Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-08
INGALLS, AS A SEER.
Daniel Quotes a Twelve Year.
Old Prediction.
WEDDING OF THE SOUTH AND WEST.

a Union That tho Virginia Statesman
Hopes VIII BE Permanent Points
from the Senate Debate-The old sys-
tenn of Running the Indians To He
Perpetuated. but Roger to Get the
Bounce-siiver Brick Men Again Re-
puised-Ohieial News Items.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. S-The debate
In the senate yesterday on the silver ques-
ton was very uninteresting, as a general
thing. All the old arguments pro and
con were made to do duty again, and few
new points were evolved from the brains
OF the senator's. Daniel took the oppor-
tunity of quoting a prediction made by
ingalls, some years ago. In referring to
Morrilis prophecy Tuesday of very brief
honeymoon between senators from the sill
yer states and Democratic senators, Dan
lei said that il length of corrtship was
any security for the happiness of marriage,
the union which took place Monday was
one that had been preceded by as long a
courtship rs in the famous scriptural in
stance of Jacob and Rachel. Twelve years
Sgo the senator from Kansas Qngalls) had
irophesied that the day was not far dis
liant when the community of interest be-
tween the agricultural and producing sec
tons of the south and west would bring
into harmonious relations those great Dor
tons of the country in self defense of their
interests and for the promotion of their
general welfare against the aggrcssions Of
monopoly
And Here You Are, Mr.. Ingalls,.
Aud now the senator from Kansas In
galls) witnessed what he had predicted
Ia.
men by that most stable and permanent
tie, the tie of conviction and ofratriotism.
There never had been vote cast in the
senate which more thoroughly represented
the temper of the public mind and the
majority OF the suffrages of the people
than that vote in which the senate de-
ciared that II would proceed TO the consid-
Grafton of the financial measure
In criticism of Sherman's speech of Mon
day, Daniel said that If he were at
tempting to make a syllabus of il, he
would state the condensed analysis of it
somewhat thus: "First-I am opposed to
the free coinage of silver, because it will
initiate the currency. Second-I am op-
posed to the free coinage of silver because
IL will contract the currency
Other Points from the Debate.
Daniel said that more silver meant more
gold, and in proof OF this cited the fact
that there WAS more gold in the country
now than when the Bland bill was passed
He also quoted Thurlow Weed as holding
that when the national debt WAS created
the cheapness of silver WAS anticipated as
an easy means of redeeming the bonds, as
II was known then that new mines were
being rapidly developed Plumb devoted
his speech to demonstration that finan-
cial legislation had never disturbed the
equity of contracts, certainly not in favor
OF the debtor" and that such legislation
had never contributed to an unsafe condi-
ton of things The last silver act 1 nd
prevented a universal panic. A good deal
of capital was made of the failure of the
predictions of disaster if the Bland bill
passed, made by Sherman and others.
Opposition to the Bond scheme.
The silver senators were opposed to the
whole bill, and especially TO the bond por-
ton, which they said would increase the
national debt. They held that free coinage
would make silver equal to gold. a conten-
ton which was controverted by Hiscock
and Frye, but in this phase of the debate
nothing but old straw was threshed on
either side
The Talk in the House.
The same state of affairs existed in the
| house in the debate on the shipping sub
| sidy bill The Democrats insisted that
American shipping could not be restored
| without decrease in the tariff and ship
ping taxes, the Republicans that what had
| built up the merchant marine of England
and France would also build up ours.