The sun., 1895-02-15

| Mr. Turner Dem. Ga.) favored the resolution
we hesitate to promise to pay the sAmcr
!. pRoCToR KNuTrs DEMOCRACY OUTRAGED.
Mr.. Hatch Dem. MOI In his Gve minute
quoted the following from letter by y. Procto
Knott OF Kentucky:
completely outrased than by ihe last !nS2len dcgan'
100000 In gold bonds and retire the Treasury not
ypTH'at2n nn az n WIN ~. tne prVSefaS YUu kn" ~
eycry6ody else must who has haf as mucI sense as
sgrees q. pSy that amount or tin. ot 4 N gold
stcrnits % <" Old judge % fofbsh ssid Tommy Moore
4 had Jest es well say goodRy world and how a. ys
ps"plc arc being driven 10 be dreadful sisrnat,e
try wlll tanely hold out ihclr hands ,nd have thr
rsaGkT, e. or sh % raqE ws say 'i Il h h"pn in
eiorsgle law 6t c!m.s and cTs has no, been t,
hs, srnIipd j. o. You may esieS, tie horrors
ot the French revolution put on the american sla{e
% the next s dec ISSadc o''' 'p'o'''"''' '"' " "'
Fivc minutes Of ihe hour pnrcelled out by tho
chair still remained. aud Speaker crisp said he
would recognize any gentleman desiring to
speak in the Affirmative. moment or two
elapsed before MIR. Cooper Dem. Fla, rose. He
quoted saw y in cold Irint he w9ulL wish for
Pre,ident Pre- dent Cleveland glowing euiogy. saying he
either the Republican or Democratic party. and
said that II he had 10 make he contract com
nembors to crtlciso it, They had left him to
confront the situation without suggestion or
REPUBLICANS DISAGREE.
Mr. Van yorh!a Fep. y. " said the contract
made by Secretary Carlisle was wholly cXecu-
tory in its terms, beyond his ; p9yer ana void;
from Illinois lMr. Hopkins asked II he would
become pdticeps cr,mtni" in this contract. God
Republican party was not Responsible; and Re
publicans do not endorse it. - But" he asked.
of thief. do thereby become pdrtccps crindifsl
can see no other way than for me to ransom
with It aud save these sixteen millions to the
Mr.. WA. Stone tRep., Pa said the situation
were in a predicament. But by falling to vote
for the Joint resolution, he said, we should do
nothing but spite ourselves.
Mr.. Hepburn lRep.. Iowa., quoting the qucs-
tion put by Mr.. Payne as to whether, he sIcr-
ieeing thief, Said that he might lie desired to
call that gentleman's attention to the fact that
he proposed to change the whole vi p9sy Of III.
new policy calling for q new following. Not
that all tho money OF the country should
b. msinaineG on AN an e9n"ty but The The
platform Of that party the declaration that
there should be one money for the Government
and the peopSe one for the abGrins man and
the joint resolution. Mr.. Hepburn said. was
call upon Congress to declare that the silver
as the gold dollar. For that he was not ready.
Tho obligations of the Government he said.
were payable in coin, gold. or silver and by that
policy he proposed to stand. lAppiausel
BRYAN ATTACKS THE PRESIDENT
Mr. Bryan Dem.. Neb) said that when he
took the oath of office to serve as Congressman
there was no mental reservation not to denounce
n BY es
States. The President of the United States is
but a human being" he continued; :" he is
ment to men, and when we do SO we know that
men liable to err. When men are in public
office we cannot expect that they can make no
mistakes. and am not willing to concede that
even exalted an officer as the President oftho
United states cannot make mistakes; And II
the President does make a mistake, what ought
Congress to do? Ought Congress to blindly mp
prove his mistake. or do we owe II to the people
that 1t shall not be made again? Gentlemen
will say that we owe great deal to the Presi- !
that there 20 great de5t % sratitade 'fH WhSs
the Democratic party owes TO its President. |
Ma sraaae ,Hs 6oashs sonns tss
s9uandered rich estate; the gratitude
cipitated wreck. What What has he % done % for pis the
ocratc party with Republican virus. and % we G are
about to die of blood poison. Laughter and ap- |
9Ss as i Ps TPs + sIs
party's duty, as understand 1t. is to show, il it
still loves the President. that II retains at least
one attribute OF divinity, In that 1t is willing
chasten whom 1t loveth Laughter and APP |
MI. Chairman. I do not intend to raise any |
question as to tho motives Of those to whom we |
are indebted for this contract but we have |
discretion vested in the President and in this |
Administration has been wisely exercised or not. |
is tbs ann glad i has been
agreement with the representative OF foreign |
bankers. Yes it is contract with men who are
the insoent proposition We, will give you
OF the United States will change its financial
policy, to suit us Never before has such a
s9 ty ans sssn fd Il TO hs s sssd d sf Ss Ss
of tbs and II G svns my s @
martyr to the human race"
MR.. REEDS SPEECH.
Mr.. Reed was the next speaker His appear.
ance had been looked for with eagerness. and
when he rose an intense quiet fell upon the
House. which was maintained throughout his
brief remarks. He said:
the South and West has been preached before.
and by prophets whose inspirations lasted longer
ILaughtsr.l But i has been a failure It al
ways will be a failure. We not only send our
mes but send our shd
fail to be struck by the fact that there Is after
all unity OF sentiment between the two sections
of the country that no language will ever blot
out or destroy. tApplause on the Republican
may not be able TO live toGether. I am glad
But say to you that the Republicans OF the
East and of the Weet, OF the North and OF the
south. have thus far found some method of
living together, and they will in the future.
Applause on the Republican Side.l
Now" said Mr.. Reed, let me address my
'elf to the comparatively small matter at hand"
LanghteIl And promising that the Govern
'snk OF Government bonds, no continued:
Whatever the severity of criticisms bestowed
lpon the present situation, n greater severity OF
'riticsm Is TO be bestowed upon the past, and this
agreement presented here for the inspection OF
he House is OF a piece II seems to me, with the
government OF this country for the last two
ears II may he that Judge harshly.. 1t may
ne that this agreement il the result of the untOr
unate condition in which the Government was
Ound. II may be that no guilt attaches to
his, except 80 far as IL is the result of causes
which never ought to have been set In motion.
However it is, that contract Is not pressn nted TO
ls for approval or disnpproyal. II is contract
made by the legitimate agent of the GDvern-
nent. Gentlemen who are opposed 10 this
proposition now before tho House say that he
iad a right 10 makeit. presume therefore. that
Iu1 IIa hal md Ia tI,tt,ft