Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-08-15
Bland Talks.
A Washington dispatch says:

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litical party shall sureive that will
lay confiscating hand on Amer
lea IL the interest of England and
of Europe, and demonetize silver in
this country. and, my friends of the
Eastern Democracy, we bid you
farewell when you do it."
These were the words of Richard
p. Bland in the great financial con-
test that opened in the House of Re
representatives. and the applause that
followed the determined utterance
demonstrated that the great silver
leader had with him material eIe-
mcnt of the Democratic party. 1t
brought every member of the House
to realization that the most serious
crisis in the Democratic party since
the dissensions of slavery was at
hand, and that the division of '93
like the division 81, would be largely
on sectional lines.
In accordance with the programme
agreed upon, Wilson Immediately
after the meeting of the House in
troduced a bill Internationally re
pealing the Sherman purchasing law,
and Bland, on behalf of the free coin
age men, followed with a resolution
provided for the immediate consider
alton of the bill and allowing four
teen days fer general debate before
the vote should be taken,
Immediately after the reading of
the journal Wilson offered for pres
ent consideration bill to repeal the
purchasing clause of the Sherman
act
Bland offered the agreement made
this morning governing debate. 1t
limits the talk to the total of four
teen days, from IL a. m. to 3 p, m,
with night sessions for debate only,
if desired.
Bland then presented the follow
ing bill of the silver men, which pro
gides for free coinage and repeats the
silver purchasing act:
''Be it enacted, ETC.. that from
and after the passage Of this act, all
holders or silver bullion to the
amount of 500 sr more, standard
weight and fineness, shall be entitled
to have the same coined at the minis
of the United States into silver dol
lars of the weight and fneness pro-
vided for Section 2, in this act
"Ssc. 2. That the silver dollar
provided for in this act shall consist
of 412t grains of standard silver,
said dollar to be legal tender for all
debts, dues and demands, both pub
lie and private
"Sec. 3. The holder of the sill
yer dollars, herein, provided for,
shall be entitled to deposit the same
and receive silver certificates in the
manner provided by law for the
standard silver dollar.
'Sec, 4. So much of the act of
July the IA, 1890, as requires the
monthly purchase, of 100000
ounces of silver be and the same is
hereby repealed"
Bland demanded the previous
questions on his order, but it was
antagonissd by the Republicans, un-
der the leadership of Cannon, who
wanted to debate the question. Fin
ally a vote was taken, resulting:
Yeas 217; nays, 100; SO the previous
questions were ordered. The Re
publicans voted generally with the
Democrats in support of the motion.
The resolution was then adopted.
"And yet" said he, with vshem-
ence, eve are asked here to-day to
lay the bloody hand of confsca-
ton on millions of our population,
in order to supply the greed of
England. Will Congress do it, Will
you trample down the interests of
your own people and destroy the
value of one of the precious metals,
simply to crafty the greed of Wall
street, a mere agent of Lombard
street, 1t cannot; it shall not be
done. Applause.
Speaking for the masses of the
people of the Mississippi valley and
of the people west of it, l say you
shall not do it. [Renewed ap-
plause. And anybody or any party !
that undertakes to do it will, in Gods |
name; be trampled, as it ought to be,
in tho 6ust of cop5ao,p tion now