The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-25
dicated in the substitute, but Mr.. Wilson,
in charge of the bill objected.

The gentleman from South Dakota then
| asked consent to introduce on Monday,
Aug. rs, an amendment providing that If
all the substitutes and all the amend
ments be voted down, and the Wilson bill
be passed, the House shall proceed to vote
on House bill No. 2, providing for the free
coinage OF silver limited to the American
product, at ratios from 10 to up TO 20 to
!. This was objected to by Mr.. Tracy,
democrat, OF New York, because IL
changed the order agreed upon. Mr..
P1ckler then proceeded to criticise Presi-
dent Cleveland as being under English in
| tluence. MIR Cleveland he looked upon as
! the greatest convert to the ranks of gold
men, convert backed up and supported
by the London Missionary Society,"
In conclusion, Mr.. Pickler, whose time
had been extended three times, argued in
| favor of such legislation as would keep up
the volume Of currency upon which the
prosperity of the country depended.
MIR. HARTMAN GIVES NOTICE.
Messrs. Lucas of South Dakota, and
Hartman of Montana, both republicans,
spoke for free coinage, the latter inti-
mating that his people would not remain
protectionists if his party failed to OBJ
serve the bi-metallic plank in their plat
form.
Mr., Bathold, republican, of Missouri,
! declared for the repeal of the Sherman
law and the extension of bank circula-
tion.
Mr.. Houk, dem, of Ohio, spoke for un-
conditional repeal and Mr.. Heard, dem,
! of Missouri, against the Wilson bill, hold
| ing that the people were entitled to
something more.
Mr.. Dingley, rep, of Maine, advocated
the repeal Of the purchasing clause of the
| Sherman law.
| MIR. Caruth, dem, of New York, said
the President had discharged his duty
| The responsibility rested now on congress
and for one he did not desire to shirk
that responsibility. He stood here ready,
here and now TO cast his vote, without
| restriction, limitation or condition, for
the repeal of the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act.
MIR. Wilson, rep. of Ohio, was in favor
! OF the government maintaining the dOu-
| BILE standard. He would be glad to vote
| for ratio that would maintain the parity
! between the two metals. But il this
! privilege were denied him, there was bnt
one course left to him, and that was TO
vote for repeal.
! Mr.. Van Voorhees,, rep, of Now York.
! while advocating the repeal of the pur-
| chasing clause of the Sherman law, criti-
/ cised the Wilson bill, believing that all
the money the United States now had
should be maintained at parity,
! MIR. RUSSELL FOR FREE COINAGE.
Mr. Russell, dem, Of Georgia, was in
| favor of free coinage 1t had been said that
! Nero who had fiddled while Rome was
! burning; and now, when cotton and
| wheat were going down, the American
! congress was tiddling, consuming time
! telling the same tale over and over again,
and the people were in distress. This
was not fight between the republican
and democratic parties. II was fight
| between the money classes and the labor
ing classes.
Mr.. johnson, dem, of Ohio, vigorously
! advocated the passage of the Wilson bill
and declared himself to be monometal-
! list.
Mr.. Crawford, dem, of North Carolina,
! did not believe that the democratic party
was going TO do the thing that 1t was now
| pretending TO do. He believed when the
vote was taken the majority of the demo
Gratis would be found voting for free coin
| age.
Mr.. Pence, of Colorado, made a vigor-
Gus speech in favor of the free coinage of
silver, in which he avowed himself
pupil Of Messrs. Voorhees,, Cooper and
Bynum but said he had not, like his
teachers, forgotten his lessons
After several other gentlemen had
| spoken the House, at 40 O'Clock took
recess until s O'Clock.
HOUSE EVENING SESSION.
The first speaker after the recess was
Mr.. Swanson, democrat Of Virginia, q
new member He was in favor OF carry
ing out the Chicago platform. The peo-
pie that he represented had instructed
him to vote for the free and unqualified
coinage of silver. There was no excuse
for putting this nation on a gold basis.
The men who were advocating this
course were pretending to be
its friends, but were assign
ating silver. In accordance
with the instructions which he had re-
ceiyed from his constituents, in accordance
with his own convictions, out of the va
rious roads which met, he would go the
road that led TO the double standard;
that was the only road that could be
safely followed.
KNEW ONLY HOW TO RETIRE.
Mr.. Maddox, dem, Of Georgia, opposed
the Wilson bill, and declared that the
free silver democrats did not know how
to surrender; they knew how to retire.
Mr.. Grady, dem, of North Carolina,
spoke in favor Of free coinage.
Mr.. Milliken was for the speedy repeal
Of the purchasing clause
Mr. KEN, pop, Of Nebraska, was in
favor of free coinage and contended that
if the President and Secretary of the
Treasury had performed their duty there
would have been no encroaching on the
gold reserve.
TUT ONLY CoLORED MAN IN CONGRESS.
Then the floor was taken by George
Washington Murray of South Carolina
Mr.. Murray is the only representative of
the colored race in Congress. Judging by
his face there is not drop of white
blood running in his veins; but his voice
did not show his African origin. On the
sentiment of the pending question, he
said there were three distinct and some
what antagonistic elements. The first
class was composed of bankers and COM
mercial men, who controlled the cur
rency. The second class was composed
Of the owners Of silver mines and all the
coined bullion not in the possession of the
government The third class was com
posed Of the toiling and producing mil
lions. who were neither gold bugs nor sill
ver bugs Applausel To the last class
nearly all Of his constituents and his whole
race belonged. Applause In many re-
spects he represented a constituency Of
27S, ,000and herepresented a raceOf 8 100000
Applause He did not believe that the
great troubles now existing were attribu-
table TO the Sherman law His race had
felt the mailed hand long before 1890. He
attributed the distress of the contraction
of the circulating medium, and in his
opinion il could be relieved only by the
enlargement of the volume of money.
His constituency combined patriotism
with self-interest. Applause.l His race
believed that there was not enough money
in the world TO act as currency