The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-28

an Anti-Gold Clause RESOLUTION ana al
Anttsouiless Corporation Resolution
This Latter Being the Same Which Con
strained the Wise Men to Call in Bunai<
Jones for the EIucidation Thereof-Neu
York World Almanac as a Statistical
| Guide.
Guthrie, o. T., Jan. 27.-(SpeciaL)-A
rank demagoguic spirit pervaded the
proceedings of both the house and the
senate today In the house the railroads
were held up by the hair of the head and
spanked without mercy and for no ap-
parent cause In the senate the Pops
and pro-Populistic Democrats opened up
the free silver campaign afresh and a
stranger upon entering could not tell
whether it was a legislative body or
| free silver joint debate The subject OF
the discussion was GarriSon'S bill pre-
scribing the manner Of payment OF all
obligations of debt TO be paid in money
in the territory Of Oklahoma. The bill
contains only one section, aS follows:
That from and after the passage of
this act all obligations Of debt, judg-
| mentS or executions stated in terms OF
I dollars and to be paid in money If not
| dischargeable in United States legal ten
| der notes, shall be payable in either the
| standard silver or gold coins authorized
| by the congress of the United States.
All stipulations in the contract TO the
! contrary Notwithstanding.
! The discussion was participated in by
every member Of the senate present and
! lasted the entire forenoon. Its further
| consideration wasI finally postponed until
| tomorrow at 10 o'clock, at which time 1t
| will be taken up and acted upon. The
| poStponement of the futher considera-
| ton of the bill is supposed TO be for the
purpose of holding a caucus of the DEM
| ocratS in the council so that they may
! get together on the subject and act upon
| it from a party standpoint. The Demo-
| cratic element is strongly against the
| bill and four or five of them are appar-
emily determined that it shall not pass.
1T is all well enough to howl about
! gold contracts on the stump, during a
! campaign" said one of them to a report
er, but it is a more serious matter to
| carry the idea into the legislature and
enact it into law. We dare not do it;
| for, outside of the absolute ridiculous
! ness Of the matter, congress would never
stand such a law and that body would
| take action multiplying it. Congress has
1
without much hesitation. A few of our
people have an idea that the territory of
| Oklahoma is sovereign in itself: where
| as, to the contrary, we are but the ward
of congress, just as the Indians are the
wards of the government
In the lower house the entire forenoon
was spent in discussing house concurrent
resolution No. 8, introduced by Mr.
| Shannon, sending greetings to the legis-
! Ia of L NTnIa,
! and asking them to cooperate with the
| legislature of Oklahoma in the reduction
of freight and passenger rates. 1t states
| that 1T has been demonstrated beyond
i a doubt that the cost of railroads
| through the middle. western and south
ern states can be built at a cost of less
than one-fifth of the average capitaliza-
ton Of said railways in the United
States, which proves to all men of or
| binary mind that the bonds have been
resorted to in a wholesale manner: and
| Whereas, By the rates of passenger
and freight by rail to tide water are
made with the view to pay interest on
| such watered stock and bonds and if re-
ouced to pay interest on actual cost of
said railways and equipments the rates
now existing would be at least one-half
| the present rates.
This is the resolution upon which Ser
seant-atArms Buffalo Jones was in
| vited to address the house upon yester-
day, when Mr.. Vickers had its further
consideration postponed until today. In
the meantime the absurdity of asking the
sergeant-at-arms oenlighten the house
OF which he is an employe upon a cues
flon OF such Importance because so an
| parent and was criticized so freely that
no attempt was made today to call in
| the intellectual services of Mr. Jones.
MT Shannon confessed yesterday that he
| knew absolutely nothing about what he
stated in the resolution. but this morn
| ing ne affected that he did and was per-
fectly willing to debate it. 1t is proba-
! Die, however, that he was closeted with
Buffalo Jones all night, for during his
remarks this morning he kept his eye
on the sergeant-at-arms and the SER
geant Kept his eye upon him with all the
| tenaclty or hypnotiSt keeping his sub
Ject under control All Mr. Shannon
could say esterday was that he knew
the contents of the resolution was right.
| because he felt il in his bones. as he
! would the change of the weather. or the
| necessity OF taking a drink or the posi-
| blIlty OF winning a cigar in a nickel-in-
| the-slot machine. In other words. he
| thought that the seat of reason il locat-
| ed in the bone instead of in the gray
matter, and so DID a majority of the
| Popuiist house. for the resolution was
| passed this morning by vote of IL ia
| Z, hgures suggestive Of a game of craps
Mr.. Shannon read from the New York
World almanac to prove that the asser-
| tons he had made in the resolu. tons
| were right, but in justice to the almanac
1t proved exactly the reverse The al
| manac stated that the capitalization OF
| the railroads of the United States is ten
ill., Ill,
ton four milliondollars. Mr.. Shannon
| still insisted that four million is one-fifth
Of ten million, and yet Mr. Shannon is a
minister of the gospel and hence suppos-
| ed 10 be an intelligent man When he
| announced that he was absolutely right
by proving that he was absolutely
wrong, he took his seat and yielded the
| floor to Mr.. Willis of the same county,
Mr.. Willis is product of Comanche
county, Kansas, and a peculiar fellow
He has pretty good brain but il seems
! TO be negatived by a tape worm or some
| other physical disorder. He negatives
almost everything a Republican proposes
and II {. NJ. Barnes or George Nickers
offered a resolution declaring that the
i weather would be warm in Texas the
Fourth or July next he would vote no
on the question. He regretted this morn
ing when he arose TO speak that Mr..
| Nickers and Mrs Barnes were absent. es-
pecially the latter. ne said. did not have
the proper width of gauge 70 be governor
Of Oklahoma If he didn't know anything
about the six billion dollars OF watere6
stock CARRIED by the railroad CORPORA.
tons Of the United States upon which
the people We're compelled 10 pay inter
est. He claimed. even in the face OF the
New York World almanac. that the facts
| stated in the resolution Of Mr. shannon
were absolutely correct Mr. Willis ha:
the longest kind OF a knife in his boot foi
the railroad companies He is more dan
| .rnns than the aXarasA Pom hacar1sa y.