New-York tribune., 1894-03-02
HELPED BY SOUND MONEY DEMOCRATS.
THEIR VOTING on TIE ORDER OF TIE
RULES COMMITTEE ASSISTED To SECURE
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QUORUM AND 50 TO PASS THE BILL.
Washington. March l (SpecaD.-If the following
Democrats who are opposed to the Bland SeGniorag~
biu as shown by their final votes against -Messrs.
Beltzhoover. Of Pennsylvania; Causey of Delaware,
Clancey Cummings and Ryan of New-Iork city;
Everett and O'Neil. of Massachusetts, Dunn OF
Jersey: Lane. of Illinois; Mc.Neer and Muicn-
ler of Pennsylvania; Meyer Of louisiana Page Of
Rhode Island and Pigott. of Connecticut-had con-
tinued to act with the Republicans in refusing to
make a quorum to consider the bill ii could never
have passed. Their votes on the motion 10 adopt
the special rule brought in TO expedite the blTs
enactment, whether cast for the motion or against
it. effective to pass it, for they supplied the
Once more the southerners have succeeded in
passage OF profoundly hurtful TO the com
merclal interests of the country. They applied the
who came 10 Washington to furnish TO the country
a example of independence and courageous devo-
lion to principle could withstand the pressure.
This Bland bill is imitation. scheme pure and
spe Trepsy whch Is has Se people Exactly %
2So Its actual present value Ia sS5123 30 Now this
sesdy air ssudS snf % OF & obgan against this
SS5,c00OO of value. to go ahead and issue $4,000
in possession of sS5,OOO,O of value which has slS2.
10000 of demands out against it, and all the while
the value Is shrinking. In other words Congress Is
making believe" that this amount of silver is
worth this sum Of none CONGRESS knows & is not
says: Lets make believe it's So
According TO this play-actng finance. S1oVO'eO
new silver dollars each intrinscaly worth 80 cents
more or less. going to be coined and the people
are by law commanded to receive them II they
intrinsically worth l00 cents.
1t Is amazing how this idea thai what the infa-
tionsts call CHEAP money" is somehow another
going to make everybody rich and comfortable has
seized hold of the minds of otherwise appar
emily rational. They think and say. Bland says.
of 5O-cent dollars IS going 10 give the people"
something. And it seems TO be of avail whatever
10 remind them that no % those J0cent dollars
can by any honest means get out OF the Treasury
without the exchange for II of 100 cents worth Of
labor.
The country should understand that this bill has
become law by reason Of the fact that thirteen
sound-money Democrats deserted their principles
ana enabled the infatiOniss to command q voting
quorum. On the record, Of course they stand ali
right That is, they voted against considerations
against the special rule and finally against bill
But their voting at all was what enabled these
resolutions to pass
once more the proof is supplied that there is no
use depending on these Democrats to stand out
against their party caucus. Sooner later they
always break and fall away.
The interesting question now is what the Prcsi-
dent Will do. He must veto the bill or go back
on every profession he has made concerning the
financial controversy.
The Anti-Option bill comes on shortly. and it
looks as II there would be complete surrender
20 the Populsts on everything.