The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-01

test place in hades would be reserved
for the present secretary of state. The
vote on the resolution was yeas, 1872:
nays. 1872.
BATTLE OF STANDARDS
Before the house met. the ways and
means committee decided upon an adj
verse report on the resolution by a par
~ vote, and the rules committee de-
clded upon a programme fixing the
final vote a O'clock
The struggle began as soon as the
journal was read. There. was objection
to the proposed rule but it was adopt-
ed without a roll call, 143 to lis.
Mr.. Dingley then opened the debate.
He urged that the question involved
was one of honor and, good faith, and
not a matter of technical legal right.
Continuing, he said: t'Would it be good
faith for congress. now that silver has
so greatly deprecated, to restore it's
free and unlimited coinage at the ratio
of 16 to 1, by this country alone. when
the market ratio is SO to l, and then
use such dollars to pay the bonds which
we have sold for gold under such cir
cUmstances? I do not think it would.
[ fear that many of you are resting
on the expectation which you have that
nothing of this kind will be done and
are eXcusing your vote for it on the
unworthy idea that you are playing
politics.
eff SO, beg you not to trife with the
honor and good faith of the nation for
any such miserable end; for rest as
sured such an expression of opinion
as to the sense of the honor of the peo-
pie of this country contemplated by
this resolution, under the existing con-
ditions, would seriously injure the cred
1T Of the country, and tend to weaken
reviving confidence and so injure our
credit and standing as a nation that 1
appeal to gentlemen on this side of the
house to maintain the pledge which the
Republican party made in st. Louis, to
keep all of our currency, whether sill
Yer or paper, as good as gold, and pre-
serve inviolably the public faith and
credit; and to gentlemen on the other
side of the house to maintain the stand
ard of value which Jackson's admins
tration gave the country sixty-four
years ago, and the honor and good
faith Of the nation SO carefully pre-
served by the fathers Of the Demo-
cratic party, and to take the opportu-
nifty offered by the resolution now be-
fore the house to show to the country
and the world that the good name of
the nation is safe in our hands" pro
longed Republican applause)
BAILEY RECOGNIZED.
After the outburst of applause which
greeted the close OF Mr.. D1ngley'S
speech had subsidized Mr.. Bailey was
recognized for an hour. He yielded
portions of his time to Wheeler dem,
MOI, Cowherd Oem., Mo-, and Dockery
Dem, Mo-, and then yielded ten min
utes to Mr.. Bland, of BLAND dollar"
fame. Mr.. Bland created great ap-
plause on the Democratic side by read
ing from the record the votes of Messrs.
Hopkins. Grosvenor and other promi-
nent Republicans against the bill to
pay the bonds of the United States in
gold, which was voted upon in the last
congress at the time the last admins
tration fioated the $3.50, 900, 900 loan.
There were brief remarks by Clayton
Dem, Ala.). Grosvenor Rep., o.,
Wheeler Oem., Ky.l Pearce Oem.,
TENN, Grow Rep., PAP, Baird Dem,
La.J and Johnson Rep.s Ind.). Mr..
Johnson declared that the resolution
was. in his opinion, nothing more or
less than a reaffirmation of the Chicago
platform, a declaration for free coinage
of silver.
Mr.. Dolliver made strong ten min
ute speech, in the course of which he
said the people would be almost ready
to endure all the horrors Of the gold
standard, if by so doing they could get
rid of the noise of the advocates of
silver at 16 to 1.
Mr.. Rhea Oem.. KY created some
thing of sensation. In the course Of
lis speed While he was referring to