The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-14

er animals as being typical OF those
who do not change when he does"
U-aughter).
Hall sprang to his feet when Dear
mond sat down. 81 do not wish to emu
late the gentleman in billingsgate,"
said he. hotly. Il do not expect 10
equal him in Ii. But l wish to reply
to some pertinent matters that he has
referred to. He says ! don't represent
my constituents. / desire to call his at
tention to the fact that we have but
five democrats here from Missouri. in
stead OF II I'm the Fifty-thlrd congress;
that of those five democrats three Of
US are sound money men (applause),
and that the leader Of the 16 to l idea
in the United States is now at home
upon his rocky farm in Iaclede county
unless he is still lectur!ng to his one
man audience in the South. Ny state
ment with regard to the United States
senators was made for the purpose Of
illustrating a broad proposition, for
the purpose of pointing a moral and
enforcing this truth-more public men.
not in this body merely. or in the SEN
ate, or In the state legislatures alone.
but public men generally, are tending
the people. / am not called upon to
anewer to him for my course in con-
gress. l propose to go back to my dis
trict and make the fight for sound
money. lie will go to his and make
the make the fight for silver monomet-
alllsm. Let the roll call of the Fifty
fifth congress show which is right. l
have unlimited confidence in the hon
esty, the uprightness. the integrity and
the brains of my people. i believe they
Will sustain me; l believe / shall re-
ceive their endorsement, and that the
gentleman will come back if he comes
back at all, with less than the 1873 ma
jority he received in the last election"
(Applause.)
Johnson of California offered the
first amendment to-day lie moved to
insert provision for the free coinage
of American silver, levying a prohibi-
tory duty on foreign silver. The lat
ter part of the amendment was with
drawn.
Long, populist. Kansas, offered an
amendment to the same effect, adding
a proviso limiting coinage to the Am
erican product, and IT was declared
pending. The debate then proceeded
under five-minute rule. Dingley closed
the debate on this amendment with a
warning against a loose provision for
the coinage Of the American product
Longs motion was defeated-41 to lis.
Brumm, republican, Pennsylvania, Of
fered an amendment which provided
that the difference between coinage and
the market value of silver should gc-xe-'
the government. Hartman, republican,
Montana, endorsed the amendment, but
1t was defeated-35 to S.
Corliss, republican. Michigan, offered
an amendment for the coinage of the
American product and the retention of
the seigniorage by the treasury. which
was also defeated without division.
Towne of Minnesota offered an
to coin the American silver !
product, for the retention of the seign-
forage by the government, and to open
the mints to the free coinage of silver
at the ratio of 15la TO when Germany
and France should have agreed upon
similar action. At this point the HALL |
Dearmond incident occurred. Towne's |
amendment was defeated-53 to l46
At o'clock the vote was taken on
Crisp's motion to concur In the senate I
Tree coinage amendment. The vote re-
suited in the defeat of the motion-SO |
to 100. Cheers greeted the announce |
ment of the defeat of the silver men.
On Dingley's motion then, without /
division, the committee reported the
bill to the house with the recommenda- |
ton that the house non-concur.