Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-14

likewise or talk about the Chinese and
the lower animals as beng typical with
those who do not change when he does.
u.auyiter)
AS to the gentieman's reference to
people feathering their nests. don't
know Just what he meant, but vent
ure TO say that IL the feathers are to
De mad for the asking or for the pluck
ing, the gentleman, II he IL around. will
get his fun share QLaughter)
air. Hall sprang TO his feet when Mr..
pearmonh sat down.
u do not wish to initiate the gentle
man In Billlngsgate," he said holly. 81
do not expect to initiate him In II. but
! wish TO renly TO some pertinent mat
ters that he has referred to. He says
| 10 Tot represent my constituents I
desire to cali his attention to the fact
that we have but five Democrats here
from Missouri instead of fourteen in
the Fifty-third congress; that OF these
fNe democrats three OF us are sound
money men (applause). and that the
leader OF the ID TO idea in the United
states senate is now at home on his
rocky farm In Laclede county unless he
is still lecturing to his one-man audi
ences In the south OaughteD My
statement with regard to the United
States senators was made for the pur-
pose OF pointing n moral and enforcing
this truth-thnt public men not In this
body merely, or In the senate or In the
state legislature alone but public men
are generally tending toward the d.
rection OF cowardice toward the peo-
pie. / am not called upon to answer
10 him for my course In congress.
propose to go back to my district and
make the fight for sound money. zap
plause)
He will 70 to his and make the
fisht for silver recommendation. Let
the roll call OF the Fifty-flfth congress
show which IL right. have unlimited
confidence in the honesty. the upright
ness the integrity and The brains of
my people. ! believe they will sustain
me; ! believe that I shall receive their
endorsement and that the gentleman
Will come back az he comes back at alD
with less than the 1873 majority he re-
celved In the lastelection." (Appl1use)
The session OF the house from II 80
to ~ o'clock this morning was devoted
TO general debate on the bond bill, the
speakers being Messrs; Grout Nep..
VIZ. McCollis tRep., Tennl, Hndiey,
Rep.. I'D and Doullttle tRep.. wash)
In favor of free coinage. This closed
the debate. The house Immediately
reconvened General debate on the
bond bin. the senate substitute to the
bond bill, under the Arrangement was
then offered for amendment and de-
bate under the fve-minute rule.
Mr.. DinEley Rep., Mainel, chairman
OF the why's and means committee, eN-
planned the parliamentary situation.
He would make the motion to non-con-
cur In the senate free coinage substi-
tute. while Mr.. Crisp. representing the
minority az the committee, would move
concurrence. The latter motion took
precedence and would be the pending
motion open for amendment until 4
o'clock. when the vote In the committee
Of the whole would be taken. Under an
arrangement made with the minority.
he said, two hours would be allowed
tomorrow for closing debate in the
house. an hour on a side. and the final
vote would be taken about 2 p. M. to.
morrow.
Mr. Dlngley and Mr.. Crisp then for
mally entered their motions and the
amendments were made and defeated.
Mr.. Owens Dem, KyD, speaking 10
an amendment. while rldiculing the
petition in which the Republicans were
placing themselves, created something
of sensation by describing the Re-
publloans OF the senate as following
the brutal leadership OF a man who
called himself farmer, but who was
more like the farm bug that Travelled
backwards"
At 4 o'clock the vote was taken on
MIR. Crisps motion to concur In the
senate free coinage amendment. The
vote, rising one. resulted In the de-
fent of the motion, so to 100.
Cheers greeted the announcement OF
the defeat Of the silver men.
on Mr.. Dingley's motion then. with
out division, the committee reported
the bill TO the house with the recon-
mendation that the house non-concur