St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-24

! the other. Especially dld dark CLOUDS
lower over our beautiful South.
land. The intimation had gone abroad
that the force bill was to be
put upon us. Expectancy was
deepening into certainty. President
Harrison had pledged himself to ap-
prove and use his official influence to
carry through this measure, which pro-
posed to strike down the last veStlge OF
personal and civil and political liberty
| in this country. But the lowering clouds
began TO break away; each rift had a
silver Inning. and through the riffs we
saw the grand, glorious, brave and pa
triotic Republican
Senators of the West
standing between their party and the
liberties of the people. By their votes
the force bill was defeated. l want to
say to you, gentlemen from New Eng
land. that the same brave and honora-
between the Republican party and the
interests of the people OF this
country. With this reliance, we
do not fear force bill;
bur we demand that this house give to
the people full measure of redress for
the wrongs done in 1878. Loud APP
plause.
Mr.. Stone. of Pennsylvania, de-
nounced the pending bill as being not
| bill for the free coinage of gold and
silver, but a bill for the unlimited issue
of paper money. The effect of this bill,
by repeating the act of 1890, would be to
restore the act of 1878.
docs the gentleman take the posi-
ton" inquired Mr.. Bland. that to re-
peal the act of July 4, 1890. would re-
vive the force of the previous act there
by repealed"
Yes, sir"
THAT is position contrary to all the
principles of law that ever heard Of"
said MIR. Bland. The act of 1890 re-
peals portion of the act Of 1878. Now,
this bill, in repeating the act of 1890,
does not restore the act of 1873 at all. :"
Mr.. Stone persisted that MI. Bland WAS
wrong, and that the passage of the
pending bill would be to revive the act
of 1878, providing merely for the COM
pulSory coinage of 81 000.000 per month.
Representatives Warner, Democrat,
of New York; Brawley, South Car
DINA Democrat; Lynch. of Wisconsin;
Stout, of Michigan. and Fitch, of New
York, opposed the measure, declaring
that its chief aim was TO make some
thing out of nothing; its chief purpose
was to make 20 cents worth 100 cents.
They argued in favor OF an honest dol
lar which would be worth 100 cents.
A Third Party View.
McKeighan, of Nebraska, one of the
Peoples airy representatives, and a
member OF The coinage committee. dis
cussed the minority report. which, he
said had about it the perfume of the
banking house. That report had in it
no suggestion with reference to the men
who felled the forests, broke the ground.
delVed in the mines, or sowed or reaped.
1t was impossible to gather from that
report the idea that money had any nee.
eSSary relation to the product of
the soil. The report was begotten
was the spoliation of industry.
The cry about 70 cent dollar was
deliberate attempt to su6orn the public
conscience. The standard silver dollar
was of 100 cents, and the claptrap about
a 70-cent dollar was simply an assault
upon the dictionary. They forgot to
mention that the true test of the ex-
cellence and honesty of money was it's
working as an instrument for the eX-
change of goods. Under free coinage
new condition would arise. What the
value of the dollar would be as ex-
pressed in gold would be another ques-
ton. He had been soldier, and he
would not forget that he had enlistedln
the army of the United States when gold
and. silver were the only legal tender
currency. [Applause.] He had re-
ceiYed
Deprecated Paper
and had never heard howl from the
fellows who represented the banking
interests of the country. This duplic-
ity did not fool the old soldiers. APP
plauSe. The soldiers of the Union
army had never fought for money.
They had fought to preserve the union
publican form of government. The
people that he (McKeghan) represented
were not anarchists. They were not
opposed to the accumulation of wealth,
but they believed that wealth distribu-
ton, If permitted to follow natural
laws, would be proportional to the
skill, economy and labor employed.
The man must be blind who die not
see that wealth was becoming great
political power in this country. The
people were organized and would never
cease this agitation until corporations
and monoplies would bow in obedience
to just laws. When that day came, the
people would be sovereign; long live
the sovereign. Applause
Mr.. Bushnell, of Wisconsin, spoke in
favor of q proposed amendment pro-
viding that hereafter the silver dollar
shall contain one ounce troy of pure
silver.
After speech by Mr.. Perkins, of
Iowa, in opposition to the bill, the house
took recess until 1880.
Livingston and EEarter.
At the evening session of the house
Messrs. Coombs. of New York; Bacon,
of New York, and Page, of MARYLAND,
opposed the bill Mr.. Livingston. of
Georgia, in advocating the bill. said
that if congress did not now hear the
voice of the people the time would soon
come when that voice would be
heard. The cry was for relief.
The gentlemen from Massachusetts,, who
represented Democratic constituents,
opposed the bill because they thought
that it might endanger Democratic sue
cess in the next election. Ninety nine
times out OF hundred right was the
best policy, truth was the best policy,
either in politics or out of politics. To-
day there was a contest in the
state of New York. Hill and Cleveland
meant nothing more or less than silver
and anti-silver. That was all there was
in it. The fight was on, and it would be
bitter and severe. But he trusted in
God that in the end the people would
win.
Mr.. Harter, of Ohio-May l ask one
question? Do you mean to say that Hill
is in favor of free coinage? Laughter.
Mr.. Livingston-Well, now laughter, [