The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-10

nm congress. second session. page lt5S)
senator Heck. in a speech In the senate.
| said; ut Uho characterization bnD never
was UNDERSTOOD by either house of con-
gress say that with full knowledge of
the facts. No newspaper reporter--and
they are the most visilant men ever saw
in obtaining nformition-discovered that
1t had bean done" Congressional Rcl-
ord, volume vii, part l, Forty-ilth con.
| sicss. second tssion page 200
Senator Thurman said: Il can not say
what took place IN the house, but | know
when the bill was pending in the senate.
| we thought 1T WAS simply bill to reform.
the mint. regulate coinage and fix up ole
| thing and another, and there is not Is
single man in the senate, l think unless
II member of the committee from which
the bill came. who rad the slightest iiea
that it was even a squirt toward demonc-
| tyation"
Mr.. Holman said In the house OF repre-
| sentativea: II have before me the record
Of the proceedings OF this house on the
| passage of that measure. a record which
no man can read without being convinced
| that the measure and the methods OF its
| passage through the house was a colossal
| swindle ! assert that the measure never
mad the sanction of this house. and 1t
| does not possess the moral force of law"
| Congressional Record, vol. ~, part 8.
| Fortyfourth congress. first session. an.
pendx. page 1881 Again, on another oc-
| casdon. he said: 1.-THE bill which finally
raised the house and which ultimately
became a law was certainly not read in
| the house"
| N a ,iI -
isla ton was had in the .'orty.second con-
sress. February IL, 1879 by bill TO rogu-
late the minis of the United States. and
practically abolished silver as money by
failing to provide for the coinage Of the
silver dollar. 1t was not discussed. as
shown by the record. and neither mem
bers of congress nor the people under
| stood the scope Of the legislation" Cap
pendix, page 197. Congressional Record.
vol. iv., part 6. Forty-fourth consrcss.)
Senator Hereford. discussing the sub
tect in the senate said: 80 that say
heyofd tie possibility Of doubt (and there
is no doubling iO that bill which de-
monetized silver. as II passed never was
read. never was discussed. and the chair
itaE of the COMMITTEES who reported 1t.
| VINO offered the substitute. said to MIR
| Holman. when inquired of, that 1t did not
effect tho coinage In any way whatever "
| Congressional Record. vol. vii. part /,
| Furty-iifth congress, second session, page
| 9so)
| In view of this testimony the advocate,
| Of silver and overv one also v.bo bas q
Ishred of moral sens. loft ia him aro
Justified, nay, bound by the obligation of
Everacity 10 designate the law deiuone tiz-
ing silver as the Crime of 1871" the az
yet UNPUBLISHED crime that las brought
untold misfortune on the American reo-
pie. Tho ST.. Louis convention has re-
solved to maintain that fraudulent law
and porpetuate its evil results. The Chi
cago convention has resolved to blot it
| from tho racor3 and ra,uovn - "a, a..
.a,,,. 90 ''' o.
poas'pic 'i'e evils IL mas Pfod"e3'''
| According to the statement of Judge
Kerv. given above. tho silver hin wbon
| !. ~. mn
| II leit the hands OF the committee on
coinage. did not demonetize the silver
oo,l,r On Tho contrary A. ,,,do rrovIs,o,
,or ~. oan,,n,,,,, ,a',.a, .,,. .I,a NJ,
ior ~Is co''''iu9u coinage AFTER the p'H
| WAS pa ssed IL was discovered that tn
provision for the silver dollar was ON. :
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MAJ w Atsu VI" was not ''a' N thr
mouse Nho smut CIT DEBATE oy demand
Tor the previous question:
| 10 prH'b ci'nc nome 'uNl's Perpe-
traitor, the first question asked is; Who
| heranted hy no Tho fora,vn aud VIII
.,.na, ,a,,,,.o,aa.s aaa ,,',noaa -. :,
| street, "o'"'o'''e's "'a"e ''i'i "ns NY I"
This fact In Itself is not enough t. con-
Vic, h,,, q, afford. c,aw Web ms Glow
,'S "'' " a'' ,,no,, o''~ ", W., 80 '".' CIV
In hand we introduce NJ Ernest Seyd
into the conspiracv. \ writer quoted hy
samuel Leavi,t in his look. "our Money
Wars" saws:
"rro Encl,sh capi,als,s raised soo m,
and sent one Ernsst seyi 70 america /,
NV ia q ,,.od dsmone,iyad lie name /,
10, nv III, wos sLii,,,ily (mser,ol, n r,,n.s
den o me, sivcr Hefore tn nh ptssee
| a member OF the committee wllch ma