Show A VOICE IN HE EAST A D congressman 0 from penn speaks IN r avor or A DOUBLE STANDARD jerry simpson also raises his protest against the efforts of 0 the mono m eta lists the voice of the cast was beard for the first time in the house friday in favor or of tho the free coinage of silver the speaker was joseph C sibley new Dem democratic cratic member from pennsylvania anil and his hi s speech was the sensation of the day sibley is the only member from the keystone state who is opposed to placing the united states state s upon a single sill 0 le gold old standard and who is a firm fir advice to bimetallism he favored the proposition of johnson Jo linson of ohio providing that holders li of united united states bonds might depolite depo dep site osite these securities with the government and clive r treasury notes thi time has gone lie said v when t IP e cle clearing clea arina housed of the great c I 1 ies should dominate doi binate and in d control the p dicy of workers in ill th thus land ile he caused some laughter tighter la by bv the he manner in which lio ins paid ili hi respects to the new york reform club clu b bankers and gold g t ad bugs bu 0 cs since lie sibley had been in washington 0 tou lie he had been asked why lie he who was comfortably off in this vr worlds goods and coming from pennsylvania should take the position that lie he now did his reply was that the people of pen pennsylvania n sv could still read write and think 1 they read their bibles and they know that the command was just as true today toia as at ad be faKaS US 4 mam drom ere sinai thou snail not steal iteal applause the gentleman in favor of the gold standard said that england was a against ainest bimetallism bi and that france was against it that germany was against it and even the administration admi ratio ii was against it laughter but no such buell op opposition POs 1 could put out the spark of liberty on this conti continent rient applause pi alise it is said that odds were against 1 the alie bi granted what 1 then should they ask for quarter and say that their work was lone done say rather that greater glory would be theirs if the field was won applause at one time he had bad been a gold but he be had studied the question and was no linger because lie would rather bo be dionest than a mono mentalist cheers Cli cers laughter and applause ap it was said that the republicans are go going ing 6 to join with the democrats in repealing the sherman law what republicans and what democrats not hot the republicans of the east and democrats of the east but in his opinion the salvation of the country depended upon the people who were living west of the Alle ganies and t dutli of the mason and dixon line applause on the other side bide of the question there appeared another champion mr everett Eve of massachusetts who succeeds bucce eds mr ar lodge lod c haines of new nc york and E english of new jersey spoke in favor of repealing the silver purchasing clause and jerry simpson spoke against it debate was suspended for the time beino being a in ill order to allow mr aar catchings Calchi time to report from the committee on rules a reso authorizing the aspea speaker 11 er to appoint various committees of tile house houpe hooker desired to otter offer an amendment increasing 0 tho the membership odthe of the committee on rules but mr catchings 0 s demanded tile the previous question the resolution was then adopted and the silver debate was resumed before simpson concluded his remarks the house took a recess until 8 this evening the session bring being devoted to debate on the silver I 1 bill ill there were about members present when alien the house met this evening 6 mr simpson resuming liia remarks he Ile denounced tho gold old standard and predicated that such a standard would produce a revolution that would shake the government to its very verb foundation ile he was opposed to a compromise on an any ratio mr NJ morgan lorgan D democrat of missouri advocated the free coidin coinage e of silver mr talbot democrat democh it of south carolina appealed to the tha representatives of the people to lo give the people fres free coinage of silver |