Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-11
STILL TALKING.
Further Talk in the House on the
Silver Coinage Measure.
Politics Become Mixed Up in the
Discussion-Several Congress-
men Air Their Views.

Washington, Feb. s.--Fifteen MEM
bers responded to Speaker Reeds sug-
gestion at 10: 80 o'clock Saturday morn-
ing that the house come to order for
the third session of the Legislative day
of Friday.
Mr.. Corliss (rep., Mich.) was the first
speaker on the bond silver coinage bill.
He favored the passage of q bill to Sc
cure international bimetallism by an
agreement with other nations than
Great Britain, and: If that could not
be accomplished, then to keep out for.
eign bullion and coin the American
product.
Mr.. Boatner (dem., La favored the
coinage of just SO much silver as could
be maintained at a parity with gold.
Lively Discussion.
Both gentlemen opposed free coin
age of silver. A little life was thrown
into the discussion in the course of the
remarks of Mr.. Bartlett (dem., Ga.).
He asserted that the victory of the
democratic party in 1892 was won be-
cause of the belief that democratic sue
cess meant the reconciliation of sill
:
belief was responsible for defeat in
succeeding years. Mr.. Boatncr asked
If such shining lights as Bland and
Hatch had been repudiaied by their
people because of their opinions on the
subject OF free silver.
Mr.. Bartlett said, These gentlemen
were defeated because the people were
so disguised with the failure of the
democratic congress and adninistra
ton to redeem the promises of 1892
that 9s4, 900 men who voted the demo-
cratic ticket in 1892 either stayed at
home in 1894 or voted another ticket"
From Party Standpoint.
Further colloquy ensued regarding
the desirability or expediency, from Il
party standpoint, of prosecuting the
free coinage idea. Mr.. Boatner asked
Mr.. Bartlett if that was democratic
spectacle now being witnessed in Ken
lucky, where the democracy was
Threatened with the loss of senator
satisfied to support the state plat
form?
Mr.. Bartlett replied: 'The democracy
is threatened with the loss of a senator
in Kentucky because few men, a small
minority, cannot control the great ma
jority."
Will Support the Ticket,
eff the democratic national conven.
ton adopts gold platform and nom.
mates gold candidate" interposed
Mr.. Skinner (rep.), of North Carolina,
Stnsi11 1,o,, cCry>or< ho
II will vote for any man" replied Mr..
Bartlett, "whom the majority of the
democrats nominate In convention"
"Then you are willing to sacrifice
the interests of the people on the altar
of party?"
81 am willing to forego temporarily
the contamination which must eyentu
ally come and can only come through
the democratic party"
"Do Something for silver.''
Mr.. Grosvenor (rep., o. departed
from consideration of the financial fea-
lures of the matter to make general
political speech, taking for his text the
plea of the gentleman from California
NHfr.. Johnson): do something for
silyers2 He said that the offer of the
house In the bond and revenue bills to
do something for the whole people and
to provide sufficient revenue for the
needs of the government, was met by
the cry: Don't do that; do
something for silver" Do some
thing, continued Mr.. Grosvenor, for 100
men, constituting the strongest mo-
noply in the country.
Advocated Concurrence.
Mr.. Mines (rep., Aiich.) advocated
concurrence in the free coinage sub
stitute sent by the senate, and at the
conclusion of his remarks at 12
O'Clock the house adjourned. 1t was
Immediately called TO order for the
legislative day of Saturday.
On motion of Mr.. Fletcher (rep.,
Minn.) senate amendments were
agreed to the house bill granting right
of way to the Brainerd & Northern
Minnesota road through the Leach
Lake and Chippewa Indian reserva-
tions.