Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-09-02

debate on silver began this morning
with speech by Waugh fer repsal as
in the interest Of bimetallism.
Somers favored oimetsllism but
would vote for unconditional repeal.
Johnson spoke for silver.
Picker asked unanimous con ent to
change SO as to take vote Monday on
the amendment confining free coinage
to the American product; objected to.
Pickler then tried to arrange for a
vote on the American product free
coinage proposition, efter Wilson passed,
but objection was again made. He III n
proceeded to criticize President Cleve-
land as being under English influence.
Lucas and Har man, spoke ;or free
coinage and Bartlodt declared for repe |.
Houok favored unconditional repeal
and Heard spoke against Wilson bill.
As the close of the debate on the
financial issue in tho house draws near,
it is apparent that the s Ter men have
been outxitted t. slight extent by the
| repeating forces in the matter of the al
lotment OF time. Stone, Dalzell, Turner
and Cummings today spoke In favor of
| the repeal OF the Sherman law, but not
| one had that act RESPONSE Die for the
| present business depression. Hatch, In
| speaking in favor of free coinage, advC-
| Gated a caucus of the democrats of the
house and senate to interpret the Chi
ego platform.
| AN ILLINOIS BIMETALLIst.
| Cannon, of Illinois, created surprise
| by speaking against the repeal of the
| Sherman law. The country was 10 a
bad condition, but he did not think the
case had been properly diagnosed.
| Under tie Sherman act and under the
| Bland act there had gone into the cur
rency S3OO,OOO,OO0 OF silver, as good rs
gold, redeemable in gold and circulating
side by side with gold. He wanted both
metals and he wanted both to be kept
on parity. He would 1T the purchas-
ing clause of the Sherman law stand
until tie democratic side of the house
would meet the republican side and
enact measure that would utilize all
the silver in the treasury at it's CONNER
cial value. His Judgment was against
| the Wilson bill and he would vots
| against it. Silver had been, was now
and always would be one of the metals
Oh tne WOrlu. lApptduSel
Mcguire spoke in opposition to the
| unconditional repeal of the Sherman
law and protested against hasty action.
After few other speeches the house
| took a recess until o'clock this even
| ing.
Hoar called up the national bank bill
| this afternoon and made an argument
| against Buffers amendment repe4ling
Z hn fan 80 l. l.
| lation. After Hears speech the bill
was laid aside without action, and the
| committee on privileges and elections in
| favor OF seating Lee Mantle as senator
from Montana was taken up.
The deb.te closed by H0ar in favor of
the majority report. Then at 5:l5 a
vote was taken on the substitute offered
by Vance, declaring that Mantle was not
entitled to seat. Vote, thirty two yeas,
twenty-five nays. The substitute was
agreed to. The senste then adjourned
until tomorrow, leaving the Lee Mantle
case still open.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-The second
day of fve-minute debate in the house
on the silver bill began this morning
and will probably last TILL midnight.
Perdleton, of Texas, and Bowers, of
California, spoke in favor of free coinage.
Dockery, of Missouri, and Moon, of
Michigan, for bimetallism.
Cobb, of Alabama, opposed uncondi-
tional repeal.
Burrows, of Michigan advocated
repeal and opposes free coinage He
laid the blame on the present financial
distress at the door of the democratic
party.
IN THE SENATE.
There is much hostility in the senate
to the bill to increase the circulation of
national banks to par value of bonds |
deposited. 1t is not though the measure
will ever reach vote.
TWENTY To ONE PROFITABLE.
Vest sent to the clerks desk and had |
T, ad communication from the director |
OF the mint giving st1tistics of the |
quantity of silver bulli purchased |
since 1873, the date of the Bldnd-AliI- |
son act. and the cost of the amount |
coined. Vest summed up all these
fieures TO chow that if all silver dollars
and subsidiary silver were rescipded at
the ratio proposed in enc bill twenty to
one) there would still be profit to the
treasury on the whole silver transaction
since 1878 OF Sl5,25000C.
He intimated pretty broadly that Car
Isle, in his letter to Senator voorhees,
on the same subject, had not treated the
subject fairly. Hill, of New York, then
made speech.
HILL FOR FIFTEEN AND HALF TO oNF.
Hill said there were some who d d not
agree With the president that the finan-
cal millennium was to come with the re-
peal Of the Sherman law. He believed
the present condition of affairs due to
three causes.
First, it was the result of many years
of real or fictitious prosperity.
Second, to q concerted effort on the
part of monometallists TO produce it N
order to discredit it.
Third, the silver purchase law.
He did not believe that simply the re-
peal of the Sherman law would remedy
matters. He was a bimetalist end
stood for free coinage at proper ratio.
A permanent remedy for our financial
difficulty was TO return to bimetallism
that existed prior to 1873. The ratio
should be fifteen and half to one, the
same as in the l. tin union.
He should refuse to follow the foot
steps of any administration that sought
to place the democratic party in false
position and lead 1T into the very camp
OF the enemy. The president was rely {