The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23

by the committee ,,hn ,r,-L,od "a, y. 49, 49,
tho United states in june ISL VIZ b NV ,e o.
ton $3.50 of the Revised Statutes Of the
United States, as follows ",rbr silvrr
coins If the United states shall he a
legal tender ut thor ncmirni value fnr
any amount not exceeding . in any one
payment" The deed was done. the mn.
p-fc for which the conspirAcy ,yls formed
was completed. and tie happiness thN
welfare and the property # toillnr vii
lions as well MS Tho hanomess nn1 ~
PROSTATE at the feet Of the money nav
cr panic followed within six months
and since then we have Ind fsiiin,.
prices, ruired fortunes ana crushed
hopes strikes and bread riots. suuaIid
hunger ana want, with a trrrat ARMY nf
mon trampng this country over ;,lna ding
for work and asking for bread To ali
this. as well as tn tho cries III hclnless
women and children. these National
bank cormorants and bond holding VAIN
pires haNo turned deaf ear.
The people have renonsirated and nc
ttioned in vain. in the speech delivered
by Mr. Mills in the congress- Of thr
United states on the 81 lay OF February.
1855. he tells of n venerable congressman
presenting a petition signed bV several
thousand lahoring men praying congress
To do something to dispell tho financial
gloom and horror which has been
brought inon this cnuntfv rr If no,,,;r,r
might ho SCARED from seeing their wo-
mon and children sturvo before their
eyes,
John c. Carlisle of the poonIn mot
John q. Carlisle OF gold bond fame, in
n sDecch delivered Tebruorv u ls7S soid,
According to my view Of the subject,
tho conspiracy which seems to have
been formed hero ana IN EuroDe TO do
stroy by LEGISLATION and Otherwise from
thrce-sevcnths to onc-halr the metallic
money Of the world Is tho most riro ntir
ciirlc # this or any other age. The
contamination of such scheme would
ultimately entail more misery upon tho
human race than all the wars. pcstiIenco
ana famine that ever occurred in the his
tory Of the world"
Mr. FELTON, OF G. -orcln i'm n speech de-
livcrad in c9ni:rsss in ISIS sgid. ~ suh-
mil that the financial Hesitation Of This
country since 1871 has boon the re'ult Of
rreditor clase f., rol, defro,id ord i'm
povcrish tie debtor class. The act OF
is7S demonetlyiuc tho silver dollar was
as ,,riust nrd uir,,nd az ,bn laLnr strii,os
,.iini, b",.n ,n,ontL, '' t,,tic1 and
alarmed ali Good citizens The only ar
forrmco was tbo last was Illegal and
virlent: The other sought to cover the
oi,tra~c thov rcrnctratSd nv thc forms
Snd sonctinps ~ ,he law The only dir
fcrcnco vas ono wos sne4rlilv and mstlv
s,tnnresaod. ia other nnnonllcd in cold
AZ ,rot,ctc6 ~ notitical inGuerce
smiles in It's blcated security upon the
r r.ral ~ ~ fo,tuno ,bo l,l,sted bSnea and
w., e,,efo,ln, ~ vcrtv il has crentcd
There was ihe southern section of our
laid hN with her
ma hi,..od ont nov felds unrultiyatod
ber once happv homes many of them in
ashes her farmers without i,npleuents
Of hr+baudrv without stock and without
,nrod "'' an ,'i' er,bannce thro,Igho,t the
lard lust at this tno the government
resolves 70 contract me currenoN nrliiE,
l's,F TNc.N o,'n to Geld basis and nm
ci,oStionablv reducing the debtor class
to pcnury and want ~.
q, IN 'a op Hi,,,, ,nfrod,,red r@!olItion in
thc senate as follows:
"l}o II resolved ny me seua1, tIr
houaa n re ,re hS',is ~ ne ,'.it'1
stotes issued under the said acts Of
congress hcrcinhcfore rocIted, are pay
able. principal aul .hIer's ~, 'iI-nitcd
Ilon OF e,,,cr d,ilors n the coinage Of
tho United states containing fi2@ Grains
oach on SLIM. .,,ch silver coins as leCa!
is coinage sucn H ST said bonds, princi-
,'.I and intcrcsl, is not in violation of the
public faith nor in der9gat'...n OF 'n'
rights OF the pnol ,',ode Nv senator Ed
a ~ inn ~ N-crn'9nt 10 amend the resolu-
lion so "a to make it read payanl, III
gold r its equivalent ana tn"t Any ~ ~
payment without tho consent OF Wv vlIir
itcr would he in VI ihl'pu vi ".irts"
faith ana III ucroSh AlpH -, -, ~ q,
The amo ndmcnt was Fo'ri ~ ' "s
vote Of IS t. is and IN rC.olu .ip. "a
tho senate by ovSr two-,nlrus w III, "'t
was ccncurred in by the mousse ny
cf lSg to 7S.
-, 1s-s
Tho agitation aud discuss'on VI ''''
.o,,,ed ,ornrass to pass what Is known as
ta'ou" ,,,i. A., This act rc-,stab-
the Blard-Alhso" 81" c,,i,.-," ,,aio
lished the dollar OF tle i"'",'''
:, , local tender for all debts eNcent
.,.., ..v,raeelv stimulated in the
wheh ot"lrN"N 81, a., socrotar, of
contract, and dirfctei tn'
ia. treasury to purchase silver buihon
,,,,,,,o, rr,cc thereof not loss than
NJ the u"ihN. ..h nor r,,ra than
two million dollars "ol'" "V'
fur million per month ana cause tie
49, Ia coined as fast as purchased
siln'' 10 S1,,a.s ,rta s,rsatcr mart
into such silver do"a's. -. 49,,
of the silver dollars of THIS country we're
.,,.c, urder this act amounting TO G7S,-
'pllN' '''NN'
i9G1@. ...,,. :,
ON July II, 1880, was nassei W"'t i
known as the Sherman act. The first
NM" a., d,r.cts Inc secretary
section oi tnc "'' 49,, I'm,
of the treasury to purcnaS' l""' "'''i''''
e,o hundred thousand ounces OF silver
80 ,.-..e 49, NAV D.,