The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-23

OF dollar upon piece OF bullion that was
not worth a dollar, then in either event we
had a dishonest dollar. The present silver
dollar, he declared, was dishonest and did
not come up to the test.
BENEFITS ONLY The NINE OWNERS.
The demand Of the mine owners for free
and unlimited coinage he denounced as a
fraud by which no one was TO profit except
the mine owners, to whom was given the
privilege Of dumping their bullion
upon the. people at o coinage price
The mina owner who was given
sl6, 900 year more profit that he is
now making could well afford to inundate
congress with whole libraries Of literature
and employ host Of lobbyists to advance
and promote the scheme. Who would get
this money when the mints were opened
and 70 cents could be coined into q govern
ment dollarl Would the people receive
any OF I'll Not the clipping of an eagle.
Every dollar Of profit instead of going to
the government and through the govern
ment to the people as it did now,
would 20 deep down into the pockets
of the Nevada and Colorado
millionaires, as with flying colors they
marched to the doors of the mint and de-
manded of its director that he stamp
flaming lie upon the product OF their
ceive advantage would be the mine owners.
The laborer would be sacrificed and the
cninage of the 70-oent dollar was equiva-
lent to 30-oent reduction In his wages.
The laborer had nothing to sell except his
labor and that would not rise under such q
system.
CAN'T BECOME A LAW.
In conclusion, Mr. Rayner said: 81 have
no lingering fear that any such measure
-. AL
republic. / have too much co ntidence in
the patriotism and intelligence Of our peo-
pie. This discussion, though proceeding for
years, has, In truth, but just begun. 1t
takes time to reach the great portals Of
public opinion. ! am willing to abide by
its judgment, whatever it may be.
That Judgment has not yet been formed.
Ii is just in the process Of evolution. There
are 3 go roads before us. One is the path Of
honor and Of good faith, the other leads to a
wilderness where confusion reizns and
where a poisoned weed, luxurious to the
sight but deadly to the touch, in exuberant
growth abounds. 1t is q weed that springs
from corruption. whose fruit will wither to
the taste, and whose shade sends forth the
dampness OF decay. Temptation leads US
to the wilderness, know. Alluriug hopes
light up the way and splendid visions
attract us here, but tell you, gentlemen
that other nations, their faith repudiated,
their pledges broken and their promises vio-
lated, have, time and time again, travelled
in the same direction. They have abandoned
the open path and taken to the wilderness,
and by the sad example of their fate, by the
doom that has befalien them, by the judg
ment and sentence they have suffered, /
warn you to keep to the path that leads to
the field where honor blooms and where
integrity, through all seasons, surviving
every state Of transition and Of change, has
defantly withstood the tumult OF the
tempest and thesviolence OF storm"
GOLD FOR PENSIONERS.
Abper Taylor of Illinois, offered an
amendment that all pensions shall be paid
in gold. In addressing himself to the bill
he said that he represented the only party
that was opposed to this measure. He adj
mired the Democratic party for the facility
with which it could get on both sides Of a
question. He denied the right of the gentle
man from Massachusetts, s(Mr. Williams
to speak for the Republican party or for
the minority of the committees on coinage,
weight and measures. When the bill
reached the other end of the capitol and
was up for vote the gentleman
who would probably be nominated
in Chicago would conveniently be in the
cloak room or out on an excursion. Then
the Democratic party would straddle the
would tell his people that he was for free
coinage, and his mugwump friend from
Massachusetts, Mr. Williams) would tell his
people that he was against free coinage.
Such was the facility with which the Demo-
cratic party got on both sides of question.
Mr.. Lind of Minnesota raised point of
order against his colleagues use of the word
"mugwump" as applied to a member in
view Of yesterdays action Of the
committee on printing upon the speech
OF Mr.. Walker of Massachusetts,.
MIR. Richardson OF Tennessee in the chair,
who is chairman of the printing committee.
sustained the point.
Messrs. BoHselle of Maine and Hopkins Of
Illinois also spoke briefly against the bill.
Mr.. Compton of Maryland offered an
amendment to the bill to restrict free COIN
age Of silver to that produced by the mines
OF the United States and the American
coinage proposition.
Mr. Epes of Virginia. member Of the
committee, supported the bill. The maior-
ity had great respect for foreign govern
ments, but were not willing to regulate the
rights Of the people Of this country by a
rule to be laid down by foreigners. He as
serted that there bad been long series OF
oppression financial acts, of which
the worst was the demonltizatlon
OF silver. At the instance of foreign money
lenders aud American millionaires these
rich money men were crushing the life out
Of the rank and file of the country. He
read from the official reports in contraven~
tion of the statement that there was reason
to fear food of silver in our mints He
was in favor of restoring silver to its right
ful position. It's low price was due TO the
fact that the aot Of 1878 had raised gold
above Its normal value and depressed silver
below its normal value. 1t was a mathe-
matical certainty that free coinage would
restore silver to parity with
gold, and in his Judgment
the constitution of the United States was
sufficient to depreciate any material thing
said he would vote for the restoration of
silver TO the function gwen it by the consti-
tuition.
SOURCE OF THE OPPOSITION.
Mr.. Crawford Of North Carolina spoke in
support Of the bill. Did not the TRADE
against the free coinage OF silver come from
the great money centers Of the country,
whose great and ma nmoth wealth had
been built up in speculation in stocks and
gold at the expense OF the laborers! Did
not the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Harter)
know that the statements made by him
we're erroneousl Did he not know that the
silver dollar was equal to the gold dollar
and was ordinarily preferred to it?
Mr.. Stevens Of Massachusetts said that
the bill under consideration had already
been so ably and thoroughly discussed not
only here but elsewhere throughout the
country that he would not be justified in
consuming the time allotted to him except
for the PURPOSE of recording against IL In