The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-21
SHIVELY ON SUBSIDIES.
Indiana's Member Makes "A Fine Argument
Against the Bill.

In the house a resolution was adopted
permitting the silver pool investigating
committee to sit during the session. The
house then went into committee of the
whole, ostensibly on the District of CO.
lumbia appropriation bill.
Mr.. Rogers Ark, after paying his re-
spects to parliamentary law, as recognized
by the speaker, passed on to a brief dis
cussion of the free coinage bill. He ap-
pealed to the republican majority not to
ask once more the distinguished speaker
to assume any further responsibility in
regard to the silver question. When in
the history of the country had speaker
ever met the demands of his party more
bravely or more courageously than had
the present speaker, or more disastrously?
Had ii come to this that after the speaker
had suffered the terrible penalty resulting
from the responsibility thrust upon him
by party caucus that his party would ask
him to make himself further sacrifices
He (Mr. Rogers submitted to the
gentlemen on the other side that
if there was further responsibility
to be borne on this silver question il
should be borne by gentleman at the
other end of the avenue and by those
who openly and boldly denounced free
silver Quoting from Mr. ingalls, speech,
in which he denounced the demonetiza-
ton act of 1873, Mr.. Rogers said that some
people had accused the senator with
crawling on his belly TO acquire popular
favor. He did not believe that the senator
did so, but if he did he crawled to the
sound principles OF democracy, and he
| (Mr. Rogers) warned his republican friends
who threw obstacles in the way OF the
free coinage of silver that they would have
to crawl in the dust before they could get
back into popular sympathy and favor
Mr.. Shively (Ind.) spoke in opposition
to the shipping bill. License this interest,
he said, to prey on the public revenues
and it would overawe congress and laugh
at the Limitation of the law. 1t would
sacrifice millions to renew its lease and
perpetuate its power. Ii would subsidize
| party organizations, dictate party plat
forms, command nominations and enlist
every venal newspaper In the land in Its
service. 1t would elect presidents, choose
representatives and invade state capitals
in order to purchase tools in the q. s.
senate. 1t would project its debauchine
influence in every department OF the gov
eminent and infect with its leprous cor
TuptlOH every uDTe Vi our HdtiOudl lllc'
| The general principle underlying the sub
sidy system was inherent yvicious and un'
constitutional, alien to our institutions.
No genius could give it grace, no magic
could impart 10 it Righteousness.
Mr.. Langston (Na.) made aspeech in
support OF the force bill. No progress
was made with the bill and, the committee
| having arisen, the house took recess un-
| ill o'clock, the evening session 10 be fol
the consideration of private pension bills
That Silver Pool.
The silver pool investigation committee
held preliminary session this morning
for the purpose of arranging plan OF
procedure. The session was secret, but
future meetings will be with open doors.
The resolution under which the commit
tee is acting and the newspaper publica.
tions which were made the basis of the
resolution we're read over and discussed
The committee adjourned after directing
subpoenes to be issued for Messrs. Stevens
| and Apperson. the two Washington cor