Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-24
news BY TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
THE DEBATE CONTINUED
Arguments for and Against
Free Silver.
TO VOTE ON THE MEASURE today.
The Coy Murder Trial in
PittsfeId.
4 RAILROAD IS AueTlusED OFF.
Sold to the Only Bidder
for $500.
TO VOTE ON THE MEASURE TO-DAY.
| RAILROAD Is AUe1loxEb OFF.
INTEREST UNARATRD.

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! INTEREST UNDATED.
The Free silver Bill Has Anothe
| Strug&le-Mr. Bland Asks Consen
| That the Debate be Extended Unit
Friday. But 1t Is Opposed-Masterl,
Arguments by Messrs. Stone. war
ner, Fitch. Lodge and Many other
-Discuss1on to End To-day.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-The gallerie
were crowded when the speaker raped
the house to- order at noon to-day, and thor,
was no abatement from the great interes
manifested at the opening hours of the de
bate yesterday.
81 desire to give notice." said Chair
man Bland at the opening of the debate
'that at 2 o'clock tomorrow shall de
mand the previous question on the silve,
bill and pending amendments"
This means merely that general debate
will close at 2 O'Clock tomorrow and that
final vote will then be taken on tho bill
and amendments unless its opponents en-.
ter upon series of hlibustering tactics.
The first speaker of the day was Repre-
sentative Pierce of Tennessee, the young
lieutenant of Chairman Bland on the coin.
age committee.
Mr.. Williams was the next speaker, and
he was followed by Mr.. Stone of Pennsyl-
vania, who appreciated the desire of the
gentleman from Massachusetts, (Williams)
to assume to take the leadership of the op-
position. So far as the gentleman from
Massachusetts, asked to speak for himself
and constituents he had not a word, but
when the gentleman assumed to represent
the democratic as we'll as the republican
party he objected. Mr.. Stone arraigned
the financial policy Of the demo
cratic voice of the gentleman from
Tennessee (Pierce) This was called q
free coinage bill. He asserted it was not
free coinage bill. The bill simply pro-
vided for unlimited purchase of silver bull
lion and the issuance of paper money
therefor. Mr.. Stone suspected the bill
was an heirloom in the Bland family.
[Laughter] He related how Richard Bland,
a member of the Virginia house of bur
gesses in 1s4S, introduced bill providing
for the issue of legal tender notes based on
deposits OF tobacco In government ware
houses. That bill, said Mr.. Stone, was al
most counterpart of the pending meas
silver instead of tobacco. MI. Stone
claimed that this bill, by repeating tho act
of 1890, would restore the act of 1876. pro-
viding merely for compulsory coinage of
two million dollars per month.
Mr.. Bland demurrsd to this assertion,
but Mr.. Stone persisted. Mr. Bland
asked consent that the debate in tho free
silver bill, which was to expire tomorrow
night, be extended until Friday afternoon
at s O'Clock, but Mr.. Simpson of Kansas
objected on account of the failure of the
friends of the bill to make any allotment
of time to the representatives of the peo-
ple's party.
Mr.. Warner of New York spoke in op-
position to the bill. He did not believe in
the right of the government to encourage
or discourage the use of either gold OF sill
ration between the two metals.
eff this was an actual free coinage
bill, said he, SIT would receive my sup
port; but it is a proposition that every
bullion owner in the country shall be al
lowed to bring his bullion to the mints
and the government stamp it 80 that every
seventy cents worth is worth dollar"
crat, also opposed the bill, asserting that
the silver question is question of business
and not question of politics.
Mr.. Hall of Minnesota, in opposition to
the bill, said it should have emansted
from the republican side of tho house. 1t
was honeycombed and saturated with
McKinleyism.
Messrs. Lynch of Wisconsin and Stout
of Michigan also opposed the bill as pro-
posing to make dishonest dollar.
Mr.. Fitch of New York said he had pre-
senred to-day petition from the New
York chamber of commerce against the
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reasons why the bill should not pass. He
felt there was nothing to add. He had
never known such unanimity of opinion
among all classes of people as sxisted in
the state of New York in opposition to
this bill.
Mr.. Bushnell of Wisconsin spoke in fay
or of proposed amendment providing
that hereafter the silver dollar shall con-
tain one ounce Troy of pure silver.
Mr.. Lodge of Massachusetts, said there
were some people who took the utterance
of England in all matters as the utterance
of truth. He was one of those who did
not think the silver question could be set
tied by swallowing as whole anybody's
opinion. But this question rested upon
one point, whether there was enough of
gold in the world to settle balances and to
maintain the requisite reserve. The indi
cations were that the gold in the world
was insufficient for these purposes.
The immense efforts of the nations
of the world to draw to themselves the
gold supply seemed to point to the Insult
cheney of the metal, and he believed that
the nation must ultimately restore silver
to it's place as one of the money metals.
He welcomed the issue, because he believed
that the American people would decide in
favor of honest money and stable cur
rency. [Applause
Mr.. Perkins of Iowa opposed the bill.
The house took a recess.
When the house met after the recess
there were not a dozen members present.
Mr.. Perkins concluded his speech with
an attack upon the democratic party.
Mr.. Coombs of New York, speaking in
the name of the merchants in tho largest
city on this continent, protested against
the enactment of a law which would ds-
stroy the recognized STANDARD of value at
home and abroad.
Mr.. Bacon of New York, opposing the
bill, said mischiefs innumerable would
Whether or not congress passed this bill,
the exchange of the world would be meas-
ured by the value of gold.
Mr. Page of Maryland and Mr. Chaplin
of New York also opposed the bill.
Replying to statement made by Mr..
Livingston of Georgia, Mr.. Harter of Ohio
asked: ''Do you mean to say Hill is in
favor of free coinagew Laughter;l
Mr.. Livingston-WcI, now. Laugh.
teri Will you vote for Hill if he is
Laughter.
"No, sir" replied Mr.. Harter with en-
phssis amid applause and laughter.
| x"Now, gentlemen" resumed Mr.. Liv-
| ingston, "there ia demonstration of just
what 1 said. All the democracy that
is in the crowd means Cleveland against
the world or republican or q muswump.
You cannot squeeze an ounce Of democracy
out of the crowd" Laughter.l
Mr.. Hemphill of South Carolina favored
the bill. He advocated an amendment
which would provide that the silver dollar
be composed of 525 grains, 80 as to make
the market value of gold and silver prao
tioally equal.
Mr.. Hayes opposed the bill. He con
sidered the bringing of the silver issue t.
the front at this time by the democrats q
stupid and vicious.
The debate was further continued By
Messrs Brosius, Walker of Massachusetts,
Gsisenhauer of New Jersey, Abbott O,
Texas, Townsend of Colorado, Whiting O
Michigan, and Layton of Ohio in advocacy
of 1t.
The house then adjourned.
Affairs at Berlin.
BERLIN, March 23.-The report tina