The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-26

House. After u short executive session the
Senate adjourned until Monday.
DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
Burrows and Springer Speak for Repeal
from Opposite Points of View.
WAsHINGToN, Aug. 25.-The first un-
pleasantness over the silver debate in the
House occurred this morning. When Mr..
Burrows of Michigan. started to speak he
asked for an extension of his time to forty
minutes. Mr.. Bland objected TO this unless
the same privilege should be granted to Mr..
Marsh of Illinois, who was to follow Mr..
Burrows. 1t was instantly agreed by tho
other sido and all present that Mr.. March
should have forty minutes also. Mr.. Marsh.
however declared that he only wanted
thirty minutes. whereupon Mr.. Bland in
sisted that Mr.. Burrows should be limited
to thirty minutes also. Mr.. Burrows
courteOusly renewed his request for forty
minutes and MIR. Bland again objected.
Then Mr.. Burrows politely stated TO the
Speaker that if be was to be limited to five
minutes he wOuld decline the recognition
which had been so kindly accorded him
and would not speak. This announcement
was greeted with round of applause from
tho Republican mem bers. and Mr. Burrows
took his seat. Several member gathered
around Mr.. Bland. and after some coaxing
Burrows proceeded.
The debate on the silver question will
close In the House tomorrow. For this oc-
casion Messrs. Wilson and Bland have as.
selected the speakers. In support of the
bill to repeal the purchasing clause of the
Sherman acr. Messrs. Wilson. Bourke
Cochran, Reed. Fellows. Clark of Ala
Wilson's slate up to tonight. Mr.. Reed
WILL take the tOor at the opening OF the
session at 10 O'Clock. For the substitute
providing for the free coinage OF silver,
esns of Missouri. oS Williams Of illinois, cuI6or
son and John Allen of Mississippi will
speak. beside Mr. Bland. The last named
gentleman and Mr.. Wilson expect to speak
before tho recess at O'clock. General
Tracey and MIR. Fellows will speak at the
night session.
BURROWS QUOTES HARRISON.
The first speakers to-day were Messrs
Bowers. Dockery, Moore and Cobb. Then
came Mr.. Burrows, who advocated repeal
aud was opposed to free coinage. He first
reviewed she alarming business condi-
tom of the country. as pictured in Pres-
dent Cleveland's late message. Then he
said: "On the 9th of last December-less
than three months prior to the time this
Democratic administration was inaugural
ed-there was read from the Clerks desk
message from BENJAMIN Harrison, the then
outgoing President Of the United States.
giving picture of the condition of the
country In striking contrast to that pre-
sented to-day. In that message President
Harrison said:
"In submitting my annual message to Con-
gress have great satisfaction in being able to
say that the general conditions affecting the
commercial and industrial interests OF the United
States are. in the highest degree. favorable.
comparison of the existing conditions with those
of the mos. favored period in the history OF the
country will. believe. show that so high de-
gree of prosperity and so general a diffusion Of
the comforts of life were mover before enjoyed
by our people"
Dir. Burrows continued to quote from tho
message Of President Harrison. in order to
show that the country was much more
prosperous than at present. and cited pas.
sages from Mr.. Harrison's message upon
which to base his opinions. AZ the close of
HarrisOns administration. he said. there
was prosperity in the Nation. What had
wrought the appalling changei What was
1t that. in the brief space of six months.
had plunged this Nation, with oil Its In dus-
trial interests, from the summit of pros
perity and hope to the depths of adversely
and cespairi He suggested that those citI;
Zens who nine months ago. were deluded
with the idea of the necessity for a change
had, by this time. the full measure of their
desires gratiied-unless they had an appe-
tite for misfortunes which no calamity
| could appease and no disaster satisfy.
Mr.. Burrows was frank to admit that the
| Sherman La W in its practical workings had
| been disappointment to Its friends. yet he
did not believe that it was responsible to
| any considerable degree for the deplorable
! condition In which We f0nnd ourselves to.
| day. Not until after the presidential cleo
tion last November did the business in
! forests of the country take alarm. and
| stringency in the money markets began to
appear. If the operations of the law were
| the fruitful source of all the disaster we
witnessed to-day was 1t not q little remark
| able that IL was not made manifest during
the first two years OF Its existencef He
could not believe that onr deDlorable con-
| dition was to be attributed TO an act which
| increased the circulation of this country
more than S3.OO0OOO month in good.
sound currency; and he could not
| out of employment and into the
street because of the bad character of our
money. He did not believe that men and
| women hid money, as they were doing to.
| day and had been doing for the last sixty
| days. because they had any suspicions a
| TO the soundness of that currency. He did
not believe that great business en- nterpriees
! had been abandoned. great industries shue
! down because OF a suspicion that our money
| was not safe. The fact was that at this
| very moment our entire volume of our
rcncy. whether of gold. silver or paper.
was worth 100 cents on dollar. every dol
lar being kept at n parity with every other
! dollar. tie was constrained 10 believe that
the real cause of this widespread business
depression was attributable chiefly to the
hostility of the Democratic party toward
our protective policy. under W hich for the
last thirty years the Nation had wrought
Its marvellous industrial independence.
| This money stringeu cy. whiob was OF
recent date. was preceded by business
parays sis all over the country. AS soon as
| the result of the last presidential election
was known, and that the people had actu-
ally affirmed the declaration of the Demo-
| cratic platform that n protective tariff was
stpua mt nj hat har ftarx
TO have tariff for revenue only" with
no element of protection In it, that moment
| the manufacturers had put out their fires.
labor had been reduced in it's EN- ploy ment
| or wholly discharged. and men had aban-
doDed the great business enterprises which
! they had ccnten plated, and IN every
| way curtaileG their expenses that
they might save something from
| he raI wraek w hi0h waa sura IN fol.