The sun., 1893-08-13
THE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
B.B5ER OF oBIo CHAMPIONS THE
CAUSE OF HONEST MONEY.

NJ, wouia Have Congress Repeal the shsr-
r., Act, Allow Rssks to Issue Circuia-
ito, to the Fall Ar,ount OF Their Bonds,
and Direct the Secretary ofthe Treasury
10 Provide for the Issus OF Goid
Ro,ds-1r. He,srfx Make. His Maiden
speech. tn Favor OF Uneo.dito.al Repeal.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 12.-when the House con-
yened this morning at IL o'clock there were
not more than 100 members In attendance.
and the audience In the galleries was a small
one The interest In the silver debate seems
already to be on the decline. action aud not
discussion being generally desired.
On motion Of Mr.. Richardson Dem.. Tenno
n resolution was adopted for the printing OF
10000 copies Of the Presidents message.
Tho silver debate was then resumed. and
Mr. Wheeler tDem.. Ala.l continued his speech
OF yesterday against repeal The moment the
Sherman act was repealed. he said, that mo-
ment there would not be o line or word In
the laws OF our country recognizing the coin
aga of silver. and there never would be during
our lives or the lives OF our children.
Mr. Wheeler was followed by Mr. Morse
Rep Mass.l He said that tho country had
como to two roads Sound finance beckoned it
on to national integrity and honor: FREQ silver
beckoned it on to financial ruin and distress.
He was heartily in favor Of repeating the pur-
chasing clause OF tho Sherman act, but the re-
mainder OF that act. declaring parity between
tho two metals was fine craftsmanship and
should stand.
Mr.. Harter Dem, Ohiol who was ono OF tho
leading anti silver men in the Fifty-second
Congress- took the floor in advocacy Of the re-
peal bill Ho disclaimed any idea OF PARTISAN
ship on this question. 1t was patriotic ques-
tion. II party gain was to accrue by saving
the country from its present situation he was
willing that the Republican party might have
it all He desired only TO lift the country out OF
the pit into which it had fallon. II in coming
to the Capitol this morning he had found in the
eutter a man In tho last stages Of alcoholism.
that man would have been taken to
hospital and his treatment would have
been agreed upon by competent physicians
But II that drunken man we're brought to this
House. thero would have been difference OF
opiniop. Tho doctor from Maryland tMr. Ray
nerl would have said that further alcohol
should be kept from him: that he needed good
nursing and possibly need OF the gold cure.
uaughter). But the doctor from Missouri tMr.
atandpoint % and would say that the man
needed moro alcohol. Here was Uncle Sam in
q condition in which he had never before ap-
reared before the nations Of tho world. At o
time whom he should be erect and prosperous.
iJnele Sam was In an almost comatose condi-
ton; and had been taken to this hospital for
Mr. Grosyenor tRer.. ohiol intsrrppted to IN.
quire what the gentleman would think q ths
Smpy stop the administrator Of liquor. but
who prescribed nothing for the future
M. Mr. Hartor replied that he WAS something OF
shomeopathist, and he believed that "a sSms %,1,e
a Tsu t
on this floor Of national and International rep
%sn Shas' oa RI svs
ss1ss s1 sossa Wou 0 5. rel to private o es
aa Tss asI Sh.s HI. ,.t {, ;asfs sna ss
MI M. Boatner Dem. La. Inquired whether the
Ss dld Hcs Rao" sn
replied s es hs Tss sh sss saf svsi st
Knew ton weeks ago; thsn he EneT ten days
e!srS question tho longer he lived. -,
e Hsr.s sad x ~ ;ha
tR act R6ad q BEEN @ passed By kePusliSss Gonse
aud Republican Senate. and had been ap-
s NHs .sfsd ps:don SsSns
% raise the i issue % 2, psssisaashlp. The Question
,Sl s1 % to be- Under the cir
sss; 70 introdues politics @ Into this discassisn.
q the e. ss Tst .g R
temper 81 the House to Keep this question out
MI. Henderson-oh.l let us be good tempered.
but let us be honest.
temper" he did not mean to use the words in
Would ssy
Sherman m he said that While thasiaw was "a not not
sherman. instead Fl being abused. ought to
have the grateful thanks Of the whole people.
he gfSs the Sse be oS
sa stnsen. % vhie had been Bought on BY tho the
tb Spd te q H.
Presidential chair. free coinage OF silver
measure could no moro control his signature
ha than gould the death warrant OF the Speaker OF
HsRdsrso1 Hsss1stsd in hi: question as
on ths S0inSse shouted several members
Prom the bsmocrasc side. " Viii vi the % Gentleman
be equally honest'
MI. Harter replied that he would answer as
0i the Democratic party had not been favora-
BILE to the FREQ coinage Of silvcr. nor had It
charged tho hepu bIicans with being favorable
Gratis nominated q man radically opposed to
ecirculattng as dollar any coin worth less
tind M,Sns Of man thsy nCminnted he dld not wish
Mr.. Harter. in conclusion. said that he would
nave Congress in its extraordinary session re-
peal the purchasing clause Of the present law,
aauthor@izs @ national banks to issue eirculatlon
20 the lul extent q their bonds and direct the
stecretary q the Treasury to provide for the
Mr.. Hendrix IDem. y. W was the next
speaker He said that he had been denomi-
mated here as o banker. He had been called a
gold bug. but he assured his friends that the
Only 0niy PIECE & OF G9id that he possessed was u $5
ieit,hsnd M troYsers pocket. and that he had OBJ
sgS; He was born in Missouri lie had rrown @ G"a sp
sna sHs ReSHe o n she west and he knew them
b. way OF the East. and lie rspresentsd d ian an
sppossusiI ssy z ths body Si gcns@sn
equ1lled In the history OF the lHndi
Iat ION fha