The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09

VI .no eii11Ao VI 1910 as piece or secret
Ieglsiatlon, Grosvenor said that any man
who made such a statement when the
congressional Record contained sixty
columns OF debate on the subject ought to
go home and never come back.
Grosvenor read from the declaration
signed by number of Senators and
printed to-day, to the effect that unless
something was done for silver there would
be no Republican party. From this he
went on to the question of the probable re-
suit OF the Presidential election in 1896 to
demonstrate the truth of the statement
that whether the contest was decided at
the polls or by the House of Representa-
tlves it would result in the selection of the
Republican candidate. Pennsylvania, one
OF whose Senators signed this declaration.
Grosyenor said, was represented by moth
ing, absolutely nothing" In conclusion,
Grosvenor warned Republicans against
voting for the free-coinage substitute,
Evans (R.) OF Kentucky spoke against
the Senate substitute, and was followed by
McCreary I'D OF Kentucky, who referred
with pride to the large number of bidders
for the new bond issue, but regretted that
nation like ours should be forced by un-
wise and vicious laws to offer its bonds for
sale when Congress was in session and
ready to give relief. He asserted that the
Democrats were not responsible for the ex-
listing financial condition. He predicted
that if the Republican party continued the
course 1t had followed for the past two
months there might be repetition at the
next election of what followed the session
OF the Fifty-first Congress-. He showed
that during the period from 1870 to 1896,
when the free coinage of silver was sus-
pended, property valuations had increased
from $50, 1000, o,Ooo,o 600 to $65, 900 600, 900.
Hepburn (R.) of Iowa denied McCreary's
assertion that the Republican party had
demonetized silver.
Towne (R.) of Minnesota discussed and
defined the term bimetalism and said any
man who did not agree that it meant that
both gold and silver should be admitted to
the mipts, and of equal value, at the option
OF the debtor, in the discharge of his obli-
cations, should have the courage of his
convictions and stand up and be counted
as single gold-standard man. TAp-
plausel
The compliment of half an hours addi-
tionai time was paid Towne, which he oc-
cupled in an eloquent discussion of values
and prices as affected by the operations of
the single gold standard.
Hall (D) of Missouri spoke against the
free coinage of silver. He was asked by
Talbert (D.) of South Carolina if he had
not voted in the Fifty-third Congress for
free and unlimited coinage.
Hall reply yes. But the difference
between the gentleman and myself is that
have progressed some since then, while
he is standing still where l was then.
Laughter.
Hall referred to several illustrious ex.
amples of change of mind, among them
that OF Speaker Reed, of whom he said
History will write him down, when the
clamor of partisan has been hushed, as the
greatest pioneer in the eveopment of
parliamentary law the world has ever seen.
never criticized Tor condemned his action
regarding the counting of a quorum and
never expect to, because 1 believed it to be
exactly right"
In concluding Hail asserted that the un-
limited free coinage of silver at the ratio
Of l6 to was not a Democratic doctrine,
the only party which had declared for it
being the Populists.
The House at 5:15 took a recess until
o'clock, with the understanding that an
other recess would be taken until 10:3O
o'clock Monday morning.
The Representatives who gathered in
the hall of the House in the evening to
hear and participate in the debate on the
bond silver coinage bill could be counted
on ones fingers. Phillips (R.) of Penn
sylvania, Colson (R.) of Kentucky and
Wanger (R.) Of Pennsylvania opposed free
coinage, and Talbert CD of South Caro-
lima advocated it.
AT 9:D, there being no one else desiring
to speak, the House took recess until
1880 O'Clock Monday morning.