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

POLITICAL SPARRING
MISSOURI DEMOCRATS TALK ABOUT
EACH OTHER.


days debate the house today by vote
OF SO to 100. in the committee of the
whole, rejected the senate free coinage
amendment to the bond bill and re-
ferred the bill to the house with rec
concentration to non-concur. They had
been confidently claiming over 100
/ votes. After two-hours' debate tomor-
row the final vote will be taken.
| Mr.. Dingley viii close for the major
ity ana Mr. Crisp for the minority.
/ Propositions were offered during the
I day 10 concur with amendments as
/ follows:
10 coin the American silver pro-
duet; for the retention of seigniorage
by the government. and to open the
mints to the free coinage Of silver at
the ratio Of 10 12 to ] when Germany
and France should have agreed upon
similar action.
All were defeated by large ma
jorities.
The last proposition offered by Mr..
Towne of Minnesota mustered SO votes,
the highest number Of any.
Mr.. Towne had stated that similar
propositions would be submitted to
the reichstag and the French parlia-
ment at the present sessions. The
most significant statement today came
in the form of an lntimation from Mr..
Z DIngIey that a bill might be reported
from the ways and means committee
/ looking to the Initiation by this country
Of project for another international
monetary conference TO meet within
year. While Ar. Dingley said he
was simply expressing his personal po-
| sition In the matter II was generally
understood from the manner In which
he said II that the suggestion had al
ready matured into well defined In
7 tuuuon on tlle part OF the Republican
/ leaders OF the house.
/ Although the galleries We're throng-
ed today and there was good deal OF
1 outside interest manifested In the clos
Ing of the debate as evidenced by the
ne oil senator Saerman and 9th
ers from the other end OF the capitol,
J lav ueDAte itself was only saved from
utter stagnation by very spirited
and very personal encounter between
Mr.. Dearmond and Mr.. HILL both Mis-
souri, Democrats on different sides of
the financial question. The gentlemen
had paid their respects to each other
before during the debate but each In
the absence OF the other. Today the
uii,ec was at close quarters. Mr..
Hall took the Initiative. but he met
ar adversary worthy of his steel,
Mr.. Dearmond had criticised the lam
guage Mr.. Hall had used In announc-
ing his conversion to the cause of
] NOullu money NHils tHt ttSk
congress voted for free coinage) To-
day Mr.. Hall opened by referring to the
! fact that Mr.. Denrmond had mentioned
the names of Benedict Arnold and Jud-
as Iscariot. Proceeding, he indignant
ly denied that he had been Wash
ington convert to the cause OF sound
money and adverted to standing
challenge he had posted in Missouri
| last summer to discuss the Issue on
the stump He also denied that he In
tended to charge his free silver friends
in the house with personal corruption.
"why should ;he gentleman feel that
he has been hlt?" he asked, turning to
Mr. Dearmond. II don't know. unless
the solution is found In the old adage
that the bird which has been hit fiut-
ters."
Mr. Hall. continuing, replied to the
charge that he had been posing as the
author of 'he income tax By this
time the house was intensely Interested
and the members crowded about the
| combatants.
Mr. Dearmond had fire in his eye
when he arose to reply. He did not
feel he said. that anything that the
gentleman had said had struck him.
hut he felt as one OF the representa-
tiyes from Missouri that when the new
convert from that state 10 the so-call-
Ell sound money doctrine saw proper
IN making his platform to class the
indies in the depahs OF Az
RIGA and the lower animals
in the category Of those who did not
change their opinions that perhaps It
might not be inappropriate to suggest
| mat there might be changes of opinion.
As to the income tax business. he said,
the gentleman hnd allowed himself 10
be pgraded as the author OF the bill
when he knew he was not.
"He said he had been Informed and
believed that eight senators who had
voted for free coinage" continued Mr..
Dearmond. " had said they believed II
would bring bankruptcy and ruin to
the country. He did not identify
them; he did not name them: he dare
not do It; he never will do It, II eight
senators or one senator made such re-
mark he merely did what the gentle
man himself does and dare not deny
that he has done. The gentleman talk
ed about Gladstone might II had
chosen commented upon the exquisite
modesty that resides in my colleague
when, talking Of his own conversion.
his own elevation, his own progress,
ne thrust into such cl1se connection
TINT little Incident about the change In
the oplnlon of Nr. Gladstone. tGreat
lau1hter)
ANY man has right to change his
oplnion. But my impression is and II
has been greatly strengthened that
when a man changes his oninion and
dsnerts from his old associates he
ought hardly to prate at the first op-
nnrfunIty about the courage which led
him 10 do or talk about the 'cowardice'
fwiibo,it Identification or specification
mai resides In those who do not 40