The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-24

WHetuor owned Dy an 1nlaOllanb CT Eng
land, Africa or America and the issue
therefor of notes as legal tender, receivable
for debts and dues of the government.
Laughter. This bill was not q bill for
the free unlimited coinage of silver, but
bill for the unlimited purchase of silver
bullion. Nine bills were before the COM
mittee that did provide for free coinage,
but all were laid aside and this bill re
ported IN their stead. The effect OF this
bill by repeating the act of two years ago,
would be to restore the act of 1878
docs the gentleman take the position"
inquired Bland, that the repeal of the act
of July 4, $780, would revive the force of
the provisions act thereby repealed!"
"Yes, sir.''
pies of law ever heard OFF, said Bland.
The act of 1890 repeats portion of the
act OF 1878. Now this bill in repeating the
act OF 1890 does not restore the act of 1878
at allo
Stone persisted Mr.. Bland was wrong
that the passage of the pending bill would
be to revive the act of 1878, providing
merely for the compulsory coinage of
S2,OO0,OO0 per month. AT the conclusion of
Stones remarks Bland asked consent that
the debate, which would expire tomorrow
night. be extended until Friday afternoon
al O'Clock.
Simpson, of Kansas, objected on the
ground of public failure of the friends of
the bill to make any allotment of the time
10 representatives of the Peoples party.
Widner (Dem), of New York, and Braw-
ley, of South Carolina DEM, then spoke
In opposition to the bill. Lynch, of Wis
consin. Stout, of Michigan, and Fitch OF
New York, earnestly opposed the bill.
McReighan, of Nebraska, said before en-
terlng upon discussion of the bill, he
wished to discuss the minority report,
which had about it
THE PERFUME OF BANKING HOUSE.
The report was begotten of avarice and its
frultlon was the spoilation of industry.
The cry about the 10 cent dollar was de-
ll0erate attempt to Stubborn the puolic con-
science. The standard silver collar was of
one hundred cents, and the clap-trap obout
the ~ cent dollar was simply an assault on
the dictionary. Free coinage would wipe
out the disparity between the coin and bull
lion value of the dollar and our silver dol
lar the world over, will. be of the same
value as the metal in it. What the value
OF the dollar would be as expressed in gold
may be another question. Competent
students insisted it would restore the old
ration between gold and silver bullion. The
gentleman from Ohio, (HarterJ had sent
out notices to the Grand Army posts ask
Ing them to protest against the passage of
the bill. He (Mckeighan) had been an old
soldier and he could not forget we had en-
listed when gold and silver were the only
legal tender currency. He received depre-
ciated paper and never heard howl except
from fellows who represented the banking
interests OF the country. This duplicity
DID NOT FOOL OLD SOLDIERS.
The people that he (McKeighan) repre-
sented were not anarchists. They were
not opposed to the accumulation of wealth,
but they believed that wealth's distribu-
tion if permitted to follow natural laws
would be proport1oned to the skill, econ
omy and labor employed. That man must
be blind who did not see that wealth was
becoming great political power in this
country. The people were organized and
would never cease this agitation until cor
porations and monopolies bowed in obedi-
ence to just laws
Bushnell, of Wisconsin, spoke in favor of
the proposed amendment providing that
hereafter the silver dollar shall contain one
ounce, troy, OF pure silver. After speech
by Perkins, of Iowa, in opposition to the
bill the House took recess until evening.
AT the evening, Combs, of New York,
Bacon, of New York, and Page, of Mary
land, opposed the bill. Livingston, of
Georgia, in advocating the bill said, if
Congress did not now hear the voice of the
people, the time would soon come when
that voice would be heard. Speaking of
the contest in the Democratic party in New
York, Livingston said Hill and Cleveland
meant nothing more nor less than silver
and anti-silver
Harter interrupted with the query: do
you mean to say Hill is in favor of free
silver?n
Livingston Well, Low, will you vote for
Hill if he is!''
NO. sir" replied Harter with emphasis,
amid applause and laughter
Brosius, of Pennsylvania, Hayes, of
Ohio, Chaplin, of New York, Walker, of
Massachusetts, and Bunting, of New York,
opposed the measure, and Abbott, of
Texas, Townsend, of Colorado, Whiting, of
Michigan, and Layton, of Ohio, advocated
1t. Adjourned.