The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-19
INFAVOR OF EREE COINAGE.
A Voice from the East Heard
in the House.
sILBEY TALKS FOR SILVER.
He Pays His Respects to the New
York Bankers.
His Address Was the Sensation of the
Day-Plain Reasons Given For the
Position He Takes-Increasing
Membership on Committees.

In6 east was nearQ IOr The I1rSG Time IN ple
House today in favor of the free coinage
of silver. The speaker was Joseph G.
Sibley, new member from Pennsylvania,
and his speech was the sensation of the
day. Sibley is the only member from the
Keystone state who is opposed to placing
the United States upon q single gold
standard, and who is firm advocate OF
bimetallism. He favored the proposition
of Johnson of Ohio, providing that hold
ers of United States bonds might deposit
those securities with the government and
receive therefor treasury notes. The
time had gone, he said, when the clear
ing houses of the great cities should
dominate and control the policy of 81
GOO, 600 workers in this land. He caused
tome laughter by the manner in which
he paid his respects to the New York Re-
form club, bankers and ''gold bugs.''
Since he (Sibley) had been in Washing
ton he had been asked why he, who was
comfortably off in this worlds goods and
coming from Pennsylvania, should take
the position that he now did. His reply
was that the people OF Pennsylvania
could still read, write and think. They
read their Bibles; and they know that the
command was just as true today as it had
been when it was thundered from Sinai.
s'Thou shalt not steal" Applause.
The gentleman in favor of the gold
standard said that England was against
bi-metallism and that France was against
it; that Germany was against it and even
the administration was against it.
[Laughter.] But no such opposition
could put out the spark of liberty on this
continent. Applause 1t was said that
odds were against the bi-metallists.
Granted. What then? Should they ask
for quarter and say that their work was
done? Say rather that greater glory
would be theirs if the field was won.
[Applause.l
At one time he had been gold mono
metallist, but he had studied the eues-
ton and was no longer, because he would
rather be honest than a monometalist.
| [Cheers, laughter and applause. 1t was
said that the Republicans were going to
| Join with the Democrats in repeating the
Sherman law. What Republicans and
what Democrats? Not the Republicans of
the east and the Democrats of the east,
but in his opinion the salvation of the
country depended upon the people who
were living west of the Alleganies and
south of the Mason and Dixon line. ZAP
plause.
On the other side of the question there
appeared another champion, Mr.. Everett,
of Massachusetts, who succeeds Mr..
Lodge. Haines, of New York, and Eng
lish, of New Jersey, both Democrats,
spoke in favor OF repeating the silver pur-
chasing clause, and jerry Simpson spoke
against it. Debate was suspended
for the time being in order to al
low Mr.. Catchings time to report
from the committee on rules.
a resolution authorizing the speakerI to
appoint various committees of the House.
| No additional committees were provided
for but an increase in the membership
was made in some of the more important
committees as follows:
The membership of the committees on
ways and means, appropriations, iudici-
ary, banking and Currency, coinage,
weights and measures, interstate and
foreign commerce, rivers and harbors,
and agriculture are increased from fifteen
to seventeen, and that of foreign affairs,
military and naval affairs, public lands,
Indian affairs, public buildings and
grounds, Pacific railroads and District OF
Columbia increased from thirteen to fif-
teen.
Hooker desired to offer an amendment
increasing the membership OF the COM
mittee on rules, but Mr.. Catchings de-
manded the previous question. The reso-
lation was then adopted and the silver
debate was resumed. Before Simpson
concluded his remarks the House took a
recess until s this evening, the session
being being devoted to debate on the sill
yer bill.
There were about 125 members present
when the House met this evening, Mr..
Simpson resuming his remarks. He de-
nounced the gold standard and predicted
/ that such a standard would produce q
revolution that would shake the govern
ment to its very foundation. He was op-
posed to a compromise on any ratio.
Mr.. Morgan, Democrat, of Missouri, adj
vccated the free coinage of silver.
Mr.. Talbot, Democrat, OF South Caro-
lima, appealed to the representatives O.
the people TO give the people free coinage
of silver. At the conclusion of Mr.. Tai.
bots remarks, the House at 1915 p. m :,
adjourned till tomorrow.