Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14
STILL rAIKIrG ON SILVER.

NkM&k AM VUMkA 1 STILL TALKING ON SILVER.
 The Bland seignioraxe Bill Taken
 Up in the House and Discussed by : Several Members.
 wAsHrNaToH, Feb. IS. Immediately
 after the journal had been read and ap- proved the Hawaiian correspondence sent to the house yesterday afternoon, which arrived during the delivery of eulogiss
 upon the late Senator Stanford, was read at the suggestion of Mr. Burrows. rep. of Michigan. The presidents note of trans initial and the accompanying documents were referred to the committee on foreign affairs.
 Nr. Hit, rep. of Illinois, asked If the clerk had not omitted to read the lsttsr from Preaident Dole to Minister Willis, which was referred to in the correspond ence. The clerk stated that he had read all the papers which had been submitted.
 MT. Reed, rep. of Maine, remarked that they had no special delivery stamps in Hawaii, and President Dole's letter had probably been delayed en route.
 The seigniorage bill was taken up and Ar. Bland, dem, of Missouri, asked unan- imous consent that general debate should general objection was made on the repub-
 ican side and there was c demand for the regular order. Accordingly the seisniorags bill was taken under consideration and Ar. Kilgore, dem., of Texas, resumed the re- marks which he begun last Friday.
 He favored the bill and said that It's ef- feet would be to remove the pressure which now prevails upon the gold reserve and place portion of 1t upon silver, where aid the government in maintaining the par ity between the two metals, notwithstand- ing the wide variance In their value as com mercial commodities.
 Mr. Bell, dem., of Tennessee, spoke In favor of the bill. He believed that the ex- travsgance of the last administration was responsible for the financial distress of the present one.
 MT. Johnson, rep., of North Dakots. said that the bill in its effect would not only destroy the parity between gold and silver but the different issues of paper money. MT. Bankhesd, dem, of Alabama, spoke l in favor of the bill. He did not believe 1t possible that the secretary of the treasury could accumulate and maintain sufficient | volume of gold with which to redeem cur rency, but that silver should also bs made available for the purposes of redemption. MT Densop, dem., of Alabams, favored the bill. He said the financial depression affected only the laboring man and indus trial classes. The rich were exempt from the evil effects of hard times. The repeal of the Sherman act had brought no relief, but the condition of the poor had steadily grown worse. MT. Coombs, dsm., of North Carolina, said that his views differed from those of a majority of his colleagues. He would consider the bill from the standpoint of q business man.
 MT. Bland, dem., of Missouri, called at. l tention to the fact that all of the speakers had asked permission to continue their re. l marks in tho record, and he hoped that no further requests would be made.
 Chairman Hatch informed him that the list of speakers ct present embraced more than forty names. Mr. Bland stated that he would try and secure an agreement by which general debate would close at o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
 Nr. Culberson, dem., of Texss, favored the bill
 MT. Bland asked unanimous consent that | general debate shall close at o'clock to- | morrow, but objection was made.
 MT. Warner, dem, of New York, op. posed the bill. He said that the democratic | party was not responsible for the present | distressing financial condition of the gov | ernment. It vas republican extravaganza | that had bsnkrupted the treasury. The | democratic party must straighten out mat ters. But 1t was proposed to increase the | enormous volume of paper currency by an | addition of $55, 900, 900. In New York and | Boston there was plethora of currency which the banks were trying in vain to | of al Ir~ | the unfortunate laws in operation.
 MT. Bland offered An amendment to one | section of the bill changing the phraseolo- | gy SO as to provide "thst ss fsst as the | bullion shall be coined for the redemption | of said notes the notes shsll not be re | issued but shall bs cancelled and destroyed | in amounts equal to the coin held at any time in the treasury derived from the | coinsgs herein provided for" This change | does not interfere with the redemption of | Sherman notes with silver dollars and ! their cancellation.
 The house then adjourned.
 IN THE SENATE.
 In his speech on the Hawaiian question to day in the senate Senator Gray said: | "A good deal has been said about the haul | ing down of the American flag in Hono- lulu. When the American flag is hauled up by the order of a democratic president, it will be hauled up under circumstances that will keep 1t where it is until the winds of heaven have blown 1t into rags. It will never be hauled up in dishonor. It will never be hauled up so as to put the great people, whose symbol of power and au l thority 1t Is, to ths blush. It will never | misrepresent the msgnsnimity, the great | ness, the courage of the people of the United States as 1t did when it was hauled | up at the rec uest of this revolutionary | junta in the Hawaiian islands on February l. What are we to say in condemnation of the president who, unhesitatingly, when he found that . wrong had been done, or dered the flag to bs hauled downi The American people will always commend 8 president who docs the right shing and who is not governed by the mere olsmor of iingoism that is sought to be injected into | this case.
 Mr. Gray devoted much of the rest of his speech to a discussion of the question whether the appointment of MT. Blount as commissioner to Hawaii was such an office ss required confirmation by the senate. He argued that 1t was not.
 He was asked by MT. Teller whether, If MT. Blount superseded an officer whose sp. pointment did require confirmation by the senate, that did not change the situstion.
 MT. Gray gave 1t as his opinion that 1t did not. and that person SO appointed for @ specific purpose was an ''officer under the constitution"
 MT. Gray eaid that the case was far more important than the material interests in-
 volved. The islands were small and insig-
 nificant. The importance of the question | was one of international morality. They l were concerned in maintaining the good
 name of this country. If this nation was
 ever to step from the chores of this cont-
 nent out on @ career of empire and colonja-
 ation 1t should be with head erect, without
 the breath of suspicion or dishonor, in trigue, or low dealing. That the president should have attempted to withdraw this country from the dishonorable position in which 1t was placed by the indiscrset &C., tion of the United States minister in Janu-
 ary, 1898, was to his credit. The record } made during the last year would continue to be the vindicstion of the man who | tried in his great office Ito do justice and
 work righteousness" in the international
 affairs of this great country with the peo- ples of the earth.
 t MT. Teller asked MT. Gray, as e member of the committee charged with the matter,
 what 1t was proposed they should do now
 that the president had remitted the whole , question to congress.
 L. Mr Gray ranlted that he thouoht that