The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-14

Washington city. Feb. I3-After a ten
Gays debate the house today, By a vote
Of - 10 ~. Ia committee .of the whole.
rejected the senate free coinage amend
inrnt 70 the bond bill and reported it back
To- the house with a recommendation 10
non-coneur and insist on the house nill-
TIE strength developed BY the silver men
Was disappointing They had been conf
IDENTITY counting on over ieo votes. After
tEo hours Of debate tomorrow the dnai
vote viii be taken. Dingley will close for
the majority. and Crisp for the minority.
propositions were offered during the day
70 concur. with endmenfs as follows:
To coin the American silver product. for
the retention OF the seig8ioFage ey the
government. and 10 open the mints 10 the
free coinage Of silver at the ratio OF lS1z
TO l when Germany and France should
have agreed upon similar action AL were
defeated Dy large ma50rlties. The last pro-
position. offered by Towne os Minnesota,
mustered s. votes. the largest number OF
any. Towne stated 10 the house that sim
ilar propositions would be submitted 10 the
reIchstag and the French parliament az
the present session.
The mast significant statement today
came IN the form Of ar intimation from
Dingley that bin might be reported from
the ways and means committee locking TO
the initiation by this country Of 4 project
Of another international monetary confer
ence 10 meet within year While Ding
ley said he was expressing his personal
position in the matter, il was generally
understood. from the manner IN which he
said it. that the suggestion has already
maturet into a weil-dsfined intention on
the part OF the Republican leaders Of the
house
Although the galleries were thTonged
today and there was Q good deal Of out
side interest manifested In the closing Of
the debate. as evidenced by the presence
OF Senator Sherman and others from the
other end OF the capitol, the debate itself
was only saved from utter stagnation hy
q very spirited and very personal eneoun-
ter between DeArmcmd and Hall. both Of
Missouri, on differences on the financial
questioa. The gentlemen had paid their
respects TO each other before during the
debate hut each in the absence Of the
other To-day the encounter was at close
quarters. Mr. Hall took the initiative. bat
h. met ar adversary worthy OF has steel.
DeArmond had criticised the language
Han had used In announcing his conversion
10 the cause OF sound money. Today itau
opened by referring to the fact that De-
Almond had mentioned the names of Benz
aflcf Arnold ard Judas IscaTt8t. without
the apparent courage 10 make personal
application Proceeding. he Indignantly
denied that he bad been q Washington
and ativertea 20 a standing challenge he
had posted In Missouri last summer TO dis
ctlsS the issue on the stump. tie also de-
nled that Re had Intended 10 charge his
free silver friends In the house With per-
sonal corruption. Why should the sentie-
man feel that he has been hitF ne asked
turning 70 peArrnond. Il DO not know.
unless the solution is found n the old
aaace shat the bird which has been M
rutters." Hall. continuing. replied 10 the
rharee that ne had been posing as the s0~
.her az the income tax. By this time the
house was intensely interested, and the
members crowded around the combatants-
peArrnond had fire in his eye when ne
arose 10 reply. He did not feel, he said.
that anything the gentleman had SAID had
struck him but ne felt. as one OF the rep
~rsar,atives from Missouri. when the new
azf convert from that state TO the So
called sound money doctrine saw proper,
In making his platform, 10 class the chi
rese uaof.le from the East Indies and the
DEPTHS OF Africa. ana the lower animals
IN the category Of those who dld not
change their opinions. that perhaps II
might not ~ Inappropriate 10 suggest that
mere might be- changes OF opinion that
would evidence no tremendous eNaitait0n
at.ov.. those referred 10. fLaughtert As
70 the income tax business, he said. the
gentleman had allowed himself 10 be par
aided as the author Of the bin when he
knew he was not. Hall said he had been
informed and believed that eight senators
Who had voted for free coinage. continued
neArmond. had said they believed Il
would bring bankruptcy and ruin 10 the
country. Tie dii not identify them: he did
not name one. he nevsr viii do IL De-
Almond continued. If eight senator's, or
one senator. made any such renAk. be
merely di1 What the gentleman himself
does not and Will not dare deny that he
las done The Gentleman talked about
Gladstone I might. II had chosen have
commented anon the exquisite modsstv
that resides in nay colleague when. in talk
ing about his Own conversion. his owE ele-
walton. his own progress. he thrusts into
such close connection that Httle incident
about she change in the opinions OF MIR
Gladstone fGreat laughter ANY man
has right to change his opinion. bat my
impression was. and z has been greatly
strengthened that when = man changes
his opinion and departs from his old asSo-
ciafes he ought hardly % prate at the 5rst
arnortunltv about The courage which led
him 20 30 e. or talk about the 'cowarsira'
without Identification or spec5a 5a~at{on-
shaf resides IN chose "a no do NOT DO ffLs
wise or talk ahout ERE Chinese and the
lower animals ns being typical OF those
who DO not change WREN he does UattyF-
people feafher.g their nests 40 u0s
know just what he meant but 7 venture
20 say that II the feathers are 20 be hos
FOR the asking. or for the pmckinr. ne
gentleman II he IS around VIII get his frl5
share daughter and apriauseA
fgaR sprang 20 his feet when Mr. DeA~-
ruon3 saf aear Y 8a Eot wish % srnrta..
the gentleman in BiiiinrSxafe.r Safs 49,
hotEv II 30 not exnecI 70 equal hira IL II
But wlsA 80 raoly e. SoFae pertinent ma
tiers thas he has referred 10 he savs
s,rr-t represent my constituents. sesf~s
- cau his attention n the fart thar "a
have bar five Democrats here from Stls-
s54rg. Instead - fassrteen fr ths Fsffv-.hs~.s
congress. that % those oys Daroo-s+s
three sf us are sound money ue~ ia.
risuSe}. ard that the leader - the 1s-t7-4
movement IN she Tntted States IS ro,r -
home tEzaa his rocky farm tn ra~sss
county. unless he - still iectarsnz - 80
,,s-,san asa3ieHce ia sae Soach ,Fa-,~t
ta~ and apniAasel nv statement xffa =.
varF a. the Jnite~3 STATES senator's ma.
rrskc rur tne purpose % illustrating a So
rranoSltl8ne for The puTpese 90 y-5fn-t-.- =
moral Ans s-forcinE th&s frIts teat 49,
rs,h4fe raen. ret IL tbs body merely - g.
ses senate or II ghe state }-rssls ...-..
alone. har pnbsfc men generally. ara -a-4
s,.- q, ttss direction e. coward -a t-a.s,s 49,
-..-ev.l. am not called uaon O. a-s~ra- -
Atrvs gsr HaN easrse IN congress, c~.-os- H.
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ma - fhe AEAs for silver ruone-ssers1 49,.
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