Evening journal., 1891-01-15
SILVER MEN WIN.
A Free Coinage Substitute Is
Passed by the Senate.
LODGES BILL REVIVED.
FEDERAL Control OF Elections Again
Before Congress.

Was Tie, but tho Vice President Cast
HIS BALLOT with the RspublIcans-ssn-
ator Ingalls, Talks About the Purity Of
Politics and Makes Characteristic
Assault Upon tho Capitalists Of the
Country, Who, lie Says, Have 'No
Politics but Plumber, and No Principle
but thc spoiIatlon OF the Human Raoe. X,
WASHINGTON, Jan. i5-The senate de
voted the entire day from 10 O'Clock until
adjournment discussing the financial bill
Messra Ingalls, and Jones delivered set
speeches. At o'clock debate under the
ten minute rule began and was partlci-
pated in by Messrs Morgan, Hawley, Vest,
German, Call and others. At 5,45 a vote
was taken on the adoption Of Mr.. Stewards
free coinage amendment, resulting Yeas,
AZ; nays, 80, The fourth section providing
for the issue Of 200, 900 Of 2 per cent.
bonds was struck out-yeas, as; nays. ig--
also the first section for the purchase Of
l2,OOO00O ounces Of silver at the market
price; also the second section limiting the
compulsory requirement Of deposit Of
bonds by national banks to al 900.
Plumb's Proposed Amendment Lost.
Mr.. Plumb moved TO strike out the third
section AS 10 national bank currency and
TO insert in lieu the following: "That the
secretary Of the treasury is authorized 20
replace all sums Of national bank notes
hereafter permanently retired and can
celed by the issue In lieu thereof OF like
NJ ag.ft ~
ticn aud character Of the United States
notes now outstanding and authorized by
the act Of March 8. 1861, entitled AN act
to provide ways and means for the sup.
port Of the government. Lost-yeas rs;
nays. 40.
Mr.. sherman, in opposing the amend
ment, said he would vote for no PROPOSE.
tion whatever to increase the issue Of pn-
per money, believing as he did that the
senate had already agreed 10 proposition
which would furnish money enough, and
more than enough, 70 supply not only all
the demands Of business but OF al the
spectators and gamblers of the country
Mr, Hale said the question was as TO wheth-
er the government should embark on a sys-
TEN of issuing its own paper upon a sup.
posed emergency. IL WINS a terrible oues-
tion. Mr.. plumb's amendment, be said.
started the DEVILS dance Of imitation, which
never had but one ending.
He Would Vote Against 1t.
Mr. Butler, replying to Mr. Hale, said he
did not propose 10 be intimidated IN the
line Of his duty by the suggestion Of the
senator from Maine or by the declaration
Of men who, in the twinkling OF an eve.
could SO contfol the currency as to make
every man feel it.
Mr. Plumb, In response to a criticism by
Mr.. Wolcott, said that II free coinage wns
the beginning and the end OF this bill he
would vote against It, He was in this
fight, not for free coinage alone, but for a
sufficient amount Of currency
Positive Free Coinage Measure.
The senate, after a continuous session OF
more than thirteen hours adopted a sub
stitute offered BY Mr.. Vest for the whole
financial bill-yeas 80; nays. "a. The sub
stitute is a positive free coinage measure
and provides that the unit OF value IN the
United States shall be the dollar, to be |
coined Of 4l216 grains OF standard silver or |
25 $40 grains OF standard gold. Mr.. Vest
stated that his substitute was similar 70 |
the free coinage bill that passed the senate /
last session
The senate then greed not to adjourn
yeas, s2; nays, s3-and Mr.. Hoar moved TO |
take up the elections bill.
To Take Up the "Forcs" Bin.
The senate at 1919 a. m. agreed to take
up the elections bill and make il unan.
ished business for today. The vote stood /
S3 yeas, 33 nays, and the vice president
voted in the affirmative. The senate then
adjourned
senator Ingalls' Speech.
When the debate first opened and Sena-
tor Ingalls, arose be was greeted by packed
galleries. Mr.. Ingalls, said that there were
two portentious evils which menaced the
safety if they did not endanger the exist
ence Of the republic. The first was ipnor.
ant, debased degraded, spurious suffrage
iestered suffrage, suffrage contaminated
by the feculent sewage Of decaying nations.
suffrage intimidated and suppressed In the
south, suffrage impure and corrupt. apa-
-hetic aud indifferent in the great cities OF
she north, 50 that il was doubtful to his
mind whether for half century there had
been a presidential election ia this country
hat expressed the deliberate and intelli-
gent Judgment OF the whole body Of the
American people.
He then referred to the newspaper inter.
fiew had with him several months AGO IN
which he had sal that the golden ruie
ind the decalogue had no place in an
American campaign. II seemed super
iuous 70 explain that il that utteranoe he
vas not inculcating a doctrine but was
describing condition. But many rev
irend and eminent divines, many disin-
crested editors, many ingenius orators
perverted this utterance into a personal
advocacy Of impurity IL politics. He did
lot complain. It was rs the world went
egitimate political warfare. But il was
IN illustration Of the truth that there
'ught to be publication in our politics
md that the golden rule and the decalogue
'ught to have place in polcal campaigns
He Would Hit Him Under the Ear.
III thy enemy smite thee on one cheek .
urn the Other" was good precept to fol.
ow. But he would observe that until that
receipt was more generally observed. If
rs political enemy smote him on one
heck. he would smite him under the butt
t his left ear if he could Laughter)
If that be political immortality he must
e included among the unregenerated
he elections bill was intended to deal with
ne part of the great evil to which he had
lluded, but it was an imperfect. a mar.
ial and an incomplete remedy. Violence
'as bad, but fraud was no better, and il
las more dangerous because it was more ,
isiduous. Burke had said in one of his
orations which emptied the
ouse of commons, but which would be !
cad as long as tine English tongue could 4