The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-16

Wheeler gained a minute to reply.
defending the regularity of the Louis
Vile convention and saying that only
few thugs and toughs were ex-
cluded
The tension of this affair was relieved
at this point by point of order by
Cox Of Tennessee.
What is the point of order" asked
the chairman.
II object to having this Kentucky
side show thrust into the financial de-
| bate" said Cox gravely, ito the edifica-
ton Of the republican side"
This caused laughter and the heat of
the exchange between the two Ken
! tucliians was a1layed.
Brossius of Pennsylvania spoke in ia
vor of the bill
Mr.. Brossius declared that no page in
American history would shine with
greater splendor through the centuries
than that which tells how this nation
preserved it's honor, maintained its
credit and kept its money good.
Mr.. Cooper of Texas spoke against
the bill
Mr. Williams Of Mississippi ar
raigned the republican side for incon-
i>sistency and sirtsed that it was possible
| by legislative enactment to maintain a
ratio between the metals.
| Mr. Boering cf Kentucky denied that
| the election Of Taylor in Kentucky was
| due to fraud and said the strongest
| refutation of tke charge was the fact
| that the election was held under the
| Goebel law, framed by the democratic
| candidate.
Mr. Bailey Of Texas received close at
tention from both sides when he spoke
| He said remarkable spectacle was
presented by the debate on this bill
He recalled that when in the Fifty
fourth congress, Mr.. Towne asserted
that the republican party had never
| declared for a gold standard, the con-
| gressional record showed that he was
| interrur.ed by many republicans with
| the exclamation And it never
| will"
! Mr.. Bailey said the republican side
| was SO busy studying the trend Of
events that it had no time to study the
science Of money. While the first sec
| ton of this bill purported to establish
| the gold standard, the law Of 1875 fix
| ed the gold dollar as the unit of value.
| This bill was therefore simply a re-en-
actment put forward to make people
| believe something new and wise was
/ being done.
| When Mr.. Bailey referred to the in
creased production of gold Mr.. Dali
| Zell interrupted to ask if in view of this
| increased supply of gold Mr. Bailey
| still believed in silver at 16 to /. The
/ Texan responded emphatically in the
| affirmative amid democratic applause.
| Mr. Bailey declared that the logical
outcome of this bill would be to take
the millions of silver impounded in the
! treasury into the open market and sell
| it as Germany had done. If the sup
porters of the measure were honest
and consistent they would thus offer
the silver for sale now, as that would
| be the inevitable fate of silver under
this bill He compared the apprecia-
tion OF gold value and the correspond
I ing depreciation of cotton and wheat.
Mr.. Bailey, closed his speech with o
| stirring tribute to the time honored and
undyins democratic organization,
| which evoked applause from the DEM
ocratic side.
| Immediately following Mr.. Bailey
| came d sta atement of Mr., Scudder DEM.
| N. Y, las a democrat I favor the sin
| gle gold standard and will vote for this
! BILL
| features Of the bill Mr. Sculder said
| the main feature, establishing gold
| standard and giving stability to varies,
commended his support.
Mr.. Payne of New York said that
| Mr.. Bailey had discovered nothing in
the old law fixing the gold standard.
The trouble had been to have gentle
men on the democratic side accept the
law and the purpose of the present
bill was to replace the subject beyond
further doubt and msconstruction.
Mr.. Dalzell. Penn, said the repub-
| lican party was a progressive party:
it was ready to meet the needs and
demands of the present. Mr.. Dalze!l
referred to the published interview "of
that gentleman who had made dema-
goguery profession" during his wan
derings in Texas, that the pending bill
should be defeated because it was not
in the interests of the democratic
| party.
Mr.. Richardson, Tenn, sharply ques-
erence had been to the democracy"
and not to the democratic party
Mr. Bellamy, N. c.. spoke against the
| bill; Messrs. Mondell, Wyoming, Kerr
and Bromwell, Ohio, spoke in favor Of
the pending measure.
The debate closed with short
speech by Mr. Morris. Mimi, in sup
port of the bill, after which. at .
o'clock. the house recessed until p. m.
At the evening session Mr.. Clayton.
dem, N. Y, announced his intention
to vote for the financial bill. In re-
sponse to unfavorable reference when
had been made to gold democrats, Mr.
| Clayton said there were many or that
belief IN New York and the number
was growing constantly. Others WHO
| spoke for the bill were Messrs. Sullo-
way, n. H; Bingham Penn; Mudd,
Md, and Miner, Wis.
Those who spoke against the bill
| were Robinson, Neb.: Thomas, N. G.;
Snodgrass, Tenn: Rucker. Mo-: Robb,
Mo-; Davenport, Penn; Lamb, Va;
Caldwell. ILL.,; stephens, Tex; Gordon,
Ohio, and Neville, Neh.
At 1915 p. M. the house adjourned.
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