Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-17
WORDS, WORDS.
Continuation Of The Currency Discus
sion 10 Congress.
yOORHEESS RESOLUTION AGAIN POSTPONED
A Proposed Amendment Thereto Produces
Much Talk.
BRYAN AND HENDERSON.
Drawn Battle IN the House ne Regards
Free Coinsge-yirginia Congressman
uere-washington Gossip.
yOORHREyS RESOLUTION AGAIN POSTPONED
BRYAN AND HENDERSON.
fHr telegraph 70 tho Dispatch

WASHINGTON, August 16.-The Senate
spent only three hours IN session To-Day
hut that time was we'll filed up. Mr..
Vests bill appropriating 100000 for site
ard building in Washington TO be known
as the Hall of Records" was passed.
Then the bill to Increase the circulation
of national banks was taken up ana
POSTPONED till tomorrow tor the
reason that several senators had
informed Mr.. Voorhees, that they desired
more time TO prepare TO discuss II. but
before II was so laid aside an lmportaht
amendment was proposed 10 ~ py MI,
Cockreu: To authorize the redemption
lat par and accrued INTEREST," OF such per
cent bonds lover S25.0J0,0)0 IN alb as may
he offered and 70 authorize the issue or
new Treasury legal-tender notes In pay
ment therefor. ,,
The amendment produced considerable
discussion. Mr.. sherman condemnlng IL as
an unbusIness-li6e proposition and Mr.:
Cockrell expressing his amazement ana
modification that the friend and patron OF
the national banks the great gold mono
metalhst from Ohlo-should object to an
amendment that would increase the
amount Of currency III circulation.
Another amendment to the bill was
offered later on by Mr. Allen. OF Nebraska,
tor the cessation of interest on the bonds
ON which the increased natlonal-bank cir
cuiation should be based.
BERRY FOR THE DOUBLE STANDARD.
Mr, Berry. Of Arkansas. addressed the
Senate IN favor of the double STANDARD OF
rold and silver. IL was generally agreed,
he said, that the Sherman act was
thoroughly bad. 1t was law which
never should have been passed, and he
was particularly grauhed that not single
VA hpQn cast L
in the Senate or the House OF Repre-
sentatlves. In an evil hour for the country
The free.s4lYcr Republicans had parted
company with their friends on Tie Demo
cratic side of the chamber and had con-
sented to the passage OF the sherman act
ana tae repeal OF the Bland act. The re-
peal of the Sherman act, without other
LEGISLATION would, IN his opIn,on, place
the country upon gold basis wonid
lreyen: the future coinage OF dLS
,Iver. and forever practically de-
etTog silver as money. lie tAIf.
Er..A believed in the double stan l.
ard AID was not vi ling to cast his
..,u-, il .tandard OF money. Mr..
eull M d ut IN declared IN 1dvo' ut
usm. aA1 he Berry was confident
.. NV outstanding tae President = INT
ne to discuss timet uli,m il MS message,
he would approve any / i'll that repealed
the Sherman Jaw aud pro Vldei Tor the CIR
culntion of both gold and silver on sUch
terms Us would give them equal value.
Or. GALLINGER's PERSECUTION.
Tho Lodge resolution was taken mp with
tL, GaianSeT ancnum -ut 10 1t 10 the ell
1.ct that !. would ne uuwisc and lneXpe-
Gent 10 make any radical change III The
te-I.i prior 10 March, 1897. and Mir. Cal
Incer addressed the senate.
f,e dee d.ed himself reIiy TO vote at the
earliest possible moment Tor the repeal OF
the sherman act, though ne dlG not be-
love that that mucu-a bused law WAS
largely responsible for existing financial
evils. Ills prescription for the evils
adIctlng the body poiltIc he gave as FOL
lows:
Let the bill permitting banks to in
crease their circulation be enacted into
law. and LEI tins resolution and amend
muut be adopted and confidence IN our
finances will be NJ once restored both at
home and abroad; trade Will brighten,
and another era OF prosperity equal 70
the mary ilOus prosperity Of tue admins
ration of President HARRISON will
spc.dily come to the people OF the United
States
After brief executive session the Senate.
ut 3.lj. nd burned until TOMORROW.
Hop>r a. Representatives.
Tue debate in the House to-day on the
Wilson repeal bill began with but few pre-
tKepublican). of Massachusetts,. III favor
OF repeal of the purchasing clause OF the
Sherman bill, and was closed by Mr.. Moses
Qemocrat), of Georgia, In opposition
thereto. sandwiched between these two
sneeches were remarks by Alessrs CoombS
Qycmocratl OF New York. Bryan Demo
crqt), Of Nebraska. and Henderson (Re-
puUlican), of Iowa.
The first-named made an address from
business standpoint i'll favor of repeal Of
tho Sherman law. but Mr. Bryan made
the speech OF the day, and although he
occupied more than two hours in its
delivery he commanded the earnest atten-
ton of his colleagues throughout. He was
one Of the apostles of bimetallism, and
hls sympathizers regarded his arguments
"a unanswerab!e. But the same thing was
SAID OF the spesch of Mr.. Henderson by
the opponents of free COINAGE and taken
altogether the DAYS debate might be put
down in the category of drawn battle.
Mr.. BBYAN's REMARKS.
Mr. Bryan said that he would fully ac-
compllsh his purpose If he were able 10
impress upon the members or the House
the importance of the question which was
now under consideration. and to quicken
their appreciation of the grave response
bility which pressed upon them. Upon
the action OF this Congress might depend
not only the welfare OF the South and
United States, but the welfare of humani-
ty itself for ages to come. Some outside
of this hall had assumed that the recon-
mendation of the President imposed some
obligations upon Democratic members to
do as he desired and some had even been
hardy enough to suggest that failure to
fall In with the recommendations there
made would subject the dissenter to ad-
ministrative displessure. But those per-
sons did the President great injustice.
The President would not for q moment
forget the independence of the two
branches of Congress. Let the Presidents
own language rebuke those who would
from false fealty change their convictions
upon the subject IN order to conform TO
his suggestions.
In the message of 1885 to this Congress,
at the beginning of the first session, there
would be found these words: The
Jealous watchtulness of our constituents,
great and small. supplement their suf-
frages, and before the tribunals they
establish every public servant should be
judged"
DUTY TO CONSTITUENTS.
Among the many truths felicitously ex-
pressed by our President none disclosed o
truer sense and clearer conception of Off
cIal responsibility or spoke in clearer
terms of our duty to our constituents. In
1885 the same forces were at work as were
at work now. The same pressure was
brought to bear then as now. But he
called attention to the fact that the Demo-
cratic party, at that time in power. recog-
pized its duty to ITS constituency,
and be it said TO the credit of that
party that IN this House only thirty
three Democrats voted to sustain the
recommendation and 1870 stood by the in
terests of their constituents. 1t proved
that the Democratic party at that time re-
cognized that the suggestion of the Presi-
dent came for consideration and not for
control. And time had demonstrated that
these representatives. following the wishes
of their people. rejecting the sentiments
OF their constituency, were wiser than the
President, who recommended suspension.
THE MESSAGE MoNoMETALLIsTIc.
IL be could understand the language OF
the message, it meant but one thing. Ii
meant the burial Of silver. with no promise
of resurrection. II was the argument of
the gold standard. 1t led to universal
gold monometalhsm, to the realm over
whose door was written, Abandon hope,
all We who enter here"
There was but one way of bringing gold
from abroad Except the issuing OF gold
bonds) and that was TO sell our products
and secure the yellow metal Bat il we
established single gold standard il