The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-15

! than they arc from oil other causes com pinned
gold standard at the expense OF Justice. give
| gold"
| Mr. Villas Dem Wis., asked Mr.. Jones
disturbance IL free coinage were given to all
yer at the rate OF 10 70 l. -, ,,,-
will tell me what he fears. and will describe to
ne the Kind Of fear he hs, We vii argue ,s about
minutes after FREQ rec coinage bill became law
WOULD stay there.
,Mr NiiasI,M9uId not the owners OF silver In
their silver here to DO coined into dollars which
wSnd be ssniv9lSnt to gold boo, mil, 70 find
nn ar 81 b, tss ao m So
WtscoTpSn knows VINO they are:
Mr; Niiasnti AZ the senator meyer heard OF
the Si9ooooooo OF silver III the Bank OF
ff ap fopes-Tbe .o,s o, that silver would 70.
here at The Iato Of rs to the holder would
Mr. ,Iilas.Ihe nriee OF silver is not more
than 10 per cent. OF the Price Of gold | ask;
this country for 90 per cent, OF it's yalueY
Mr E, Jones' presume that an artificial panic
M @ and i the b %ai sGO
Mr.; Nilasmw9uld not the true remedy for the
to withdraw the legal tender quality from that
metal, and to leave both metals OH the same
Mr.. lone;sIThc Senator from Wisconsin ar
cues as ~ l mad SAID that there would pc
panic on account OF free coinage. There would
silver OF France is selling to-day Tor sl.32 an
olpce;, ,,.,,,,p ,,,,,
Mr.: Jones-ies. OF course In tho price OF
e!e syIysr sSu,on in Franco" sod Mr. A,srich
sells !at the same price as in the United
S'ates ,, =, IT,. ,..n, ,
Tor 100 times its mark value IN the same
sa M Mr. nr A,drHIGn. and :. ,,r,d ,o Oh. ANNA
WHY not" Mr. Iloar asked, give free coin
age to nickel r. :.
the Senator from Wisconsin NJ Nilns,. but he
In the mime of all the gods. ask. where is the
surnlsn Of silver Renewed laughter
attention, had procede for some time longer.
MIR. HI DEM n " INTERVIEWED with re,
further. and coninSe Hiss his speech e in his own
way >y,,
thank the Senator from New York. " said
He was soon however. engaged in an argu- |
ment with MIR. Aldrich !Rep.. + IL. who cues
were not %; 100000 ounces Of uncoined silver |
bul! ion in the word. Mr., Aldrich road from
recent speech OF Mr.. Balfour's. in which the |
uncoined silver bullion In !rdia was estimated |
at between l3O.OOO.OOO and 200 OOOOOO pounds |
sterling. and he asked whether. II there was |
free coinage Of silver In the United States.mak-
Ing the value of silver Sl.2o an ounce in gold. |
hat vast amount Of silver would not flow into !!
tho United States
Mr.. Jones's answer was that the silver In |
India WAS laid way in the shape Of charms
and idols What want to know is," he
added. with what the silver would be paid
for even II Il it were brought here"
"Goldp Mr.. Aldrich replied.
Tho people OF India do not want gold"
said Mr.. Jones' What would they 10 with it
after they had it?"
MIR. Jones began his speech shortly before /
clock: For the first two hours he confined
himsel closely to the typewriter sheets
VIII ch he had lying on the desk before him.
and which he took up page by page and read
very rapidly from the third level Of the centre
his high reputation for a thorough knowledge
ot the subject which he was discussing
obtained for him a degree OF attention that
had not been accorded to any other speaker
since Mr. Voorhees, made his opening argu-
npnt for the bill. There were between sixty
md seventy Senators in their seats. all of them
With their chairs wheeled around SO as to face
he speaker And when. after more than two
hours reading he abandoned his prepared
speech in order to meet objections aud argu-
nents and to answer the questions which were
,ut to him from both Sides tho scene became
,uite dramatic and the interest Intensified.
The cham Der was crowded. There was a line
II listeners. including many mem bers of Con.