The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15


coinage and that an attempt to do so
would cause a financial convulsion in the
country.
Dalzell (R) of Pennsylvania, also
member of the Ways and Means Commit
tee, made the closing speech OF the day.
He asserted that the main proposition
involved in this discussion had not been
considered. That proposition was whether
this House was ready to abandon its own
legislation and accept the legislation of
the Senate, which was In no way germane
thereto. He warned the silver men that
their cause would not gain by an attempt
ed humiliation of the House or its subjec-
ton TO the demands of the Senate. The
free coinage of silver as separate, propo
sition was one thing and as presented by
the revolutionary methods of the Senate it
was another thing. He denied that silver
was demonetized by the act of 1873. The
history of the demonstration had to do,
he said, with natural causes, the law OF
supply and demand. 1t was not of the
slightest consequence, he said, If it was
demonetized by that act.
"What bearing" he said, "has that upon
the expediency OF the United States de-
claring now that so cents is equal to 100?
The practical question is not one of morals
or history-of what was right or wrong in
1873, but what is right in this year OF our
Lord 1885,
He went on to show that before 1873 gold
and silver circulated concurrently as money
at 16 to /, and that every commercial ma.
ton in Europe, except England. threw
open its mints to the free coinage of silver.
Before 1873 the annual product of silver
had held one unvarying place. Since then
the silver product had been increased by
$50 per cent.
Dalzell said there was in the world be-
tween s., 500, 900, 900 and 81 OOo, ,O00 600 worth
of silver. Every ounce of that was worth
in the market so cents. The assertion of
the free silver advocates is that by the pas
sage of law in the United States there
would be added 81, 600, ,0oo, GOO to the value
of that silver.
az ask you in cold blood if a more
preposterous proposition than that ever
was made ?'
In conclusion DalzeIl said that what this
country needed was not more free coinage
of silver, but more revenue through its
custom-houses. Applause.
This concluded the debate, which had
occupied nearly two weeks of the time of
the House, and the previous question was
ordered. By unanimous consent, II order
that there might be no ding,
and at the request of Dingley, the vote
was taken on the question:
"Shall the House concur in the Senate
amendmentp'
The ayes and noes were called, and re-
suited: Noes 215, ayes 80, as follows:
Ayes-Abbott, Aitken, Allen of Mississippi,
Allen of Utah, Bailey, Baker of Kansas, Bank
head, Barham, Bartlett of Georgia, Bell of Col
orado, Bell OF Texas, Black of Georgia, Bowers,
Broderick Clardy, Cockrell, Cooper OF Texas,
Cox, Crisp, Culberson, Curtis of Kansas, De
Almond, Dinsmore, Dockery, Doolittle, Down
ing, Ellis, Gamble. Hartman, Hermann,
Hilborn, Hutcheson, Hyde, Johnson of Cali
fornia, Jones, KEN, Kendall, Latimer,
Layton, Lester, Linney, Little, Living
ston, Lockhsrt, Loud, Maddox, Mcguire,
Marsh. Mcclure, McCulloch, McKenny, Nc
Lachlean, McLaurin, McMillin, McRae, Mere
dlth, Mondell. Money. Morris, Neal, Newlands,
Ogden, otey, Pearson. Richardson, Robbins,
Robertson OF Louisiana, Sayers, Shafroth, Shaw,
shuford, Skinner, Spencer, Stokes, Strait,
Strowd of North Carolina, Swanson, Talbert,
Tate, Terry, Towne, Tyler, Underwood, Walker
of Virginia, Wheeler, Williams, Wilson of
Idaho, Wilson of South Carolina, Woodward
and Yoakum. Republicans 25, Democrats So,
Populists 8, Silver (Newlands) 100.
Noes-Acheson, Aldrich. Andrews, Apsley,
Arnold of Rhode Island. Atwood, Avery,
Babcock, Baker of MARYLAND, Baker of New
Hampshire, Barney, Bartoldt, Bartlett of New
York, Beach, Bennett Berry, Bingham, Bishop,
Blue, Boatner, Boutelle, Brewster, Rromwell,
Brosius, Brown, Brumm, Bull, Burrell. Burton
of Missouri, Burton of Ohio, Calderhead, Can
non, Catchings, Chickering, Clark of Iowa,
Clark of Missouri, Cobb of Missouri, Codding,
Coffin, Colson, Connolly, Cook of Wisconsin,
Cooke of Illinois, Cooper of Florida, Cooper of
Wisconsin, Corliss Cousins, CrCwther, Crump,
Curtis of Iowa, Curtis of New York, ralzell,
Danford, Daniels, Denny, Dewitt, Dingley,
Dolliver, Dovenor, Draper, Elliott of South
Carolina, Erdman, Evans, Fairchild, Faris,
Fenton, Fischer, Fowler, Gardner, Gibson,
Gillett OF New York, Gillett of Massachusetts,
Graft, Griffin, Grosyenor, Grout, Grow, Hadley,
Hager, Hall of Montana Hilterman, Hardy,
Harmer, Harris Harrison, Hart, Hatch, Heat
wole, Heiner OF Pennsylvania, Hemenway,
Henderson, Hendrick, Henry of Connecticut,
Hepburn, Hicks, Hill of Connecticut, Hit.
Hooker, Hoskins, Howe, Howell, Hubbard,
Hulick of Ohio, Huling of West Virginia,
Hurley, Hull OF Iowa, Jenkins, Johnson of
Indiana, Johnson of North Dakota, Joy, Kerr,
Kiefer, Knox. Kulp, Lacey, Lawson, Lefever,
Leighley, Leisenryd, Lewis, LoLg, Loudens-
niger, Lowe, Manany, ManOn, McCall OF
Massachusetts, Mccall of Tennessee, McCleary
of Minnesota, Mcclellan, Mccormick, Nc
Creary of Kentucky, Mercer, Meyer, Miles,
Miller of West Virginia, Miner of Wisconsin,
Moody, Murphy, Noonan, Northway, O'Dell
Often, Overstreet, Owens, Parker, Patterson,
Payne. Perkins, Phillips, PItney, Poole, Price,
Prince, Pugh, Quigg, Ray, Reeves, Reyburn,
Roys, Rusk, Russell of Georgia, Sauerhering,
Scranton, Settle, Shannon, Sherman, Simp-
kins, Smith of Illinois, Smith of Michi-
gan, Snover, sorge, Southard, South
wick, Spalding, Sperry, Stehle, Steele,
Stephenson, Stewart of New Jersey, Stewart of
Wisconsin, Stone CIV Stone wv. AZ, Strobe of
Nebraska, String, Sulloway, Sulzer. Taft, Tars-
ney, Tawney, Taylor, Thomas, TraceHell,
Tracey, Treloar, Tucker, Turner of Georgia,
Turner of Virginia, Updegraf, Van voorhis,
Wadsworth, Walker of Massachusetts,, Walsh,
Wanger, Warner, Washington, Watson of Indi-
ana. Watson of Ohio, Wellington, White, Will
ber, Willis, Wilson of Ohio, Wood, Wright.
Republicans 1S4, Democrats 81. Total, 215.
The vote shows that Crisp was able to
carry with him all but three of the eleven
Representatives from Georgia. Lawson and
Russell aligned themselves with Turner
against free coinage.
The hour of o'clock having arrived the