Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-15
BIG DAY IN CONGRESS-.


states. In the future II would be ne
oessary to put the word gold mo
every bond.
oTho bondhoidcr was directly Inter-
ested in driving this country to s'l-
yer basis and sending gold TO pre-
MUM The Rothschilds by inns netn-
cd, could double the value OF tnslt
holdinua Secretary Folger hau eN
tended the vast sum Of ss00,oO9OO0
per cent bonds at per cent IN the
omen aunllght before the American
people. ftepublican applause: Even
the lonns OF this administration hnu
been made In the open market WIN
the American people Ia the ngSt on
dny. They had been made ior zen
Years. AT icss than per cent. Now
inara mad been a contract with q for
oIpn syndicate by which the govern
nent received So, 500, 600 less than siml-
lnr bonds would sell for In the open
market, on the very day the president
hnd sent his contract to Congress with
the brIbe OF slG,O0000O to get u con-
sent A secret lonn was nesotlateu ior
higher rates than any civilized couh-
try was paying on its debt higher eNen
than bankrupt Egypt ntue norway
or any other country
"The president said the spchker'
"pcnned this message not from pat
rlotic purposes. but for politics, ana
that alone. lie wanted 10 throw the
responsibility on congress- OF making
this loan. negotiated by his former
law partner. Mpplause)
81 say for one" he asserted. and i
hope speak for the entire Republican
pnrty and the great mass of the Dem
ocrntic party, TINT ! cannot be made q
pnrticeps crlminls TO this attempt of
The president to prostitute the financial
standing OF this great country
Mr.. Cox Qom., TENN How does "
happen that by this contract this syn
dictate Will have an option OF further
bond issues by the government"
Mr.. Hopkins Nobody but this syn
dictate and the president can answer
that" loud applause)
Mr. Powers UtepJ sent TO the clerk =
desk TO be read an amendment provid-
ing that nothing IN the resolution had
been construed as changing the hVowed
policy OF the government TO pay all hs
outstanding bonds In gold.
Mr. Hopkins then yielded to Mr.. Can
mon tRcp,, M who began by announc-
ing that he was In favor OF maintain
ing the credit OF the government. He
sketched with biting sarcasm the abor-
tive attempts made to pass LEGISLATION
for the relief Of the treasury, saying
that the preeidents last mesnuge was
IeNpo'islple UT wv ~, "iSS 80.
p'ttn ~ uo''pu', ~ ,rensu,y
inalc ~ thr HeVrclalg ui w Ne ,,I,'io,,
that. had Republican secretary of the
treasury made the contract, this Demo
cratic house would have lmpeachcd HIM,
the Republican side gave MIN round
after round Of applause.
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vi ullS WuSa ~ 'i,''''' 'O'''''''''s'' W
poseu tho lcooiitluH
Addressing himself TO the charge
that those who We're opp, sins ms reso-
luton were aldlng 10 destroy the nohor'
credit ana INTEGRITY OF me government
he pointed out mat without eohsnllh-
tlun with congress, the secretary or inc
Treasury hnd priNntcly entered INTO a
contract with the RothschildB in eu-
rope and the Morgans here to purchase
gold with the coin bonds oi Che gov
crninent at a rate Of intOrcst almost I
pur cent higher than the last bond Is
Nuc and now gave congross the option
OF substituting for these coin bonds
gold bonds al three per cent. The only
alternative offered congress was 70 20
bncl, on "A long established precedent OF
tho Government ana authorize mold In
stnad nf coin honds Neithcr tho honor
,rrlit or lntorrity al Inc pnvernment
wes inyolved Thts wng an ntiempt Ia
force n revnlution In ni,r nnnnriei moi.
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f's9luti9h' -,
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/ Nered the resolution. lie dld not Know
| whether the secretary OF we treasury
] nav lhhuv we peS' po'Rlnle pnrshih
/ hut ne uid hnpM lhNt 'ne necessary
Mhleh drove nun TO 9o'aln soiu Wa
Imperative. ilhd gold NOT oeen an
ihngea ior, thc treasury wound nave
neeh sttlppeu OF us last Eolu uouat ne'
| lore heNt saturday hsh'' uhuer suci
eNtraorllhntS eohulllohs an NN'raoruih
airy contract hhu heen hauo'
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Inls tlmc 10 iprvso lile OPPORTUNITY N
save Tue people E,VV'VVl year IN inter
est vhatRes, ~ 20 10 Woulu DC 70 aus
erlhihhte AGAINST thoae OF our owl
people VINO, IN the uhfk hnut OF thel
eountiSs distress, took me gNNerh
mentF nonas ana kept me snNern
mehts ohuseiuns as kNou as bold
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