The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-15


ership of the United States treasury"
(Applause.)
"Balfour. the most conspicuous BIZ
metallist in England" replied Turner.
has declared that Great Britain alone
could not enter on bimetallism. and the
gentleman should have been candid
enough to state that the German reichs-
tag declared for bimetallism. with the
aid of other commercial nations. Thus
one by one their arguments evaporate."
Proceeding he announced that a debtor
nation should pay its debts in the best
money of the world in order to main
tain a high standard OF credit. In the
ethics of nations we could not afford
to take advantage of a technical error
and pay our creditors in cheap money.
In the present distressing situation of
the treasury, while the secretary OF the
treasury was being criticised ma
ligned and denounced for exercising an
option which the law allowed. why did
not some one propose relief? why was
the secretary forced by a mandatory
provision to pay treasury notes i'm sill
yer?
Turner met a volley of questions to-
ward the close of his speech. He de-
secretary to sell gold were repealed
that moment the parity would fail and
the country would go to a silver basis.
The Gresham law, a law congress did
not make and could not repeal. was al
ready operating. The money in daily
circulation was silver and silver certi-
ficates. He concluded with the state
ment that the poor man in whose inter-
invoked was most interested in pre-
serving a sound financial system.
Turner spoke two hours. He received
a demonstration when he closed. Dal-
zell, republican, Pennsylvania, brought
the house back to the question whether
ii should subjugate its duty and judg-
ment TO the senate, whether the house
should abandon it's bill and accept that
of the senate. Dalzell analyzed the
contentious of the silver men. 1t was
agreed that the commercial relations be-
tween gold and silver is 80 to l. Silver
men contended that the opening of the
mlnts TO silver would make that metal
appreciate in value until the CONNER
cial value would be brought to the
legal value. But this was mere asser-
tion and dogmatism. Dalzell said there
was conclusive proof in the past eXpe-
rience OF Europe that silver would not
appreciate as a result of opening the
mints TO silver coinage. He devoted
some time 10 replying to the argument
of the silver men that the fall of prices
since 1873 had been coincident with the
fall Of silver. which latter fan was due
70 the demonetization in 1873. What
the country wanted was not free sill
yer. but more revenue through the GUS
tom houses more blazing furnaces.
more factories, and more mills, more
and cheaper transportation, wider
fields for labor and an enlarged home
market; more consumption TO stimu-
late production, increased wages to de-
crease the hours of labor. These are
the things we want and will have"
At the conclusion of Dalzelrs re-
marks, Dingley demanded the previous
question. which was ordered, where
upon the vote was taken on Crisp's
motion to concur in the senate free
coinage amendment. The vote result
ed. 9O-215
The announcement Of the 125 major
ity against free silver was cheered by
the anti-silver forces. The detailed
vote was as follows:
Yeas-Abbott, Aitken. Allen (Miss),
Allen (Utah), Bailey, Baker (Kansas),
Bankhead, Barham. Bartlett (GeorCia).
Bell (Colorado), Bell (Texas), Black
(Georgia), Bowers. Broderick, Clark,
Cockrell Cooper (Toxas), Cox. Crisp.
Culberson, Curtis CKansas), DeArmond,
Dinsmore, Dockery, Doolittle, Downing.
Ellis, Gamble. Hartman, Hermann,
Hilborn, Hutcheson, Hyde. Johnson
California;, Jones. KEN. Latimer, Lay
ton. Lester, Linney. Little. Livingston,
Lockhart Loud. Maddox Mcguire
Marsh, Mcclure. McCuloch. McKenney.
McLachlan, MCLaurin. McMillin Nc
Rae, Meredith. Mondell, Money, Moses,
Neill, Newlands. ogden, Otey. Pearson.
Richardson, Robbins. Robertson UaD,
Sayers, Shafroth. Shaw, Shufford. Skin
ner, Spencer. Stokes, Strait, Strode
Swanson, Talbert. Tate. Terry, Towne
Tyler, Underwood, Walker CVirginia).
Wheeler, Williams. Wilson 0daho).
Wilson (South Carolina). woodward.
Yoakum-Total. 90.
Among those voting nay were Boat
ner, Boutelle. Brosius. Cannon, Dalzell,
Dingley. Dolliver. Grosvenor. Grow.
Hepburn, Hit, Lefever. McCreary
Tarsney, Turner and Walker
The house then took recess until
o'clock, the evening session 70 be de-
voted 10 private pensions.
a very exciting row was only pre-
vented at the night session Of the house
by the good temper shown by Taluert
of South Carolina Talbert was oppos-
ing bin TO pension n soldiers widow
who had subsequently remarked ana
had been divorced from her second hus-
band. whom Hardy, republican. Indi-
ana. arose and made a savage personal
attack upon Talbert. South Carolina
he said. had always been raising
her voice in opposition 10 the union
We have heard from South Carolina f."
said ne. year in and year out. except
the four years when she was out of the
union. She has caused more trouble
than any state i'm the union from the
time when John q. Calhoun tried u
nullify the statutes II the United