Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-06-04
THE MORNING Ape A.
Carson City. Nevada.
HOSTILITY OF REPUBLICANS
How That Party Would Defeat
the Friends of Silver

Washington, D. c., May 2S.-Ihe
action of the House Of Representa- r
tives in passing the Hill bill with On )
" two hours general debate emphas q
;zes host ility OF the Republican parry
to silver, and its ins.ncerijy IN deal
ing with the money question. Not
daring to make the silver dollar spec !
ifically redeemable in sold that pro
vision OF the original bill was taken
out
The bin provides for the coinage
Of bullion now in the sub treasury IN
to subsidiary pieces instead OF dollars,
and then as public necessities may
demand silver dollars the Secretary
Of the Treasury to determine wlen
such necessity exists and the nature
OF the necessity. Thus the extent tc
winch the volume OF standard dollars
may be reduced if We depend entirely
upon the Judgment CT the SecfetaL!
O. the Treasurey.
Then by the practice CT The Treas
ury department all OF this fractional |
coin will be redeenable in gold.
The pet hobby OF Nj. Hill who is !
pressing the bill, is total elimination
OF silver dollars and this is merely G !
step intended to secure desired end
4 secretary regarding the silver dol
lar as a menace to our finance system
would aim to get rid of them as rap
fI,p,~,
into smaller coin. if these latter be
came super abundant; the next step
would be to melt them and sell then.
as bullion
The speeches in favor OF the bill,
all made by Republicans, breathe the
spirit of intense hostility and the New
lands amendment was offered 1t
was to the Republicans like a red flag
in the face of a bull. MIR. Grow OF
fered an amendment providing that
the subsidiary coin should be half
dollars, quarters. ten enc five cent
pieces and that they should be OF the
same proportionate weight as the dol
lar. No Republican opposition was
manifested to this but when MT. New
lands proposed an amendment to the
amendment making such coin Iull lie
point or order that it was not ger
name. Mr.. Hill attacked it, while MI
Newlands. Slafrcth and others on tbs
Democratic side defended it
The fight was sharp ald pretty
one but it was made so clear tina; the
amendment was germane that it was
impossible for the chairman Of The
committee Of the whole 10 rule il out
then amid the derisive shouts OH til,
Democratic side OF TOO late MI
Grow attempted to withdraw his an
endment in order to GU ont he New
lands amendment Of course he w;
100 late and the chair was Obliged L
so hold
When the vote was taken on til
Newlands amendment the division
was on straight rty lines every Ee
publican voting ."Anst it, thus plat
ing The party on 4ecord in favor G
measure which. if it becomes a Law
Will destroy the markets for silve
III this country for subsidiary COMA g
as long as there is a silver dollar i
he Treasury and gradually rednc
six hundred millions OF full legal tel
der now existing to TIE grade OF tol
en- money.
Having a debt paying function OIL
N sums of not NOR li:an five do
lars in one payment.
AS a last effort EIr s,lafroth no
ed to recomit the BIZ 10 tire comrni
;ee VITA instructions to report bi
simply for the coinage OF the Lullic
now III the Treasury into subs.daI
coin, tl,s would provide for more TIA
see. coo coo Of additional coin of s1na
er denomination but LETT TIE stan
ard dollar unaffected and every R
publican except Sutherland CT Uta
and Mondell OF Wyoming. voted
sanst TIE motion.
rarner curious Incident conect,
with the final action OF the House W
'he circumstance that Senator Ste
art sat upon tiie fioCr and saw b
Republican friends vote as unit in
Vor of closing the debate III ten mi
utes upon a bill which is INTENDED:
the initial move for the utter des.r,
flor OF the silver dollars now coine,
II. F. HARTlNt..
49,
Sirg Lee. the wash Chinamsn "
does business north of the railro
track, died Yesterday ,fto- f, h,.