section 3:
That the certificates provided for in
this act shall be of denominations of not
less Than one nor no more than one hundred
dollars ana such certificates shall be redeem
able In coin OF standard value. A sufficient sum
TO carry out the provisions of this act is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated
The provision in section of the act of Feb
ruary rs 1873 which requires the secretary of the
treasury to purchase at the market price not
less than two or more than four million dollars
worth OF silver bullion per month is hereby
repealed" q
Edmunds then arose and said: without in
terferlng with the fine symposium We are hav-
ing, wish TO say am opposed to the bill as it
INV oetiLieAnr oAu W every one OF us amend
Inents in general and in particular and there
fore that am not TO be called upon hereafter to
account for having allowed the amendment to
pass without calling for the yeas and NAYS 7
am willing to deliver over to the Democratic
party the management of the finances of the
country for the time being. | only state this in
order that l may not trouble the Senate with
demanding the yeas and nays on various orna-
mentatons that are being given to this hood
lum ~ which is set up. lApplause1.
Plumb retorted sharply, asking what Ed
munds IS going to do with the Republican plat
form, and intimated that Edmunds does not
represent the Republican party.
Edmunds replied that he stands by the Re-
publican party platform, but that the Democrats
ana their deluded followers have abandoned
that platform and transformed that into one
which no Democratic convention ever dared
propose because they knew the people of the
United States would swiftly find out they had
been deluded and misled by that city of eSpan-
sion, and when the break comes it is not the
poor or the debtor who will have profited but
the very people whom these gentlemen are
now bowling against so strongly that will have
made all the money.
Vest called Edmunds' attention to the fact
that the Democratic House in 1877 passed a free
coinage act. which, he said was mutlated nv
the Republican Senate.
Edmunds-The Democratic party being in n
majority In the House in 1877 or 1885 did pass a
contrivance of This kind just as it is trying to
pass IL now, IN order by appeals 10 the worst
instinct of the people. TO do something which
might bring it into power. II accomplished its
purpose and Cleveland was elected, and having
been elected by their votes Cleveland was
wise enough and brave enough to tell his Dem
ocratic supporters that that sort of delu-
sion could not be carried into prac-
nee. me Democratic party was wise
enough, for wonder. to be absolutely silent for
four years on that topic; no patriot opened his
mouth 10 bark at the administration of Presi-
dent Cleveland because he persistently and
steadily declined TO be betrayed or sedyced into
destroying the prosperity of the people of the
UnitedStates by advising such measure as this
VIC have now. No Democrat in either house
during the four years of CleVeland'S admin stra
lion opened his lips TO relieve "a SUFFERING neo
pie suffering from want of the coinage of silver
dollars-and therefore say with great resnect
TO my friend from Kansas and TO every
body else. that this bill is the new platform
(roncwed from 1875 to 1880 of the Democratic
party when it has no responsibility. Gard I
agree that il ought never to have any, and that
Its pun pose is 10 entangle the Republican partv
and deliver Ii over TO the Democratic party.
TIE question was taken on Regan's amend
ment, and IL was agreed to without division.
Teller moved 10 add the following as a new
section: That the certificates provided for in
this act shall be receivable for all taxes and
dues 10 the United States Of every description
and snail be legal tender for the payment of ali
debts, public and private
after long discussion. it was modified (nt
Ire suggestion of Eustis) by adding the words
land all silver certificates already issued - and
as so moclhcd 1t Was agreed TO, yeas, 81; nays,
Plumb moved to insert the following as an aC-
ditonal section: Owners of bullion deposited
for coinage shall have aG option to receive coin
or Its equivalent in the certificates provided for
in this act, and such bullion shall be subse-
quenlly coined" Agreed 10, without division.
The bill was then reported to the Senate and
all the amendments agreed to in committee of
the Whole agreed TO i'll the Scnate-yeas 20:
nays, 20.
Chandler moved TO insert the following
amendments: NO gold or silver bullion shall he
received by the treasury department under this
act except such as shall be Shown 10 be the nro