The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01
THE HOUSE SHOWED ITS TEETH
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Democratic party, and to take the OPP
| pOrtunity offered by the resolution now
before the house to show the country and
the world that the good name OF the
nation IS safe in our hands. prolonged
Republican applause.)
After the outburst of applause which
] greeted the close of Mr. Dingley's speech
| had subsidized, Mr.. Daley was recognized
| Tor an hour. he first Welded 20 minutes
! to Mr.. Wheeler Dem. Ala.), a member of
| the ways and means committee. who
/ submitted an argument in support of the
| resolution Before closing Mr.. Wheeler
! yielded a minute each to half dozen
as Mr.. Cowherd dem. Mo-, said. erected
a hook on which to hang a speech in the
| Congressional Record.
Mr. Dockery CDem. Mo-. declared that
the efforts of the present secretary of
the treasury TO more firmly establish the
gold standard would vacate many seats
on the Republican side.
SILVER DICK BLAND.
The appearance of Mr.. Bland, of Bland
dollar fame, to whom Mr. Bailey Welded
| ten minutes. was greeted with applause.
The course of the president and Secretary
Gaze, MIR. Bland said. in pressing the
gold standard upon the country, had
driven the bimetalliStS in congress to
introduce and insist upon the passage of
this resolution. Yet he said Mr.. Dingley
charged the minority with playing poll
tlcs- Every Republican who voted against
the resolution, voted against the St.
Louis platform and voted against the
coinage of silver in any one form No one
disputed the law, he said. No one denied
IT, Silver was full legal tender. But
every Republican vote against the resolu-
ton would declare that silver was not fit
TO pay the public debt with; silver would
then, IN truth. become subsidiary coin.
Mr. Bland created great APPLAUSE on the
Democratic side by reading from the
record the votes of Messrs. Hopkins,
GroSVenor, and other prominent Re
publicans against the bill TO pay the
bonds of the United States in gold. which
was voted on in the last congress at the
time the last administration negotiated
that occasion, he said, had stated son the
floor that he was glad to pay SIG 600 600 for
the privilege to pay silver in the redemp-
ton of the bonds.
HOPKINS. REPUBLICAN.
Mr.. Hopkins Rep. Ills.l, said that this
resolution had clearly shown that the
senate was clearly Republican body but
was controlled by the silver element. BY
a decisive vote in the last election, the
people had refused to have free coinage of
silver Yet the senate, no longer repre-
senttng the people. passed this resolution
in defiance and Misrepresentation of the
public will. He commented on the I'M
equal influence eXerted by the scantily
populated state Of Nevada and the great
state of Illinois in shaping results in the
senate.
Mr. Clayton Dem. Ala.), asserted that
the defeat of this resolution was dictated
by the masters of the Republican party,
who gathered al a New York banquet
table the other night at 500 a plate
which meant in Alabama Standards that
every man eat a bale Of cotton and a
couple of mules.
HONEST MONEY"
Mr.. Grosvenor (Rep o., in OPPOSE
ton to the resolution, said that
throughout all the changes and mutila-
tons of the money questions in this
country, the Republican party had
maintained its unvarying devotion to
that which was denOminated honest
money" He reviewed the record and
position of the party from the time of
the passage of the resumption act in
proof of this proposition.
Mr.. Wheeler Dem, Ky) followed
with a review of the same history that
Mr.. Grosvenor had invoked, to prove
that the Republican party, on the
money question, had somersaulted
like a circus tumbler.'
Mr.. Pearce Dem, TENN declared
that the mist had at last been cleared
away The Republican party was
firmly committed TO the gold standard.
Nothing could disguise the fact.
CREDITORS RIGHT.
Mr.. Grow (Rep., Pa contended that
the creditor had the right to demand
the payment of his debt in whatever
legal tender he elected. For the gov
be dishonest and in bad faith. Other 1
wise the government could set its
presses at work and soon turn |
out enough legal tender to discharge |
the government debt
Mr.. Brumm (Rep., Pa.) said he would /
have voted for the resolution had it (
not contained the latter clause, declar- /
ing that the free coinage of silver was /
not inconsistent with the public faith
Mr.. Baird Dem-, La.) asserted that |
in voting against the pending resOlu- /
ton, the Republicans would simply
obey the commands of their masters in .
Wall street.
Mr. Bailey yielded IA minutes to Mr..
Bell CPop., Colo), and that gentleman
parcelled the time out to the Populist
memb ers, giving each of them a couple
Of minutes.
ADROITLY WORDED.
Mr.. johnson (Rep., Ind got ten min
ltes from Mr.. Steele (Rep., IndO with
which to oppose the resolution He
said the resolution was adroitly word
I'd. 1t was, in his opinion. nothing
more nor less than a reaffirmation of
he Chicago platform. While the advo-
:ates of free silver contended that I'M
Ter free coinage silver would be at
parity with gold, he declared that they
Knew otherwise, and charged that the
purpose OF this resolution was to en-
able the government to pay in a de-
lreclated dollar, after gold had been
iriVen out of circulation.
MI Evans CRep-, ky.) said he con-
itrued the resolution as a declaration
or Tree silver, and as such, he opposed
Mr. Walker (Rep., Mass.), chairman
II the banking and currency commit
ee, IN opposing the resolution. asked
members had ever stopped to caIcu-
ate the commercial value Of undoubted
lonor, whether among nations or indi-
-idualS
IN SPITE OF LAW.
Mr.. Bartlett Dem. GaO declared
nat the present attempt to vitiate the
contract between the bond-holders and
ne taxpayers was made in pursuance
L the demand Of the financial reform
rs, one of whom, at Indianapolis. de-
Iared that the business men would
orce the gold standard on the country,
n spite of the law, if necessary. {
After some brief remarks in sunnort
l the resolution by Messrs. Brucker
Dem, Mich). Norton Oem., OF and
cochran (Dem., MOI, Mr.. Dolliver !
Keep, la made a stirring speecb of :
en- minutes against it. '
MI Mcguire dem. CALI, said he
greed with Mr.. Dingley that there ,
'ere but two sides of this question Z
ustlce and destruction, the creditor $
nd debtor. concentrated wealth and {
manhood, the bOnd-holder and the neo-
ie 1t was, he said, the old story of
hylock and Antonio over again. with !
hylock demanding more than was :
ominated in the bond.
CANNON CRAWFISHING.
Mr.. Cannon (Rep. Ills.), whose record
ad been attacked during the debate.