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and giving US the amount of coinape nro-

| ana giving US the amount of coinage pro.
vided for in it,"
Il have always believed" Mr. Sherman
repeated, that the continued purchase OF
silver under the Bland-Allison act or under
the act of 1892 would unquestionably bring
us TO time when gold would disappear
from circulation and silver be the only
standard. The Bland-Allison act was inf
nItely better than the Bland act The act
or 1880 would tend In the same direction and
Wouio' undoubtedly, in time bring US to the
That has always been my opinion: and
tnere1ore IT Is that after an experiment Of
three years. have this year advocated the
abandonment of that policy"
There was some further colloouv on this
point, but 1T was mainly repetition of what
had preceded.
Mr.. Harris Continues,
Mr.. Harris went on to argue against the
repeal bill, and said that if the Sherman act
were repealed that would be the last recog-
milton Of silver as money. And he quoted
from speech made by Mr. Voorhees, in the
Senate last February, stating that he would
have voted for q bill then pending to repeal
the Sherman act had it not been for The
/. fact that such repeal would have demon
'etized silver and left it unsupported by one
word of legislation. The quotation went on ::
II thought it outrage to ask men like
myself and others to absolutely sweep from
under the silver currency every vestige of
law. That is not what we meant at Chi
cago.'
1t had been also added by Mr. Voorhees,
that the repeal of tie Sherman act must
be in connection with something better"
A Warming to Mr.. Voorhees,.
These declarations of the Senator from
Indiana, Mr.. Harris said, express my opin-
ion of this question today. so much more
tersely, and SO much better than l can do
it myself, that reproduce them in his own
words. believing. as do, that the pending
bill absolutely denonetizes silver and leaves
1t supported by not one word of legislation
And L say to the senator from Indiana that
when he passes this bill, he does, in effect,
demonetiZe silver and leave 1t supported by
no law. He will find also that the most
earnest or ffS friends now In passing will
be the most earnest and active and deter
mined opponents of any measure that may
be presented proposing to utilize silver in
any way or to any extent. OF that 1 am
supremely confident. When the Senator
from Indiana shall have passed the bill,
with the aid of republican votes and of
democratic contingent, he will find himself
utterly powerless to enact any other law for
the use of silver, or for the repeal of the 10
per cent tax on state banks. Most of those
who aid him now will not do so then. Pass
this bill, and they will have accomplished
their object, and will then desert. And we
shall pass no other bill on the financial
question.
This is a trap which do not intend to be
caught in; i will not consent to this bill be-
ShcItCO uiiCSS, anu CHl1l, tDeTe Is IN
corporated in it a measure that will give
To the debtor and purchasing classes suffi-
cient volume of money to enable them to
pay their debts on terms equal to those
existing at the time the debts were con-
tracted 1 prefer to do now what. and all
that, is necessary to be done on the fnan-
cial question
In conclusion Mr.. Harris said: II am
ready to accept any fair and reasonable
compromise. More than that, l cannot and
will not say on this point. l will vote for
every amendment in harmony with the
views which j have expressed. And If l
snail De forced to come to direct vote on
the question of unconditional repeal (Which
this bill means as it now stands) l shall
vote against it's passage.
THE HOUSE.
The Speaker laid before the House a COM
munication from the Secretary of the
Treasury in response to a resolution call
Ing for information as to the instructions
given to collectors. &c, relative to the en-
forcement Of the Chinese exclusion law.
Referred.
MIR. Oates (Ala) asked unanimous con-
sent for the present consideration of joint
resolution authorizing the President to de-
tail an army officer to discharge the duties
of instructor at the University of Alabama
Mr.: Hopkins Qll) thought that there
should be general statute passed increas-
iHS lIle OF military instructors that
might be detailed to the various colleges
and Mr.. Dingley (Me) sustained him in
this view.
Mr.. Oates was also in favor Of a general
law. but that would take some time to pass
and the college to which he referred opened
next Monday
But Mr. Simpson Ckan.) objected to Mr..
Oates request.
The Election Repeal Bill.
Neither of the calls of the committees
were productive of result. and the House
resumed the considera ton of the federal
election repeal bill.
MIR. Lacey Qowa) characterized the meas
ure as an unseemly bill brought in at an
unseemly time. This extraordinary session
had been called on account of the financial
condition of the country. Some thought
that this had been brought about by the
election Of 1892; some thought that it had
been brought about by the tariff. Instead
of meeting the financial question as it
should be met, instead of bringing forward
bill TO revise the tariff (Which the people
were told was an atrocity) this bill was
thrust upon the country Unexpectedly and
wholly uncalled for. For what reason was
this action taken by the majority? There
was difference in the democrat tic party
over the silver question. it was necessary
to do something to get the democrats to-
gether. and the federal election repeal bill
had been brought forward the war cry
around which the party could rally. This
was thc ohiy pun pOSe ne COuiu see 1Cr
bringing the bill forward at this time The
pending measure should be entitled a bill
for the protection of corruption and in
iquity at elections. That would be it's
effect.
A Difference.
Mr.. Lecey then proceeded to criticise the
election methods pursued in certain dis
tricts of South Carolina.
Mr.. Talbert Is. c. denied the general
tone of the gentleman's remarks.
Mr.. Lacey-I am glad the gentleman de-
nieS the tone of my remarks instead of the
facts. l am responsible for the tone Of
remarks; the facts speak for themselves.
Uaughter).
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Lacey's speech
Mr.. De Almond (Mo.) took the floor in ad-
vocacy Of the bill.
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