The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-17
DEMOCRATS Do NOT
OFFER AMENDMENTS.


Continued From Pare One.
asking fer a peace conference. II thlnr,
are not inside out, how can the Renuhlirsn
party stand fmpotent and silent while Eng
,aha mas been shooting to death a rcpub-
nc IN south Africa, and while under the
mintary and imperialistc powers that pat
ronage has delivered TO the president mere
.he crime OF crimes Is being committed UNI
ue ..,,s sne stars and Stripes Of the Union.
Inc president at Madison Wis. said one
small traction of one small tribe resists our
authority In the Orient Aye, my friends.
with an army there and on the wav OF
fo,VW men, to subdue one small fraction OF
one small tribe, an army larger than Sher-
| man needed to march TO the sea, an army
larger than Grant needed to take vicks
burg, Is now called into requisition and
kept there for nearly year to subdue one
small traction OF one small tribe. Is that
the source OF your prosperity? Ia your
Egan pension Of s75 for being reduced de.
graded and dishonored Is your beef trust
that murdered 1850 men while the SPAN
iards only Killed $50. is that the source of
your prosperity? Applause on the Demo-
cratic side)
rs your humiliation and slbordination
of the man who won the most magnificent
naval victory that the world has ever seen.
Winfield Scott Schley applause on the
Democratic side) Is that the source of your
prosperity Is your subordination Of Brooke
and Miles and Merritt. the men who had
been trained. together with their associates
at an expense of millions Of dollars to this
country and putting Of politicians In the
army saddle, Is that the cause OF your
prosperity? applause on the Democratic
sfdeO You Will I've to be ashamed OF your
record" NJ
bryan Denies mn Interview.
/ In the closing hour Of the debate Gaines
read the following telegram from william
j. Bryan. in reply to message sent him
regarding his Interview on the house cur
rency bill a few days ago. In which Gaines
stated that his application Of the term
Democracy" was being perverted here:
"Austin. Dec. 1s, 1899.
"Hon John w. Gaines, Washington. D. c.:
Have seen report in morning paper, but do
not recall any interviews which was in the
language criticised. Have said that bill is
! bad In every particular and should he de-
feated, but have not said that It would hurt
the Democratic party or Democracy: be-
lieve 1t will injure the country and 1t ought
to drive out Of the Republican party ali
/, sincere believers In bimetallism.
wv ]. BRYAN"
De Almond Closes for Democrats.
De Almond closed the debate on the
Democratic side. He called attention to the
fact that only one section of the bill had
been read and no opportunity given to
amend the bill. He declared 1t was the
opinion on the minority side that the bill
was designated to create huge far-reach-
ing and all pervading bank trust. He had
intended to offer an amendment. but the
section to which 1t would apply had not
been reached. He had 1t read at the clerks
desk. 1t provided that It should be unlaw-
full for any bank under it's provisions to
combine with any other bank for the pur-
pose of increasing or restricting the coin
in circulation, credit or interest. That
amendment, De Almond said, II adopted,
might help to prevent the fruition of the
scheme In this bill. In this bill the govern
ment would issue no more money. It's issue
was to be turned over by 1t to the banks 80
long as they operated the power in the in
terest of themselves and the Republican
party.
Dramatic scenes at the Close.
The scenes attending the close of the de-
bate were exciting and dramatic. When
De Almond concluded but twenty minutes
remained before the debate was to close
under the rule. Richardson. the minority
to be the purpose of the Republicans to
take that time to close the debate. He
demanded the regular order. Thereupon
Grosvenor got the floor for five minutes.
which he occupied In haunting the Demo-
Gratis for their evident desire to abandon
free silver at IS to /. During the days de-
| bate he said the house had heard no argu-
ments for free silver. and he humorously
hailed 1t as a sign of the coming regener-
| alton Of the party. In conclusion he said
| that out of the debate had come the settled
| conviction on both sides of the house that
| the enactment of the pending measure
would put into law the policy which had
governed and guided the country for near
| ~ thirty years.
Richardson Indignantly denied Grosven-
| or's assertion of the proposed abandon
| ment of the issue of free silver. He said
| that II the gentleman from Ohio had fol-
| lowed the debate he must have heard some
strong speeches In favor of free silver. lie
| had called attention to the fact that but
one section of the bill had been read. and
! charged that the special order. which did
| not permit the Offering of a substitute or
| a motion to recommt, had been framed
for the special purpose OF preventing the
Offering of free silver substitute
Does the gentleman desire to offer such
a substitute?" asked Overstreet.
1.-THE rule was framed to prevent me
from doing So and the debate has been de-
nherately conducted with the same end In
view" responded Richardson.
The Republicans laughed derisively a.