The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-15

Washington City, Feb. 1.-THE ma ajcrity
against silver in tie house today, when the
tG2i vote was taken oa concurrence in the
senate free coinage amendment. was larger
than that Or yesterday in committee OF the
whole Yesterday The motion "a concur
Was defeated 80 20 -. a matcrisy Of 10. to-
day Il was beaten 80 10 ~. a majority Of
Id The vote today was a recoFG-Enaklfy z
vote. ard, counting the pairs. bat 81 ouf of
zS members were asnaecoanted for Per
haps a few % the ahsentees dodged. but
most OF them We're gnavoidably absent and
We're unable u secure pairs. The silver
men. who yesterday predicted a much
greater showing of strength today. were
again disappointed. The sound money
leaders had been disposed 10 eoncesie the
silver forces 30 votes. An analysis Of the
vote today shows that is4 Republicans and
III Democrats voted against concurrence.
and = Democrats : Republicans and I
Popuiists for concurrence
The debate which preceEes the vote was
ef an interesting character, bat devoid OF
any sensational features The galleries,
as usual on a fieid day II the lower bran n
OF congress. were crowded 10 the doors
and quite a number OF senators sat tGs0ugt.
the fye-hour debate. Secretary Herbert
was also present. Ex-Speaker Crisp pre-
sented the closing argument Tor the silver
men. and Was replied TO by Turner, DEM
ocratic colleague from Georgia. IN a two
hour speech. The personal rivalry between
the t@o leaders Of the opposing factions Of
the Democratic side OF the house added 10
the interest Of the occasion. DaIzell Of
Pennsylvania closed Ia behalf of the Re-
puelicaas. The partisans Of the respective
champions missed 10 opportunity 10 ac-
claim their approval when telling points
were made, and at the close the nonors
seemed even.
Dingley. chairman OF the ways and
means committee. insisted on the
regular order as soon as the journal
had been read. Under the arrange
ment made yesterday, one hour was al
lowed TO each side for closing.
Crisp. representing free silver, said this
Was an economic question. and. no mat
ter what views members might have
entertained in the past, he assumed that Ia
castIag his vote today each member would
DO So conscienslously. in accordance with
the dictates OF his convictions. Crisp
opened his argument proper with the famil-
tar words. In 1873 congress demonetizgj
silver. Prices are fixed By the amount of
primary money I'm the world. IL the stand
ard IL England is gold. in France silver
aud in CAsnA silver, the measure Of values
viii be the combined amount Of both gold
aud silver circulating as money" He read
from a statement Senator Sherman made
In 1876 that the decentralization OF silver
hai caused a reduction Of its price and
created a mad scramble for gold on the
part Of England France and Germany,
which appreciated Its price and induced
a fall OF prices throughout the world. That
fan of prices Crisp asserted. was large
" due TO the decentralization Of silver. He
read from RHlfour's speech on the 10th
inst in the English parliament. attribut-
ing the decline 0f agriculture n gold coun-
tries 20 the appreciation OF gold and fhe
artificial advantage il gave 10 silver coun-
tries. Balfour also declared the obstacles
TO reform came not from abroad but We're
put forward at home Crisp affirmed the
existence Of a weli-defiued purpose by
those IN authority. both here and abroad,
20 depress the price OF silver IN order 20
prevent reconciliation. He cited the man
ner in which the Bland Allison act Of lSl2
was executed the coinage OF the mini
mum amount under the act ard the refusal
of the treasury after n few months to coin
silver urder the act OF 1890. He cited Sec
retarv Carl.sle's refusal 20 give silver for
cold n 1888 because silver was needed Tor
redemption Of treasury notes ana Aia
course a few months afterward tn redeem
fr,.r those notes IN gold. What kind ot Jug
cling is thaf2 he asked. What sort OF
frga~5iv treatment - silver is thatP ZAP
rlauxei. He then directed his attention
"a the manner IN which the parity between
The metals has been maintained. Every
obligation. government bonds, Grecnhacks
and treasury notes. vas paEahle IN con-
n thar was true and they were not gold
g,flraffo-s why did rot those who be
tisyaf that have courage 20 say so anc
su,.s tba tax-vifden people millions OF In
,a-ssfs In February. lSss. congress could
49,. savsa the people s16.@9.ooo OF inter
80 lax authorizing gold bonds. Congress
,-..,,s,,t :. said Crisn. We paid S6 90 M
r,- The privilege u paying in silver, ard
NV, vou attempt 70 deny our right to d1
SO" tApplansel
Co.. Fsy, savs ago our condition was plti-
-. TIE greatest nation In irtellgcnce
srs ,vaap. We ha1 just applaaaed 10 the
80 the PRESIDENTS message warning
t,-..r,aa- powers that thew would not be
,,.wvuftfsd % secure }otEwent on the
An,erfean csuttnent. The everherauons o;
that applause had 1ar1iF cfasei before
Ne administration. with shaking knees,
80 bvsterfcallv calling on congress for
49, II vas feared that Great Britain
....fs saEN 0ur gold We we're absolutely
rslflssS in tbs face q 5he enemy. Yet
~, ns,s y.ant taat condition perpeiu-
ata.s
f.-i-f.lSinz TIE bond hill he declared
tNnf sfS purpose = d@ I'D t.iikaf'--ii t.-t
.-.e-s.s..txs ara 20 d. indirectly what the
-,,s7~sfv dared not Is directly u was a
go =, retire ali tae green backs by hold
5.~ thsrs in the treasury az fhe cost -
--,fs,a,. g{fse {uts~est-bearjug bonds o plan
--Il~@ NJ Carlisle naI rlarsCterized as
.trs rnssst remarkable experiment sux-
-ts s-, modern Times 90 Coming down
- tha uraeticai qurstiea whether TIE
tr-t.es states Independently could main
,.t- v-tsh free coinage ere parity between
s.ss aea silver ~ said taat tssre Wa~ ~
asfTa~snre - opinion taat f. could bs
a-fe~r7msi~h.1 tsy an international agree
-.srs As aD historic fac{. fratc~ lad
,-,.,t~.as7e4 tHa nar5ty FOR seventy years
II four or Hve countries eol.3 rairtal0 "a
rarfrs Ee vas Conceded Thar laA c7fsia
es~-f tAe result How ps0vs-taI aust a
~tare be- tasn 50 effect thar --saIt Tie
-.,,srss frorn Jackson AIS J Jafers.- and
,,~~4enspfuousgv said 50 bad remained ~
~,.sssrn seouoEu ssts 20 assert ftat f- ere.
=. ksrrea3 aa8 Va}le hF taW was .-,
,-,.ss.af ana metaphysical ahs--.e., d
"a atxs quoted Sherman ans ra-ii-,a
.ttss - saS fn the house. te rae .r...,
,.r ans arfted aetsac n several countries
s.-,,Ts ze<sa8u silver. As % the ah.f-y ID
49,. F-rstea states t8 DO 50 ala-e. t.e 81.
.-,f,sa .rE France. a cai7fr- lrsnl-=lr in
So in wea1fh and tsafF ta us uasr b.
- IL mind Lfsr conuercF. trfe--af
.-.~-ss-sx and France combined a-4 -,,,
,.e,s~~es Refe IS yet unste gefaf--,s t,,,,
,.-.,,stasssr e1cHezs e3the- - These sb-a,
,.-1,.trteS & oar Halnts were sfers.t q, 49,
- s.sessaze 81 silver rhR cs.vDa-rf,1
a,.,s - tks metal Wol.i3 ts seual % h..
zeal x-a3ma IN tAts Cosfetry. 1~-alse arm
-. Aavrns r@ss grains coiss4 a-.nx s.; ,sers