The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-02-13

BY a vote of 135 TO 143 the House yesterday
defeated the District of Columbia appropriation
bill, which has been constantly under debate
since last Friday, and was finally completed in
Committee of the Whole Tuesday evening.
MIR. Hainer's attack on the charity provisions
arrayed the Democrats and 81 Republicans
against it. and the hill was finally recommitted
to the Appropriation Committee. The Senate
Free Coinage substitute for the House Bono bill
was taken up for consideration in Committee
OF the Whole Mr.. Payne IN Y in the chair
Mr.. Dingley made two hours speech. No
agreement has been reached as to when vote
viii bc taken on the substitute.
Chairman Dingley gave motto that at the
proper time. under the instruction of the Com
mittee on Ways and Means he wonld move TO
nonconcur. The Senate had returned
substitute a bill on another subject, which,
had il been offered as an amendment to the bill
in the House. would have been ruled out as not
germane. Ii the Senate had returned bill or
an amendment proposing to repeal the Bond
act of 1875. of which the House act was partly
an amendment. there would have been some
consistency in its action, but it had distinctly
rejected such a proposition. The house was
entitled, Mr.. Dngley said, to a distinct answer
to both propositions of its bill.
Mr.. Dingley continued that the House bill
proposed to stop the outflow of redeemed
greenbacks for current expenses. The House
upon this proposition or else that the Senate
repeal the act Of 1875. The Senate amendment
might be interpreted to mean repeal of the
parity provision of the act of 1890. intended to
operate so that when gold and silver parted
company the Secretary of the Treasury should
pay obligations in the cheaper money. Or it
might be followed by such legislation. There
was no doubt that the Government had the
power to-day to pay all its obligations in 90
cent dollars or 25-cent dollars.
The American people. said Mr.. Dingley,
would never consent to the payment of its
obligations in a money cheaper than that in
which they were contracted. Until 1893 our
good faith was never questioned anywhere in
the world. Mr.. Dingley explained the impos-
sibiity of redeeming greenbacks in silver with
out destroying the parity between the metals
and in answer to questions asserted that
Treasury notes of the act of 1890 were being
redeemed in gold. Last year SIG. 600, 900 were
redeemed.
He was in favor of bimetallism that would
secure the permanent and concurrent circnla-
ton of the two metals side by side. That was
the only true bimetallism.
The international free coinage would. I'm his
opinion, bring this about. His own judgment
was that we should cling to limited bimetalism,
such as we bad and such as France had, until
We could secure full bimetallism through an
international agreement. Sooner or later he
One by one he took up and answered the
arguments advanced by the Silver men to show
that free coinage would increase the CONNER
cial TO the legal ratio. In conclusion he de-
plored that this great financial question on
which such gigantic interests depended should
have become a football of politics, to be dragged
into ward caucuses and conventions 1t was a
question that should be consided carefully
and calmnly out of the atmosphere of party
conflict, and decided its merits, without
attempt 10 deceive either ourselves or others
At o'clock the House took recess until
o'clock.
At the evening session Mr.. Talbert rs. c.,
d. broke forth IN terrible passion be-
cause of something Mr.. Pearson IN C.. R.)
said. He WAS urging the Silver Repub-
licans to stand TO their party as the party that
would solve the Silver question in the interest |
OF the largest circulation of silver consistent I
with the public credit. He spoke of those who |
were hosting the red flag Of anarchy aud the
black lag of dynamite, and those who in
South Carolina, under the leadership of a
tyrant. were building their power in class
hatred and race prejudice He urged his Sill
yer Republican friends in North Carolina not
to JOIN the Populst party at the invitation of
South Carolina. - We accepted South Caro-
ina's invitation TO secede once" said he,
dramatically, land got whipped"
We didn't get whipped" shouted Mr.. Tai
bert. whose Ire had been aroused. We Sc
,eded, aud would do SO again. Pm proud Of
what did"
am sorry for anyone who still believes in
secession" said Mr.. Pearson
DO" said Talbert angrily; land want
the gentleman to understand that we didn't
get whipped, and never will be whipped"
This Spartan declaration caused laughter.
When hell freaks loose, someone has said,
lightly, ] guess" was Mr.. Pearson's parting
hot. % il will break loose in S0uth Carolina -
Laughter.l