The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-29
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forded. That was a plain business pro-
| position You, gentlemen, said he,
! addressing the Republican side,
should either act upon it or decline
to act upon it. You should not play
| politics and claim you are acting i'll re-
sponse to the Presidents message.
| The President says there is no def
| cheney The official statement shows
| SlT5, ,000,000 in the treasury. but the
| President asks you to retire the green
backs and to enable the treasury to
sell gold bonds
is the gentleman from Georgia in
/ favor of it 2" asked MIR. }outeIle.
Il am not" replied Mr. Crisp amid
| roar OF laughter on the Republican
side
Our opposition to this measure"
| he proceeded. "is united; those on this
side who favor the single gold stand
ard. because it affords no relief to the
| treasury. these concur with me in the
belief that these bonds are payable in
coin at the option of the government
because they think there is no necessi-
| tv for it. Gentlemen on that side be-
lieye the obligations of the govern
ment should be paid in gold. II you
| believe that You owe it to your country
you owe it to your treasury, and to
the tax burdened people of the coun-
try to vote to obtain gold and save the
additional interest charges. II | be-
lieyed as YOU do / should have felt my
seIfunworthy to longer be a represen-
tatiye Of the American people, if J fail
ed to support proposition that would
save the people millions.
lie called attention to the fact that
Speaker Reed, Mr., Dingey, Mr.. Payne
and others last year voted with large
number of Democrats TO issue gold
bonds.
He said the object of the other side
was simply to seem to do something
in response to the demand of the ex-
eeutiye, when they know they are alb
solutely doing nothing unless it was
to injure and embarrass the treasury
rs my friend from Georgia. argn-
ing?" asked Mr.. Boutelle, that we
ought to follow the advice of the Pres
ident and issue gold honds?'
MY argument is, replied Mr.. Crisp,
that if YOU believed as you claim,
that the obligations of the government
were payable in gold, You should have
had the courage to vote 10 insert the
word gold
Mr.. Boutelle said, Does the gentle
man from Georgia think he is going 10
help the credit Of the country 10 any
extent. by procaiming TO the world
his belief that he does not think the
bonds are payable in gold?"
Mr.. Crisp said, Il am not parading
my views I.was only arguing as TO
the want of consistency of the gentle
man on the other side. But ] will say,
concluded Mr. Crisp, that ] 10 not bt.-
lieye in tile retirement of the green
backs. that | do not believe in the sim
gle standard, that ! do not believe in
contracting the currency OF this coun-
try as ii would be contracted by the
retirement of the greenbacks. Nor do
/ believe in expressing the debtors Of
this country and Of the world as they
would be oppressed by fixing the
standard Of value wholly upon one
| metal" applause
Mr. Dalzell Republican. Pcnn.l
closed the debate for the majority.
The vote was then taken on tha first
! section of the bill amid good deal OF
suspense and nervousness. Several
| frinds OF the measure, notably Mr..
Dngley. kept individual failles.
When the announcement Of the pas
| sage Of the bill was made, 130- 0--i36,
there was burst of applause The
second section was agreed TO without
| division.
Mr.. HIT Republican, ILL.,, chair
| man of the Foreign Affairs Committee,
| reported back with favorable report
the resolutions calling on the State
Department for all information re-
garding the trial and arrest Of John
l.. Waller. calling for report on the
alleged firing on the Henry l.. Crosby
by the Santo Domingo troops Decem-
Der 10, 1898, and calling for all CORES
Dondence between the State Depart
ment and Spain relating to the var in
progress in Cuba They were all
agreed to without objection.
The resolution reported back by the
committee in lieu of the Barrett reso-
luton for an inquiry into the advis-
| ability of impeaching Thomas +. Bay
| ard. Ambassador to Great Britain, for
reported speeches made at Boston,
| England. and Edinburgh, Scotland,
| was substantially the Mccall resoiu-
| ton requesting the President 10 IN
| form the House whether any steps had
| been taken to ascertain the correct
ness of the reported speeches and If
| true, what action. if any, had been
/ taken thereon. Mr. Hit explained that
everything offensive had been ellml-
mated from the resolution making 1T
/ simply one of inquiry. 1t was also
| agreed to, although Mr.. McCrary
| CDem, kentucky gave notice that he
| would debate the question when the
reply was laid before the House
Mr.. Cummings Dem., New forlS)
| presented n favorable report from the
| Committee on Naval Affairs on the
Joint resolution for the acceptance Of
the Ram Katahdin, whose speed did
not meet the requirements Of the con
| tract. and the resolution was passed.
At 4.25 the House adjourned until
! ueNt Tuesday.
GOING DUCKfNG AGAIN.