The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21

iiulick Rep.. Ohio, Wheeler Dem.
Ala and Northway Rep., Ohio) against
the bill, Mr.. Bland, the silver advocate,
took the floor, and in ringing sentences
appealed to the house not to surrender
to the gold kings. If this resolution
passed Mr. Bland declared that the gov
eminent would forfeit it's right to coin
silver.
Mr.. Springer insisted that the only ques-
ton at issue was whether congress would
save the taxpayers $16,000,000.
Mr.. Turner Dem, Ga.), member of
the ways and means committee, in time
yielded by Mr.. Reed, made strong
speech in favor of the resolution, the
burden of which was that it was the
duty of the government under its plighted
faith, at whatever cost, to maintain the
parity of all its currency.
Mr. Hatch Dem., Mo- in q 5-minute
speech, aroused the opponents of the
resolution to great enthusiasm. He had
but little time, he said, to explain why
he was to be pail bearer at this tinan-
cial funeral. In a word it was because
the passage of the resolution would
make every debtor in the United States
pay his debts in gold. He read amid
much demonstration, letter addressed
by eX-Gov. Proctor Knott of Kentucky
to Senator Blackburn of Kentucky, in
which Governor Knott characterized the
pending proposition as 'the last insolent
demand of the goldites."
| They do not seem to want to leave us
a hereafter. Whenever the government
agrees to pay in gold, silver is doomed for
all eternity AS old Judge Forbids said
to Johnny Moore, Goodbye, world;
howdy, hell" daughter and applause
The speaker then called upon the af-
firmative side to occupy some of their
time. No one arose, and for an instant
it looked as if the advocates of the reso-
luton were exhausted.
But Mr.. Cooper Dem, Fla.) took the
floor and in fervid tones denounced those
VINO were trying to scuttle the ship of
state"
Mr.. Payne, Rep., N. " said it seemed
| that nothing had been left out of the bond
contract that was possible to put into
it to Cypress the people. f7'''
Mr.. Stone said that the Republicans
should vote for the resolution To refuse
to make the bonds payable in gold would
be to spite the country. The president
had twice appealed to the patriotism of
the Republicans and that appeal had not
been made in vain. They had responded
twice and should do so again.
Mr.. Hepburn Rep., Iowa. asked IL the
gentleman from Pennsylvania proposed
to go back on the whole policy Of his
party, that had always pledged itself to
maintain gold and silver at parity. The
secretary of the treasury was reported to
have said to the committee on ways and
means that if the gold proviso was put
into this issue of bonds it must go into
every future issue.
do you propose to do that?" he asked,
and there were loud cries of mo, no."
After reading the plank of the last
Democratic platform for bimetalsm he de-
said: "Mr. Speaker, can imagine that
your heart has been warmed many times
by that ringing sentence" Great ap-
plause and laughter.)
After reading the plank from the Re
publican platform for bimetalism he de-
clared that there was no difference be-
tween moral and legal Obligations; that
there was no debt of the government
that could not be paid in silver.
Mr.. Bryan Dem., Neb.) made a half
hour speech against the resolution, the
passage of which, he began by saying,