The record-union., 1896-02-07

/ distribution of bills, speaking for two
and a quarter hours
He was followed in the argument by
Hawley (Rep) of Connecticut in favor
| OF the proposed amendment.
George (Dem.) of Mississippi also
argued in favor of the resolution. In
| the course of his remarks he paid a
high tribute to Allison and the speech
made by him to-day. saying that if any
further proof was needed OF that Sena-
/ tors fitness for the highest position in
! the gift of the Nation, that argument
/ furnished it. He might say that, he
added, in the Senator's absence.
! Hoar (Rep.) of Massachusetts ar
gued against the resolution. He be-
| lieved that it would be unwise to make
such a sudden change and to wrench
| the proceedings of the Senate all awry.
| lie thought that the matter ought to go
1 to the Committee on Rules.
/ The discussion continued until $40.
when Harris (Dem.) of Tennessee
moved an adjournment.
! Dubois and other friends of the reso-
/ luton demanded the yeas and nays on
I the motion to adjourn.
The yeas and nays were taken, but in
the course of the call there was a great
deal of confusion arising out of numer-
! Gus transfers thereof and misunder-
4 standing on the question of pairs The
result was finally announced as: Yeas
+ 81, nays %, and the Senate, at 6 p. m,
/ adjourned till tomorrow
IN THE HOUSE.
! WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-To-day's
/ session of the House was devoted ex-
clusively to the further consideration
of the bond bill and the Senate's free
coinage substitute therefor.
/ The debate in favor of the Senate
substitute was opened by Wheeler of
/ Alabama, a member of the Committee
on Ways and Means, who replied to
Dingley's speech of yesterday. He as
serted that every allegation of Dingley
upon which he based his argument for
the gold standard was fallacious and
unsupported by facts. He took each
statement of Dingley in detail and
made a plausible argument in favor of
silver coinage.
He was followed by Johnson of North
Dakota against free coinage Johnson
said: 1.-The Republican party was de-
feated in November, 1892, when we
were harvesting and marketing the
crop of that year. and the shadow of
free trade settled down on the coun-
try. Measured by any standard, 1 as
sert, said he, that never since Moses
slew the Egyptian and hid his body in
the sand has there been a time when
the farmer could have paid his debts
so easily and cheaply as in 1891, the
elimination of thirty years of Repub
lican rule and policy in controlling the
administration of the Government.
(Applause)
In regard to the effect of free coinage
of silver on debt paying, Johnson said:
Official statistics show that insurance
companies, savings and national banks
have over $4,000, 600 900 on deposit,
for which they are debtors to the peo-
pie. Free coinage Of silver would en-
able them to shave this Indebtedness
in two by paying it in deprecated sill
yer dollars. This would make, were
the money equally divided, five thou
sand millionaires. At present there are
but 1900 in the country, and to do this
you would rob the widow and the
orphan of one-half of their living"
In the course Of his remarks several
gentlemen endeavored to interrupt
Johnson with questions, to all of whom
he said that he would take them in
turn when he had concluded, which he
did, after which c. W. Stone (Rep) of
Pennsylvania and McRea Oem.) of
Arkansas continued the discussion, the
latter insisting that free silver should
be secured the Democratic organiza-
ton. 1t must be maintained because
he said it is the only organization that
can check the paternaI tendencies in
government of the republic.
The next speaker was Johnson (Rep)
of California, who spoke in favor of free
coinage. He said that the duty of the
House demanded that something must
be done for silver. What the silver men
asked was that the country be put back
to the days of 1873, when silver and
gold alike were coined in it's mints, and
that Congress quit trying the Kelley
gold cure on the Government He
criticised Dingley for offering nothing
as an alternative to free coinage, and
urged that American silver at least be
coined.
Johnson's time expired before he had
concluded, and the colloquy that fol-
lowed over an attempt to secure an ex-
tension revealed something of the bit
terness of feeling between the silver
and anti-silver factions. An extension
would crowd Settle (Rep) of North Car
o1ina out of the list for the afternoon,
and he objected. An arrangement was
finally made by which, through Walker
(Rep) of Massachusetts and McLaurin
Oem) of South Carolina, Johnson Sc
cured the desired time.
Resuming his remarks, he said: st
thank the gentleman from Massachu-
setts for his courtesy AS for the other
gentlemen. I want to say that 1 never
forget a favor nor overlook an injury
If that means war, speaking for one, /
want to say that the. silver Republicans
are ready to set the lance in rest now or
at any time upon this question
The debate was continued by Settle
who devoted some time to Johnson's
speech. He opposed the Senate substi-
tute, but said that he would like to see
some legislation that would lead to a
freer use of silver.
After Brewster CRep.1 Of New York
had made a brief speech in opposition
to the Senate substitute. the committee
rose.
At the suggestion of Dingley, at )
o'clock a recess was taken until 30
o'clock, the session to continue until
1870. and to be followed by another re-
cess until 1870 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. both sessions to be devoted to de-
bate only
Railroad ohiciaI Seriously III.