The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-24
done in 1879 by the demonet lzetion Of silver. /"

leadership IN opposition to the. bill. 30 far as
sentiments Of eonstisasmts he Cir a stons
would would say nothing but when he assumed to
Republican party. he would dissent: Tho
Pssre %ss SoeS WAS not to ths R
sition 70 # The Views ' Of The :, DEMOCRATS
s9Ys q IL: lem I'm 1m M, tho
Ia s Ss bSaon and ,Gf sH
Mr. bland q Missouri said that as there
so e e S Y yet aosrsH to
order be extended until oc"ck on Friday. "t
o.t Mr. Stone Dem. ky;l objected; and several
%nd' M IT, sd dSsI n% Se Ed
put Mr.. Simpson tF. A.. Knn.) renewed the obs
MIR, Mr.: Bland then said he would ssall the pre-
Mr.. Warner Dem. N. Y, said that he did not
sos sf 0s csd cosass
OF silver, This interfered with the personal
There was only one particular in Which, Which the
NJ! was not Thoroughly a leprHlie. y. measure.
rency to silver basis. Thiis bin was utterly
Mr.. Brawlcy dem. s. G. opposed the bill
because tho ratio fixed in it was not the ratio
Hs mnTs' ssh & s shS TO sos Ss T1n
was. us Jefferson said it should be. Il purely
husiness question. and tho ratio should he
metals. So 1t would have been treated bu. for
the silver kings. who. encouraged ny the rrac-
wished to palm of this product on tho Govern
ment at n price greater than its market value.
cotton Tho creator part Of It is cxported aud
SMTmIn Ns ,SS Oldd-money q International value;
It poso thu s"Src %
OF prosperity II We depart from that standard
which has sb nnyaryng equivalence with tho
Mr.. Hall, Dem. MINI, snid tho free coin.
age men said the ultimate effect of this law
gold would 70 down urtil they Should come
this timo cominG?. Some time in tho dim and
distant future How about the mcantime3
subsidy must ooze out for the silver kings, OF
of th %as tn S Of tn s
Mr Fitch dem. n " p rs ntd petition
from the Gh IAN o. Commerse t Of New York
which. lie said, expressed his sentiments. He
OF which every Republican, Who was anything
more than a managing politician ought to DO
BIZ on cubic gronnds thsv desired TO nut the
DesIm n q ~ party in;S hole. ,, +,
dependents In the House. said the clamor OF
t6p q the bill Of ths odoT
position. The. pretenco that silver payments
Ratlal sepndaso1nony 90 cents on the
the Tie Of s meas
Hre kney IN, frat the s,ahdTSrd q the govern:
virtue OF our legal decimal system.
utterly regardless of its value or its CONNER.
lad esn sen Ihs nn
the, price OF gold, No one had ever attempted
| to disprove he claim o. the superiority of sill
| gold. The restoration of silver
! demanded by every theory Of money that has
Heen act az 9y w Sy
fraudulent. and against the interest of the
Mr. bushnell Dem. Wis, opposed the meas
that hcreafter silver dollar should contain
passage Of ths bin would stop tho now Of for,
@eud S drse 'es e co M
vestment elsewhere. The power of the Gov
son Ts s solver t si
! the ratio between gold anu Silver according to
exchange between nations. This ratio WAS
agitation Of this question ut this time is a mis-
crnrertion of statesmnnship ~,
| struck at the wages OF the lnhoring men. and
therefore was great Injustice toward them;
| class. The borrowing class was c1mposed OF
| capitalists, corporations. and railroads. He
Bring a derancement Of values. put up gold.
| destroy business confidence. and would he
ned The De- sa pay an tie tie
| political CHAMPION OF free coinage This cues
ton I"pd hayS to n hS
ters. When the people decided. It would be in
favor OF honest money and stable currency.
the House took a recess until $50 r. NJ.
EVENING SESSION.
A corporals guard Of members assembled
tonight to listen to the silver debate. Tho
galleries were we'll fliied
posed any measure, which would control our
Of ohSr Tihs bill
to cut the United States loose from the uni Of
ca aus We could not toerce the word to
adopt our stand lard, This would pc sIrious
e Ss o% @s 6e
world no Ids the United states in hign cstcelq.
ness n,a we We Se Woud by this Sil. issue coin
bearipg an untrue statement OF h Its fsc th;s hin
more nncIualiy. divided than At present, The
p poe nv OPPOSED tho section Which nuthorized
tho President OF the United States to change
s az doInr instead A Of &c consstins OF 4i9
grains. should contain 900 grains. In com
on this he ,syerSh to she sb1
tho same section of tho Constitution which
provided that Congress- should have power To
lay and collect taxes also provided that Con-
gress should have the power to coin money
and regulate tho value thereof. In his opinion
this section of tho bill was subject t. the same
'lenurcintion as the so-called reciprocity
amendment.
Mr. Chaplin Dem. N. " in opposing the BILL
said it was either intended to benefit the silver
producing industry or u expand the currency.
Ii for the former II might DO entitled to con-
less it could DO shown TINT tho Gurr9nmcy to Pc
expanded was the bost obt! Unable This 1t did
v,,fJ nd IN xrn i ,np IN 4
q delusion.
Mr.. livingstone If. A.. Ga said that every
thing thus fnrspokcn on this hill was prophecy.
Glass legislation had brought all the trouble
on tho country. We should return to consti-
tutional and Jeirersoninn Democracy for re-
lief. The country would then DO more pros
porous and peaceful. Silver had not dcrro- |
ciatod. but gold had appreciated. The coun:
try was controlled now BY tho gold bugs Of
simply meant silver and anti-silyer.
Mr.. Hnrter tDom.. ohio)-Do you mean to say |
that Hill is in favor OF FREQ silver?
Mr.. LlvinGstone-Well, will ask you this
question: VIII you vote for him IL he is2
Mr. Hnrter (em hutically(-SO, sir, loud |