The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-09
PERE|DY CHARGED
BY SENATOR ALLEN
Republicans Obtained the
Peoples Votes by Fraud
Mr.. COCKRELL SPEAKS
LEGAL TENDER QUALITY OF Sill
YER TAKEN AWAY.
TWO WARM SPEECHES ON FINANCIAL Bill
Bill Authorizing Construction Of a Railroad
Bridge Across Fishing Creek, Edgecombe
County, Was Passed. Porto Rico
Bill Reported 10 House.

diately after the Senate convened today
discussion of the Financial measure Was
resumed. Mr.. Allen (Neb) concluded his
speech, charging the Republican party
with breaking faith with the people on
bi-metallism. Mr.. CockreH (Mo) analy-
zed the Financial Bill.
y House bill was passed granting the
New Orleans Levee Board authority to
move the existing lines in front of the
United States Marine Hospital in New
Orleans
Mr.. Allen then spoke. He said that
notwithstanding the promises made by
the Republican party and the fact that
ii had a majority in both branches of
Congress. it had not done by legislation
or otherwise one Thing to restore silver
10 its former position as standard money.
ln the closing hours of the century
great political party had been guilty by
false pretenses and gross fraud of OBJ
flaming the votes of the people.
He declared that while the bi-metallic
commission sent abroad had acted in good
faith. he had no doubt that its efforts
were Systematically discredited by the
Administration at home.
Mr. Cockrell followed. Referring to
the proposition in the House bill to fix
the standard in gold. he declared:
Such unqualified, unblushing repudia
tidn of legislative obligations has not
been proposed in the history of the coun-
try. 1T was in plain violation Of the
Constitution which provided that each
State shall make gold and silver coin
as legal tender. not gold or silver coin
In discussing the Senate substitute
Mr.. Cockrell asserted that the legal ten
der quality of the standard silver dol
lar was taken away absolutely as TO
Treasury notes and the greenEacks. Its
legal tender quality was nullified abso-
lutely
He criticised sharply the power vested
in the Secretary of the Treasury to
issue bonds Of the United States III or
der to maintain the gold reserve or the
parity of the several kinds of money.
He maintained that the hill contained the
initial movement for the preparation of
the national debt. For the next thirty
years The United States would he tied
down by debt of more than a billion of
dollars with no option of eXtinguishng
that debt and no possibility even at the
end of the thirty years period of paying
the debt.
In conclusion Mr.. Cockrel declared
there was no justification or eXtenua-
rion for such a proceeding. and that it
simply placed the financial affairs of the
country in the hands of the banks.
The following bills and resolutions
were PASSED:
Authorizing the construction of a rail
combe county. y. c.: Withdrawing 100
600 square feet of land in Honolulu from
the public domain for a cemetery and
mausoleum of the royal family of Ha-
waii: granting first class life saving
medal to Lieutenant +. S. Carter. L. s.
~. for saving two lives mt Norfolk Va.
in 1898
After brief executive session. the
Senate adjourned.
PORTO RICO BILL REPORTED.
Washington. Feb. S.--The House was
in session only an hour and a half to-
day and only minor business was trans
acted. The Ways and Means Commit
tee bill establishing tariff rates upon
goods from Porto Rico into the United
States and vice versa, was reported and
Chairman Payne gave notice that the
bill would he called up next Thursday.
The debate upon it will run for a week.
Mr.. Richardson tT>an.) presented the
views of the minority and Mr.. Mccall
(MsSD presented Il separate dissenting
opinion.
Mr.. Weeks (Mich) took occasion as a
matter of personal privilege to denounce
some publications in Virginia papers
relative 10 the Wise-Young contest as
false.
Mr. Butler Pa.) asked unanimous CON
sent that the Secretary of the Navy be
authorized to place the frigate Constr
tuition (Old Ironsdes) now at Boston, in
the same condition she WAS while In ac-
tive service. the cost was to be betrayed
by popular subscription and to be under
the auspices of the Massachusetts State
Society The bill was passed.
Two bills from the Committee on Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries requiring
certain lights on steam pilot boats at
anchor and requiring masters of vessels
TO make reports of collisions were pass
ed.
At 30 p. IN. the House adjourned.
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