Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-07
SILVER SUBSTITUTE PASSED
Final Vote in the Senate,
Aye AZ, Nay, 80.
Populist Members Wanted to Tack
on an Amendment Prohibiting
Bonds-Assertion Made that Har-
rison Threatened to Veto a Free
Coinage Bill-Senator MorrilPs
Speech Against Silver.

!
| mont, Mr.. Morrill,, who said the House
| had promptly responded to the Presi-
| dents message and supplemented ii
| with an emergency tariff revenue bill.
| The free silver substitute for the bond
| bill, he added, may not be the first
time when bread has been asked for
| and a stone has been presented, but it
| is the first time the committee of the
| Senate seems. to have perpetrated a
practical joke, almost good enough for
| a clown of Barnum'S menagerie." The
Senator thought a deficient National
| income should be not less swiftly rem
edied than an excess, saying: 1.-The
| present Administration, however, ex-
| hibits a bashful diffidence about &C
| knowledging any deficiency revenue de-
rived from a tariff bereaved of it's
parents in early infancy, but with
| hands behind them, they may quietly
take whatever money Congress may
place in their hands for the treasury,
where the outflow of gold has been so
swift as to make even the heads of the
keepers dizzy"
Referring to the assertion that France
maintains silver at par with gold he
said: Because there is no clustering
silver party and no silver-plated Demo-
cratic party that are daily striving to
pull down their money standard to that
of deprecated silver, they keep silver
to the amount of 1886, 200, with $772,-
900, 900 of gold, on ratio of 151z to l.
The United States has been the friend
and patron of silver to its own hurt.
If our late investments of nearly $780,
900, 900 in silver have been VIGOROUSLY
improvident and Improbable, the dis
astrous results will appear as a drop
in the bucket when compared with
what must flow from the enOrmity of
the present proposal to open all our
minis to the free coinage of the silver
Of all the world
Mr.. Morrill, paid his respects as fol-
lows to threats to form a new silver
party: Some whispered threats have
floated in the air that the extreme sill
yer men, now fraterniZing here and at
home with the Republican party, would
band themselves together on one domi-
nant idea, and, with auxiliary Demo-
cratic aid, hitch onto the tail of the
great Republican measure at the first
opportunity, some tinl1ling silver
amendment, hoping thereby to secure
the triumph of this hybrid silver COM
bination, although the grand old Re-
publican party might perish. But there
is little fear of these .eruptive threats,
for, if carried out, the riot act might
be read at home to these offenders, up
on whom public opinion would not fail
10 place us brand, and whatever party
might survive, not all the garroters of |
the Republican party would be among
its members"
Mr.. Morrill, said the Republican party |
intended to retain both metals in circu- |
lation. and the recent elections showed |
the people had confidence in that |
party.
1.-The election" said Mr. Morrill,, "of |
Governors in such States as
New Jersey, Maryland and Kentucky
indicates that the old Wing States of
the South are wheeling into line with
11a.t1. |
which concern their industrial prosper
ty. The Republican party, at its earli-
est opportunity, will seek the co-opera-
ton of the leading nations in the coin
age of silver, and will in the meantime
the integrity of the business
affairs and the honor Of the country by
he maintenance of every dollar of
money in the hands of the people, with
,ut depreciation, at its full face value
Mr.. Teller (Rep., Colo) replied briefly
o a reference Mr.. Morrill, made to the
,heapness of silver when coming from
he mines. He said the same could be
aid of gold. The very remarkable
mines of Cripple Greek were turning
ut sold at % cents per ounce. Mr..
'eller referred sarcastically to the fire.
uent Characterization of "silver bar
ms, and asked what had become of
he gold barons"?
The first amendment, that of Mr.. But
= u cOulu Carolina, pIOnlDiIeu the Is ?
uance of bonds without authority of +
congress, and also provided for a
lethod of redeeming greenbacks in Z
old or silver, according to the fuctua-
ions of the ratio. 7
Mr.. Daniel Dem, Va.) and Mr.. Gray !
DEM, Del) spoke against the Butler
mendment, urging it would tend to
isturb the parity of the metals.
Mr. Jones CDem., Arz) pointed out
lat the main purpose of this measure
as to secure the free coinage of sill
er. The committee did not wish to
duplicate this main issue with col
teral questions. He appealed to the I
lends of the measure to pass the free
image amendment without scattering
leir energy by side amendments. a
Mr.. Teller added his appeal in the d
tine line.
II am sorry to see the friends of free Z
image weakening" said Mr.. Allen, as 4,
proceeded to support the Butler I,
nendment, pointing out that it was a =.
.sirable and essential feature of the s.
ain proposition for free coinage. ~
1T is useless to have free coinage" =,
terjected Mr. Butler unless the Sec :.
tary of the Treasury was directed to =,
Try out its spirit by paying obIiga- re
)ns in silver"
Mr.. Harris Dem., Tenn0. Mr. Bacon c,
'em., Cal and Mr.. CockreH Dem, ~
o. all spoke against complicating the ~
ain question of free coinage with the IT
liter amendment, the last-named say Of
9: No greater obstacle has been en-
untered by silver than this continual 90
sposition to try to get too much' tn
Mr.. PETER pop, Kan.) supported the az
ltler amendment, he being the fourth 's7
the Populist Senators-Butler, Allen, sa
awart and Peffer-who had resisted ir
e appeal of the main silver element Sc
? the adoption of free coinage with
compiicating issues NJ
The amendment was defeated, 10 to "a
Those voting in the affirmative ca
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