Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-05

o1onsed since tnas act was nassod i,
e easp away from our gold coinage ssu th e
ini llq 1--we recited the prov;e,on
n several acts that It nav sr1oas OF
l hes M departure is intended b Spp ,si
tn "a, from ~ the public policy wb; y snis
bill i[on Years ago and has ha0a was
s;stently adhered e through successive i-
administration, .ar.
7 do not overlooh tne iact that before
This discussion : over We are sure to he
eonfronted by me cnarges made by tha
Senators on theEosner side of the cham
her that by our reanfn nation of the gold
Standard we ave deliberately ahan-
800, me position which the Remlhli-
can party and lne country have here
tofore taken in favor Of International
binefallisnl. Ihe charge is not in ac-
Dini sa+nn With the facts. = az
"The bill now pelore the Senate con-
.o;nr ~ M disavowal Of the position bars
t t1,fl taken lpon the question OF in
ternafional b stalisn and places no
ohstaeles in way q its accomplish
mpnt in the !. II IS possible
- secure per ehce 9f relative value
~ Gold and coins with the free
coinage Of y lepals at fixed ratio.
t:7is nernare an only be secured by
concIrrent 2 81 all the leading
commercial n
Mr.. AldricA ~ ChiL the Democrats
wbiIa masuueradlng as the friends of
,,; ,n,ld have for the past four
a Dlllu haen engaged in a crusade in
sohaIf Of the single standard of sill
p per'' in a serious attempt to place the
,oonev and business Of the country
80 . silver basis, that the assertion
that the free and unlimited coinage of
Gold and silver at the historical ratio
Of 16 to l. without waiting for the
c ~ of any other nation on earth,
lii be the supreme issue in 1900. as
i was in 1896, has not been contra
dicted.
"No sane man can be found, outside
If tbe ranks of the small band of bold,
above and aggressive leaders who at
nresent dominate the policy of the
nemocratic party, who believes for
and instant that the opening of our
hints 10 the free coinage of silver at
the ratio of IS to Twill raise the value
of silver bullion from its euTrent COM
mercial price to its mint pr'ce measur-
ed with relation to gold.
.oTbn Democratic advocates of free
coinage are not in any sense bimetal-
lists but silver monometallists of the
most pronounced type
In The House.
WASHINGTON, January AIN the
House to-day, Mr. Payne, chairman of
the Committee on Ways and Means pre-
sented the Sulzer resolution as modi-
fed by the committee for immediate
consideration. The resolution as mod
fled, is as follows:
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and is hereby requested
to furnish the House Of Representa-
tives the following information:
First, copies Vt all letters. agree
ments, papers, or documents between
the treasury department Of the United
States or any persen connected there
with, and the National City Bank and
the Hanover National Bank, Of the
city OF New York, or any person acting
for them, or either Of them, since the
fourth day Of March, 1897, relating to
the depositing OF public funds, bonds,
or revenues in said bank or banks, or
any other relations or business trans
actions now existing or heretofore had
between the government and the said
| banks, or either OF them.
Second, the amount Of public money,
bonds, or revenue deposited with said
banks, or either of them, or with any
national bank by the government, upon
what security, for what length OF time,
and the reasons therefor, and whether
said banks, or any Of them, have paid
the government any interest on said
i deposits, and if so, how much, and all
other information concerning the same
or in any way relating thereto.
Third, and also the date OF the sale
, of the custom house property Of the
United States in New York city 10