The herald., 1898-02-01

coinage of silver in any form. No on
disputed the law, he said. No one denied
it. Silver was a full legal tender. Blu
every Republican vote against the res
olution would declare that silver was
not fit to pay the public debt with. Sill
yer would then. in truth, become sub
sidiary coin. Bland created great ap-
plause on the Democratic side by read
ling from the Record the votes of Hop
kins, Grosvenor and other prominent
Republicans against the bill to pay the
bonds of the United States in gold coin
which was voted upon in the last con-
gress at the time the last administra-
ton negotiated the S260,O0OOOO loan
Grosvenor on that occasion, he said, nae
stated that he was glad to pay Sl6.OoO,oo'
for the privilege of paying silver in re-
Idemption of the bonds.
SHORT SPEECHES
Hopkins of Illinois. Republican, said
this resolution had clearly shown that
1.-The senate was not a Republican body
Ibut was controlled by the free silver ele-
Iment. BY a decisive vote in the last
ELECTION the people had spoken against
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
And vet the senate, no longer represent
ing the people, passed this resolution in
defiance and misrepresentation of the
public will. He commented on the un-
eoual influence eXerted by the scantily
populated state of Nevada and the great
state of Illinois in shaping results in the
senate.
| Clayton of Alabama, Democrat as
serted that the defeat of this resolution
was dictated by the masters of the Re
publican party who gathered at New
! York banquet table the other night, al
500 a plate, which meant in Alabama
standards that every man ate bale
of cotton and a couple of mules.
Grosvenor of Ohio. Republican. in op-
position to the resolution said that
throughout all the changes and muta-
tions of the money question in this coun-
try the Republican party had main
tained its unvarying devotion to which
was dominated honest money" H
reviewed the record and position of the
party from the time of the passage OF
the resumption act in proof of this prop
osition.
Wheeler of Kentucky, Democrat, fol-
lowed with a review of the same history
that Grosvenor had invoked to prove
that the Republican party on the money
question had "somersaulted like circus
tumbler."
Pearce of Tennessee, Democrat, de
clared that the mist had at last cleared
away. The Republican party was firm
ly committed to the gold standard
Nothing could disguise the fact.
Crow of Pennsylvania. Republican
contended that the creditor had the
right to demand the payment of his debt
in whatever legal tender he elected. Fol
the government to exercise the option
would be dishonest and in bad faith
otherwise the government could set its
printing presses at work and soon turn
out enough legal tender" to discharge
the government debt.
Brumm of Pennsylvania, Republican
said he would have voted for the resolu-
ton had it not contained the latter
clause, declaring that the free coinage
of silver was not inconsistent with tn
public faith.
Baird of Louisiana, Democrat, assert
ed that in voting against the pending
resolutions the Republicans would sim
ply obey the commands of their masters
in Wass street.
Bailey yielded fourteen minutes Il
| Bell of Colorado, Populist, and tina
gentleman parcelled the time out to th'
Populist members, giving each of them {
couple of minutes.
johnson of Indiana, Republican, go
ten minutes from Steele of Indiana, Re
publican with which to oppose tbs
resolution. He said the resolution was
adroitly worded. II was. in his opinion
nothing more nor less than a reaffirma-
ton of the Chicago platform. While the
advocates of free silver contended that
under free coinage silver would be at
a parity with gold, he declared that they
knew otherwise and charged that the
purpose of this resolution was to enable
the government to pay in deprecated
dollar after gold had been driven out OF
circulation.
Evans of Kentucky, Republican. sale
he construed the resolution as a decla-
ration for free silver and as such he OPP
posed it,
Walker of Massachusetts. Republican
chairman of the banking and currency
committee in opposing the resolution
asked if members had ever stopped tC
calculate the commercial value of un-
doubted honor whether among nations
or individuals.
Bartlett Of Georgia. Democrat, de
| clared that the present attempt to vitiat'
| the contract between the bOndholders
and taxpayers was made in pursuance
| of the demand of the financial reformerS
one of whom, at Indianapolis, declared
| that the business men would force th'
| gold standard on the country in spite
| of the law, if necessary.
After some brief remarks in supper
of the resolution by Messrs. Brucke
of Michigan. Democrat, Norton of Ohio
Democrat, and Cochran of Missouri
! Democrat, Dolliver of Iowa, Republic
an, made a stirring speech of ten min
utes against it. Mr. Mcguire of Cali
fornia, Democrat. said he agreed witt
Dingley that there We're two sides o
this question-justice and extortion
| the creditor and debtor. concentrate,
wealth and manhood, the bondholde
and the people. 1t was. he said. the ole
story of Shylock and Antonio over agail
with Shylock demanding more than wa
nominated in the bond.
Cannon, Republican, of Illinois, who's
record had been attacked during the de-
bate, said, in speaking of his formc
votes for free coinage and for the Mat
theWs resolution, that the difference be
tween silver and gold then was but
few cents; it was now 80 cents. The Re
publican party had always been fo
honest money, sound money the Demo
! cratic party, since the war, for cheal