The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-16
FOR SIXTEEN To One
Bailey Of Texas CIings With
Bryan to Heresy of Free Sill
yer Coinage
TAYL0R'S ELECTION
NOT DUE TO FRAUD
Won Under the GoebeI Law
Framed BY the Democratic
Candidate


day of the general debate on the finan-
cial bill proved to be one of exceptional
! interest. At the outset, sharp per-
sonal colloqUy occurred between Rep
resentatives Wheeler and Berry of
| Kentucky, over the recent Kentucky
election and the charges growing out
of it. Considerable feeling was shown.
Later in the day Mr.. Bailey Of Texas,
until recently the democratic floor lead
er, received close attention in an hours
speech, vigorously presenting the dem
ocratic view, and eulogizing the dem
ocratic organization.
In marked contrast with Mr.. Bailey's
utterance, Mr.. Scudder of New York,
| who followed him. announced that as
democrat, he believed in the gold
standard and would vote for it. Mr..
Payne of New York and Mr.. Dalzell
of Pennsylvania also spoke during the
day The debate under the five-min-
ute rule will occur tomorrow.
Mr. Boering of Kentucky denied that
the election of Taylor in Kentucky was
due to fraud, and said that the strong
est refutation of this charge was the
fact that the election was held under
the Goebel law, framed by the demo-
cratic candidate.
Mr. Bailey of Texas, in his speech
said remarkable spectacle was pre-
sented by the debate on the financial
bill He recalled that when in the
54th congress- Mr.. Towne asserted that
the republican party had never de-
clared for gold standard, the Congress
sional Record showed that he was in
terrupted 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
section of this bill purported to estab-
fish the gold standard, the law of 1873
fixed the gold dollar as the unit of
value. This bill was therefore simply
a re-enactment 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.. Dalzell
asked if, in view of this increased sup
ply of gold, Mr.. Bailey still believed in
silver at 16 to /. The Texan respond
ed emphatically in the affirmative,
amid democratic applause. The demo-
cratic side simply asked a suf1ciency
of basic money. If this was supplied
by either gold or silver, then instead of
refuting the democratic position, it
simply confirmed it.
Mr.. Bailey declared that the logical
outcome of the 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 appreciation of
gold values and the corresponding de-
probation of cotton and wheat. Mr..
Bailey closed his speech with stir
ring tribute to the time-honored and
undying democratic organization,
which evoked applause from the DEM
ocratic side.
Immediately following Mr.. Bailey,
came the statement Of Mr.. Scudder
dem, N. W "As democrat, I favor
the single gold standard, and will vote
for this bill" While not concurring
in all of the features of the bill, Mr..
Scudder said the main feature, estab-
fishing gold standard and giving sta
bility to values, commanded his sup
port
Mr.. Payne of New York said Mr.. Bal
ley had discovered nothing new in the
old law fixing the gold standard. The
trouble had been to have gentlemen on
the democratic side accept that law,
and the purpose of the present bill was
to place the subject beyond further
doubt and misconstruction.
Mr.. Dalzell of Pennsylvania said there
publican party was a progressive par
ty; it was ready to meet the needs and
demands of the present Mr.. Dalzell
referred to the published interview of
THAT gentleman who has made dem
agogy profession during his wander
ings in Texas, that the pending bill
should be defeated because 1t was not
in the interest of the democratic party.
Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee sharply
questioned this statement, saying the
reference had been to the "democ-
racy" and not to the democratic par
Mr. Bellamy of North Carolina spoke
against the bill. Messrs. Mondell
of Wyoming, Bromwell of Ohio and
Kerr, also of Ohio, spoke in favor of
the measure.
The debate closed with a short speech
by Mr.. Morris of Minnesota, in favor
of the bill, after which, at O'Clock the
House recessed until p. M
The following are among the bills in
PRODUCED in the house today:
! By Mr.. Elliott South Carolina, fol
the building of a new cruiser, to BIZ
named the Charleston, to take the place
! of the cruiser of that name recently
lost in the Philippines; by Mr.. Knox
1 Massachusetts, for civil government il
/ Alaska; by Mr. Hull, Iowa, for the re
ward of distinguished service in the
war with Spain; by Mr.. Linney NortI
/ Carolina, to reduce the tax on distilled
! spirits to 70 cents per gallon.
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