Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-15

coined is dong mOHey-uuty, a4'u 20 S~'''S
Il with Infinitely more potency and power
than any gold money that Is IN circule
ton In the United States. more un-
fair and untruthful statement could not
have been made.
Mr.. Teller went on to say that he wouia
not consider 1t a very great disaster "
the country were on a silver basis' ~
was on a gold basis now. and the cohui-
ton Of the country was not nsppy o.e'
And II was notorious fact that the
countries which used silver as standaru
money only were In better condition than
the United States was In
SILVER DEPRECATED.
This was the only country In the world,
Mr.. Teller said, whose legislators uepfe
ciated its money. Why was 1t that France
could float eight or nine hundred millions
OF silver money? IL was because no
Frenchman ever dared to stand up In
legislative body OF that country ana ue-
clare that the money OF the country was
not good money. IL was left Tor this
country alone to have its legislative MEM
hers TO replIdiate the government money.
Since 1873 there had been a continued at
tempt by the Treasury Department TO
depreciate the silver money OF the coun-
try. All the great commercial and BANK
ing agencies Of the country, led or sup
ported by the great metropolitan press
had been endeavoring to make the people
believe that silver was unfit for money
and would not discharge money duty.
The senator's from Ohio. Wisconsin, ana
Oregon (Messrs Sherman. Villas, ana
Dolph) had told the Senate that the
American silver dollar was b-cent DOL
lar.
But" Mr.. Teller asked. has II any
where failed TO buy 40 cents worth VI
anything which anybody has TO sen! !.
Is true that, measured In sold' IL WIN
only bring IS cents; but, measured III
commodities il will buy 60 per cent.
more of wheat. OF corn. and of cotton
than II did I'm 1872. 1t Is dollar which
is as good as gold"
Mr. George OemocraO, OF MISSISSIPPI
argued in support Of the bill. although ne
admitted that It was "aruhcially drawn
inappropriate I'm expression, ana Win
some ambiguity in it," IL was not ne
said. a free-coinage measure. He wbhel
that Il were, II there was any chance OK
its becoming law The bill proposed only
to require, in specific terms, the coinage
OF silver already purchased already own
ed by the government, and already Fe
quired by law 10 be coined.
MOTION TO RECONSIDER LOST.
While Mr.. George was still speaking
the hour II 2 o'clock arrived. and then
Mr. Harris DemocraO. Of Tennessee
rose and demanded 0n accordance Win
the terms OF unanimous consenp tho
vote 10 be taken on Mr.. Allisons motion
TO reconsider the vote ordering the Dill
to third reading.
The vote was taken and the motion was
disagreed to-yeas, Is; nays, 3-as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich. Allison, Brice,
Caffery, Carey, Chandler, Cullom. Davis,
Dolph. Frye. GallInger, Hale. Hawley,
Hoar. Lodge. Mcmillan. Mcpherson Man
derson. Mitchell OF Wisconsin, Morrill,,
Palmer, Proctor, Quay, Smith, stock
bridge, Villas. Washburn, and WILSON'S.
Nays-Messrs. Alien. Bate. Berry Black
burn. Blanchard. Butler, Cal, camden
Cockrell. Coke. Colqutt, Daniel. Dubois
Faulkner. Gibson. Gordon, Hansbrough.
Harris. Hill, Irby, Jones Of Arkansas,
Kyle. Lindsay Martin. Mills, Mitchell OF
Oregon, Morgan, Murphy. Pasco. PETER,
Perkins, Pettigrew. Powers, Pugh. Ran
som, Roach, Shoup. Squire, Stewart, Tel
, Ter, Vest, Voorhees,, White. and Wolcott-
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The Democratic senator's who voted In
the affirmative were Messrs. Brice, Caf-
fiery. Mcpherson. Palmer Smith. and
Villas. The Republican senator's who voted
In the negative were Messrs. Dubois.
Hansbrough. Mitchell OF Oregon. Petit
grew. Power Shoup. Squire, Stewart, Tel
Ter, AMI WOlcott. The three Populist sena-
tOrs-Allen. Kyle, and Peffer-vOted no.
! Mr.. Manderson then moved 20 refer the
bill to the Committee on Finance with In
/ structions to amend 1t SO as to provide
that the silver certificates shall be issued
only in anticipation or in lieu of the segn-
forage. He said that the bill had been
/ characterized even by It's friends as
/ crude. rough. and ungrammatical. and
! that senator's had shown that those who
understood the English language were Al
sea as 70 what the bill meant.
Mr. MandersOn's motion was rejected
! yeas. q; nays, A.
Then II was proposed by Mr.. Harris tc
abrogate the agreement that the re.
/ mainder of the discussion be under the
| five-mlnute rule. He proposed that the
/ debate be general. the vote TO be taken
/ at o'clock tomorrow on the passage OF
! the bill. Unanimous consent was given
and Mr.. George resumed his argument
In support Of the bill. Mr.. George was
/ followed by Mr.. Carey Republican,. OF
/ Wyoming. who argued against the bill
/ And then, at 5:25. after a short executiy.
session, the Senate adjourned.
House OF Representatives.
| The House after some unimportant pre-
! liminary proceedings resolved itself into
! Committee Of the Whole upon the sundry
| civil appropriation bill. Mr.. Lester Demo
crdO, Of Georgia. in the chair. Mr.. Mors.
/ Okepublican). Of Massachusetts, withdrew
/ his amendment, which was pending yester
! day at adjournment, TO strike out th'
/ appropriation for the Interstate Commerc
| Commission. In answer 10 statement
made In the anonymous letter received by
+ Representative Wise DemocraO, of Vir
( ginia, that Mr. Morse represented nelthel
/ his owV State nor any other In his oppo
/ sition TO the law. Mr.. Morse sent 10 tn
/ Clerks desk and had read n number o
editorial expressions from the papers O
| Massachusetts, and other States declaring
| against the law.
| When the paragraph was reached
making appropriation for the Missouri
| Isiver Commission Mr. Frederick N{eDub