The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-19
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
SPEAKER CRISP TOO UNWELL TO
PRESIDE.


| Bill Taken Up Representative
by Criticisms on a Circular Sent
Out by Representative Barter OF
Ohio
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1S.-Speaker Crisp
called the House to order this morning, but
Immediately after the delivery Of the prayer
resigned the gsvel to Mr.. Richardson Of
Tennessee.
The Presidents message relative to the
Choctaw and Chickasaw claims were laid
before the House aud were read by the
clerk. On motion Of Mr.. Holman they
were laid on the table for the present.
Mr.. O'Neilr of Pennsylvania presented the
protest of the Philadelphia Board Of Trade
against the free coinage bill. 1t was re-
ferre1
The speaker pro tenn. laid before the
House the response Of the Secretary of the
Treasury to the House resolution asking for
information as to the authority by which
the AZ per cent. loan was extended. 1t was
referred to the committee on ways and
means.
On motion of Mr.. Newberry OF Illinois it
was ordered that when the House adjourned
Friday it shall be to meet Tuesday. This
order was taken so as enable the members
to accept the Invita- ion to visit Chicago.
INTRODUCTION OF TYPHUs.
Mr.. Covert of New York, from the cons
mittee on immigration, reported and asked
for the immediate consideration of the Sem
ate concurrent resolution providing for an
| investigation by the Senate and House
committees on immigration aud laws
relative to immigration and the facts at-
tending the admission Of the typhus,stricken
Russian immigrants at New York.
Mr.. Geary OF California objected and the
resolution was Withdrawn.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on the Indian appropriation bill.
SILVER BROUGHT UP.
Messrs. Chapman Of Michigan and Picker
OF South Dakota spoke upon the measure,
but then tho red man was relegated to the
background and the silver question was
brought forward. Mr.. Bland was its pro-
moter. He sent to the clerks desk and had
read a circular letter written by Mr.. Harter
OF Ohio to various grand army posts IN de-
nunctatlon Of the free silver bill and advis-
ing the members of the posts to urge their
congressman TO vote against it as 1t would
prove detrimental TO the interests of
the pensioners. This circular Mr.. Bland
characterized as q bulldozing document. II
was an effort to intimidate members, and
was part Of the bulldozing tactics of the
millionaires, tactics which had always been
carried on in opposition to the measures
which would give free silver to
the country. He denounced it as
unfair and unbecoming the dignity
of members to practice. The silver
question was one that would not down. The
House was compelled 20 settle it and the
sooner it was done the better A majority
was in favor Of free coinage bill and no
bulldozing could swerve it from its pur-
pose.
HARTER RISES TO REPLY.
Mr. Harter rose to respond, but Mr..
Smith of Arizona claimed the floor and was
recognized by the chair. MIR. Harter, how
ever, appealed to the chairman that it was
but fair 10 him that he should be allowed to
reply to a personal attack. The committee
was In great confusion and Mr.. Har-
ter's appeal was in vain, until
| MIR. Cultivate of Ohio came to his relief
| with @ declaration that never before In his
experience had gentleman been denied an
| opportunity to reply to q personal attack.
| After a good deal Of skirmishing among
the gentlemen who desired to talk on Sill
| yer and those who wished to proceed with
the business in hand, Mr.. Harter was
granted ten minutes in which to speak
and MIR. Bland i've minutes in which
to reply. Mr. Harter admitted
the authorship Of the circular letter. The
| gentleman from Missouri had spoken of it
as a bulldoZfhg circular. To men who
were afraid to have expressions Of their
| opinions made public, such a circular might
seem to be bulldozipg, but to men who
entertained opinions which they were will
! ipg, to maintain under all circumstances, he
could not see how the epithet was ap-
that the people of the country who
were not familiar with the
legislation that was proposed by congress,
should receive information. Tn gentleman
from Missouri had referred to him as a
millionaire. He was not a millionaire, nor
| was he the owner OF any national bank. He
| was more Of a farmer than was the gentle-
man from Missouri He was as good a
democrat as the gentleman.
OPPOSED TO CLASS LEGISLATION.
He was opposed to class legislation,
whether it came under the head of a pro-
| tective tariff or under the head of protec-
ton to the silver producers at the ex>
| pense OF the whole country. He was as
much opposed to giving the silver bullion
producers the arningS of the people as he
was to giving them to the manufacturers
| The measure which the gentleman advo-
Gated would, it was claimed, furnish more
money to the country. On the contrary, it
would contract the currency ruinously and
cruelty. II the bill was passed it would
elect Benjamin Harrison for second
term. and this would be done by the
democratic House under the leadership Of the
gentleman from Missouri. OF course the
republicans wanted the democrats to pass a
free coinage bill. Why wouldn't theyg 1t
would elect republican President. He
had sent the circular the so-called democrat
from Missouri had referred to laughter in
order TO inform the pensioners that the pas
sage OF the free coinage bill would entail
upon them loss Of 80 cents on every dol.
lar they received. He would like to pay the
members of congress with 20 cents dollar
and see how they would like it. Ifanythine
should be made legal tender It should be the
IN OF Kansas and not the silver of Col
orado.
BLAND GOES FOR HARTER.
Mr.. Bland, rising to respond, sent to the
clerks desk and had read Mr.. Harter's biog.
raphy, as published in the Congressional
Directory, In order to show that his bust
ness life had been spent as banker and
manufacturer That gentleman seemed tc
think that he BLAND was not u democrat
He had voted the democratic ticket all his
life. He believed that the gentleman had
once been follower of John Sherman, and
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