The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-15

vi hes of great majority of hi, Con-
stltu' nts irrrspt Give VI party or politi-
Cal afiiliations.
Mr.. ingalls, closed at 1918, having
spoken u little over two hours. As he
took his seat he was heartily applauded.
as well from the floor rs from the
d"nscly crowded galleries. Mr.. Jones.
OF Nevada, then spoke in support of
MIR. Stewarts amendment, concluding
his spec CHI with these words:
II believe it to b" the privilege and
destiny Of this republ the Evangel OF
human liberty-to solve the great pro-
bitm OF peri CO money-the riddle
which the sphinx of civilization is for
ever putting To nations. As in the case
of the inigmas of old. failure to solve
this enigma means to be destroyed. Its
solution will be- hailed with loud acclaim
wher, yer the foot OF man treads, whcr-
ever the heart of man beats. 1t is my
COW ction that when the scirnc, of
money 'mrs to he thoroughly mastered.
its truo philosophy understood and the
teaching of that scienc and that phil
osophy prac tically applied over the
VII lie earth. more will have been accom-
pljshcd for manhood. more to promote
Ju> =. to relieve pain. to aS>uage grief.
TO sooth woe. To Tighten cure, to brigh ten
hope. and To bless and c3n~t era IT, human
life than cin b" accomplished by any
other discovery or development OF civil
iZatiun."
At the close OF Mr.. Jones remarks de-
bate pr. cltded under the ten minute
rule. MIR. Aldrich asked Mr.. Stewar;
whether his ainrndmrnt would take
away from the people the Common law
right of making Contracts payable in
gold. Mr.. Stewart replied that the
am'ndmrnt TOOK away no right.
Mr.. Aldrich-lS it your intention to
tax" it away?
Mr.. Stewart would be glad to take
it away, but do not think that any
Common law right can be ta'ten away
Mr.. sherman suggested that in the
issue OF railroad bonds there was pro-
vision for payment in gold IN: and he
asked Mr.. Rcag IN (who had rot into the
die cussion) whether it was b purpose
10 make such bonds payable i , treasury
notes. MIR Reagan did not know wheth-
or Congles could du that or not; but. If
II c'uld bc me, it was his purpose to do
that very thing.
Mr.. MCPHERSON. of New Jersey. an
nounc himself as bitterly opposed to
Mr.. Stewards amendment. Finally dis
custom clos, and the Senate prccc, d, d
TO vote ON the amendment 1t WAS
agreed to. yeas, AZ; nays, 30, as follows:
icas-M'ssrs. Allen, Harbour, Bate,
BE riy, Blackburn. Butler, Call. Cam
eron. c, ckrll, Coke. Daniel. Eustis,
Faulkner. Gibson, German, Hampton,
Harris, ingalls,. jones', (Ark.), Jones
| (Ncv.), Mcdonnell. Henderson, Mitch
ell; Morgan. Paddock, Pasco, Payne,
! Plumb, Power, Pugh, Reagan, Sanders,
Shoup, Stanford, Stewart, Teller, Tur.
pie. Nunc.. Vest, Voorhees,, Walthall
| Wolcott, ~. Nays-Messrs. Aldrich,
| Allison. Carey, Casey, Cullum, Davis,
Dixon. Dolph. Edmunds, Evarts, Frye,
Gray, Hale, IIawley. Higgins, lIisc ck,
| lIoar, Mcmillan, Mcpherson, Morrill,,
/ Plat, Quay, Sawyer, Sherman Spoonrr.
Stock bridge, Warren, Washburn, Will
son, 30. Sixteen Republicans voted Tor
the amendment, and three Democrats
| against it.
Pairs were announced as follows: Col
| quit and Dawes, George and Blair,
Kerna and Farwell. Hearst and Petit
! grew. Squire and Blodgett, Brown and
Chandler. Carlisle and Pierce, Ransom
and Moody.
! Mr.. Stewart moved to strike out Sec
ton of the finance c,mmitteo's bill,
| being the proposition for the issue OF
200, 100000 of bonds To buy up outstand-
ing bonds. The fouth section was
struck out: yeas, AS; nays, 10. Mr..
Sherman voted aye saying that after
the adoption of free Coinage, he did not
| believe that the bonds could be sold at
| par.
Mr.. Plumb moved to strike out the
first 81 ction of the bill. Agreed to-
without division. This section pro-
vidtd for the purchase of $4,000. U0C
ounces of silver 1T the market price.
| Mr.. Plumb moved to strike out second
81 ction, limiting the compulsory re.
| quircmrnt of deposit of bonds bv ma
tional banks to $1,000. Agreed to,
with, ut division.
Mr.. Plumb moved to strike out the
third section Gas to national bank cu.
rency) and 10 insert in lieu of it the fol
lowing: That the 5, cretary of the
Treasury is hereby authorized to repl;c
all sums of national bank notes here.
after permanently retired and cane l.
|. d, by the issue in lieu thereof, OF like
sums in the United States notes
Fifteen or twenty Senators took part
in the debate which this amendment
start, d. When vote was r.i chrd tn,
amendment was defeated; yeas 20
nays Al.
MiDNIaHT-The Senate has Of s,ed .
free Coinage bill, pure and simp @. ~ 4
substitute for the financial bill; y. q, 80
| nays ~.
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE