The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-15
Financial Bill Amended and
Passed by Senate.
A GREAT SPEECH BY INGALLS,.
PlutOcrats and Corrupt, Ignorant Suf-
frage Threaten a Nation.
Allen Heads the List Of silver Men, and
squire's Pair Offset In Anti-SiI
votc--The House Passes tho Army
Appropriation Bill.

WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. f4.-In the Sem
ate the finance bill was taken up at once
after the reading of the journal.
ingalls, addressed the Senate, beginning
his speech with bitter denunciation of
the evils of politics. He said there were
two portentous evils which men aced the
safety, if they did not endanger the exist
ence of the republic. The first was ig-
norant, debased, degraded, spurious
suffrage contaminated bv the sewage of
decaying nations, suffrage intimidated and
suppressed in the South, and suffrage i'm
pure, corrupt. apathetic and indifferent in
the cities of the North. 1t was doubtful to
his mind whether for half a century there
had been presidential election in this
country that expressed the deliberate
and intelligent judgment of the whole
body of the American people. The cleo
tions bill intended to deal with a
large part of the great evil to which he a.
luded, but it was an imperfect, partial and
incompetent remedy. Violence was bad,
but fraud was no better, and it was mon
dangerous because more insidio us. There
could be no stable and permanent peace in
this country and under this government
until it was Just as safe for black Repub-
lican to vote in Mississippi as it was for a
white Democrat to vote in Kansas. The
second evil to which he adverted was the
tyranny of combined, concentrated, CEN
tralized, conscienceless and incorporated
capital, and the people were considering
that great problem. At the beginning of
the second century the American people
had become profoundly convinced
that the ballot was not panacea for
the evils of society; that it has not abol-
ished poverty, nor diminished Injustice
They had discovered that political equality
did not result in social fraternity, and that
under democracy the concentration of
greater power in fewer hands was more
possible than under monarchy. George
Washington. the first president of the re-
public had, when he died in 1779, the lar
gest private fortune in the United States.
All his belongings reached sum total of
between eight and nine millions of dollars
That was less than century ago. Since
that time in growth of wealth and num-
bers the United States had no precedent
in the building of nations. The people of
the United States now formed one-third of
the worlds mining, one-fourth of its
manufacturing, one-nfth of its farming
and possessed one-sixth of its accumulated
wealth.
He had in the morning paper read Sher-
mans speech, considerable part OF which
was devoted to a defense of the million
aires. The people had suddenly awakened
to conception Of the fact that the bulk
of the property of the country was pass
ing into the hands of those whom the sem
ator from Ohio called by euphemism the
spectators of the country. These men
had no politics but plunder, and no prin-
ciple but the spoliation of the human
race. 1t was no wonder that the laboring
man and the agricultural classes CT he
country had awakened at last, ana the
spectators must take warning.
Referring to the late election, he said it
was neither a Republican defeat nor a
Democratic victory 1t was a great up
rising independent of and superior to both
political parties. 1t was a crisis that
might become a catastrophe. 1t was a
peaceful revolution.
He attributed the depression of the
country in a great measure to the demone-
tization act of 1878. He had not the
slightest doubt that the great majority of
the people, irrespective of party, were in
favor of the free coinage of silver. and had
been for the past fifteen years. Warnings
and admonitions had been plenty in this
debate, but he would say to those who
were arraying themselves against the de-
liberately expressed judgment of the
American people that there would come a
time when the people would not be trided
OF the nation was transferred from circum-
ference TO center, and the people in that
center were unanimously demanding the
free coinage of silver. Itwas for that rea-
son that he would support the amendment
OF the senator from Nevada.
ingalls, spoke for a little over two hours,
and as he took his seat he was heartily APP
piauded, as we'll from the floor as from the
densely crowded galleries.
Jones of Nevada next addressed the Sem
ate in favor of Stewards amendment. The
senator's might as well make up their
minds that the time was fast approaching
when the question of the world would be !:
What is the money ofthe United States ?''
and when the effort of the world would be
to obtain some of that money wherewith
to pay the United States for the balances
OF trade which they would owe US.
II believe" said Jones, sit is to be the priyi-
lege ana destiny of this republic TO solve the
great problem OF a perfect money, the riddle
which the sphinx OF civilization is forever put
ting TO the nations. AS in the case of the eng
mas OF old the failure to solve this enigma
means to be destroyed"
The debate was then continued under
tile ten minute rule. German offered as
an amendment the proposition presented
by Sherman on the 18th inst, providing
Tor the imposition of a coinage charge on
foreign silver. After debate German with
drew his amendment for the present
Sherman offered an amendment, adding
to the words making treasury certincates
legal tender, the words Except where
otherwise stipulated in the contract" He
subsequently withdrew the amendment.
Finally the discussion on Stewart s
amendment was closed, and the Senate
proceeded 10 vote on il. 1t was agreed to,
yeas II, nays 80, as follows: