The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-24
UNIMPORTANT DAY IN CONGRESS
Representatives Express Their
Opinions in Short Speeches.
The Bank Bills are Discussed In the
Senate hut no Action on Either is
Taken-The Mantle Case, Too, Still I'm
misunderstanding Dono In the Houses
Evening Session.


met at 10 o'clock, but it's proceedings
were not opened with prayer, the chap,
lain not having been advised of the
change of the hour of meeting.
G. w. Stone (Rep., Pa was the first
speaker this morning upon the silver
question. This question, he said, was
TOO serious to justify appeal to pre-.
JUDGE or to partisan feeling. What
party platforms might have said; what
parties might have done in the past
mattered not.
Had the present administration. he
SAID, instead of acting in a weak, vacil-
lating manner, sternly and un flinchingly
announced its intention to keep every
dollar equal in value to any other dol.
lar, the apprehension and feeling Of
danger throughout the country would
have been greatly alleviated. He would
vote for the repeal because it might in
some degree relieve the distress, but he
did not attribute to the Sherman law
the existing condition of affairs. He
argued against the free coinage of silver.
Ryan, dem. N. Y.,) announced his
intention to vote against each and every
substitute offered by the gentleman
from Missouri, (Bland), and to cast his
vote for unconditional repeal of tho
purchasing clause of Sherman act.
Fitch, (Dem., N. w believed in the
party platform but, between the de
mands OF political platforms, made be-
fore the present emergency arose, and
the demands OF working mon and the
starving people. II no had to take his
choice no would let the platform drop.
(Applause.)
Dalzell (Rep, Pa spoke in favor Of
the repeal bill, but did not hold the
sherman law responsible for tho pres
ent business depression. He also op-
posed free silver coinage.
Hatch (Dem., Miss.), said that no
man had moro supreme contempt for
the Sherman law than he. He had de-
nounced it, he had voted against it,
but in connection with it's repeal there
should be some attemp pit to relieve tho
people and to move the great crops of
tho country, which are now lying in
storehouses because there was no money
to move them.
He criticised the action of Now York
banks and declared that every one of
them had openly and outrageously
Violated the law for tho past thirty
days. The remedy WAS to coin the
silver bullion of the Treasury He
then spoke in the most eulogistic
terms Of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers.
Cummings. (Dem., N. " spoke in de-
Tense of the Democracy of his State.
His time expired, % Fitch asked that it
be extended one minute. Kyle (Dem :,
Miss.) objected, which objection drew
forth remarks from Cummings. A
Mississippian had attached New York
and Mississippian prevented reply,
but Turner (Dem., Ga.), who was mex
entitled to the floor, yielded to Cum
mings, who continued in his defense.
Turner (Ga.) would vote for the repeal
OF the purchasing clause Of the Sherman
law. but he would also vote for the free
coinage of silver at the highest ratio
proposed. But he did not believe either
the repeal of the purchasing clause or
the free coinage of silver would restore
confidence
Coffin dem, Wyo.) said that tho
present conflict was between the people
on one side and the plutocray on the
other. He spoke in favor of the free
coinage.
Taylor (Rep., TENN announced him
self in favor Of free coinage.
Cannon (Rep.) spoke against the
the repeal Of the Sherman law.
Walker (Rep., Mass addressed the
House in favor of Of the Wilson bill
and in advocacy of the unconditional
repeal OF the purchasing clause.
Mcguire (Dem., CALI spoke in oppo.
sition to the unconditional repeal of the
Sherman law and protested against
hasty action.
Bell (Dem., Tex spoke in favor of
bimetallisn and il favor Of free coinage
of silver.
Hicks Rep, Pay while advocating
the Wilson bill attributed tho present
depression to fea- of Democratic tinker
ing with the tariff
The House then at $50 took recess
until o'clock.
EVENING SESSION OF THE HOUSE.
After recess. Hunter dem. III. J, took
the floor. He said that he would vote
for the Wilson bill as an alternative,
although he greatly preferred the
Bland substitute.
Dun dem. advocated the repeal Of
the purchasing clause.
Hall (Dem., Minn.) advocated repeal.
Ikert (Dem., Ohio held that criticism
OF President Cleveland, based ON as
sumption that he was opposed to silver
as money on proper ratio, was prema.
ture at this time, for nowhere has the
President so declared.
McDearman (Dem., Tenn. paid high
tribute to the patriotism and integrity
of the President, but regretted that in
this instance he was unable to follow
his lead and should BIO obliged to vote
against the Wilson bill.
Harris (Pop) did not know all the
knowledge of monetary science was
confined to Shylocks and Captain Kids
and that the agriculturists of the West
were ignorant.