The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-06-06

pertinent should be made in repeating the
very law which brought stability. As to
the seigniorage from silver. he showed
| that seigniorage could not arise until af-
ter the silver was coined; that the pres
ent mint capacity was restricted to forty
or fifty millions a year and that on that
amount the seigniorage would be limited
to twelve or fifteen millions. So, he said.
| the senators were playing hob with the
| great question Of the governments paper
money They were running the hazard
| of going back in 30 days to paper basis
not convertible into coin. In a sharp
colloquy with Senator Butler, Senator AL
lison declared his opposition to fiat money
| and to the indirect method by which the
pending bill sought to take step toward
free silver coinage without waiting for
| legislative action
II believe that the United States can
not open its minis to the free coinage
| of silver without becoming a monometal-
lie nation that it can not take this step
without agreement with other nations"
said Senator Allison, land l will con-
tinue to vote against the free coinage of
silver at 16 to by this country alone"
Chandler and Butler.
Senator Chandler deprecated the spirit
and manner of the author of the bill
! (Butler), who had made threats and had
talked of revolution and bloodshed
Senator Butler arose to disclaim such
utterances.
otHdboI NndubltI lnSlSleu lndL the SEN
ator's language had conveyed indirect
threats and had tended to revolution and
bloodshed. Senator Chandler held up a
newspaper which he said was the eau
casian, published by Butler in North
Carolina, and which contained extreme
and violent attacks on Senators Hill and
Sherman and others with whom Butler
was in daily intercourse" AS to the bond
issues, Senator Chandler declared that
the president and secretary of the treas
ury were men of sterling personal integ-
rty. standing as representatives Of the
credit of the government. No one charges
incorporation or embezzement of
/ the funds which had been raised by the
sale of bonds.
Il am thankful that two-thrds of the
senators on this side of the chamber"
! said Senator Chandler will vote against
this bill. And l ask the senators who
! participated in the election of President
| Cleveland and who are of the party of
John C. Carlisle, to join with us at least
! in one patriotic vote to protect our honor
and credit"
Senator Pettigrew rose to challenge
a published statement that although an
advocate of free silver coinage. he had
agreed to support Mckinley and sound
money in order to become a delegate
to the national convention. He declared
that the report was false.
Senator Teller referred contemptuous-
~ to those "self-satisfed Pharisees" who
acclaimed that they were the only ones
willing to protect the honor and credit
of the country. The senator declared
that the silver question whose death and
burial has been predicted, was a most
lively corpse. State after state had de-
clared in convention for silver The great
| democratic party was ready to inscribe
on its banner free silver coinage"
What the republican party will do at
| st. Louis l do not know" said Senator
| Teller, but ] believe l know enough
of the sentiments of the west and of
| the plain people of the country to say
that the party that inscribes on its ban
ner the gold standard" is doomed to
defeat.
Senator Burrows opposed the bill on
! the ground that 1t was a virtual repeal
! of the resumption act.
Before ! would vote for a bill carry
ing such dishonor," exclaimed Senator
| Burrows, Il had rather a thousand times
! that the country should have gone down
in the awful storm of war. / will never
raise my hand to remove the last propo-
| sition to sustain the credit of my coun-
! try" (Applause)
Senator Palmer urged that the bill
sought to achieve free silver at the cost
of the credit of the country
1t was $50 o'clock when the voting
| began. The presiding officer, Senator
Faulkner directed the reading of the
amendment of Aldrich, introduced early
in the day, allowing bond issues in an
emergency to sustain public credit
Senator Allen moved to table the
amendment.
1t was a test of the two opposing ele-
ments. The amendment was tabled
yeas %, noes 25-the Individual vote being
, identical with that final passage
Senator Aldrich offered another amend
ment providing that nothing in the act
shall be construed to impair the obliga-
| lions of the United States to redeem in
coin outstanding United States legal ten
der notes and treasury notes, nor to re-
strict the authority of the secretary of
the treasury to secure coin for their
! redemption.
Senator Mills moved to table the
amendment. which motion prevailed
yeas 81, noes 25-the vote being the same
as before except that Senator Pritchard
did not vote.
An amendment by Senator Hill. that
the United States treasury notes when
once redeemed shall not be reissued. was
tabled on motion of Senator Mills-43 to
IL
The negative vote was cast by sena-
tors Lodge. Plat, Quay, Wetmore, re-
publicans, and Brioe. Caffery, Faulkner,
Hin. r. Mitchell of Wisconsin. Palmer.
Smith and Villas, democrats
An amendment by Quay for the redemp-
ton and reissue of treasury notes and
Issue therefor of notes. payable in gold
! and receivable for all debts, public and
private. was laid on the table without
division.
Senator Hill moved to postpone the fur
Their consideration of the bill until De-
| cember next; defeated. "a to 80.
The Final Vote.
This cleared the way for the final vote,
on which the bill was passed. yeas 81.
noes %, as follows:
Yeas-Republicans: Brown. Cannon.
Dubois, Hansbrough, Mitchell OF oregon.
! Pettigrew, Pritchard, Teller. Warren,
] Molcott 10 Democrats: Bacon. Bate.