The sun., 1891-01-15
THE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
- y1Kr COINAGE AMENDMENT
.,oprrD n THE SENATE, ~ TO 30.

..>na saA the Recent Eisstioa was .
...-,s- Upvisins Against IT'S Tyranny
-. nsuoerats 0niy. Mcfherson and
-. .f Maryland. Voted Against the
oo,,ass Amen nAment-Senstor Vest
....u, onsreA a. . substitute fer tho
...,,. Bm the Free coinags Bill
--..s q, The Last Session. anA It was
...x ~ . Decisive vose-The Force
.m shss Taken Up. vice-Fresideat
80. oiving the Deoidins Vote.
v..usoros, Jan. 14.-Aocordins to tho ar
mt made yesterday the Senate to-day
80 ed 10 the consideration OF the Financial
IN sftsr the reading OF the journal.
N, ingalls, rep. Kan.) took the hoor and
..M that there were two portentous evils
-hi,b msusced the safety II they did not en-
S.ncer tho existence Of tho republic. The first
"a, Ignorant. debnsed. degraded. spurious suf-
Trace. festered suffrage, suffrage contain mated
=. ,hs ,soulent sewage OF decayed nations, SUI
frsss intimidated and suppressed 10 tho SOUTH
.r,rsee impure and oorrupt. apathetic and In
s,r.r.nt In tho erest cities OF the North: so
,h.t n WAS doubtful to his mind whether for
h,I, a century there had been Presidential
.,.e,Ion in this country that expressed the de-
bcdy OF the American people.
ne then referred TO a newspaper interview
hsd With him several months ago. In which he
had said that tho golden rule anil the dsca-
,orus had no place In an American campaign.
II s.emed eupernuuus 10 explain that In that
rt,srence he was not inculrRting q doctrine.
Nm, describing condition. His statement was
ss,a,e,ncnt OF fact. not an announcement OF
faith. But many reverend aud eminent divinos
many dlsinterested editors. many ingenious
orators perverted this utterance into q per-
sopal sdvochcy o! imrurity in politics. He did
not complain. II was. as the world went
legitimate political warfare But 1t was an
Illustration Of the truth that tho golden rule
and the decalosue ought to have . place
In po,itical campaigns. If thy enemy
smite thee on ono check, turn the other."
yrs good precept to follow. But he
would not observe that until that pre-
cert was more generally observed than
itbsd been or was likely to be. II his political
snsny smote him on ono cheek. instead Of
tuning 10 him the other he would smits him
under tho butt end OF his left ear. II no could.
lLaushter.l X that be political immortality. no
must be included among the unregensrated.
The Election bill was intended to deal with one
part Of the great evil to which no had referred
b'sts remedy. Violence was bad. but fraud was
no better: and It was more dangerous because
II was more insidious. Burke said In one Of
his immortal orahons, which emptied the
HOUSE Of Commons but which would bs read
q long a. tho English tongue could endure
tho. when the laws Of Great Britain were not
strong enough to protect the young.
sst Hindoo on the banks Of the
Gsness . noblemsn was not safe In his
castle on the banks Of tho Thames. That lofty
sentiment was pregnant with admonition to
u.s.. There could b no safety and no stable
and permanent peace In this country and un-
isr .Se % bl.et kspaSIiesn e vote Is Gis.is.ippl
q II was for tho white Democrat to vote In
Tho second evil TO which he had adverted
centralized: sonseisncsless. and ipeorpora.ed
sSs II: :oDh hs sss: e. h:
ioctsty. The moral sentiment Of mankind had
SsIdsa. .es esnsa,.: 20 snd pssSvsss: y ses1etS
as so. hsa az
eonyiDesd thai the ballot wss not tie psnscea
ioE the evils 81 soeisty; that Il had not ASoi-
Issuit il .oeisf @ ! XIV !Sst Sndss bsnos.'
s %s ois q sEsss
Ssss!a:n. 9. tSs rseubiis. hsd When % l. dlsd
!as Riss sd tsSDs soms g. n ,ahs.. sae
!,ance but the Father Of his Country. in addl.
!ion e hi. othss virtues. vas y.s yey pruds4t
knew e ROOD thing when hs saw Il. : great way
on Il. nsd d an r. sye t9 the main Sh.neei A.
h% S0Sa a. sas.sansy
able locations on tho public domain. The
tstsbl!shnent q the national eapiiel in the
S ssaS H. Al
4: ~ and
within Soands to say that at ,hs sI present. tine
there we're many scores Of men and Of corpora
~: aSSs. ss1s.
nuel exceeded tho entire .Icoumulations Of
!es richsst citizen Of the United States
9s Onion Sss Ssa'ut sG.n Ie: dRSRs
ssnd ssnd The estimated wealth Of the country vas
:s'sH Tsso ,h,ss and Gu. .hopssoG m01 dS
%ultSds q small farmers 50 censeetsdS ont tlled
ana wi ss: The era, VIII 5' they saii.a
Trcsted their subaIstence from the stormy sea.
a' RUE sd as
hsd; There was Mother poverty nor rlehes."'
numSs. ost ns ss II ws.h and
9, 70 United States now perforned one-third
- ,he world mining. one-fourth OF Its manu-
.scIuIipg one-Afth Of It's farming and pos-
~ ssSsssSd one: sixth Of It's accumulated wealth.
Jle Ohlted States had become tho weslthiest
@ na,io1 on the lace OF tho earth. It's proRress
Insre yns n1thina In the story Of Aladdin that
Hm,aod Hsni H. T. II Vas without parslel Or precs-
snce to its credit OF p"iwsen sixty and seventy
thousand million dollars. enough to make
eomfortable He road In the morning pSpsrs
the did not hear III Mr.. Sherman's speech, q
considerable part OF which was devote cd to tho
.Gcience Of mill ill!onaires; who were spoken Of as
the froth on the leor."
Mr. Sherman-Not milllon8ires, but speou-
lators.
:, Mr.. Inealls-They are nearly tho same: for
me nillionnires are not the producers and la
nnorers OF he country, They are Rrrayed like
solomon In all his EloIy:". hut they toll not,
hhesitner do they Rp.n.' fes-they do spin.
n. these gigantic a.. Limitations have not been
voWHl vWHl 10 20 protest against them II they we,e.
VIII gave tho hsrkeeper q Teceipt for eelling
more boer. which WAS 20 give less froth, and
spbiied 1t to tho case OF m II onaires. There
nave aeen men rash enou Ugh. .hu 5 aid, 20 question
whe her any man could show ~ tnir and legal
title to two hundred million dollars or to ore
hundred million dollars or to ton million dol
iafs; II he were put on his voir diro ho would
hesitate before admitting that. IN tho sense OF
HSlnY lqst com mpensation and equivslents, any
mAn lp this county or any other country, had
ever Absolutely eaIned million dollars. The
people had suddenly awoke 10 the conception
ths fact that the great bulk OF the property Of