The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-16
C0NGRtSSMEN TALK ON AND ON,
Grosvenor Accuses the Presi.
dent of Acid Partisanship.
Senator Gordon Proposes "A Scheme ror
suspending the Law Taxing State
Bank Notes and Says the Panic VIII
be Relieved In Fifteen Days-seuator
Vests Bill Goes Over Again.

IN the House to-day was not especially
important. 1t merely gave an oppor-
tunity for four members to give express
sion to their views. The most interest
ing speech, because it was really the
first Republican protest against free
coinage, was delivered by Mr.. Grosvenor,
OF Ohio, and which was lacking neither
in sarcasm nor satire.
Snodgrass, Dem. TENN made q
bitter assault on his colleague, Patter.
son, on account of the position taken
by that gentleman against free coinage.
After prayer and the reading and ap.
proval of the journal, Burrows offered
resolution giving Charles E. Belknsp
the right to contest the seat OF George
+. Richardson, from the Fifth district
of Michigan. MIR. Richardson asked
that the resolution be laid over till to-
morrow and 1t was 80 ordered.
Silver debate was then resumed.
Hutchinson CTexas) concluding his re-
marks began yesterday in favor OF free
coinage of silver. He attributed the
present business depression to the bulls
and bears of Wall street. The real
controversy was not gold versus silver,
but was money sgsinst credit-dollsrs
could not be obtained for industrial
enterprises because the dollars were
piled up in Wall street.
MIR. blanchard, in speaking in favor
OF free silver, reviewed the silver of the
country and quoted from both Demo-
cratic and Republican platforms and
expressed his opinion that II the Re-
publican platform meant ANYTHING, not
twenty Republicans would vote for the
Wilson bill. The Chicago platform had
dec AIRED for repeal Of the Sherman law
and then had declared for b.-metallism.
That portion OF the platform ought to
tie carried out in single bill and on a
bi-metallic standard. If the friends OF
silver yielded to the demand OF the gold
people, they yielded that which nothing
but resolution could regain.
II the purpose OF the gold people was
achieved, the minta would be stopped
to the coinage OF silver, and no method
was proposed to replace silver with
other currency. The United States had
reached point in wealth, pros perity
and industry that it could afford to lead
and not follow lApplause. This
country had declared its political liberty
in the days Of 1916; could it not now
proclaim its financial liberty?
Grosvenor (Rep., Ohio,) said it was
to be regretted that the President in
his message to Congress had not been
so void OF partisanship as he had asked
both Houses to do, was unfortunate.
that the executive Of the country,
looking forward to condition which
portended violent opposition to his
views, had seen I'll to first appeal to par.
tisanship and to unjustly proclaim to
the people that the present peril OF the
country grew out of the legislation of
the Republican party. II tho pending
debate should develop into a partisan
discussion, it's instigation would be
found in declarations of the President
himself. The President had declared
that the epublicanS had been RESPONSE.
bic for the present condition of affairs
and this declaration would be the origin
OF political discussion-it political dis
cussion there should be. Very little of
the present trouble, ne said, could be
traced to the Sherman act. Referring
to the sixteenth chapter of Leviticus,
called attention to the selection OF q
scapegoat and said that the Democratic
party could not select the Mckinley act
as scapegoat and so it had devoted tho
lamb TO the Lord and sent the silver
bill into the wilderness. Laughter).
The difficulty in which the country now
found itself was attributable TO the fact
that people feared tinkering with pro-
tective tariff by the Democrats party.
lie warned the Democrats that they
must come together on the question.
The Republicans could DO relied upon
to do their duty. This was their coun.
try and they could not afford to putin
hole. Applause.
Hall (Dem., Missouri,) spoke in favor
OF greater volume Of currency and of
the free coinage Of silver. The present
financial condition put the people OF the
United States absolutely at the mercv
OF men dealing in large financial trans
actions in the United States or in anv
other nation with which he held com
mercisl relations.
The present fight was between debtor
and creditor classes. The former we're
mum bered oy the millions, the latter by
the thousands. The Shylocks were de-
handing the pound OF flesh, while the
people we're asking Congress for relief.
and the men who refused to grant this
relief would be branded as traitors m
the people.
The House then, at o'clock, al
journed till tomorrow.
IN THE SENATE.
The important work in the senata
to day was the introduction by Mr.
Gordon OF his bill to suspend for sir
months the law which imposes tax of
10 per cent on notes Of the State banks.
Inc Dill, ne said, was not panacea for
all our Ills. but ne believed solemnly
that II 1t we're enacted it would end the
panic in fifteen days. 1t would be chiefly
instrumental in aiding the moving of
the cotton crop
The bill introduced yesterday for en-
aiding national banks to issue circula-
ton to the amount of the par value of
their bonds, was referred back from tho