The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-03-02

miser's boards; but they heve sus-
pended specie payment, and would not
give out dollar. They say pay us a
discount, and then when these notes
are made legal tender we will be again
in the clutches of these harpies. l do
not want to use hard names. ] suppose
these men act from instinct. If l were
now to answer the question of the
gentleman from Kentucky, I would not
give that answer. / do not expect one
dollar of $3.50, 100000 of legal tender
notes ever to be Invested in the twenty
year bonds. l infer from the amend
ments that before we adjourn $780,
100000 will be asked for, which will
never be funded in those bonds, and SO
on, as they are needed, as no bonds
will be funded until our circulation will
become trightfully inflated. y y
But now comes the main clause. All
classes of people shall take these LEGAL
tender notes at par for every article of
trade or contract, unless they have
money enough to buy United States
bonds, and then they shall be paid 10
gold. Who is that favored class ? The
banks and brokers, and nobody else.
They have already S250,0OO,OO0 of
State debt, and their commissioners
would soon take all the rest that might
be issued.
But how is this gold to be raised !?
The duties and public lands are to be
paid for in United States notes, and
they or bonds are to be put up at auc-
ton to get coin for these very brokers,
who would furnish the coin to pay
themselves, by getting 20 per cent dis
count 90 the notes thus bought. II * x
l have proposed an amendment to
the Senate amendment upon the prin-
ciple of Legitimate parliamentary rules,
that you may make as palatable as you
can an amendment which you do not
like, before the vote is taken upon it
My amendment is offered for the pur-
pose of curing little the evils and
hardships of the original amendment OF
the Senate. And though it may be
adopted, l shall vote against the whole
as amended. My amendment is except
from the operation of the legal tender
clause the officers and soldiers of the
Army and Navy, and those who supply
them with provisions, and thus put
them upon the same footing with the
Government creditors who hold their
bonds. / hope they will not be thought
less merltorious than the money
changers. l trust it will be adopted as
an amendment to the Senate amend
ment, SO that if this pernicious system
is to be adopted, if the beauty of the
original bill is to be entirely impaired,
those who are fighting our battles, and
the widows and children of those who
are lying in their graves in every part
Of the soubtry, killed in defense of the
Government, may be PLACED upon no
worse footino than those who hold the
bonds of the Government and the coin
Of the country.
At the eoBeusiop of Mr.. Stevens
speech the House proceeded to vote on
the Senate amendments, some of which
were copeprred in, and others were
disagreed to.
The first important division Of the
House was on the sixth amendment of
the Senate, as follows:
Immediately after tha clause last
quoted, strike out the words s.and
for all salaries, debts. and demands
owing by the United States to individ
uals, corporations, and associations
with in the United States % and insert
''and of claims and demands against the
United States, of any kind whatsoever,
except for interest upon bonds anu notes
which shall be paid in coin.
TO this amendment Mr.. Stevens
moved an amendment to insert after the
word notes." the following:
And payments to be made to officers,
soldiers, and sailors in the Army and
Navy of the United States, and for al
supplies purchased for the said Govern
ment.
the question was taken, and 1t was
decided in the negative-yeas 81, nays
70.
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