New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-22
DOWNCAST FREE-SILFEh NEN.
THEY THINK DEFEAT INEVITABLE IN lhf'
HOUSE.
~ THE SENATE lies THE Only HOPE FOR FREE
COINAGE-TIIE FRIENDS or REPEAL
IN TRIUMPHANT MOOD.
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yosb,np,on. Aug 2l.-The free-coinage men II,
the House of Representatives who are pes' '"io NJ
Tn REGARD to the situation nave not thrown up 'he
snonge but they virtually admit in private oo"'e
sa,ton amonV thamgcIves that their defeat IL III
evitable. and that their only hope Is IN 'he "'"'
moss and power OF endurance OF the Champions u
SILVER In the Senate. - a..
The debate in the House to-day draese" ." -"
tre.silver side and there was a note OF eNpe0'eu
,r,unph in the speeches of the members WIN spun
f., favor of unconditional repeal. The attehhahce
wss larger than usual on account OF the eNpe.'"
,,on that the committees would be ahrouhSe'' o'
th. speeches attracted little attention. desP''e u
fact that several Of them, notably 'hose VI WI
pouers Of Vermont and Mr.. Sperry. of connecu-
Ont in favor OF repeal. were both ao'e anu NV"
estlne. II was arranged that debate uhd'' '"e
ove.,ninute rule should occupy only Thursday ana
Friday and that the general debate shou'u pe
sumed and closed on the foiiowihs uaS !. 90
royal IL therefore expected on SaturuaS' "''o'9''
several strong debaters will be heard between no"
and Thursday ,,, 49,
ona y, rho sneakers In favor OF unconditional re-
rosI today was Mr. Cooper OF Indiana another
democratic Representative who mas experienced
conversion from free coinage WITHIN the last TOUR
or five months. He spoke with great earhes'heSS'
ISN'T HE \ DANDY
After the reading OF the journal Mr Powers u'ep'
VIZ took the floor in support OF the repea' VI VI"
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70 the Chicago platform and to the Interpretation
,I,ced unon IL by various Democrats. The gentle-
man from Pennsylvania (Air Sibley) had referred
IN th. Saviour Of mankind as the hrst Democrat
and had taken utterances OF the saviour Us MS
platform; the gentleman from MASSACHUSETTS, '"''
EveretO had taken Grover Cleveland as ms pat
form and had gone around his district singing AT
rho ton OF his voice "Oh. isn't he a dandy" Mr..
Powers went on to argue that the purchasing
clause Of the Sherman act war vicious Ill pric'p'e
and dangerous IN application IT free coinage were
adopted the gold bugs could the market Just
s easily as they could to-day. II did not do merely
10 say that the Republican party was respohS'pie
for IT, The only solution OF the pfopieih was d'
once to suspend the coinage of silver when 'ne
World had discarded until we could bring the world
to It's senses Then the nations OF the world wou'o
come to recognize that there was not enough soia
IN the world to act currency, and they woud
come to a bimetallic basis
Mr. Hooker dem, Miss) opposed the uncon-
dltional repeal OF the purchasing clause The Presi
dent smoke about restoring confidence. Where was
confidence lacking? 1t was not In the great masses
OF the people; II was In the great money ins'itu-
tons OF the country that locked up the currency
II labor was distressed 1t attributable to the
action of the banks. The repeal OF the sherman
law would not restore trade or commerce. nor
would II relieve the wage The present de-
preston was not attributable 30 much to the Sher-
man act as the Mckinley act lie wouid ADMIT
that the free coinage of silver would not give ab-
solute relief but he contended that 1t would give
relief to very great extent
SATURDAY TOR GENERAL DEBATE.
The debate was then suspended to allow the
Speaker to announce the standing and select COM
/ mittees for the present Congress. Then, on mo-
ton of Mr. Bland, Saturday next was set apart
for general debate on the Wilson DILL instead OIL
debate under the fve-mnute guile
Mr. Cooper Dem, Ind spoke in opposition to
the free coinage OF silver. lie would rather FAVOR
policy which would give the country a safe, stable
currency, than enter upon experiments at this time
II Congress repealed the purchasing clause 1t would
not strike down Kill silver. In his opinion II
would lift up silver and make 1t the equal of gold
lie suspected that the arguments that this course
would strike down silver meant that 1t would
strike down the silver industry and not the silver
| money. He then argued In support or the PROPOSE
ton to repeal the tax on State banks.
Mr. Alexander Dem. n. c. advocated free-silver
coinage. and spoke for a larger currency II some
relief not given to the country there might
be trouble. But he did not think that the repeal
of the Sherman act nor the abolition or the tax
upon State banks would give this relief.
Mr.. Sperry Dem, Comm opposed free coinage
and advocated the Wilson bill He called atten-
ton to the fact that when the ratio OF 10 to was
adopted the fight upon the question whether
the ratio should be l5% to 1 or l6 to 1. Now the
silver men did not seem TO care whether the ratio
should be 10 or 70.
Mr. COX Tenn argued against The pending
pie Of his district had been subjected since the war.
weight vote h
was spsahkns he said " behalf Of the poor eOorsd
other side might claim to control the negroes, at
last the negroes had got to the other side:
the reason the gentleman spoke for them. ''0' WIS
! Mr.. Cox replied that he had come to the con-