Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-06-10
HE'S ALL RIGHT!
Toni Carter ...akes An other Fight
In Congress for Silver and
Votes Against His Party.
Train Robbers Hold Up the N.
p. Train in Dakota But
Get nc Booty.
THE SILVER BILL.
Representative Carter Makes Another Gal
LIANT Fight for the white Metal.

Representative Carter Makes Another Gal
LIANT Fight for the white Metal.
WASHINGTON, June 7.-Congress-
man Carter would rot vote with his
party to-day. He voted for the m, :
ton to recommit the bill for free coin.
age substitute, aud, owing to the bull
lion redemption clause, voted against
the bill on its tinal passage. Just
after the house adjourned he received
the following telegram:
"You must stand by the silver in.
tsrests Declare against bullion re-
drmption. We will hold you re. pom.
sible for your vote In this matter"
This was signed by w. A. Clark. W.
H. Hall, Chas. Goodale, Jos. X. Clark,
Thss. Couch, Harry Williams, Chas.
+. Reuger, J. Gaylord, Chss. II.
HslWer and A. w. Bernard. As Car.
ter had just vo'ed for fee. coinage and
against the bill, because it cont ,ined n
bullion redemption clause, Mr.. Clark
and his colleagues wer- tile late IN
giving instructions. Aside from this,
ut last nights srs-ion Carer had ma II
one of the able-t speeches ia favor Of
tree silver delivered since the debate
bsgap. In closing his remarks he said:
"If the amendment allowed strik.
ing out the bullion redemption clause,
| am prepared TO accept the bill as AN
indirect means Of reaching free coin.
age, but II such an am .nd ment is not
allowed, cannot lend my supp ,rt TO
the measure. The bullion redemption
clause Is sn innovation OF IN jnsiary
science without precedence anywhere
and without show OF Justification.
Under that clause all other provisions
Of the bill may be nullifed. Who can
safely predi,t that treasury ofii icials.
who may be ubfrlendlyto silver. will
not use the discretion given by it to
defeat the honest purposes Of the re-
naming paragraphs Of the bill? 1t Is
conceded that the same identical bull
lion may be deposited over and over
again without limit. What, then, Is
to prevent u syndicate. interested 10
pre- srn,iug the expansion OF our circu.
ls.ion or depressing the price Of silver.
from accommodating 81 500. .0C0 worth II
sill yer bullion between this aud the
time the Law becomes operative aud
on the first day It goe, into effect PIE
senting that amount In one lump st
the treasury and for 1t receive the en-
tire note Of issue Of the first month
Nothing could prevent such action.
Then on the last day Of first month
notes received could be surrendered
and the same identical bullion could
Re Withdrawn and redeposited on the
first day Of the next month and thus
the operation could. and I apprehend,
would be repeated, while the bullion
clause remained. The motion 10 70.
commit 10 the only remaining parlia-
meotary method by which this ohjec.
tionable feature can be stricken out,
snd II 10 known that recognition has
been promised one Of our democratic
friends to make that motion. II the
motion 10 made to recommit TO the
committee on coinage, weights and
measures. with instruction 10 report
O free coinage substitute, 10 may not
prevail but II the instruction 10 given
to report back the bill with the bullion o
redemption feature
STRICKEN OUT
It will 10 all probability carry. Why
not then, embody that practical In
struction In the motion? What We
desire is practical legislation rather
than no legislation. We desire to take
q step forward and TO cease standing
0llDBs ku0 tttcuup W ueC euo uouAtt>
Cd coinage Of silver cannot support the
bullion features Of the substitute; but
with the provision stricken ou', the
measure gives sn open highway 70
free coinage, without doing violsncs
% the Seass Of thess Who apprshend an
avalanche Of old silver coin non
Europe. Undsr ths bill The govssu-
meat Win pupehass u. 5oo. 900 worth d
silver nssthly. o. 81. .ooo.ooo vesth q
year % . psses not sxcssdlag q ID
s7is grains Ass oe ll2l sraias sean1asd
| e.lo One, and whsa The naskss priss
rsashss . poins vhsss sal gsalss ass
squals o. sxess1s n vslus d. thsn,
ssd whiis sssA ssadlasas remain, suI
mlnts azs 10 - epsa - tbs sulnaGs q
oliver n ssa1ssnity Win ~ tsrus d
ths frss sslaags 81 & lss7. Pr dive
purohass1 lsgal tsn1se Sstss ee ~
evvsrunsnt Vim ~ iasss4. Nm peee
Sisally relieving The hlvss pssesss