New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-11
VOORUEES BREAKS LOOSE.
SOME REMARKABLE rTTERANCEs on
THE SUBJECT OF MONEY.
THE INprAxA srATEsMAN THNKs THAT THE
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THE INDIAN. STATESMAN THINKS THAT THE
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FINED nY LAW ANu Hy LAW oNIf
Washington. Dec % senator voorhees, chairman
~, ,,c sena,c Finance Committee. this evening.
sp.aklnr to y reporter u III" United Press MAKES
hubble FOR the FIRST time since the election MS
views ON come OF the current questions Of Tho day
Notably cloture silver and the tarin. He said IN
part.
Ny position. win respect To- further iafr leSSla
FOR the Government. The public credit mus, 10 uP
held ~ all h1zards ana Whom r.s"as 70 our %a
tional debt The Law as II no" sianls shon,I .I y"
fair practical trst before any f",,nsy "s'um enn
takes pla,, the subject al the thrin. Amctu
ments found b. experience 10 bc necessary may
here and there be- made. but TO enter upon another
general rev.: on 10 inauguratc ~ this time "a
discussion which would inevitably lead To such a
t. the rcviving business OF the country.
1, to % %ea a.sons the G money no s
stution. ana so specified IN that great instrument
Is coined. without discrimination against either
metal. ana without charge for mntage THIS has
DAYS OF Jercrson % The Chicago Convention OF 1872
nqa IT f ye o. ron T ihc nte sse
In fact. The American people. me plain working
Tar more by silver money than by gold money. and
The whining cant Of sordd avarice which nov
has the profound contempt Of every man familiar
with the history and the developments ~ his co,n
try.
As to the purity Of the two metals when coined.
even tho small children Of finance know thai The
purchasing pC wer of dolla. - not nxcd by III"
quality or the quantity OF the material which com
noses H. bui by the law which makes IL - legal
lender I'm the payment Of debts Much vapid non
sense has been spoken and written In regard to
what is STYLED nat money" The Nat OF the Gov
eminent simply means thus saith the law, and
there was never In this or any Government ON
earth ana will he. dollar whether OF gold.
silver or paper other than absolutely ana entirely
the creature Of The law. when silver II coined.
therefore. at the ratio Of IL TO | in gold or any
II has never failed 10 be on par with gold In its
purchasing and debt-p2ying power. am ready at
any suspicious time to fgb for the fair and honor
able restoration OF silver coinage 10 iis old plac"
Of foreign nations this subject We not sub
ject To their dictation and for their diSnpprova w"
may compensate ourselves with the approval OF our
own people.
Referring to the recent agitation OF the change
In the rnles of the senate. Mr.. Voorhees, said he
was very earnestly In favor of change lie said:
The rules OF the Senate they now exist oh
noxious To every principle of popular government.
wherein the right the mai ,rlty govern IL recog
nizcd. II Is no answer the demand for a change
To say that these rules have existed for more than
threc-quarters Of "a century without any real abuses
taking place by reason Of them until quite recently
II is enough for - know their power for
evil. for indefinite delay. for overriding the VIII
OF the ma jority. for defeating legislation demanded
by the great body of the people. demon
the present Congress. The rules Of The Senate
shOuIl secure bona filc freedom Of debate but
should not permit the consumption u time 10y u
minority for the mere sake Of delay.