Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-02-22

front rank of national bonds If honesty
of effort in the payment OF the same
count for anything in the history OF the
country The gentlemen say we are at
liberty 10 pay these bonds in something
else. besides the equivalent of gold.
whether we are or not, the face remains
that we have thus far paid gold or its
equivalent and every man in this house
believes we shall do SO in the future.
| (Applause). This does not in any way
| initiate against anyone's belief as to BIZ
| metailisin, whether International or
national Tor the men who are in favor
of free coming of silver, are so because
they believe free coinage of silver would
| bring silver to a parity with gold. There
| fore, all sides of this house--in parties
| which are recognized in the government
of the COUNT y-are agreed as to the
| result The trouble of our situation is
| that cur bottles polite, our government,
| has been 50 reduced by two years of
! party rule Of such a character that our
expenses are not paid by our income;
| that the coN-r. ment is for the time be-
| Ing running behind. However, II is that
| contract now pre- scented to us for APP
| prevail or disapproval. 1t is not propos-
! ed To reduce the rate of interest pro
vided in this contract. provided that we
make the bonds sold payable in gold
that word is practically there now as
every one nrrtes. This resolution does
mt involve TIE establishment IF a
| policy: it is simply action on single
transaction of the government. The
| policy of IL deeming our outstanding
| OBLIGATIONS in gold was established by
a democratic ad .ninistration. The bonds
issued under the contract made by Sec
rotary arlis.e We're to procure gold.
Does anyone imagine that gold will be
refused when they are redeemed? When
Secretary sherman issued bonds for
gold he announced that, being issued
for gold they would be redeemed in gold.
The trouble seemed to be that many
did not undsts!3nd this. They did not
treat the matte fairly when they spoke
of it as affecting monometallsm or hi
lnetalism.'
Mn Reed called attention to the fact
that on juno 25 1890 Messrs. Wilson
Rynum, Tarner. Montgomery and Tars-
ney, all Of y hom would be found voting
for the bill, had voted for the free coin
age cf silver. y great laugh conVulset
the house as MIR. Reed produced thi.
) record.
~ nations credit is it's stronghold,
concluded Mir. Reed. Therefore, W,
should ret let our ndignatio at tn
terms of this contract swerVe us iron
our duty"
= Fhe debate was closed by Mr. Wilson
2 / who dmiiteC that the contract mad
by the secretary of the treasury con
tanned very hard terms for the govern
l ncrt. but he clieVed those terms wc'r
! Tie best that could be obtained Ba
- congress could, by giving the seCretal.
g of the treasury authority to write il
i The bond what the contracting parti~
4 thought TO he there, save to taxpayer
= 500 0no 4 year.
RESELL TON DEFEATED
Tie speakers gavel dropped RI
S hour Of 3 80 eek had arrived and M
= Ger special Glder the clerk proceedel t
t sail tho Ioll or ordering the reso.Iti 10
e to its third reading. The third roadiA
d was refused, l26 to 1G7.
d y cheer went up from the oppunrI'
n CT the resolution as the result WAS al
# nouneed.
n Mr. Riand me we'd to recons 1.r an
l. lay the motion on the table. whi-i Wa
n carried ~''huut division, aud IL. hous
II adiuurned with tomorrow.
l. An analysis of the vote shows that
J. democrats ~ d 81 republt ans vote, /
d I'tVOr o: the resolution, and 9} dem,
s. Gratis, 81 10 pubhcanS and pDpuliSi