The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-14
THE SILVER QUESTION.
CONCLUDED from ssosnd rage.

Ia the circulating medium, and will SECURE
and maintain 4 parity Of intrinsic value for
tho gold and silver ssinaFe Ct re country,
shall b. accepted ~ Of equal purchasing
power b al ahe civilized nations Of the
earth.
AZ the conclusion Of ths reading. Francis
G. Nswlands. Of Nevada, moved the adop-
considerable discuasiop. Samuel Word. Of
Lewis and Clarke county. said no had lis
tened 10 the reading OF the reports with
considerable interest, but desired . post
ponemsnt Of any action on the minority r.
port port, Until II \ ~ Va ..I R'i 1.a.t !. o sns %c,n ths
report before him. Ths reports involved
important questions.
Mr.. Patterson, of Colorado, said be hoped
the motion wOnld not prevail. The questions
involved had been thoroughly discussed in
10 adopt the report 20 il might be tele-
graphed to Warrington at once. With the
view of strengthening the silver oause in the
house of representatives.. the matter IN
the house was In this shape: II the
apart Wednesday and Thursday for the
consideration of the Stewart bill vas not
adopted that would DO the end Of It for this
session of congress-.
Az this point some one called ouS from
the gallery that an Associated press bul-
A0U1n q luDv O0OU s~S
defeat Of the bill. Mr.. Patterson thsn'ex-
planned that the sfso Of the vote on the
report of the committee on Talee would be
to postpone action until the bill is reached
in Ito regular order 1t the foot Of the calen-
dar. He said IL could not possibly be
reached for further discussion during the
present session Of congrsss. Since the bill
had been disposed OF, no had no objection
to discussion Of the resolution going over.
=. v. Smalley, who presented the minor
IL -sl -~-vN ~ ~A vnA b.
the free coinage meg BY attempting to
hurry the resolution through.
O'Donnell, of Colorado, made an en-
phatio protest against the postponemsnt.
He said there ought not TO be any surprise
In the mind Of any ono that the house of
question. He was not surprised that tho
gentleman who presented the minority re-
port urged postponsmsnt. For twenty
years the CRY had bsen, wait, wait, wait"
until the heart has grown sick with hope
deferred. He could not imagine for q
tor in q body of this kind in acting upon
a resolution which certainly expressed the
hope and the feeling and the intelligence Of
the states of the country In which they
we're assembled. II any one wanted TO
again, but, a. for himself. he thosght 1t
could not b read too often. He was fire.
quently interrupted with applause and loud
cheering.
The nezt man on ths floor was Samuel
Word, who moved to postpone. Ho said he
simply spoke for himself when he made his
motion. He thought there were some
things in the resolution which should not be
hastily considered, n possibly it might
need amendment. 9eorRe W. Irwin II, OF
Silver Bow county, did not think il would
be q good thing to send a message to con-
gress which would arrive too late.
Cries of question" came from the dole
gates and q viva voce vote was taken which
declared no ~postponement Of consideration
of the resolution. Z. v. Smallsy asked for
= vote BY roll call Of the states. It pro-
arose 90 to the manner of casting the vote
of the state. To avoid any further discus
sion on this question Mr.. Word Withdrew
his motion.
E. v. Smalley, who had previously moved
to adopt the minority report, called il up.
The chair announced that no had heard no
second to his motion.
A delegate asked for . suspension OF the
rules and that Judge Huston. OF Idaho, be
permitted to address the congress-. He
said the judge would leave Helena in the
morning, and unless he was heard now the
delegates would miss q, great. treat. Tn
judge arose in his seat and said he was not
going to leave Helena in the morning. II
propose to stay here and see this thing
out" [Applause. He said he came to
listen rather than talk; that was out of his
line.
Mr.. Patterson thought il would be a most
excellent compromise. The gentleman
from Idaho, he said, was very modest but
was the peer of any man on the floor. Amid
loud applause Judge Huston walked to the
which could be heard in all parts Of the au-
ditorium. The galleries were we'll filed by
this time. and man spectators had seats
OF the floor among the delegates. Judge
Huston said: what l stated On the floor
I stated in all sincerity. came here
moment. learning that Idaho had no repre-
sentation in this onRres l did not come
here with the intention or expectation of
taking any other part in the action of this
congress, as would necessarily be imposed
upon me as a representative Of Idaho. 1t
is foreign to my wish and inclination to be
put forth to discuss the question which will
be under consideration in this congress-. /
nave given the question of free coinage
some consideration. I have read with
considerable care and attention the
speeches made during the present session
Of congress upon this question of FREQ COIN
age. The more I read. and the more I oon-
sldered. the more deeply was ! impressed
with the fact that the opposition to free
coinage il infamous in ita conception and
sincerity. I repeat what l stated befo.e the
committee on resolutions. that l don't be-
lieve any man who is possessed of ordinary
intelligence who will read the debates had
during the present session of con-
oppose free coinage. Applause. The
Congressional Record 10 loaded dow with
tables of statistics. The senator from Del
aware the other day introduced into his
speech q column of statistics showing the
relative value Of gold and silver from 1887
down to 1892. and il that table Of statistios
is not q complete refutation of his whole
position on free coinage as could be poGsi-
bly made then I am idiotic. In 1873 silver
was three per cent above gold. What was
the necessity of that legislation2 Senator
Sherman suggested 1t arose from the fact
that possibly the senator's did not possess
the power Of p~remonition. That 10, they
could not look into the future and there
fore passed the bill to get rid Of something
they apprehendsd.
Is that kind of argument going to obtain
with an intelligent people. Not ono single
word has been said in excuse of the leRisla-
tion Of 1873. l defy any person to point a
single word in the speeches Of any
of the opponents of silver coinage,
either in the senate or the house in de-
fence of the legislation Of 1873. II 70
Listen to Sherman and Morrell they say the
same; they all evads it, and yet not willing
to undo q great wrong upon the American
people.
say their position is insincere. They
come to "a with resolutions in both plat
forms. l make no distinction between the
portios IuIco Huuton aaid hA vRn wilma