Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-09-23

Eress' second session. page -'''
senator Hereford, in the Senate, on
February Is, 1873, III discussing the
- -;lyor sold
decentralization - 94I'Ni 9'4"
$50 that I say that beyond the posi-.
hility Of a dnuht. and there is no dis
ritin.r i, that hilI which dcmonetiZed
Silver AZ i; l,sscd. never was read never
u,. diH,.,isI,1 ANA thai, tho Chairman of
,hn ,n,n,nitt,, Who rennrtcI il who
nt,nr.d ,i,, snl,~tiiiI.n. said 10 MIR. Holman
,r;'.n iunuirrd If mai il did NOT affect
a.. ~, :, vh,,nvor Jiid
49,. ,,.n r. 80
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Senator Howe. in n spcrch delivered
,,-o
II the senate on fcburary D, 1919,
.,;1.
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Mr.. President, | do not regard the
wrench ',,, from the neon.e more than they
"IieJ ~ pay. IN, nav - nv ~ ~ nharr,.
:, ~. -, "a, ',',,,r.,, ui,h wh;.h The
~ ir, - ,,, huntrot n';IIions *
,on;.,i;. W ;n'aI Racnrd Xnlume
,i,ri Enr,v NH, CONGRESS. second
.!.iin ,'',,,n ~
-
General Garfield. in speech made
r.,
at Springfield, ONO, during the lall Oh
M and
7''''
"Perhaps ought to he ashamed to saw
so, but it is the truth to say that, at that
time being Chairman or the Committee
ON Apnr0rriations and having nv hands
over-iull during all that time with work,
never read the bill, took it upon the
faith of u prominent Democrat and
prominent Republican,, and do not know
that voted at all. There was no call Of
the yeas and nays, and nobody opposed
that niil .ha doloh hno "f bills are AZ INV
friend and know. IN Congress, on the
c rsa, iii , therefore tell YOU, because
nh ~ ny ConrressionaI Record. Volume
:, nart Enrtv-tifth Congress. second
session. naoe $50
NJ. d..
MI DiiSh'' - Tennessee, said OF the
law.
cit passed by fraud in the House,
never having been Printed in advance,
being a substitute for the printed bills;
never having been read at the Clerk s
desk, the reading having been dispensed
no VI material Information in til the coinage
LAYS; II was PASSED wltnOut discussion OF
pnr,a iu"; ; Iuss.ioi. 4. was lasstGu " niy
etiuai ,hn, iit,oi, uiioer suca citcu.ii-
enton the most VIZ, We
tne apies. s'a.esii'ah III congress at that
t,a,,ei ,1,". o,,. aye sir' IL was
. lau., 'uat suieiis W heaven. IL was =
iiauu .n"' VIM sum i" .ho hoSo u.
pos.elty anu witch some PERSONS ihus'
eve account III Tue usy Oh retrlputioh.
Noiia SeoioLaI Hecoiu. Not uiiie I, parI
secoiiu sessloii' roTly-nlth CONGRESS, page
o'1'
Mr.. Holman, in a speech delivered
| .
IN the House OF Representatives July
I12 1915 enid
40 io'0' '''"
ct avo hefore mo tho racord of nro
ceedings of his nomse On tho nassau ~,
that measure, a record which no man can
read withont heinz convinced that the
| measure and tho tnathod IF Ito naSsa,rS
thrnnvh this UomSa was .c"insral
| swinIia assert that tho measure nova,
had The sanction of this Homse and IL Goos
not possess the moral forcs of law nNCon.
oressionai Record vnlImn mart 4
penG; ,oS hrs' sesslon' ap
,oo;, ~, ,,o,s. 1919 Ia sail.
| OTSdIllZc d Uuttdu VI Ill!IlcS dIlu coinage
| The bill which finally passed the House
and which ultimately became law, was
certainly not read in this House.
cit was never considered before the
House as it was passed. Up to the time
the bill came before this House for final
passage the measure had simply been
one to establish bureau of mines; use
the Committee on Coinage. Weights and
became a law was never read, and is suS.
!eet to the charge made against it by the
that it was issued 10y the House without a
knowledge of its provisions, especially
upon tnal OF couaee.
nySeiI asked the question OF MI
Hooper, VINO STOOD near where am now
stanullg' Whether II ciangeu the law IN
regard 10 coinage. Anntne answer OF MIR
hooper Ge h,n ieat ane impression
the coinage was not affected by thai bill
Fortve fourth Congress first session q, I mace
5'2%.
Mr.. Canton, OF Illinois, in speecl
made In the House on July IL, 1916
said.
"This legislation was had in the Forty
second Congrcss. February II. 1874. by3s
bill to regulate the mints of The limited
States, and practically abolished si,yel
as money by failing to provide for coin
age of the silver dollar. II was moi dis
cussed, as shown by the Record, anC
neither members of Congress nor the Deo
Die understood the scone Of the iepis,a
ltion."-Ibid.. apnendix. mage 1g7
Mr.. RurcharJ of Illinois in a snooc,
made in the House of Representative
nm J,,,, 70 so;d.
VII '"'y Ao' saiu'
"The coinage act OF 1873 upaccom
panied by any written repOrt unon IN,
known to the members of Conyress who ,1
without oPp p5fnt ?f allowed it to pas
made no alienation lin the value from
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MI heiiy' ol pennsylvania VINO hat
.""' 80 vi VIC o,i'' III epoco'i '''"ue IL
the House OF Representatives OF
MIL. a ,o-o III
h"ieh - 1000 saiu'
ain conncction with tho cbaroo th.t
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