The record-union., 1896-02-15
BLACK EYE TO SILVERIqES.
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was right or wrong in 1878, but what is
right in this year OF our Lord 1896.
| He went on to show that before 1873
gold and silver circulated concurrentIy
as money at Is to l, and that every COM
mercial nation in Europe, except Eng
| land, threw open it's mints to the free
coinage of silver. Before 1873 the an
nual product of silver had held one un-
varying place. Since then the silver
product had been increased by $50 per
cent.
Dalzell said there was in the world
between So, 100000 600 and S4,0000 000,-
coo worth of silver Every ounce of
that was worth in the market 80 cents
The assertion of the free silver advo-
Gates is that by the passage of a law in
the United States there would be added
$4,OO0000,O00 to the value of that
silver Il ask you in cold blood if ever
a more preposterous proposition than
that ever was made?"
In conclusion, DalzelI said that what
this country needed was not more free
coinage of silver, but more revenue
through it's custom houses. (Applause)
This concluded the debate, which had
occupied nearly two weeks Of the time
of the House, and the previous ques-
tion was ordered.
BY unanimous consent, in order that
there might be no misunderstanding
at the request of Dingley the vote was
taken on the question: Shall the House
concur in the Senate amendment
The yeas and nays were called, re-
sulting: Nays 30, ayes 90. Yeas-Re-
publicans %, Democrats 5S, Populists
6, silver (NewIands) l. Total 90
Nays-Republicans 1S4, Democrats 81.
Total, 215.
The vote showed that Crisp was able
to carry with him all but three of the
eleven Representative from Georgia.
Lawson and Russell aligned themselves
with Turner against free coinage.
Tht hour of ) o'clock having arrived.
the House, under the rule, took a recess
until s O'Clock, the evening session to be
for the consideration of private PEN
sion bills only.
The attendance of the evening session
was unusually large, a division upon
disputed point showing the presence
of 116 members.
Matters moved along smoothly for an
hour or so, when there were signs Of a
personal controversy between Talbert
11aIQH
(Rep.) of Indiana. The former objected
to bill restoring a pension to a widow
which she had forfeited by re-marryine.
a case similar to scores of others which
come before Congress every session.
Talbert has consistently opposed bills
to restore pensions in such cases and to-
night renewed his objections to the
pending bill. moving that it be laid on
( n Al,
with an unfavorab1e recommendation.
This brought Hardy to his feet de-
spite the efforts Of several gentlemen
to let the incident pass. South Caro-
lima he shouted in angry tones. has
made trouble in the United States eyer
since the days of John c. Calhoun.
whom Andrew Jackson threatened r.
hang in 1892. Now she stands withonr
o parallel in the United States. ,enra-
sented in this House by the gentleman
who has just spoken, and in the SenaAe
by the Senator who has recentlv a.
tracted public attention. / am favor oe
every pension proposition which is rac-
commended to this House, but am tirsd
Of coming here every Friday night 10 be
to by the State of South Caro-
lima, which has not had a constitution
ally elected Representative on the floor
since 1872"
This outbreak failed to disturb TAI
bert's good nature, and his only re-
sponse was: Il do not intend to notice
what has just been said, but rise merely
to suggest that Canada CHardy's native
country having been heard from. we
have vote" (AppIauseA
Inc committee acted favorably on ten
bills. which at 1915 were reported to
the House by Chairman Hepburn. and
nve niiis previously reported were
Wnen the bin to pension Hannah
wright was reported General Curtis
,Kep) OF New York, asked unanimous
consent to withdraw it, briefly stating
nat the morning after favorable action
aad Deen taken by the Committee of the
Whole he had received word that the
I'D lady had died.